Connecticut Siting Council

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

DOCKET NO. 535 - The Towers, LLC 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 835 Norwich Worcester Turnpike (Route 169), Woodstock, Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 04.07.25)
Narrative
List of 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 Norwich Bulletin
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 – Woodstock 2 and Surrounding Cell Sites
7. Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
8. Site Search Summary
9. Visual Assessment
10. USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11. Wetland Inspection Report
12. Preliminary Historic Resources Evaluation
13. Farmland Soils Map
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. FEMA Flood Map
16. FAA Compliance Evaluation
17. Public Information Meeting Information
18. Redacted Lease Agreement
Bulk Items:
1. Technical Report
2. Town of Woodstock Zoning Regulations
3. Town of Woodstock Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
4. Town of Woodstock Plan of Conservation and Development

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to the Town of Woodstock, 04/07/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 05/01/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 06/30/25
Council Acknowledgement of Nayden Request for Intervenor Status, 07/31/25
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 07/31/25
Council Decision on Nayden Request for Intervenor Status, 07/31/25
Council Email Correspondence to Applicant Regarding Nayden’s September 4, 2025 Motions, 09/04/25
Council Email Correspondence Granting Nayden’s Motion for Administrative Relief rendering Nayden’s Alternative Motion for Administrative Relief Moot, 09/05/25
Council Decision on Nayden Motion to Continue/Reset Hearing Date, 09/10/25
Close of Record Memorandum, 09/10/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Connecticut Airport Authority Comments, received 05/08/25

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
July 31, 2025 Hearing Documents, 05/02/25
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, 06/18/25
Council September 9, 2025 Evidentiary Hearing Continuation Memorandum, 07/31/25
1.  Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.  Hearing Program 
Zoom Remote Continued Evidentiary Hearing Recording, 09/09/25  (Passcode:    XUweqM#0    )

 

Schedule
Schedule, 04/07/25
Schedule, 05/01/25
Schedule, 06/30/25
Schedule, 07/31/25
Schedule, 08/06/25
Schedule, 09/09/25

 

Service List
Service List, 04/07/25
Service List, 07/31/25

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 07/31/25
Hearing Program, 09/09/25

 

Transcript
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 07/31/25
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 07/31/25
Council Transcript Memorandum, 08/12/25
Continued Evidentiary Hearing Session Transcript, 09/09/25
Council Continued Evidentiary Hearing Transcript Memorandum, 09/24/25

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANT - The Towers, LLC

Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in The Bulletin, 4/15/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 07/14/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 07/14/25
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 07/31/25
Supplemental Response to Council's Interrogatory No. 54, 09/02/25
Responses to Nayden Interrogatories, 09/02/25

 

Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 07/22/25
Supplemental Pre-Hearing Submission, 09/02/25
Response to Council Request for Extension to Render Final Decision, 08/6/25
Response to Council’s Email Correspondence Regarding Nayden’s September 4, 2025 Motions, 09/04/25

 

Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 04/21/25
Objection to Intervenor's Motion to Continue/Reset Hearing Date, 09/08/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

INTERVENOR - Paska Nayden 

Exhibits
Paska Nayden Request for Intervenor Status, 07/31/25
Pre-filed Testimony with attachments, 08/26/25

 

Procedural Correspondence
Interrogatories to Applicant, 08/26/25
Supplemental Interrogatories to Applicant and Requests for Production, 08/26/25

 

Motions and Objections
Motion for Administrative Relief, received 09/04/25
Alternative Motion for Administrative Relief, received 09/04/25
Motion to Continue/Reset Hearing Date, received 09/04/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION