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December 3, 2019

NOTE: New Regulations for the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA) were approved in September 2019. The Regulations provide for more categories of notice about the status of proposed State actions, than in the past. The new categories are included in this edition.
 
 
   No Scoping Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition
 
 
   No notice for additional time has been submitted for publication in this edition.
 
 
   1) NEW! Post-Scoping Notice for the Berlin TOD Boulevard Project, Berlin.
  
 
No EIE Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
    
 
   1) NEW! CEPA Record of Decision for Resilient Bridgeport: National Disaster Resilience and Rebuild by Design Projects, Bridgeport.
 
 
 
   1) NEW! Office of Policy and Management's Review of the Record of Decision for Resilient Bridgeport: National Disaster Resilience and Rebuild by Design Projects, Bridgeport.
 
 
   1) Notice of Proposed Land Transfer - 129 Lafayette Street, Hartford CT 06106.
 
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Notices in the Environmental Monitor are written and formatted by the sponsoring agencies and are published unedited. Questions about the content of any notice should be directed to the sponsoring agency.
 
Inquiries and requests to view or copy documents, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, must be submitted to the sponsoring state agency.
 
Scoping Notice
"Scoping" is for projects 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. Read  More
 
No Scoping Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
 
Scoping Notice - Post-Scoping Notice (Need More Time)
If an agency is unable to publish a Post-Scoping Notice within six months after the comment period for scoping, the agency will publish an update with an action status and an estimate as to when a Post-Scoping Notice will be published. Such an update will be published by the agency at six-month intervals until the Post-Scoping Notice is published. Read More
 
No notice for additional time has been submitted for publication in this edition.
 
Post-Scoping Notice
A Post-Scoping Notice is the determination by a sponsoring agency, after publication of a Scoping Notice and consideration of comments received, whether an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) needs to be prepared for a proposed State action. Read More
 
The following Post-Scoping Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.

1) Post-Scoping Notice for the Berlin TOD Boulevard Project

Project Title:  Berlin TOD Boulevard Project
 

Municipality where it would be located: Berlin, CT

 

CEPA Determination:  On October 8, 2019, the Department of Economic and Community Development (CT DECD) published a Notice of Scoping to solicit public comments for this proposed action in the Environmental Monitor.

 

Comments were received during the public comment period as follows: CT DEEP Comments

 

After consideration of the comments received, the CT DECD has determined that the project does not require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) under CEPA. The agency's conclusion is documented in an Environmental Review Checklist.

 
Agency contact:

     Name:      Mark Burno, Project Manager
     Agency:  CT Department of Economic and Community Development
     Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 5 - Hartford, CT
     Phone:    860.500.2442
     email:      mark.burno@ct.gov

Inquiries and requests to view and or copy documents, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, must be submitted to the sponsoring State Agency.


What Happens Next:
 
The CT DECD expects that the proposed action to go forward. This is expected to be the final notice of the project to be published in the Environmental Monitor.
 
EIE Notice
After Scoping, an agency that wishes to undertake an action that could significantly affect the environment must produce, for public review and comment, a detailed written evaluation of the expected environmental impacts. This is called an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE).  Read More
 
No EIE Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
 
Agency Record of Decision
After an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) is developed, an agency will prepare a concise public record of decision, which takes into consideration the agency’s findings in the EIE, and any comments received on that evaluation. Read More
 
The following Record of Decision has been submitted for publication in this edition.
 
1) CEPA Record of Decision for Resilient Bridgeport: National Disaster Resilience and Rebuild by Design Projects

 

Title: CEPA Resilient Bridgeport: National Disaster Resilience and Rebuild by Design Projects

 

Municipality where proposed action will be located: Bridgeport

 

CEPA Determination:  On January 8, 2019, the CT Dept. of Housing (CT DOH) published a Notice of Availability of an Environmental Impact Evaluation, in accordance with Section 22a-1d of CEPA, in the Environmental Monitor. 

 

The CT DOH held a public hearing on February 26, 2019 at the Schelfhaudt Gallery (84 Iranistan Avenue, Bridgeport, CT). 

 

Comments were received from the general public and from the CT Dept. of Public Health, CT State Historic Preservation Office in Economic and Community Development, US Dept. of Interior, CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection and the US Environmental Protection Agency on the Draft EIE.  The CT DOH prepared responses to the substantive issues raised in the comments on the Environmental Impact Evaluation and on supplemental materials or amendments. Comments and responses to comments on the Draft EIE: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOH/Resilient-Bridgeport-Final-EIS-Appendices_Part-3-September-2019.pdf?la=en. Comments and responses to comments received on the Final EIE:https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DOH/NDR/ResilientBridgeportRecordofDecision_Signed102419.pdf?la=en

 

The CT DOH’s conclusion for CEPA is documented on the CT DOH National Disaster Resilience website as the Resilient Bridgeport CEPA Record of Decision for the proposed action.

 

The US Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) required that the NEPA Record of Decision be noticed in local newspapers with the Notice of Intent to Request Release of Funds and be subject to a 15-day public comment period. A notice was published in the Environmental Monitor on November 5, 2019 as well apprising the public of the opportunity to provide public comment on the NEPA Record of Decision by the deadline of November 10, 2019. No comments were received.

