Petition No 1120

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

Petition No. 1120

PETITION NO. 1120 – The United Illuminating Company petition for a declaratory ruling that no Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need is required for the proposed modifications to the Hawthorne Substation located at 180 Hawthorne Drive, Fairfield, Connecticut.

Petition Filing 10/30/2014

D&M Attachment 10/30/2014

Affidavit of Service 10/29/2014

CSC Letter to Petitioner-Regarding Incomplete Filing 11/06/14

Affidavit of Service Notice, 12/2/2014

Procedural Correspondence

Service List 10/13/15

Completeness Review 1/22/2015

Revised Schedule 06/15

PE 1120 Field Review 11/25/14

March 31, 2015 Hearing Notice 01/23/15

Pre-Hearing Conference Memo 2/4/2015

Administrative Notice List 2/4/2015

Hearing Procedure Memo 02/17/15

March 31, 2015 Field Review and Directions 03/23/15

March 31, 2015 Hearing Program

March 31, 2015 Afternoon Transcript

March 31, 2015 Evening Transcript

March 31, 2015 Transcript Received Memorandum 04/20/15

April 7, 2015 Evidentiary Hearing Continuation Memo 04/01/15

(Please note that the April 7, 2015 hearing has been rescheduled to April 23, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. in Connecticut Siting Council, Hearing Room One, Ten Franklin Square, New Britain)

UI Request to Postpone April 7, 2015 Evidentiary Hearing to April 23, 2015, 04/02/15

CSC Reschedule of Continued Evidentiary Hearing to April 23, 2015 memorandum, 04/06/15

April 23, 2015 Hearing Program

April 23, 2015 Partial Transcript

April 23, 2015 Partial Transcript Received Memorandum, 05/19/15

Council Request for Additional State Agency Comments, 4/24/15

Council Request for Extension of Time 05/07/15

>Tournas Response to Request 05/07/15

>Fairfield Response to Request 05/07/15

>UI Grant of Extension until June 30, 2015, 05/07/15

Council Memorandum Regarding Partial Transcript and Request for Response 05/14/15

>UI Response to CSC Memorandum Regarding Partial Transcript, 05/15/15

>Town of Fairfield Response to CSC Memorandum Regarding Partial Transcript, 05/19/15

>Giandurco Response to CSC Memorandum Regarding Partial Transcript,05/19/15

>Tournas Response to CSC Memorandum Regarding Partial Transcript, 05/19/15

State Official Comments

Comments from State Senator Hwang and State Representative Devlin 02/18/15

Additional Comments from State Senator Hwang and CSC Response 05/15

Additional Comments from State Representative Devlin and CSC Response 05/15

Parties and Intervenors

Town of Fairfield

Town of Fairfield's Request for Status 1/14/2015 Cover Letter

>Council Acknowledgement of Town of Fairfield request, 1/15/15

>CSC Party Status Approval for Town of Fairfield 01/23/15

Arthur Tournas

Arthur Tournas Request for Intervenor Status 1/28/15

>Council Acknowledgement of Arthur Tournas Request 1/29/2015

>UI's Opposition of Arthur Tournas' and Vincent Giandurco's Request for Status 02/17/15

Attachment 1

>Arthur Tournas' e-mail regarding UI's Status Opposition 02/17/15

>Arthur Tournas' Additional Response regarding UI's Status Opposition 02/18/15

>Council's Decision to Arthur Tournas' Request for Intervenor Status 02/20/15

Tournas Request for Alternatives Meeting 03/13/15

Tournas Request for a Walk Thru Around UI Site during Field Review 03/19/15

>Aerial Photograph of Proposed Walking Thru Route

Tournas Comments on D&M 08/24/15

Vincent Giandurco

Vincent Giandurco Request for Intervenor Status 2/10/2015

>Council Acknowledgement of Vincent Giandurco 2/11/2015

>UI's Opposition of Arthur Tournas' and Vincent Giandurco's Request for Status 02/17/15

>Vincent Giandurco's e-mail regarding UI's Status Opposition 02/17/15

>Council's Decision to Vincent Giandurco's Request for Intervenor Status 02/20/15

Interrogatories and Responses

CSC Interrogatories to Petitioner 12/16/2014

>Responses to Interrogatories 12/30/2014

CSC Interrogatories to Petitioner, Set Two, 02/18/15

>Responses to Interrogatories, Set Two, 03/16/15

CSC Interrogatories to Petitioner, Set Three, 04/09/15

>Responses to Interrogatories, Set Three, 04/16/15

CSC Interrogatory to Arthur Tournas, 03/17/15

>Response to Interrogatory, Set 1 of 2, 03/19/15

>Response to Interrogatory, Set 2 of 2, 03/19/15

Town of Fairfield's Interrogatories to Petitioner 02/17/15

>Responses to Town of Fairfield Interrogatories, Set One, 03/16/15

Attachment 3a Pt 1	(Phase I Environmental Site Assessment)
Attachment 3a Pt 2	(Phase I Environmental Site Assessment)
Attachment 3b	(Phase II Environmental Site Assessment)
Attachment 3c	(Stormwater Pollution Control Plan)
Attachment 4	(Lighting Plan)
Attachment 5a	(Report To SHPO)

