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
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 12/08/25
Council Decision on Requests for Intervenor and CEPA Intervenor Status, 12/08/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicant, Set Two, 12/12/25
Council Interrogatories to Steep Rock Association, 12/12/25
Council Interrogatories to Washington Montessori Association, 12/12/25
Council Interrogatories to Town of Washington, 12/12/25
Council Interrogatories to Town of Warren, 12/12/25
Applicant Request for Extension of Time to Respond to Interrogatories and Council Acknowledgement, 12/24/25
Council Request for Comments on Joint Motion for Balloon Float, 01/28/26
STATE AGENCY COMMENTS
Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 08/27/25Department of Transportation Comments, 11/26/25
Council on Environmental Quality Additional Comments, recd. 01/29/26
PUBLIC OFFICIAL COMMENTS
State Representative Karen Reddington-Hughes, 01/02/26
State Senator Stephen Harding, 01/04/26
State Representative Maria Horn, 01/28/26
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
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 12/04/25 (Passcode: xyQ!8T?. )
Council January 13, 2026 Continuation of Evidentiary Hearing Memorandum, 12/05/25
1. Instructions for Access to January 13, 2026 Evidentiary Hearing Session
2. Hearing Program
Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 01/13/26 (Passcode: $pH^H8Ns )
Council February 24, 2026 Continuation of Evidentiary Hearing Memorandum, 01/14/26
Schedule
Schedule, 07/30/25Schedule, 08/21/25
Schedule, 11/04/25
Schedule, 12/04/25
Schedule, 12/09/25
Schedule, 12/12/25
Schedule, 12/24/25
Schedule, 01/14/26
Service List
Service List, 07/30/25Service List, 11/13/25
Service List, 12/04/25
Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 12/04/25
Hearing Program, 01/13/26
Transcripts
Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 12/04/25
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 12/04/25
Council Transcript Memorandum, 12/19/25
Continued Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 01/13/26
Council Transcript Memorandum, 01/28/26
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
Signed Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 12/04/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set Two, dated December 30, 2025
Late-filed Exhibits, dated December 30, 2025
Responses to Washington Montessori Association, Inc. Interrogatories, dated January 6, 2026
Responses to Area Residents Group Interrogatories, dated January 6, 2026
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 11/24/25Revised Pre-Hearing Submission, 12/02/25
Response to Council's Request for an Extension of Time to Render a Final Decision, 12/09/25 Request for Extension of Time to Respond to Interrogatories
Motions and Objections
Motion for Protective Order - Lease Agreement Financial Terms, 09/09/25Objection to Joint Motion for Balloon Float, 02/06/26
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
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 12/23/25
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
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 12/22/25
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
Responses to Council Interrogatories, dated December 29, 2025
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)
Request for Supplemental Administrative Notice, 12/29/25
Second Supplemental Administrative Notice, 01/08/26
Motions and Objections
Joint Motion for Balloon Float, 01/23/26
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
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 12/31/25
Procedural Correspondence
Pre-Hearing Submission, 11/25/25
Interrogatories to the Applicant, 12/23/25
Motions and Objections
Joint Motion for Balloon Float, 01/23/26
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
INTERVENOR AND CEPA INTERVENOR - Joslyn Pollock, Patricia Werner, Imad Afiouni, Robert Odom,
Russell James Mackie, Jr., and Kristy Faulhaber
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
Christine Afiouni Pre-filed Testimony, 12/04/25
Lauren Mackie Pre-filed Testimony, 12/05/25
Pre-filed Testimony of Joslyn Pollock, dated December 30, 2025
Pre-filed Testimony of Patricia Werner, dated December 30, 2025
Pre-filed Testimony of Imad Afiouni, dated December 30, 2025
Pre-filed Testimony of Wes Haynes, dated December 30, 2025
Pre-filed Testimony Garrett S. Bolella, dated December 30, 2025
Procedural Correspondence
Interrogatories to Applicant and Request for Production, 12/29/25
Pre-Hearing Submission, 12/30/25
Pre-Hearing Interrogatories to Applicant and Requests for Production, Second Set, received 02/09/26
Motions and Objections
Joint Motion for Balloon Float, 01/23/26
Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact
COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT
FINAL DECISION