The owner and operator of Charleston International Airport is seeking permission to fill 79 acres of wetlands as part of a large-scale real estate development it is proposing.
The request was filed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Sept. 24. The federal permitting agency received three public comments, with one opposing the application.
The freshwater wetlands make up roughly half of the 158-acre tract that runs along Dorchester Road and is bisected by Michaux Parkway.
The Charleston Regional Aviation Authority plans to purchase credits from an approved mitigation bank to offset the loss. It also said it would leave intact the other 27.4 acres of wetlands on the former phosphate mine…