DOCKET NO. 530 - Homeland Towers, LLC and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility and associated equipment located at 196 East Haddam-Colchester Turnpike, East Haddam, Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 01/24/25)
Narrative, 01/24/25
Attachments
1. Site Evaluation Report and Project Plans
2. Certificate of Service of Application on Government Officials and List of Officials Served
3. Legal Notice in the Hartford Courant
4. Notice to and List of Abutting Landowners; Certificate of Service
5. Federal Communications Commission Licenses – Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
6. Coverage Maps – Surrounding Cell Sites
7. Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
8. Site Search Summary
9. Visual Resources Assessment
10. USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11. Wetlands Inspection Report
12. Custom Soils Resource Map
13. State Historic Preservation Office Determination
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. National Flood Hazard Layer FIRMette
16. Public Information Meeting Information
17. FAA Compliance Evaluation
18. Redacted Option and Ground Lease Agreement
Bulk Filings:
1.  Technical Report, 08/20/24
2.  Town of East Haddam Zoning Regulations
3.  Town of East Haddam Inland Wetland and Watercourses Regulations
4.  Town of East Haddam Plan of Conservation and Development

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of East Haddam, 01/27/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 02/20/25
Council Acknowledgement of Stephen and Cindyann Longobardi Request for Party Status, 03/10/25
Council Interrogatories to Joint Applicants, 03/12/25
Council Decision on Longobardi Request for Party Status, 03/21/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 02/27/25
Connecticut Airport Authority Comments, 03/04/25

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
April 24, 2025 Hearing Documents, 02/21/25
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Public Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program (currently not available)
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan (currently not available)
Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 03/19/25

 

Schedule
Schedule, 01/27/25
Schedule, 02/20/25
Schedule, 03/12/25

 

Service List
Service List, 01/27/25
Service List, 02/25/25
Service List, 03/20/25

 

Hearing Program

 

Transcript

 

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANTS - Homeland Towers, LLC and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless

Exhibits
Applicant's Affidavit of Publication in the Hartford Courant, 01/27/25

 

Procedural Correspondence
Service List Request Change, 02/25/25

 

Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 01/30/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

PARTY - Stephen and Cindyann Longobardi

Exhibits
Longobardi Request for Party Status, 03/07/2025

 

Procedural Correspondence

 

Motions and Objections

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION