1. Notice of EIE for Housatonic River Basin Natural Resources Restoration Project
Municipalities where proposed projects are located: North Canaan, Salisbury, Cornwall, Sharon, Kent, Harwinton, Sherman, New Milford, Roxbury, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Southbury, Newtown, Beacon Falls, Seymour, Derby, Shelton, Milford, and Stratford.
Project Description: The Connecticut SubCouncil of the Housatonic River Natural Resource Trustee Council proposes to implement projects to restore natural resources and resource services in Connecticut injured as a result of the release of PCBs from the General Electric Facility in Pittsfield, MA. This action is being taken under the auspices of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) and a Consent Decree in the case of “The United States, et al. versus the General Electric Company,” and using the Natural Resource Damages (NRD) recovery funds obtained from the General Electric Company as compensation for the injury to natural resources and natural resource services. Projects intended for implementation include those to restore aquatic natural resources (e.g., fish passages, streambank stabilization), riparian and floodplain natural resources (e.g., wetlands restoration, riparian land conservation), and recreational uses of natural resources (e.g., canoe and kayak launches, riverfront park development).
Project Map: Click here to view a map of the project area.
Additional information about the restoration project can be viewed online at: http://www.housatonicrestoration.org/
Comments on this EIE will be accepted until the close of business on May 1, 2009:
Any person can ask the sponsoring agency to hold a Public Hearing on this EIE by sending such a request to Richard Jacobson at the address below by March 27, 2009. If a hearing is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the Department of Environmental Protection must schedule a Public Hearing.
The public can view a copy of this EIE at:
Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Natural Resources
Inland Fisheries Division (6th Floor)
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
or at the offices of the town clerk in any of the municipalities listed above.
The EIE can also be found online at the DEP website, if you click here.
Send your written comments (email preferred) about this EIE to:
| Name: | Richard Jacobson |
| Agency: | Connecticut Department of |
| Environmental Protection | |
| Inland Fisheries Division | |
| Address: | 79 Elm Street |
| Hartford, CT 06106 | |
| Phone: | (860) 424-3482 |
| Fax: | (860) 424-4070 |
| E-Mail: | rick.jacobson@ct.gov |
If you have questions about the projects, a public hearing, where you can review this EIE, or similar matters, please contact Mr. Jacobson as directed above.