Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

2021 CEQ Annual Report


Resources


Resources:

  1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Weather Service; w2.weather.gov/climate/xmacis.php?wfo=box.
  2. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP), BUILDING A LOW CARBON FUTURE FOR CONNECTICUT
    ACHIEVING A 45% GHG REDUCTION BY 2030    ;   portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/publications/BuildingaLowCarbonFutureforCTGC3Recommendationspdf.pdf.
  3. DEEP, Climate Change, 2018 Connecticut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GHG_Emissions_Inventory_2018.pdf.
  4. Department of Revenue Services (DRS), Motor fuel sold to non-governmental customers. DRS Annual Reports, portal.ct.gov/DRS/DRS-Reports/Annual-Reports/Department-of-Revenue-Services-Annual-Reports.
  5. DRS, Motor Fuel Comparison Report, Fiscal Years 2019-2020 compared to Fiscal Years 2020-2021; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DRS/Research/ComparativeMotorFuel/Schedule-A--B-1920FY20.pdf.
  6. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Facility Level Information on Greenhouse Gases Tool; ghgdata.epa.gov/ghgp/main.do Includes power plants, petroleum and natural gas systems, chemicals, waste, metals, pulp and paper, and other emissions.
  7. EPA, Air Data: Air Quality Data Collected at Outdoor Monitors Across the US; www.epa.gov/outdoor-air-quality-data.
  8. EPA, AirNow, Air Quality Index Basics; www.airnow.gov/aqi/aqi-basics/.
  9. Connecticut Department of Health (DPH); portal.ct.gov/DPH/Environmental-Health/Environmental-and-Occupational-Health-Assessment/Air-Pollution.
  10. EPA, AirNow, Interactive Map of Air Quality, Archive - June 5, 2021; gispub.epa.gov/airnow/index.html?tab=3.
  11. DEEP, Annual Summary Information for Ozone; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Air/Monitoring/Annual-Summary-Information-for-Ozone.
  12. EPA, Historical Exceedance Days in New England; www3.epa.gov/region1/airquality/standard.html.
  13. DEEP, Monthly Open Space Reports to the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee and the State Bond Commission; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Open-Space/DEEP-Monthly-Open-Space-Reports.
  14. EPA, Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2019 – Land Use, Land Use Change, and Forestry Chapter; www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-04/documents/us-ghg-inventory-2021-main-text.pdf.
  15. DEEP, Monthly Open Space Reports to the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee and the State Bond Commission; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Open-Space/DEEP-Monthly-Open-Space-Reports.
  16. New York Department of Environmental Conservation, Immerse Yourself in a Forest for Better Health; www.dec.ny.gov/lands/90720.html#:~:text=We%20enjoy%20the%20beauty%20and,green%20spaces%20may%20improve%20health.
  17. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service; www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/CT/default.asp.
  18. DEEP and the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Trends In Connecticut’s Forests: A Half-Century  of Change, NE-INF-143-01; www.fs.fed.us/ne/newtown_square/publications/brochures/pdfs/state_forests/ct_forest.pdf.
  19. DEEP, GC3 Final Report: Working & Natural Lands Working Group - Rivers Sub-Working Group; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-working-group-reports/GC3-WNLWG-Rivers-Final-Report-11-20-20.pdf.
  20. University of Connecticut (UConn), Center for Land Use Education and Research (CLEAR) and DEEP, personal communication from D. Peracchio, October 15, 2020.
  21. DEEP, 2020 Connect Forest Action Plan; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/forestry/2020-Approved-CT-Forest-Action-Plan.pdf
  22. USDA Forest Service. 2020. Forests of Connecticut, 2019. Resource Update FS–240. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Northern Research Station. 2 p. doi.org/10.2737/FS-RU-240; Connecticut's Forests 2019 Estimate Tables; www.nrs.fs.fed.us/fia/data-tools/state-reports/CT/default.asp.
  23. CT Dept. of Agriculture (DoAg); personal communication from C. Weimar, January 5, 2022.
  24. DoAg, Farmland Preservation Program; portal.ct.gov/DOAG/ADaRC/ADaRC/Farmland-Preservation#overview.
  25. USDA, 2021 State Agricultural Overview; www.nass.usda.gov/Quick_Stats/Ag_Overview/stateOverview.php?state=CONNECTICUT.
  26. DEEP, The Classification of Land as Forest Land (PA 490) website, accessed January 6, 2022; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/Forest-Land-Taxation/Classification-of-Land-as-Forest-Land. 
  27. DEEP, GC3 Final Report: Working & Natural Lands Working Group - Agriculture/Soils Working Subgroup; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-working-group-reports/GC3_WNL_Ag_Soils_Final_Report_111320.pdf.