Town of Fairfield's Interrogatories to Petitioner, Set Two, 03/11/15

>Responses to Town of Fairfield Interrogatories, Set Two, 03/23/15

Arthur Tournas Interrogatories to Petitioner 03/11/15

>Responses to Tournas Interrogatories, Set One, 03/23/15

Arthur Tournas Interrogatory to Petitioner RE: Useful Life 03/11/15

>Responses to Tournas Interrogatory, Set Two, 03/23/15

Arthur Tournas Interrogatories to Petitioner 03/16/15 Cover Letter

>Responses to Tournas Interrogatories, Set Three, 03/23/15

Vincent Giandurco Interrogatories to Petitioner 03/17/15

>Responses to Giandurco Interrogatories, 03/23/15

Pre-filed Hearing Testimony and Documents

Petitioner

Photo-simulation of proposed project email 12/5/2014

Photo-simulation Image

Pre-Hearing Submission from UI 2/11/2015

Letter to Town of Easton regarding Project Notice, 01/22/15

Presentation Cover Letter 02/27/15

Presentation from Town of Fairfield Public Meeting on Feb. 4, 2015

Hawthorne Capacitor Bank Project FAQs Handout

Site Grading Plan

Visibility Analysis

Affidavit Regarding Sign Posting 03/13/15 Cover Letter

Supplemental Submission of the Hawthorne Substation Project Noise Evaluation report prepared by Black & Veatch and cover letter 03/24/15

Redacted Exponent Report on the Electric and Magnetic Field Assessment: The Hawthorne Substation, with an Affidavit from Matthew P. Cloud, 03/24/15

Revised Witnesses List 03/24/15

Submission of Correspondence from the State Historic Preservation Office and the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection 04/14/15

Late-Filed Submission (Revised Site Plan) 04/23/15

Town of Fairfield

Town of Fairfield Conservation Commission, The Wetlands Agency, 12/5/2014 (with CSC Response)

Town of Fairfield Comments from the Director of Public Works, 1/7/2015 (with CSC Response)

Town of Fairfield Letter regarding Notification to Abutting Property Owners 02/17/15

Town of Fairfield Conservation Commission 03/17/15

Pre-filed Testimony, Exhibits, and Witnesses 03/24/15

Arthur Tournas

Photographs submitted by Arthur Tournas 03/04/15 Cover Letter

Photographs from 186 Schiller Road 03/19/15

List of Witnesses 03/20/15

Change in List of Witnesses 03/23/15

Arthur Tournas Comments, 03/24/15

Two Aerial Photographs of Other UI Substations and E-Mail 03/24/15

Arthur Tournas Pre-filed testimony, 03/26/15

Quit-Claim Deed for 186 Schiller Road received 03/26/15

Vincent Giandurco

Pre-filed Testimony 03/26/15

Motions/Decisions

Motion for Protective Order 10/30/2014

Affidavit of Richard J. Reed 10/30/2014

CSC Set Date for Decision and Approval of Protective Order Motion Letter 12/16/2014

Signed Protective Order 12/11/2014

Tournas Request for Alternatives Meeting 03/13/15

Tournas Request for a Walk Thru Around UI Site during Field Review 03/19/15

Aerial Photograph of Proposed Walking Thru Route

CSC Decision on Tournas Request for Meeting and Request for Walk Thru 04/01/15

Briefs/Findings of Fact

Tournas Brief/Findings of Fact 05/31/15

Town of Fairfield Michael C. Tetreau, First Selectman Letter 06/03/15

Town of Fairfield Proposed Findings of Fact/Brief 06/05/15

Giandurco Brief 06/04/15

Petitioner's Brief 06/05/15

Tournas Additional Correspondence 06/05/15

Council Memorandum Regarding Draft Findings of Fact 06/12/15

UI's Proposed Changes to Draft Findings of Fact 06/19/15

Decision

Council Decision Package 06/29/15

Development and Management Plan

Request for Independent Professional 07/02/15

CSC Approval of Independent Professional 07/14/15

Development and Management Plan 07/24/15

-Appendix A Substation Drawings

-Appendix B Stormwater Pollution Control Plan

-Appendix D Eastern Box Turtle

-Appendix E Site Stormwater Analysis

Tournas Comments on D&M 08/24/15

CSC Approval of D&M 09/09/15

Notice of Construction Commencement

Construction Site Inspection 10/08/15

Development and Management Plan Change Request 10/23/15

CSC Approval of D&M Change 10/26/15

Construction Progress Report 12/22/15

Temporary Change in Work Hours Request and CSC Approval 01/08/16

Completion Letter 4/11/2016

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