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Docket No. 546 - Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC, and New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T, Universal Drive, North Haven, CT

DOCKET NO. 546 - Crown Castle Towers 06-2 LLC and New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC d/b/a AT&T 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 70 Universal Drive, North Haven, Connecticut.

APPLICATION (recd. 10/28/25)

Narrative
  1. Site Location Maps 
  2. Redacted Option and Ground Lease Agreement
  3. Letter of Support from the Town of North Haven
  4. Legal Notice published in the New Haven Register
  5. North Haven Approval of Existing Tower
  6. CT Siting Council Decisions Involving Existing Tower
  7. Site Plans
  8. Floodplain Map
  9. Tree Inventory Report
  10. Environmental Resources Map
  11. Visual Assessment Report
  12. Airspace Safety Analysis & Compliance
  13. List of AT&T’s FCC Licenses
  14. Generator Specifications
  15. Existing Adjacent Towers Map
  16. Radio Frequency Report and Coverage Maps
  17. Wetland Inspection Report
  18. Radio Frequency Emissions Report
  19. USFWS & NDDB Compliance Report
  20. National Environmental Policy Act (“NEPA”) Screening Summary Report
  21. Historic Screening
  22. SHPO Approval
  23. Avian Resources Evaluation
  24. Certificates of Service to Officials and Abutters
  25. Bulk Filing - Full National Environmental Policy Act Screening Complete Report
  26. Bulk Filing - North Haven 2017 Plan of Conservation and Development
  27. Bulk Filing - North Haven 2007 Zoning Regulations with Amendments through Sept. 2024
  28. Bulk Filing - 1997 Regulations for the Protection and Preservation of the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses of the Town of North Haven Connecticut
    Additional Exhibits Cover Letter, 11/19/25
  29. Federal Aviation Administration's Determination of No Hazard to Air Navigation
  30. Federal Communications Commissions Antenna Structure Registration

 

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE

Council Letter to Town of North Haven, 10/28/25
Council Letter to Town of Hamden, 10/28/25
Council Completeness Review and Schedule, 11/14/25
Council Acknowledgement of Cellco's Request for Intervenor Status, 12/04/25
Council Interrogatories to Applicants, 01/09/26
Council Interrogatories to Cellco, 01/09/26
Council Decision on Cellco's Request for Intervenor Status, 01/09/26
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 02/04/26
Council Close of Record Memorandum, 02/04/26

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

Council on Environmental Quality, 11/19/25

 

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CARRIER CORRESPONDENCE

 

HEARING INFORMATION

 February 3, 2026 Hearing Documents, 11/14/25

  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, 01/07/26

Zoom Remote Public Hearing Recording, 02/03/26  (Passcode:   3VK^%4Yy        )

Schedule

Schedule, 10/28/25
Schedule, 11/13/25
Schedule, 01/09/26
Schedule, 02/03/26
Schedule, 02/13/26
Schedule, 03/13/26

Service List

Service List, 10/28/25
Service List, 01/08/26

 

Hearing Program
Hearing Program, 02/03/26

Transcript

Hearing Transcript 2 p.m., 02/03/26
Public Session Transcript 6:30 p.m., 02/03/26
Council Transcript Memorandum, 02/10/26

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

APPLICANTS - Crown Castle and New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC

Exhibits

Affidavit of Publication in the New Haven Register, 11/06/25
Supplemental Application Exhibits 29-30, 11/19/25
Affidavit of Sign Posting, 01/27/26
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 01/27/26
>Exhibit A - Abutters Mailing Information
>Exhibit B - Revised Aerial Site Location Map
>Exhibit C - Remote Field Review
Signed Protective Order - Response to Council Interrogatory No. 11, Lease Agreement - Financial Terms, 02/03/26

Procedural Correspondence

Pre-Hearing Submission, 01/27/26
Response to Council's Request for an Extension of Time to Render a Final Decision, 02/11/26

Motions and Objections

Motion for Protective Order, Response to Council Interrogatory No. 11, Lease Agreement - Financial Terms, 01/27/26
>Affidavit of Sonny Pieper, Site Development Manager, Crown Castle, 01/23/26
>Protective Order

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

Letter in Lieu of Post-Hearing Brief, 02/24/26
Draft Findings of Fact, 02/24/26

INTERVENOR - Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless 

Exhibits

Request for Intervenor Status, 12/04/25
Responses to Council Interrogatories, 01/27/26
Supplemental Submission – Cellco Coverage Plots, 02/02/26

Procedural Correspondence

Pre-Hearing Submission, 01/27/26

Motions and Objections

Briefs/Proposed Findings of Fact

Letter in Lieu of Post-Hearing Brief, 02/26/26

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

Council's Draft Findings of Fact Memorandum, 03/19/26

FINAL DECISION