Connecticut Siting Council

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

Docket No. 542 - The Towers, LLC, Pequotsepos Road, Mystic, CT

DOCKET NO. 542 – 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 Parcel No. 151-1-1, Pequotsepos Road, Stonington (Mystic), Connecticut.

 

APPLICATION (recd. 07/16/25)
Narrative, 07/16/25
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 Day
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 – Mystic South 2 and Surrounding Cell Sites
7. Antenna, Equipment and Generator Specifications
8. Site Search Summary and Map
9. Visual Assessment
10. USFWS/NDDB Compliance
11. Wetland Assessment
12. Environmental Resources Map
13. Preliminary Historic Resources Determination
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. Federal Airway & Airspace Summary Report
16. Redacted Option and Lease Agreement
Bulk:
1. Technical Information Submission
2. Town of Stonington Zoning Regulations
3. Town of Stonington Inland Wetland & Watercourse Regulations
4. Town of Stonington Plan of Conservation and Development

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of Stonington, 07/17/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 08/07/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, 10/27/25
Council Acknowledgement of Town of Stonington Request for Party/CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/05/25
Council Decision on Town of Stonington Request for Party and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/14/25

 

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 08/27/25


MUNICIPAL COMMENTS
Town of Stonington Conservation Commission Comments, 08/25/25

 

PUBLIC OFFICIAL
Attorney General William Tong Comments, 11/13/25

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION
November 20, 2025 Hearing Document, 08/08/25 - POSTPONED TO FEBRUARY 26, 2026
1. Instructions for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2. Hearing Notice
3. Hearing Program (currently not available)
4. Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5. Proposed Facility Site Plan
Hearing Procedures and Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 09/25/25

February 26, 2026 Hearing Documents, 11/18/25
1. Instruction for Public Access to Remote Public Hearing
2.     Hearing Notice
3.     Hearing Program (currently not available)
4.     Citizens Guide to Siting Council Procedures; and
5.     Proposed Facility Site Plan

Schedule
Schedule, 07/17/25
Schedule, 08/07/25
Schedule, 10/27/25
Schedule, 11/18/25

 

Service List
Service List, 07/16/25
Service List, 11/13/25

 

Hearing Program


Transcript


PARTIES AND INTERVENORS


Applicant - The Towers LLC


Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in The Day, 07/21/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 10/28/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 11/13/25


Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submissions, 11/13/25
Request for Postponement of November 20, 2025 Hearing


Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 08/04/25

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

PARTY AND CEPA INTERVENOR - Town of Stonington

Exhibits
Request for Party and CEPA Intervenor Status, submitted 11/05/25
Pre-Filed Testimony of First Selectperson Danielle Chesebrough, submitted 11/05/25

 

Procedural Correspondence
Notice of Appearance Request, 11/04/25

Motions and Objections

 

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

 

 

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

 

FINAL DECISION