New London — The owner of a road salt business displaced by the planned reconstruction of State Pier for the offshore wind industry continues his attempt to block or delay a state environmental permit needed to complete work at the pier.
DRVN Enterprises owner and President Steven Farrelly has filed what is known as a notice of exception, his recourse for a previously denied objection to the Connecticut Port Authority’s plans for the pier. He argues he should be allowed to stay at the pier, where he has operated his business since 2014. Told to leave but given time to sell the remainder of his salt pile as part of an agreement with the port authority, DRVN left the site at the end of February.