The Edgecomb Planning Board questioned whether a Maine Department of Environmental Protection request to review a residential pier system was for a past or future application. The board received the DEP’s project request form on Feb. 15 for a Merry Island Road pier system. But none of the five members could remember if the pier system had received planning board approval.

The DEP’s letter described the lot location as 225 Merry Island Road. The property owner is requesting a 50 foot by six foot pier, 40 foot by three foot runway and a 10 foot by 20 foot runway. The float will run parallel to shore and is all wooden except for the aluminum runway. The seasonal float has 10 pilings and meets all required setbacks.

The board believes Stockwell Environmental of Southport serves as project consultant. The board will contact Lauren Stockwell to clarify if DEP’s review request is for an approved permit.

In other action, the board approved a permit extension for a Modockowanda Trail house extension. Last March, Dr. John and Judith Faniola received a permit for increasing the building’s volume by 30 percent. The couple plans on adding to the building’s room and windows. But the couple hasn’t been able to complete the additions within the one-year time frame and requested an extension.

The board heard a request about another previously approved application. In 2016, the board approved Ronna Lugosh’s request to subdivide her property at 40 U.S. Route 1. She wanted to carve out a 2.1-acre lot to build a residence on the property’s back section. She owns 4.66 acres including two commercial businesses. The board approved her request, but Lugosh’s plan to sell the 2.1-acre residential lot failed. Her consultant, Karl Olson of Wiscasset, discussed reverting the lot back to commercial property.

“This is not a request. It’s just something that she is looking into,” Olson said. Planning board member Dave Boucher opposed the proposal. “We can’t grant something with that short of road side frontage. I will state that until a judge tells me to shut up and go away.”

The board tabled a request to speak with a Gleason Road property owner about possible uses for his lot. Tim Stephenson wants to split wood on his property. His battles with town officials in past years about using his property resulted in a lawsuit. In 2016, a Superior Court judge ruled the Stephenson Family Trust failed to abide by a 2013 consent agreement the parties entered. The agreement included a $25,000 fine with $20,000 forgiven if two deadlines were met for removing debris from the property.

Stephenson wants to discuss possible uses for his property, but he was unable to attend the meeting.

The board meets next at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 1 in the municipal building.