Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

Meeting Notice and Agenda


The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, December 13, 2023, at 9:30 AM in the Holcombe Room, fifth floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford and via Zoom.

Council members and members of the public may participate in person or via Zoom by connecting to the Zoom meeting at: https://ctdeep.zoom.us/j/96365270321
and/or by phone by dialing: +1 646 876 9923 US  Meeting ID: 963 6527 0321

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 November 15, 2023

3. Citizen Comment Period (The Council welcomes input on existing or new indicators/analyses for the 2023 annual report)

4. Citizen Complaints and Inquiries Received

5. Executive Director’s Report
(Miniature alcohol beverage container - draft preliminary findings; annual report data, draft legislation, meeting at the University of Connecticut, staffing)

BREAK

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

  • Release-Based Remediation Program – update

  • Notice of Intent to Issue Guidelines for Pilot Program for the Use of Beneficially Reclaimed Materials as Fill in Large Projects

  • Environmental Impact Evaluation (EIE) for Bozrah’s Sanitary Sewer Extension

  • Batterson Park Study

  • Notice of Intent to Revise the State Implementation Plan for Air Quality: 2015 Ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards

b. Connecticut Siting Council:

  • Petition 1598 (solar, Windsor), Petition 1599 (solar, Suffield), Petition 1600 (solar, Berlin), Petition 1601 (solar, Montville) – Comments recommended

  • Docket 520 (telecom, Haddam) - No comments recommended at this time

c. Department of Economic and Community Development

  • Notice of Scoping for AB Eco Park Project, New Haven and North Haven

7. Other Business

  • Acknowledge Kip Kolesinskas and Alicea Charamut

The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for January 24, 2024, at 9:30 AM.