1. Environmental Impact Evaluation for Old Lyme Coastal Wastewater Management Plan
Municipality where proposed project would be located: Old Lyme
Addresses of Possible Project Locations: Shoreline communities located south of and along Route 156 between Miami Beach Association and Old Lyme Shores Beach Association, and the Route 156 corridor to East Lyme
Project Description: The Beach Associations of Old Lyme Shores, Old Colony Beach and Miami Beach have conducted independent engineering studies showing that the prevalent conditions in the project area such as the age and location of existing onsite wastewater treatment systems, high density of development, lack of adequate space and overall challenging subsurface conditions, such as shallow groundwater, have rendered the onsite wastewater treatment systems economically and technically unfeasible for long term wastewater renovation.
A centralized gravity sewer system to be constructed by the three Beach Associations has been identified the most cost effective and technically feasible solution. Wastewater from the associations would be collected via gravity pipes and conveyed through one shared pump station and force main. It is currently envisioned that the centralized pump station would be located within Miami Beach Association. Wastewater from Old Colony Beach Association would be transported to the Miami Beach Association through an easement located within Sound View. The pipe traversing across Sound View would enable this community to tie-in, should Old Lyme join the Associations in the future. Wastewater would be conveyed along Route 156 to East Lyme and then through the existing collection systems of East Lyme and Waterford for final treatment at the New London Water Pollution Control Facility.
Project Maps: Click here to view the areas to be sewered.
Click here to view the proposed sewer system.
Click here to view the proposed conveyance system.
The EIE and additional information about the project can be viewed in person at:
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse (2nd floor)
79 Elm Street
Hartford, CT 06106
The public can view a copy of this EIE at:
Old Lyme Town Clerk
Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall
52 Lyme Street
Old Lyme, CT 06360
The EIE can also be found online at the DEEP website by clicking here.
The request for public hearing from the Sound View Beach Association in Old Lyme has been withdrawn. Accordingly, a public hearing will not be held. The deadline for comments has been extended until the close of business on December 16, 2015.
Written comments about this EIE should be sent to:
| Name: | Carlos Esguerra |
| Agency: | Department of Energy & Environmental Protection |
| Bureau of Water Protection & Land Reuse | |
| Address: | 79 Elm Street |
| Hartford, CT 06106-5127 | |
| Phone: | 860-424-3756 |
| Fax: | 860-424-4067 |
| E-Mail: | carlos.esguerra@ct.gov |
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