Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

Meeting Notice and Agenda 

The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at 9:30 AM via Zoom.

Members of the public may participate via Zoom by connecting to the Zoom meeting at: https://ctdeep.zoom.us/j/85118459123  (NEW LINK)
and/or by phone by dialing: +1 646 876 9923 US  Meeting ID: 85118459123

Materials for the meeting will be posted to the Council’s website in advance of the meeting. Persons wishing to comment during the Citizen Comment Period may participate at that time.

 

AGENDA 


1. Call to Order; Establishment of a Quorum

2. Approval of minutes of March 26, 2025

3. Citizen Comment Period

4. Citizen Complaints and Inquiries Received

  • Review suggestion for compensatory tree replacement

5. Executive Director’s Report
(Annual Report)

BREAK

6. State Agency and Legislative Actions
a.    Department of Energy and Environmental Protection:

  • Release-Based Remediation Program – update
  • Draft Forest Management Plan for Pachaug State Forest Wyassup Block
  • National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Separate Storm Sewer Systems – comments recommended
  • General Permit for the Discharge of Wastewater Associated with Food Establishments – no comments recommended

b. Connecticut Siting Council: 

  • Petition 1660 (solar, Naugatuck) - Comments recommended
  • Docket 533 (telecom, Naugatuck), Petition 1659 (telecom, Mansfield), Petition 1661 (energy, Stamford), Petition 1278c (fuel cell, North Haven) - No comments recommended at this time
  • Docket 534 (telecom, Woodstock), Docket 535 (telecom, Woodstock)

c. Legislature

  • Status of proposed bills for which the Council provided testimony

7. Other Business

The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for May 28, 2025, at 9:30 AM.