Meeting Notice and Agenda 

The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 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/85118459123
and/or by phone by dialing: +1 646 876 9923 US  Meeting ID: 85118459123

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 July 23, 2025

3. Citizen Comment Period

4. Citizen Complaints and Inquiries Received

5. Executive Director’s Report
(Regional Water Authority application for land disposition- 233 Skiff Street, Hamden; Nips survey 2025; website accessibility update)

BREAK

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

• Notice of Fine Particulate Matter and Sulfur Dioxide Air Quality Standards and a Fine Particular Matter Impact Level
• Notice of Scoping for Proposed Modification of Easements to Allow a 199-psig Natural Gas Distribution Pipeline Within Portions of Hurd State Park and Connecticut Valley Railroad State Park Trail, East Hampton, Haddam/Higganum, and Middletown.

b.    Connecticut Siting Council:

• Petition 1683 (solar, Woodbury),  Docket 542 (telecom, Stonington), Docket 543 (telecom, Washington (New Preston)),  Petition 1685 (solar, Wilmington), Petition 1686 (solar, Morris), Docter 492A (solar, East Windsor) - Comments recommended
• Petition 1681 (solar, North Branford), Petition 1682 (solar, Groton),  Petition 1684 (solar, Scotland), Petition 1687 (solar, Plainfield) - No comments recommended

7. Other Business

The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for September 24, 2025, at 9:30 AM