Connecticut Siting Council

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Docket No. 540 - The Towers, LLC, New Milford, CT

DOCKET NO. 540 – 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 68 Danbury Road, New Milford, Connecticut.

APPLICATION (recd. 06/10/25)
Narrative, 06/09/25
LIST OF 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
4. Aerial Map, Topographical Map, Drawings, Cut & Fill Report; Federal Airways & Airspace Summary Report; Table of Residences within 1,000’
5. Visual Assessment
6. Preliminary Historic Resources Evaluation; Avian Resources Evaluation; and USFWS & NDDB Compliance Report
7. Power Density Analysis
8. Wetland Inspection
9. Materials related to Municipal Consultation
10. Text of legal notice published in the New Milford Spectrum; 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 - New Milford Plan of Conservation and Development, New Milford Zoning Regulations, New Milford Zoning Map, New Milford Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulation, and Technical Report

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of New Milford, 06/10/25
Council Incomplete Letter, 06/16/25
Council Acknowledgement of Complete Application, 06/18/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 06/26/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, 08/25/25
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 10/24/25
Council Close of Record Memorandum, 10/24/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
October 23, 2025 Hearing Documents, 06/26/25
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, 08/22/25
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording (Passcode:      +9g$*sDL     )

 

Schedule
Schedule, 06/10/25
Schedule, 06/16/25
Schedule, 06/18/25
Schedule, 06/26/25
Schedule, 08/25/25
Schedule, 10/23/25
Schedule, 10/27/25

 

Service List
Service List, 06/10/25

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 10/23/25

 

Transcript
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 10/23/25
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 10/23/25
Council Transcript Memorandum, 11/12/25

 

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

Applicant - The Towers LLC

Exhibits
Proof of Service to the Office of Consumer Counsel, 06/17/25
Affidavit of Publication in the New Milford Spectrum, 06/18/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 09/12/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 10/14/25
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 10/23/25

 

Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 09/12/25
Amended Pre-Hearing Submission, 10/21/25
Response to Council Request for Extension to Render a Final Decision, 10/27/25

 

Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 08/05/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
Post-Hearing Brief, 11/20/25

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION