Connecticut State Council on Environmental Quality

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Meeting Notice and Agenda

The Council on Environmental Quality will meet on Wednesday, September 25, 2024, at 9:30 AM in the Holcombe Room, 5th floor at 79 Elm Street in Hartford and via Zoom

Members of the public may participate in person or 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. Ozone Presentation – Department of Energy and Environmental Protection

4. Approval of minutes of August 28, 2024

5. Citizen Comment Period 

6. Citizen Complaints and Inquiries Received

7. Executive Director’s Report
(Annual Report, miniature beverage container survey, meeting schedule for 2025, Long Island Sound Study’s draft 2025 Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan)

BREAK

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

  • Release-Based Remediation Program – update and comments
  • General Permit to Perform One Day Collections of Certain Wastes and Household Hazardous Waste
  • Comprehensive General Permit for Discharges to Surface and Ground Water

b.   Connecticut Siting Council: 

  • Petition 1640 (energy, Oxford) - Comments recommended
  • Petition 1639 (telecom, Killingworth) - No comments recommended at this time

9. Other Business

The next regular Council meeting is scheduled for October 23, 2024, at 9:30 AM.