Petition No 1310A CanterburyBrooklyn

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PETITION NO. 1310A - Quinebaug Solar, LLC petition for a declaratory ruling, pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-176 and §16-50k, for the proposed construction, maintenance and operation of a 50 megawatt AC solar photovoltaic electric generating facility on approximately 561 acres comprised of 29 separate and abutting privately-owned parcels located generally north of Wauregan Road in Canterbury and south of Rukstela Road and Allen Hill Road in Brooklyn, Connecticut. Reopening of this petition based on changed conditions pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes §4-181a(b). Link to Petition No. 1310

QUINEBAUG SOLAR, LLC MOTION TO REOPEN AND MODIFY

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion to Reopen Cover Letter, 11/12/19

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion to Reopen, 11/12/19

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Pre-filed Testimony, 11/12/19

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Petition, 11/12/19

PROCEDURAL CORRESPONDENCE

Council Motion to Reopen Request for Comments Memorandum, 11/13/19

Council Decision on Motion to Reopen, 12/06/19

Council Set One Interrogatories to Petitioner, 12/17/19

Council Acknowledgement of Eversource Energy's Request for Party Status, 12/23/19

Council Decision on Eversource Energy's Request for Party Status, 01/03/20

Council Extension of Time to Submit Comments for DEEP, 01/03/20

Council Field Review Notice, 01/6/20

Council Additional Administrative Notice Items Memorandum, 01/17/20

Council Set One Interrogatories to Eversource Energy, 01/17/20

STATE AGENCY COMMENTS

Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Comments, 01/10/20

Department of Agriculture Comments, 01/09/20

Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 01/13/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Response to Department of Agriculture Comments, 01/28/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Response to Council on Environmental Quality Comments, 01/28/20
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Natural Diversity Database Comments, 03/13/20

MUNICIPAL COMMENTS

Comments from Canterbury First Selectman Christopher Lippke, 01/07/20
Comments from Brooklyn Planning & Zoning Commission Chair Michelle Sigfridson, 03/05/20

HEARING INFORMATION

Hearing Documents, 12/09/19

Pre-Hearing Conference Memorandum, 12/10/19

Hearing Procedures Memorandum, 12/27/19

Council Notice to City of Norwich, 01/9/20

Council Memorandum on Continuation of Evidentiary Hearing, 01/15/20

SCHEDULE

Schedule, 12/09/19

Schedule, revised, 01/15/20

SERVICE LIST

Service List, 11/14/19

Service List, 01/02/20

Service List, 01/15/20

HEARING PROGRAM

Hearing Program, 01/14/20
Hearing Program, 02/04/20

TRANSCRIPTS

Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 01/14/2020

Public Comment Session Transcript, 01/14/2020
Hearing Transcript Receipt Memorandum, 01/27/20
Evidentiary Hearing Transcript, 02/4/20
Hearing Transcript Receipt Memorandum, 02/19/20

PARTIES AND INTERVENORS

Petitioner - Quinebaug Solar, LLC

Petitioner Exhibits

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Phase 1B Cultural Resources Report, Volume I (Exhibit Q), 12/4/19

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 1/7/20

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Map of Project Signage Locations, 01/07/20

Correspondence from the State Historic Preservation Office, 1/10/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Late Filed Exhibits, 1/28/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Sign Posting Affidavit, 1/28/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Responses to Sposato Interrogatories, 1/28/20

Petitioner Correspondence

Service List Change Letter, 11/13/19

Quinebaug Solar, LLC List of Witnesses and Exhibits, 01/07/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC List of Additional Witnesses, 1/28/20

Motion and Objections

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion for Protective Order, Protective Order and D. George Affidavit, 11/12/19

Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 12/06/19

Signed Protective Order, 12/05/19

Quinebaug Solar, LLC Motion for Protective Order, Protective Order and Hagen Lee Affidavit, 1/7/20

Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 1/15/20
Service List Change, 09/24/21

PARTY - Troy and Megan Sposato

Sposato Exhibits

Troy Sposato Pre-Filed Testimony and Interrogatories to the Petitioner, 1/6/20

PARTY - Eversource Energy

Eversource Exhibits

Eversource Energy's Request for Party Status, 12/23/19
Eversource Energy's Direct Testimony of Stephen A. Marien, Ali R. Karimi, Anuj Mathur, Michael Libertine, and Christopher Paul Soderman, 01/07/20
Cover Letter
Eversource Energy's Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 1/28/20

