May 6, 2025
- Notice of Scoping for Park Hill and School Hill Water Line Extension, East Windsor
- Notice of Scoping for Town of Griswold Route 164 Water Line Extension, Griswold.
- Notice of Scoping for Franklin Water & Sewer Line Extension, Franklin and Bozrah.
- REVISED - Notice of Scoping for Enfield Station, Enfield.
Scoping Notice - Post-Scoping Notice (Need More Time)
No notice for additional time has been submitted for publication in this edition.- REVISED - Post-Scoping Notice for the Business Park North (Roadway Project), Norwich.
Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE)
No EIE Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.No Agency Record of Decision Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
No Determination of Adequacy Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
No State Land Transfer Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
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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
The following Scoping Notices have been submitted for publication in this edition.
Notice of Scoping for Park Hill and School Hill Water Line Extension
Addresses of possible location: Helena Dr (all); Elaine Dr (all); 9 Windsorville Rd to 38 Windsorville Rd; 110 Old Ellington Rd to 112 Old Ellington Rd; Park Hill Rd (all).
Municipality where proposed action might be located: Town of East Windsor
Project Description: The Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) will be partially funding this project with Community Investment Fund (CIF) - Round 2 grant funds. The project includes the installation of approximately 5,570 feet of public water line in total. A 12” class 52 ductile iron pipe water main will be installed along Windsorville Rd. An 8” class 52 ductile iron pipe water main will be installed along Old Ellington Road, Helena Dr, Elaine Dr and Park Hill Rd. The water line will be installed within the existing road right-of-way. This project will provide for the connection of the East Windsor Housing Authority’s Park Hill housing complex which contains 84 units. In addition, the water line will serve the school hill neighborhood of Elaine Dr and Helena Dr. All 31 homes within this neighborhood will be provided individual private connections. All water main installation will occur at a depth of at least 4ft with at least a 3ft minimum separation between water and any other utility or underground structure. Fire hydrants which will be installed with a bury depth of 5.5ft will also be installed.
Project Map: Click here to view a map of the project area.
Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on: May 8th, 2025.
Any person may ask the sponsoring agency to hold a public scoping meeting by sending such a request to the address below. If a public scoping meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a public scoping meeting. Such requests must be made by: April 18th, 2025.
Additional information about the project can be viewed in person at East Windsor Town Hall, 11 Rye Street, Broad Brook, CT and online at: www.eastwindsor-ct.gov.
Written comments and/or requests for a public scoping meeting should be sent to
Name: Wesley Bemus, Economic Community Development Agent
Agency: The Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Blvd 4th Floor, Hartford CT 06103
E-Mail: wesley.bemus@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:
Name: Carlos Badiola, Staff Attorney
Agency: The Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Blvd 5th Floor, Hartford CT 06103
E-Mail: carlos.badiola@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The sponsoring agency will make a determination whether to proceed with preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) or that the project does not require the preparation of an EIE under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). A Post-Scoping Notice of its decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.
Notice of Scoping for the Town of Griswold Route 164 Water Main Extension
Addresses of possible locations: Preston Road (State Route 164) and Barber Road
Municipality where proposed action might be located: Town of Griswold
Project Description: The Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) will be partially funding this project with Community Investment Fund (CIF) - Round 3 grant funds. It will be used by the Town of Griswold to construct 3,800 linear feet (LF) of 12-inch ductile iron pipe on Preston Road (Route 164) with a bridge crossing of Interstate 395 to connect with the Jewett City Water Company’s existing drinking water distribution system. The grant funding will also be used to construct and install a 500,000-gallon multi-column elevated water storage tank off Barber Road with a submersible mixer and level control, as well as 2,300 LF of 12-inch HDPE pipe to the multi-column water storage tank and 600 LF of 12-inch ductile iron pipe on Barber Road. This work is being done to provide water service to proposed developments in the area.
Project Map: Click here to view a map of the project area.
Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on: May 22, 2025.
Any person may ask the sponsoring agency to hold a public scoping meeting by sending such a request to the address below. If a public scoping meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a public scoping meeting. Such requests must be made by: May 2, 2025.
Additional information about the project can be viewed in person at the Town of Griswold Town Hall, 28 Main Street, Jewett City, CT 06351 and online at: https://www.griswold-ct.org
Written comments and/or requests for a public scoping meeting should be sent to:
Name: Cynthia van Zelm, Economic Community Development Agent
Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Suite 5, Hartford, CT 06103
E-Mail: cynthia.vanzelm@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:
Name: Carlos Badiola, Staff Attorney
Agency: The Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Blvd 5th Floor, Hartford CT 06103
E-Mail: carlos.badiola@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The sponsoring agency will make a determination whether to proceed with preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) or that the project does not require the preparation of an EIE under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). A Post-Scoping Notice of its decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.
Notice of Scoping for Franklin Water & Sewer Extension
Addresses of possible locations: Murphy Rd and Route 87 in Franklin & Stockhouse Road in Bozrah
Municipalities where proposed action might be located: Franklin and Bozrah
Project Description: The Town of Franklin (“The Town”) proposes the construction of a new wastewater pump station on Murphy Rd and expansion of a water main (See Figure 2) to a previously approved project, as detailed in the following paragraph. The town plans on utilizing the $5 million Urban Act Grant allocated to the Town on March 31, 2022, to help fund the water extension and wastewater pump station construction.
The Route 32 and Murphy Road’s water and sewer extension were previously scoped in an Environmental Impact Evaluation (“EIE”) conducted by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) in 2017. The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management (“OPM”) concurred with the EIE on November 20, 2018, stating that the EIE satisfied the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act requirements.
Summary of proposed project changes: The wastewater pump station will have an average pumping capacity of 12,000 gallons per day. The Route 87 and Stockhouse Road’s water main is a new addition and will create a closed water main loop, connecting to an existing water main owned by Norwich Public Utilities on Stockhouse Road in Bozrah. The connection will allow for better flow and reduction of unnecessary maintenance. The water main will be 12” ductile iron pipe. Both the Town of Bozrah and Norwich Public Utilities are supportive of this water main extension.
Project Map: Click here to view a map of the project area.
Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on: May 22, 2025.
Any person may 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, the sponsoring agency shall schedule a Public Scoping Meeting. Such requests must be made by: May 2, 2025.
Additional information about the project can be viewed in person at the Franklin Town Hall and online at: The CT DEEP Website
Written comments and/or requests for a public scoping meeting should be sent to:
Name: Anthony Poon
Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Address: 79 Elm Street, Hartford CT 06106
E-Mail: Anthony.Poon@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:
Name: Anthony Poon
Agency: Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
Address: 79 Elm Street, Hartford CT 06106
E-Mail: Anthony.Poon@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The sponsoring agency will make a determination whether to proceed with preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) or that the project does not require the preparation of an EIE under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). A Post-Scoping Notice of its decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.
Revised Notice of Scoping for Enfield Station
The scoping notice has been revised to include an additional map of the project site.
Project Title: Enfield Station Brownfield Remediation Project
Address of possible location: 33 North River Street, Enfield, CT
Municipality where proposed action might be located: Enfield, CT
Project Description: The $4,000,000 grant funds awarded in Round 20 of the Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development Municipal Grant Program will be used by the Town of Enfield for remediation activities on the 3.24-acre site, former home of the Bigelow Carpet Manufacturing Plant, at 33 North River Street in Enfield. The cleanup work will enable the construction of an approximately 160-unit multifamily residential complex and transit-oriented development.
Project Map: Click Here to view a map of the project area.
NEW!: Click Here to view a map of the project site.
Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on: 5/22/2025.
Any person may ask the Department of Economic and Community Development to hold a public scoping meeting by sending such a request to the address below. If a public scoping meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the Department of Economic and Community Development shall schedule a public scoping meeting. Such requests must be made by: 5/2/2025.
Written comments and/or requests for a public scoping meeting should be sent to:
Name: Almariet Roberts
Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT
E-Mail: Almariet.Roberts@ct.gov
Inquiries and requests to view and or copy documents, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, must be submitted to the Department of Economic and Community Development:
Name: James Parsley
Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT
E-Mail: James.Parsley@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The Department of Economic and Community Development will make a determination whether to proceed with preparation of an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) or that the project does not require the preparation of an EIE under the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act (CEPA). A Post-Scoping Notice of its decision will appear in a future edition of the Environmental Monitor.
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.
REVISED Post-Scoping Notice for the Business Park North (Roadway Project)
Revised: DECD responses to DEEP and OPM comments.
Project Title: DECD – Community Investment Fund - Business Park North
Addresses of Possible Project Location: 83,97, 105, 111 Taftville-Occum Road; Taftville-Occum Road (Map 19, Block 45, Lot 45); 431, 432, 439, 461 Canterbury Turnpike; 431 Rear Canterbury Turnpike; 180, 207, 253 Lawler Lane; 18 School Avenue; 527 Scotland Road (off) Lawler Lane Rear; Bromley Lane
Municipality where it would be located: Norwich
Connecticut Environmental Policy
Act (CEPA) Determination: On 8/8/2023, the Department of Economic and Community Development published a Notice of Scoping to solicit public comments for
this proposed project in the Environmental Monitor.
Comments were received during the public
comment period from the Department
of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Office of Policy and Management (OPM). The DECD revised responses to the comments received are here: Revised Responses Combined - DEEP / OPM.
After consideration of the comments received,
the DECD has determined the project does not require the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) under the CEPA. The agency’s conclusion
is documented in a Memo of Findings and Determination and an Environmental Review Checklist.
Agency contact:
Name: Ryan Acosta, Project Manager / Civil Engineer – Office of Community Development
Agency: Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT 06103
Phone: 860-500-2392
E-Mail: ryan.acosta@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.
Name: Carlos Badiola, Staff Attorney
Agency: Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development
Address: 450 Columbus Boulevard, Hartford, CT 06103
E-Mail: Carlos.Badiola@ct.gov
What Happens Next: The DECD expects the project to go forward. This is expected to be the final notice of the project to be published in the Environmental Monitor.
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
No Record of Decision Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
OPM's Determination of Adequacy
After an Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) and record of decision are developed, the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) will determine if the EIE and the associated process are 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
No Determination of Adequacy Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
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.
No State Land Transfer Notice has been submitted for publication in this edition.
CEPA Project Inventory
The Office of Policy and Management (OPM) maintains a list of projects that have entered the CEPA process. It shows each project's status. The inventory can be found here.
CEQ Contact Information
All inquiries and requests of the Council should be sent electronically to: ceq@ct.gov.
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