Pepperell Conservation Commission gives 1 Technology Way owner a July 31 wetland deadline

PEPPERELL — March 26, 2026 — Pepperell Conservation Commission sets July 31 deadline for stalled wetland work at 1 Technology Way. The commission heard from attorney David Herne Jr. and wetland scientist Scott Goddard, representing Technology and Realty Ventures Trust, who acknowledged that special condition 33 of a March 2024 order of conditions — requiring substantial completion of wetland replication and stormwater improvements within 12 months — had not been met, with the owner's attention focused on finding a replacement tenant for the site formerly associated with Analog Devices. The representatives committed to completing the replication area, filing a 53,000-square-foot conservation easement, and providing monthly written progress reports to the conservation agent, with the commission reserving the right to issue a new enforcement order with penalties of up to $300 per day if the July 31 target slips. Goddard also pushed back on a newly surfaced 1991 plan suggesting the wetland might qualify as a bordering vegetated wetland under state jurisdiction, calling the document a non-delineation predating current DEP methodology and inconsistent with the commission's prior thorough deliberation. In separate business, the commission approved $12,980 in aquatic plant management contracts with Water and Wetlands for Ellis Pond and the Hoss Ponds, and set a $10,000 spending threshold below which the conservation agent may act without a commission vote.