Eversource Motions and Objections

Eversource Energy's Request to Take Administrative Notice, 01/07/20 Cover Letter
Eversource Energy's Motion for Protective Order, 1/28/20
Eversource Energy's Memorandum of Law, 1/28/20
Eversource Energy's Affidavit of Jacob E. Lucas, 1/28/20
Eversource Energy's Signed Motion for Protective Order, 1/30/20
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 01/31/20

Eversource Briefs/Findings of Fact

Post Hearing Briefs and Draft Findings of Fact
Eversource Energy's Proposed Findings of Fact, 2/24/20
Eversource Energy's Post-Hearing Brief, 3/5/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Draft Findings of Fact, 3/5/20
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Post-Hearing Brief, 3/5/20

COUNCIL'S DRAFT FINDINGS OF FACT

Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 02/28/20
Eversource Energy's Comments on Council's Draft Findings of Fact, 3/5/20

FINAL DECISION

Council Decision Package, 04/24/20

DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT PLAN (D&M Plan)

Partial D&M Plan Cover Letter, 10/08/20

Partial D&M Plan - Substation, Switchyard and Project Clearing, 10/08/20
Council D&M Plan - Substation, Switchyard and Project Clearing Interrogatories, Set One, 11/04/20
Responses to Council Interrogatories, Set One, 11/12/20
Council Decision on Partial D&M Plan - Substation, Switchyard and Project Clearing, 11/20/20
Condition Compliance Submission (Partial D&M Decision Conditions), 12/14/20
Council Acknowledgement of Condition Submission, 12/16/20
Council Acknowledgement of Condition 3 Submission, 12/18/20
Council D&M Plan Schedule, 01/25/21
D&M Plan Cover Letter, 01/19/21
D&M Plan (Partial D&M Plan II), 01/19/21
Notice of Commencement of Site Clearing and Construction, 02/02/21
Request for Modification of Partial D&M Plan, 02/04/21
Council Decision on Request for Modification of Partial D&M Plan, 02/09/21
Council Decision on Partial D&M Plan II, 03/26/21
Notification of Incident at Project Site, 03/30/21
Partial D&M Plan Decision Letter Condition Nos. 1, 2, and 4 Compliance - Cover Letter, 03/30/21
Final DEEP Stormwater Permit
Final DEEP-approved Stormwater Pollution Control Plan
Final Seed Mix(es)
Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Plan, revised February 2021
Council Acknowledgement of Partial D&M Plan Condition No. 1,2, and 4 Submissions, 03/31/21
D&M Plan Revision Request, 06/04/21
Council Decision on D&M Plan Revision Request, 06/10/21
Request for Revision to Partial D&M Plan, 09/22/21
Correction to September 22, 2021 Request for Revision to Partial D&M Plan, 09/27/21
Council Decision on Request for Revision to Partial D&M Plan, 09/28/21
Request for Revision to Partial D&M Plan II, 10/12/21
Council Decision on Request for Revision to Partial D&M Plan II, 10/13/21
Request for Temporary Extended Work Hours and Council Decision, 10/14/21
Request for Revision of Partial D&M Plan II, 11/01/21
Council Decision on D&M Plan Revision, 11/02/21
Request for Temporary Extended Work Hours and Council Decision, 11/10/21
Notice of Change in Ownership, 12/22/21
Council Acknowledgement of Change in Ownership, 12/27/21
Notice of Construction Completion, 03/07/22
Quinebaug Solar Noise Report, 06/06/22
Quinebaug Solar Request for Revision to D&M Plan, 08/05/22
Council Decision on Request for Revision to D&M Plan, 08/09/22
Cover Letter Regarding Redacted Final Report and Motion for Protective Order, 01/06/23
Redacted Final Report
Motion for Protective Order
Affidavit of Yves Masset in Support of Motion for Protective Order
Proposed Protective Order
Council Decision on Motion for Protective Order, 01/19/23
Signed Protective Order, 01/19/23
Request for Extension of Construction Deadline and D&M Plan Modification and Council Decision, 02/27/23
Notice of Completion, 09/18/23
Notification of Landowner Activities, 12/19/23
Noise Levels of the Solar Electric Generating and Switching Station Facilities, 08/28/26
Eversource Response regarding Noise Levels at Switching Station, 09/04/26
Quinebaug Solar, LLC Response regarding Noise Levels at Switching Station, 09/25/26