Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

Meeting Notice and Agenda

The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, 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/87516962456 (NEW LINK)
and/or by phone by dialing: +1 646 876 9923 US Meeting ID: 87516962456

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. Chair's Report 

3. Approval of minutes of July 24, 2024

4. Citizen Comment Period 

5. Citizen Complaints and Inquiries Received

6. Executive Director’s Report
(Annual Report - Nips Survey, ozone)

BREAK

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

  • Release-Based Remediation Program – update
  • Draft Hydrogen Roadmap
  • General Permit for the Discharge of Dewatering and Remediation Wastewaters
  • Forest Resource Management Plan (FMP) for The Preserve State Forest (TPSF)

  b.  Connecticut Siting Council:

  • Docket 525 (solar, Stonington), Petition 1637 (battery, Granby), Petition 1638 (solar, Torrington) - Comments recommended
  • Petition 1636 (fuel cell, New Haven) - No comments recommended at this time
  8. Other Business

The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for September 25, 2024, at 9:30 AM.