Connecticut Siting Council

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Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory/Long Island Sound Blue Plan Survey

DOCKET NO. 513 -  Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a  The Towers LLC  Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Parcel No. 258-10C-001, Mason Hill Road, Litchfield, Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 03/01/23)
Narrative
List of Attachments
1. Litchfield SE Facility- Factual Summary and Project Plans
2. Certificate of Service of Application on Government Officials; and List of Officials Served
3. Legal Notice in the Waterbury Republican American
4. List of Abutting Landowners and Certificate of Service; Notice Letter
5. Federal Communications Commission Licenses
6. Coverage Maps - Location of Litchfield SE and Surrounding Cell Sites
7. Antenna and Equipment Specifications
8. Site Search Summary
9. Visual Assessment & Photo - Simulations
10. USFWS and NDDB Compliance
11. Wetlands Impact Analysis
12. Avian Resources Evaluation
13. Preliminary Historic Resources Determination
14. Farmland Soils Map
15. RF Exposure-Far Field Tables
16. National Flood Insurance Rate Map
17. Public Information Meeting Legal and Abutter Notices and Presentation Materials
18. Federal Airways & Airspace Summary Report
19. Land Lease Agreement - Redacted
Bulk Filings
Technical Report, 10/25/22
Town of Litchfield Zoning Regulations
Town of Litchfield Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
Town of Litchfield Plan of Conservation and Development

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of Litchfield, 03/02/23
Council Letter to Town of Thomaston, 03/02/23
Council Completeness Review, 03/16/23
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 03/20/23
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 03/30/23

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 03/22/23
Connecticut Airport Authority Comments, 03/23/23

 

PUBLIC OFFICE COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
May 4, 2023 Hearing Documents, 03/17/23
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Public Hearing Notice
3.  Hearing Program 
4.  Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5.  Proposed Facility Site Plan 
Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 03/22/23
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 05/04/23  (Passcode:  ^v5$4zwi )

 

Schedule
Schedule, 03/01/23
Schedule, 03/16/23
Schedule, 03/20/23

 

Service List
Service List, 03/02/23
Service List, 04/11/24
Revised Service List, 10/16/24

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 05/04/23

 

Transcripts
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 05/04/23
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 05/04/23
Council Transcript Memorandum, 06/06/23

   

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

Applicant - Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication, 03/02/23
Applicant's Signed Protective Order related to unredacted lease agreement, 03/30/23
Applicant's Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 04/10/23
Applicant's Sign Posting Affidavit, 04/27/23
Applicant's Proposed Alternate Tower Location, Modified Interrogatory Responses and attachments, 04/27/23

 

Procedural Correspondence
Applicant's Pre-Hearing Submission (List of Exhibits and Witnesses), 04/27/23

 

Motions/Objections
Applicant's Motion for Protective Order, 03/15/23
Affidavit of Tim Parks in Support of Protective Order, 03/15/23
Protective Order, 03/15/23

 

Post-Hearing Brief and Draft Findings of Fact
Applicant's Letter in Lieu of Post Hearing Brief, 06/02/23

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
Council's Draft Finding of Fact Memorandum, 06/08/23

 

FINAL DECISION
Council's Final Decision Documents, 06/23/23
Request for Transfer of Certificate, 03/22/24
Request for Transfer Contact Information, 03/22/24
Council Decision on Transfer of Certification Request, 04/11/24

 

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN (D&M PLAN)
D&M Plan, 07/24/24
D&M Plan Schedule, 07/30/24
D&M Plan Interrogatories, 08/02/24
Schedule, 08/02/24
Responses to D&M Plan Interrogatories, 08/15/24
Council D&M Plan Decision and Staff Report, 08/29/24
Request for Extension of Construction Time and Council Decision, 10/16/24
Notice of Construction Commencement, 04/08/25