Docket No. 543 – The Towers, LLC, 17 Warren Road, Washington (New Preston)
DOCKET NO. 543 – 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 17 Warren Road, Washington (New Preston), Connecticut.
APPLICATION (recd. 07/30/25)
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 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 – Washington North 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. Preliminary Historic Resources Determination
13. Environmental Resources Map
14. Far Field RF Emissions Calculation
15. FAA Determination
16. Redacted Option and Lease Agreement
Bulk
1. Technical Report
2. Town of Washington Zoning Regulations
3. Town of Washington Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Regulations
4. Town of Washington Plan of Conservation and Development
PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE
Council Letter to Town of Washington, 07/30/25Council Letter to Town of Litchfield, 07/30/25
Council Letter to Town of Warren, 07/30/25
Completeness Review and Schedule, 08/21/25
Council Acknowledgement of Town of Washington Request for Party Status, 10/28/25
Council Acknowledgement of Steep Rock Association, Inc. Request for CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/03/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, 11/04/25
Council Acknowledgement of Town of Warren Request for Party Status, 11/10/25
Council Acknowledgement of Washington Montessori Association Inc. Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/12/25
Council Decision on Town of Washington Request for Party Status, 11/14/25 Council Decision on Town of Warren Request for Party Status, 11/14/25
Council Decision on Steep Rock Association, Inc, Request for CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/14/25
Council Decision on Washington Montessori Association, Inc. Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/14/25
Council Acknowledgement of Joslyn Pollock Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/28/25
Council Acknowledgement of Patricia Werner Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/28/25
Council Acknowledgement of Imad Afiouni Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/28/25
Council Acknowledgement of Robert Odom Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/28/25
Council Acknowledgement of Russell James Mackie, Jr. Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/28/25
Council Acknowledgement of Kristy Faulhaber Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/28/25
STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 08/27/25Department of Transportation Comments, 11/26/25
HEARING INFORMATION
December 4, 2025 Hearing Documents, 08/22/25
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, 10/22/25
Schedule
Schedule, 07/30/25Schedule, 08/21/25
Schedule, 11/04/25
Service List
Service List, 07/30/25Service List, 11/13/25
PARTIES AND INTERVENORS
APPLICANT - The Towers LLC
Exhibits
Affidavit of Publication in the Republican-American, 08/04/25
Sign-Posting Affidavit, 11/24/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 11/26/25
Resubmission of Attachment 3 to Responses to Council interrogatories, dated November 26, 2025 and additional sign affidavit photograph, received 12/01/25
Resume of Keith Vellante, received 12/02/25
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 11/24/25Revised Pre-Hearing Submission, 12/02/25
Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 09/09/25
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
PARTY - Town of Washington
Exhibits
Request for Party Status, 10/28/25
Inland Wetland Commission Letter to the First Selectperson, recd. 11/25/25
Washington Conservation Commission to the First Selectperson, 11/25/25
Corrected Inland Wetland Commission Letter to the First Selectperson, 12/2/25
Procedural Correspondence
Administrative Notice:
Town of Washington Zoning Regulations - Telecommunications Section
E-mail Correspondence from Jason Maggi from the CT Department of Transportation, 11/12/25
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
PARTY - Town of Warren
Exhibits
Request for Party Status, 11/10/25
Procedural Correspondence
Administrative Notice
Town of Warren Zoning Regulations - Telecommunications Section
E-mail Correspondence from Jason Maggi from the CT Department of Transportation to Greg LaCava, 11/12/25
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
CEPA INTERVENOR - Steep Rock Association, Inc.
Exhibits
Request for CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/03/25
Pre-filed Testimony of Michael W. Klemens, Ph.D., 11/19/25 Curriculum Vitae
Pre-filed Testimony of Thomas M. Rickart, 11/19/25
Pre-filed Testimony of Brian E. Hagenbuch, PhD., 11/20/25 Resume
Pre-filed Testimony of Michael Lawton, 11/21/25 Curriculum Vitae
Pre-filed Testimony of Albert M. Manville, II, Ph.D., 11/22/25 Curriculum Vitae
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission - Witnesses List, 11/24/25
Pre-Hearing Submission - Exhibit List, 11/24/25
Request for Administrative Notice, 11/24/25
Correspondence Regarding Applicant Exhibits, 12/01/25
Administrative Notice:
Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, Acoustic Bat Survey Report, Steep Rock Association Properties June 2016
Steep Rock Association, Inc., Macricostas Preserve Trail map, 2024
Steep Rock Association, Inc. Protected Areas Map of Washington 2025
Steep Rock Association, Inc., Macricostas Preserve Biodiversity, Manuscript 2025
Steep Rock Association, Inc., The Birds of Steep Rock Field Checklist
Steep Rock Association, Inc. Infosheet – Important Bird Area
Steep Rock Association, Inc., Historical Results by Count CTLH [2020-2025]
Quinn, Dennis, Amphibian Inventory and Management Recommendations Steep Rock Association Washington, Connecticut (2017)
Quinn, Dennis, Draft Reptile Report
Recommended Best Practices for Communication Tower Design, Siting, Construction, Operation, Maintenance, and Decommissioning, Migratory Bird Program, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Falls Church, Virginia (March 2021)
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
INTERVENOR AND CEPA INTERVENOR - Washington Montessori Association, Inc.
Exhibits
Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/11/25
Pre-filed Testimony of Kerry Dorton, 11/25/25
Pre-filed Testimony of Steven D. Trinkaus, PE, 11/25/25
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 11/25/25
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
INTERVENOR AND CEPA INTERVENOR - Joslyn Pollock, Patricia Werner, Imad Afiouni, Robert Odom,
Russell James Mackie, Jr., and Kristy Faulhaber - pending
Exhibits
Joslyn Pollock Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/26/25
Patricia Werner Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/26/25
Imad Afiouni Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/26/25
Robert Odom Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/26/25
Russell James Mackie, Jr. Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/26/25
Kristy Faulhaber Request for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 11/26/25
Procedural Correspondence
Motions and Objections
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
FINAL DECISION