 

If you have questions about the proposed action, contact:

 

Name:      Dr. Rebecca French, Director of Resilience

 

Agency:  Connecticut Department of Housing

 

Address: 505 Hudson Street, Hartford, CT, 06106

 

Phone:    860-270-8231

 

E-Mail:    Rebecca.French@ct.gov


Inquiries and requests to view and or copy documents, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, must be submitted to the sponsoring State Agency.

 

What happens next: The CT DOH has submitted the Record of Decision to the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) for review. OPM's determination regarding the Record of Decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.
OPM's Determination of Adequacy
After an EIE is developed. the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) will determine if the Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) is adequate. If not, OPM will specify the areas of inadequacy with reference to CEPA or the CEPA regulations and specify the corrective action required. Read More
 
The following Determination of Adequacy has been submitted for publication in this edition.
 
1) The Office of Policy and Management's Review of the Record of Decision for Resilient Bridgeport: National Disaster Resilience and Rebuild by Design Projects.

 

Municipality where proposed action will be located:  Bridgeport

 

CEPA Determination:   On November 5, 2019, the Connecticut Department of Housing (DOH) published a  Record of Decision in the Environmental Monitor.  DOH intends to publish a clarification to the Record of Decision in the December 3, 2019 edition of the Environmental Monitor to address minor technical errors discovered during OPM's review.  The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (OPM) has reviewed DOH's  Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) and the associated process in accordance with section 22a-1e and determined that DOH's Record of Decision is adequate. 

 

OPM's conclusion is documented in the Review of DOH's Record of Decision for the proposed action.  

 

OPM  Contact :

 
Name:      Matthew Pafford, Environmental Analyst
 
Agency:  Office of Policy and Management, Intergovernmental Policy and Planning Division
 
Address: 450 Capitol Ave, Hartford, CT  06106
 
Phone:    (860) 418-6412
 
E-Mail:     matthew.pafford@ct.gov 
 

What happens next: The proposed action is expected to proceed. This is the final notice for the proposed action to be published in the Environmental Monitor.

 
State Land Transfer Notice
Connecticut General Statutes Section 4b-47  requires public notice of most proposed sales and transfers of state-owned lands. The public has an opportunity to comment on any such proposed transfer. Each notice includes an address where comments should be sent. Read more about the process.
 
The following State Land Transfer Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.

1) Notice of Proposed Land Transfer, Hartford

 

Complete Address of Property: 129 Lafayette Street, Hartford CT 06106

 

Commonly used name of property or other identifying information:  Second Church of Christ Scientist

 

Number of acres to be transferred: 1.07 acre

 

Click to view map of property location

Description of Property

 

Below is some general information about the property.  It should not be considered a complete description of the property and should not be relied upon for making decisions.  If only a portion of a property is proposed for transfer, the description pertains only to the portion being transferred.

 

Brief Description of Historical and Current Uses: 129 Lafayette Street is a four story structure of approximately 22,490 gross square feet, built in 1900, primarily used as a house of worship for 80 years until it was purchase by the State of Connecticut in 2007.

The property to be transferred contains the following:

Structures: Buildings in use Buildings not in use No Structures
OtherFeatures: Wooded land Nonagricultural fields Active agriculture
Paved areas Ponds, streams, other water, wetlands
Water Supply: Public water supply On-site well Unknown
Waste Disposal: Served by sewers On-site septic system Unknown


Click to view aerial view of property: Aerial Image

Click to view photographs of property: Property Image

 

The property is in the following municipal zone(s):

Residential Industrial Commercial Institutional
Other: MX-2
Not zoned Notknown

Special features of the property, if known:

Value of property, if known:
If checked, value is not known.

Links to other available information


Type of Sale or Transfer:

Sale or transfer of property in fee
Sale or transfer of partial interest in the property (such as an easement). Description of interest:

Proposed recipient, if known:

Proposed use by property recipient, if known:

The agency is proposing to transfer the property with the following restrictions on future uses:


If checked, the state is not currently proposing restrictions on future uses.


Reason the State of Connecticut is proposing to transfer this property: Surplus

Comments from the public are welcome and will be accepted until the close of business on December 19, 2019.


Comments may include (but are not limited to) information you might have about significant natural resources or recreation resources on the property, as well as your recommendations for means to preserve such resources.

 

Written comments* should be sent to:

Name:        Paul Hinsh

Agency:     Office of Policy and Management
                    Bureau of Assets Management
Address:    450 Capitol Avenue
                    Hartford, CT 06106-1379

E-Mail:       Paul.Hinsch@ct.gov

 

*E-Mail submissions are preferred. Send copies of comments to:


Name:       Shane Mallory
Agency:     Department of Administrative Services

                   Statewide Leasing and Property Transfer Unit
Address:   450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 1402
                    Hartford, CT 06103
E-Mail:       Shane.Mallory@ct.gov

 

(Comments from state agencies must be on agency letterhead and signed by agency head.  Scanned copies are preferred.)


What Happens Next?


To find out if this proposed transfer is the subject of further notices, check future editions of the Environmental Monitor. Sign up for e-alerts to receive a reminder e-mail on Environmental Monitor publication dates.
 

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