DOCKET NO. 309 - Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon Wireless application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a wireless telecommunications facility located at the Round Hill Community Church, 395 Round Hill Road, Greenwich, Connecticut.

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Connecticut
Siting
Council
August 31, 2006

Opinion, Decision and Order

In light of the testimony of the Applicant’s witness casting doubt on the desirability of the location of the proposed facility in the event that a Distributed Antenna System is installed on the Merritt Parkway, the recent filing of a petition by ClearLinx for installation of a Distributed Antenna System on the Merritt Parkway, Council Petition 782, and the current deadline for action on the instant application, the Council hereby denies the application without prejudice. The Council may reconsider such denial, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 4-181a(a), in conjunction with its consideration of Petition 782.

Pursuant to General Statutes § 16-50p, the Council hereby directs that a copy of the Findings of Fact, and Decision and Order be served on each person listed below, and notice of issuance shall be published in The Greenwich Time.

By this Decision and Order, the Council disposes of the legal rights, duties, and privileges of each party named or admitted to the proceeding in accordance with Section 16-50j-17 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

The parties and intervenors to this proceeding are:

Applicant

Cellco Partnership d/b/a
Verizon Wireless

Representatives

Sandy Carter, Regulatory Manager
Verizon Wireless
99 East River Drive
East Hartford, CT 06108

Kenneth C. Baldwin, Esq.
Robinson & Cole LLP
280 Trumbull Street
Hartford, CT 06103-3597

Intervenor

Omnipoint Communications, Inc.
(T-Mobile USA, Inc.)

Representative

Diane Whitney, Esq.
Pullman & Comley
80 State House Square
Hartford, CT 06103

Intervenor

Cliff Berger

Representative

Monte E. Frank
Cohen and Wolf, P.C.
158 Deer Hill Avenue
Danbury, CT 06810

Intervenor

New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC

Representative

Christopher B. Fisher, Esq.
Cuddy & Feder LLP
90 Maple Avenue
White Plains, New York 10601

Intervenor

Sprint Nextel Corporation

Representative

Thomas J. Regan, Esq.
Brown Rudnick Berlack Israels LLP
CityPlace I, 185 Asylum Street
Hartford, CT 06103-3402

Intervenor

Elizabeth Galt

Representative

Ira W. Bloom, Esq.
Wake, See, Dimes, Brynizcka, Day & Bloom
27 Imperial Avenue