  28. UConn, CLEAR, State Land Cover Statistics; clear.uconn.edu/projects/landscape/CT/stats.htm#top.
  29. Connecticut General Statutes (CGS) Sec. 22a-38 (15); www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_440.htm#sec_22a-38.
  30. DEEP, Final Report: Working and Natural Lands Working Group, Wetlands Subgroup, November 2020; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-working-group-reports/GC3_WNL_Wetlands_Final_Report_111320.pdf.
  31. DEEP, 2020 Integrated Water Quality Report - September 2020; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Water/Water-Quality/Water-Quality-305b-Report-to-Congress.
  32. DEEP, GC3 Final Report: Working & Natural Lands Working Group - Rivers Sub-Working Group; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GC3/GC3-working-group-reports/GC3-WNLWG-Rivers-Final-Report-11-20-20.pdf.
  33. DEEP, Integrated Water Quality Report to Congress; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Water/Water-Quality/Water-Quality-305b-Report-to-Congress.
  34. DEEP; Long Island Sound Water Quality and Hypoxia Monitoring Program, personal communication from K. O’Brien-Clayton, November 28, 2021.
  35. DEEP; Long Island Sound Water Quality and Hypoxia Monitoring Program, personal communication from K. O’Brien-Clayton, March 4, 2022.
  36. DEEP, Nitrogen Control Program for Long Island Sound; personal communications from I. Raffa, April 6, 2022.
  37. DEEP, Nitrogen Control Program for Long Island Sound; The Long Island Sound TMDL Frequently Asked Questions; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/water/lis_water_quality/nitrogen_control_program/tmdlfaqpdf.pdf.
  38. DEEP; Long Island Sound Water Quality and Hypoxia Monitoring Program, personal communication from K. O’Brien-Clayton, January 5, 2022.
  39. NOAA, Tides and Currents, Station - 8465705 New Haven, CT, Datum - MSL; tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/waterlevels.html?id=8465705.
  40. EPA, Beach Advisory and Closing On-line Notification; watersgeo.epa.gov/beacon2/reports.html.
  41. Department of Public Health (DPH), Drinking Water Section; personal communication from S. Patel, February 24, 2022.
  42. United States Geological Survey, “Arsenic and Uranium Occurrence in Private Wells in Connecticut, 2013–18— A Spatially Weighted and Bedrock Geology Assessment”; Eliza L. Gross and Craig J. Brown, Open-File Report 2021–1111. Version 1.1, November 2020. pubs.usgs.gov/of/2021/1111/ofr20211111.pdf.
  43. NOAA, Commercial Fisheries Landings, 2020; www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/sustainable-fisheries/commercial-fisheries-landings.
  44. DEEP, “Investigating the Presence of Pesticides in American Lobster from Long Island Sound”, 2016; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/fishing/fisheries_management/CTDEEPInvestigatingthepresenceofpesticidesinAmericanlobsterfromLongIslandSoundpdf.pdf.
  45. DEEP, Division of Marine Fisheries; personal communication from K. Gottschall, February 28, 2022.
  46. DoAg, Bureau of Aquaculture; personal communication with M. Zuber, December 22, 2021.
  47. DEEP, Wildlife; personal communication from L. Saucier, February 24, 2022.
  48. Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Atlantic Coast Population Revised Recovery Plan, May 2, 1996, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), omnilearn.net/esacourse/pdfs/piping_plover_recovery_plan96.pdf.
  49. USFWS, “Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) 5-Year Review: Summary and Evaluation”, March 2020; ecos.fws.gov/docs/five_year_review/doc6378.pdf.
  50. USFWS, 2019 Atlantic Coast Piping Plover Abundance and Productivity Estimates; www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/news-attached-files/2019-Update-Final.pdf.
  51. DEEP, CT Bald Eagles 2021 Statewide Summary, Wildlife Division, Wildlife Diversity Program, and State and Tribal Wildlife Grants programs; personal communication from B. Hess, February 14, 2022.
  52. DEEP, Wildlife Division, Bald Eagle; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Wildlife/Fact-Sheets/Bald-Eagle.
  53. Connecticut Audubon Society, “Osprey Nation Report for the 2021 Season”, www.ctaudubon.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Osprey-Nation-Report-for-the-2021-Season.pdf.
  54. Rosenberg et al.,2019, “Decline of the North American avifauna”; www.birds.cornell.edu/home/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/DECLINE-OF-NORTH-AMERICAN-AVIFAUNA-SCIENCE-2019.pdf.
  55. U.S. Geological Survey's Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, North American Breeding Bird Survey; www.pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/.
  56. DEEP, Endangered, Threatened and Special Concern Reptiles; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Endangered-Species/Endangered-Species-Listings/Endangered-Threatened--Special-Concern-Reptiles.
  57. DEEP, Wildlife Division, Wildlife Diversity Program, and State and Tribal Wildlife Grants programs; personal communication from B. Hess, February 17, 2021. No data for bats for 2022 per B. Hess February 14, 2022.
  58. Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station (CAES); personal communication from J. Shepard, November 23, 2021.
  59. CAES, Emerald Ash Borer (Agrilus planipennis); portal.ct.gov/CAES/Publications/Publications/Emerald-Ash-Borer-Agrilus-planipennis. Image provided by Dr. C. Rutledge, 3-22-2022.
  60. Connecticut’s 2020 Forest Action Plan, December 2020; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Forestry/CT-Forest-Action-Plan.
  61. DEEP, Waste Management; personal communication from P. Brunelli, February 23, 2022.
  62. DEEP, 2016 Comprehensive Materials Management Strategy, Waste Management; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/waste_management_and_disposal/Solid_Waste_Management_Plan/CMMSFinalAdoptedComprehensiveMaterialsManagementStrategypdf.pdf.
  63. DEEP, Waste Management; personal communication from C. Nelson, January 28, 2022.
  64. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electricity Data Browser, Retail Sales of Electricity, Residential Sector; www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/5agg=2,0,1&geo=008&freq=A&start=2001&end=2020&ctype=linechart&ltype=pin&rtype=s&pin=&rse=0&maptype=0.
  65. EIA, Electricity Data Browser, Retail Sales of Electricity, Commercial and Industrial Sector; www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/5?agg=2,0,1&geo=008&freq=A&start=2001&end=2020&ctype=linechart&ltype=pin&rtype=s&pin=&rse=0&maptype=0.
  66. Energize Connecticut, Connecticut Statewide Energy Efficiency Dashboard, accessed 3-9-2022; www.ctenergydashboard.com/Public/PublicSales.aspx.
  67. Independent System Operator – New England (ISO-NE), ISO New England Electric Generator Air Emissions Reports; www.iso-ne.com/system-planning/system-plans-studies/emissions/.
  68. ISO-New England, Final 2021 Energy Efficiency Forecast, May 1, 2021; www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2021/04/eef2021_final_fcst.pdf.
  69. DEEP, 2018 Connecticut Comprehensive Energy Strategy, Building Sector; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/energy/CES/BuildingsSectorpdf.pdf.
  70. U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Emerging Technologies; www.energy.gov/eere/buildings/emerging-technologies.
  71. DOE, Energy Information Administration (EIA), Electricity Data Browser, Net Generation for Electric Power, (Connecticut - All Fuels); www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/topic/0agg=2,0,1&fuel=vtvv&geo=008&sec=008&freq=A&start=2001&end=2020&ctype=linechart&ltype=pin&rtype=s&maptype=0&rse=0&pin=.
  72. DEEP, Bureau of Energy and Technology Policy; personal communication from M. Malmrose, March 7, 2022.
  73. Residential solar PV data acquired from Eversource – January 25, 2022 and United Illuminating – January 26, 2022.
  74. Connecticut Green Bank; personal communication from L. Charpentier, January 6, 2022.
  75. ISO-New England, Final 2021 PV Forecast, April 29, 2021; www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2021/04/final_2021_pv_forecast.pdf.
  76. ISO-NE 2019 ISO New England Electric Generator Air Emissions Report, March 2021; TABLE 5.1; www.iso-ne.com/static-assets/documents/2021/03/2019_air_emissions_report.pdf.
  77. Connecticut Siting Council; portal.ct.gov/CSC.
  78. DEEP, 2018 Connecticut Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, September 13, 2021; portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/climatechange/GHG_Emissions_Inventory_2018.pdf.
  79. DEEP, 2020 Electric Vehicle Roadmap for Connecticut, April 21, 2020; portal.ct.gov/DEEP/Climate-Change/EV-Roadmap.
  80. DEEP, Bureau of Air Management; personal communication from B. McDaniel and P. Kritzler, January 13, 2022.
  81. Department of Administrative Services (DAS), DAS Basic Fleet Information and Services; January 14, 2022; portal.ct.gov/DAS/Fleet-Operations/DAS-Basic-Fleet-Information-and-Services.
  82. Connecticut Department of Transportation (DOT), personal communication from C. Lau, September 28, 2021.  
  83. Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS), Annual Reports; portal.ct.gov/DRS/DRS-Reports/Annual-Reports/Department-of-Revenue-Services-Annual-Reports.
  84. National Automobile Dealers Association, NADADATA 2020; www.nada.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=21474861098.
  85. DOT; personal communication from E. Dorsey; February 9, 2022.
  86. DEEP, Department-wide Federal Fiscal Year 2021 Enforcement Statistics (10/01/20 - 09/30/21); portal.ct.gov/-/media/DEEP/enforcement/reports/EQ-Federal-Fiscal-Year-2021-Enforcement-Statistics.pdf.