Agenda Archives - December 17 2025
Meeting Notice and Agenda
The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at 9:30 AM
in the Holcombe Room, fifth floor, 79 Elm Street, Hartford and via Zoom.
Members of the public may participate in person or via Zoom by connecting to the Zoom meeting: 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
- Call to Order; Establishment of a Quorum
- Approval of minutes of November 19, 2025
- Citizen Comment Period
- Citizen Complaints and Inquiries Received
- Review of Pesticide Information “Pesticides in Connecticut”
- Executive Director’s Report
(Annual Report, draft preliminary findings – use of funds from the surcharge on miniature beverage containers)
BREAK
- State Agency Actions
a. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection:
- Scoping Notice for Town of Coventry Water Pollution Control Facility (WPCF), Coventry – comments recommended
- Release-based Regulations Working Group – update
- DEEP Stakeholder Process to Explore New Nuclear Capacity in Connecticut - update
- Connecticut Climate Action Plan Stakeholder Convening – update
b. Connecticut Siting Council:
- Petition 1696 (solar, Plymouth), Petition 1701 (solar, Southbury) - Comments recommended
- Petition 1697 (solar, Newington), Petition 1698 (solar, Simsbury), Petition 1699 (energy storage, Guilford), Petition 1700 (fuel cell, Groton) - No comments recommended
- Other Business
The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for January 28, 2026, at 9:30 AM.