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

DOCKET NO. 536 – Tarpon Towers III, 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 78 Goshen East Street, Norfolk, Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 04/17/25)
Narrative, 04/17/25
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 Waterbury Republican American
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 – Norfolk South 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 Determination
13. Farmland Soils Map
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. FEMA Flood Map
16. FAA Compliance Evaluation
17.  Public Information Meeting Materials
18. Redacted Option and Ground Lease Agreement
Bulk
1. Technical Report
2.   Town of Norfolk Zoning Regulations
3. Town of Norfolk Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
4. Town of Norfolk Plan of Conservation and Development

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of Norfolk, 04/17/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 05/15/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 07/02/25
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 08/15/25
Close of Record Memorandum, 08/16/25


STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality, 05/28/25

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
August 14, 2025 Hearing Documents, 05/16/25
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, 07/09/25
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode: NZr.Xtc8 )

 

SCHEDULE
Schedule, 04/17/25
Schedule, 05/15/25
Schedule, 06/02/25
Schedule, 07/02/25
Schedule, 08/14/25
Schedule, 08/25/25

SERVICE LIST
Service List, 04/17/25

HEARING PROGRAM
Hearing Program, 08/14/25

TRANSCRIPT
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 08/14/25
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 08/14/25
Council Transcript Memorandum, 08/28/25

 

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANTS - Tarpon Towers III, LLC and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless
Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in the Republican American, 04/22/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 07/23/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 07/31/25
Sign Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 08/14/25

Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission,  08/06/25
Response to Council's Request for Extension of Time to Render a Final Decision, 08/25/25

Motions and Objections
Tarpon Towers III, LLC Motion for Protective Order, 05/22/25

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Letter in Lieu of Brief, 09/05/25

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION