Connecticut Siting Council

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

DOCKET NO. 539 – 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 424 Storrs Road, Mansfield, Connecticut.

APPLICATION (recd. 05/07/25)
Narrative
Attachments
1. Verizon’s Coverage Plots
2. Summary of Site Search and List and Map of Existing Tower/Cell Sites
3. General Facility Description, Site Evaluation Report, Facility and Equipment Specifications, List of Residential Buildings within 1000’
4. Aerial Map, Topographical Map, Drawings, FAA Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation
5. Visual Assessment
6. Preliminary Historic Resources Evaluation, USFWS & NDDB Compliance Report, and Avian Resources Evaluation
7. Power Density Analysis
8. Wetland Inspection
9. Materials related to municipal consultation
10. Text of legal notice published in the Hartford Courant, Notice to Abutting Landowners, List of Abutting Landowners, Certification of Service of Notice
11. Certification of Service of Application on Federal, State and Municipal Agencies
12. Connecticut Siting Council Application Guide
Bulk Filing (Mansfield Tomorrow:  Plan of Conservation and Development; Mansfield Zoning Regulations; Mansfield Zoning Map; Mansfield Inland Wetlands & Watercourses Regulations; Technical Report)

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to the Town of Mansfield, 05/07/25
Council Letter to the Town of Windham, 05/07/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 05/29/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set One, 08/21/25
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 09/26/25
Council Close of Record Memorandum, 09/26/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
Town of Mansfield Comments, 09/22/25

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
September 25, 2025 Hearing Documents, 05/30/25
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. 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, 08/13/25
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode Vg?nAy6m   )

Schedule
Schedule, 05/07/25
Schedule, 05/29/25
Schedule, 08/21/25
Schedule, 09/25/25
Schedule, 10/03/25

 

Service List
Service List, 05/07/25

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 09/25/25

 

Transcript

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANT - The Towers, LLC

Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in the Hartford Courant, 05/29/25
Proof of Service to the Office of Consumer Counsel, 06/18/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 09/10/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 09/17/25
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 09/25/25


Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 09/10/25
Supplemental Pre-Hearing Submission, 09/17/25
Response to Council's Request for Extension of Time to Render Final Decision, 10/03/25

 

Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 05/30/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION