1.  NEW!   Metropolitan District Long Term Combined Sewer Overflow Control Project (Hartford, West Hartford, other municipalities in district) 

      2.  Oxford Road Infrastructure Project (Oxford)

      1.  Norwich Transportation Facility

      2.  Colchester Maintenance and Repair Facility

   

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Scoping Notices have been issued for the following state projects.  These projects are in the earliest stages of planning.  At the scoping stage, detailed information on a project's design, alternatives, and environmental impacts does not yet exist.  Sponsoring agencies are asking for comments from other agencies and from the public as to the scope of alternatives and environmental impacts that should be considered for further study.  Send your comments to the contact person listed for the project by the date indicated.

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Municipality where proposed project might be located:   Member towns of the Metropolitan District, but primarily Hartford and West Hartford

Project Description: The Metropolitan District proposes to construct improvements to its wastewater collection and treatment system to eliminate pollution from the overflow of combined sewage to area receiving waters during wet weather for up to a one year return period storm.  These improvements include sewer separation in specific areas that experience street or basement back-ups, wet weather treatment improvements at the Hartford Water Pollution Control Plant, consolidation and relief interceptors, deep storage tunnels and related pump stations.  The District’s combined sewer system is over 100 years old and overflows occur during 50 rainfall events in an average year.  This results in the discharge of over 1 billion gallons of untreated combined sewage to area receiving waters annually.  The Metropolitan District is required by a Consent Order with the Department of Environmental Protection to implement the proposed improvements.  The long-term improvement program to be funded, in part, by the Clean Water Fund is anticipated to be implemented over a 16-year time span.

Project Map:  Click here to view a map depicting Phase I improvements.  Click here for an overview of the entire project.

Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on:  April 9, 2007

Any person can ask the sponsoring agency to hold a Public Scoping Meeting by sending such a request to the address below.  If a meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, by March 16, 2007, the Department of Environmental Protection must schedule a Public Scoping Meeting.

Additional information about the project can be viewed in person at:

Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse
Municipal Facilities Section (2nd Floor)
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106

Written comments and/or requests for a Public Scoping Meeting should be sent to:

Name:	Michael J. O’Brien, Supervising Sanitary Engineer
Agency:	Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse
Address:	79 Elm Street
	Hartford, CT  06106
Phone:	(860) 424-3756
Fax:	(860) 424-4067
E-Mail:	michael.obrien@po.state.ct.us

If you have questions about a public scoping meeting or other questions about the scoping for this project, contact Mr. O'Brien, as directed above.

The agency expects to release an Environmental Impact Evaluation for this project, for public review and comment, shortly after the scoping period.

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The following Environmental Impact Evaluations (EIEs) have been completed by state agencies and are available for review and comment. 

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2. Notice of EIE for Colchester Maintenance and Repair Facility

Municipality where project is proposed: Colchester

Address of Possible Project Location: Connecticut Route 85 and Lake Hayward Road

Project Description: The project consists of the construction of a DOT maintenance and repair facility.  The maintenance building will be approximately 62,580 square feet with a 4,000 square foot cold storage building plus 3.83 acres of paved parking and driveways. The facility will accommodate trucks, equipment and personnel currently associated with the Higganum, Lisbon and Montville DOT garages. 

Project Map:  Click here to view Project Map

Comments on this EIE will be accepted until the close of business on : March 7, 2007

The public can view a copy of this EIE at :   The Colchester Town Clerks Office - 127 Norwich Avenue, Colchester; Cragin Memorial Library - 8 Linwood Avenue, Colchester; Southeastern Connecticut Council of Governments - 5 Connecticut Avenue, Norwich; Connecticut Department of Transportation - 2800 Berlin Turnpike, Newington

There is a public hearing scheduled for this EIE on :

If you have questions about the public hearing, or where you can review this EIE, or similar matters, please contact :

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