Environmental Protection Commission

2021 Meeting Schedule and Application Deadlines

Establishment of EPC within Town Code of Ordinances:

Sec. 22-22. - Membership.

The environmental protection commission shall consist of seven regular members who shall be electors of the town, and of the following nonvoting ex-officio members: the first selectman of the town, the superintendent of public works, and the chairman of the planning and zoning commission. An ex-officio member can be represented by a designee.
(Code 1972, § 10-2; Ord. of 5-19-1986)

Note: The next EPC meeting will be held on or after November 3, 2021 at 7PM via GoToMeeting. Meeting Agenda and GoToMeeting login details will be posted here once available.

Materials for pending applications and recent actions can be found at: www.darienct.gov/epcpendingapplications.

Channel 79 occasionally records public hearings; a link to those videos is here.

To contact the Environmental Protection Commission, you can send an e-mail to: DarienEPC@darienct.gov.

Members
(3-year term)

Eric Joosten (R), Chairman -- Exp. 6/30/2021
James Millard (R), Vice Chair -- Exp. 6/30/2022
Michael Ervin (U) -- Exp.6/30/2022
William Wright (R) -- Exp. 6/30/2021
Peter McGuinness (U) -- Exp. 6/30/2023
Carolyn Bayne (D) -- Exp. 6/30/2024
Lauren Rossi (D) -- Exp. 6/30/2024

Ex-officio Members

(per Section 22-22 of the Town Code of Ordinances)

Jayme Stevenson, First Selectman
Edward L. Gentile, Jr., P.E., Public Works Director
Stephen Olvany, Chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission

Important Invasive Plant Resources
UCONN Invasive Plant List
Mobile Apps for Invasive Plant Identification
Photos of Invasive Plants
CT DEEP Invasive Plant Resource Page

Forms and Documents

We no longer use printed Environmental Protection Commission Application Forms, but rather have applications completed entirely online. Our online permitting system can be found here.

Listing files in 'Environmental Protection Commission'

Connecticut Invasive Plant List - October 2018 - uploaded on 4/10/2019 10:18 AM
EPC 2021 Schedule - uploaded on 12/29/2020 11:47 AM
EPC Application Fees - uploaded on 3/19/2019 3:12 PM

Effective March 31, 2019
Flaherty Report on Flooding Issues in Darien - uploaded on 12/10/2015 11:20 AM
Flood & Erosion Regulations - uploaded on 7/27/2016 10:19 AM

Adopted August 6, 2008
Flood Mitigation Strategy Committee recommendations - May 14, 2010 - uploaded on 12/10/2015 11:20 AM
Pamphlet--Environmental Protection Commission Brochure - uploaded on 3/19/2019 3:13 PM

Regarding wetlands (also available in the Planning & Zoning Office).
Press Release: Leaves in Watercourses and Ponds - uploaded on 7/27/2016 12:24 PM

July 2016
Town of Darien Inland Wetlands & Watercources Regulations - uploaded on 9/29/2017 10:22 AM

Adopted April 2016
Town of Darien Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Map - uploaded on 7/28/2021 11:32 AM

Effective July 30, 2021

*Times are adjusted to the local time of the organization (GMT -5)

Link to help you prepare a list of neighbors within 100 feet of your property: Abutter's Tool.
You should check this information with the Assessor's Office to ensure that you have the most recent and up-to-date information. The information on the web was last updated March 11, 2021 for both parcel mapping and ownership data.

This page last updated March 28, 2021.