Conservation group to have more say on Belfast fish farm proposal
The ME Supreme Court ruled that Upstream Watch is directly affected by the project and has the right to appeal building permits.
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The ME Supreme Court ruled that Upstream Watch is directly affected by the project and has the right to appeal building permits.
BELFAST — Despite another round of discussion at the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals March 12 meeting as to whether the nonprofit Upstream Watch attained standing to contest the city’s permitting of Nordic Aquafarms project permits, the board’s decision remained a firm ‘no.’ But Upstream plans to take its arguments, as it procedurally can do, to Waldo County Superior Court. “We absolutely are filing an appeal,” said Amy Grant, a cofounder of Upstream Watch, and a staunch opponent of the Norwegian company’s effort to build a $500 million indoor salmon raising and processing fa...
BELFAST — Upstream Watch, a nonprofit dedicated restoring the Little River, which empties into Penobscot Bay in Belfast, will be arguing Feb. 18 before the Belfast Zoning Board of Appeals as to why its members believe the December 2020 permit approvals for a $500 million land-based indoor salmon raising facility must be vacated. The meeting, to be held via Zoom, begins at 6 p.m., and can be viewed by the public via Livestream on the City of Belfast website, cityofbelfast.org, and on BEL-TV. The city said that Upstream Watch, which is represented by Attorney David B. Losee, in Camden, all...