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General Information Regarding EMF Issues

of the Proposed Middletown to Norwalk

345 kV Transmission Line

This web page was created to provide persons concerned with the Electric and Magnetic Field (EMF) issues associated with the Docket 272 proceeding an opportunity to collect and review relevant information in one convenient location.

The Council has taken Administrative Notice in Docket 272 of the items and publications listed below. However, it should be noted that by taking such Administrative Notice there is no explicit or implicit inference that the Council either does or does not embrace the views or conclusions described in these publications.

Links to Application and Testimony Documents:

Docket 272 EMF Executive Summary

Volume 6 of Application - includes Electric and Magnetic Fields Assessment

CL&P/UI Pre-filed Testimony concerning EMF

Dr. Cole letter re EMF studies

Connecticut Department of Public Health Comments on EMF

Attorney General's letter re EMF inquiry to NYSDOH

NYDSOH Response to Attorney General's EMF Inquiry

Supplemental Testimony of Dr. Bailey re EMF impacts at Jewish facilities in Woodbridge

Supplemental Testimony of Robert Carberry and Kathleen Shanley Re State EMF Policies

Supplemental Testimony of Dr. Bailey Re EMF

Applicant Request to take Administrative Notice of State Agency EMF-Related web sites

Applicant Response to CSC Inquiry re EMF levels

Cover Letter re EMF Levels Along ROW
Chart of Structures Along ROW with 3-6 mG EMF levels

EMF Mitigation Options for Cross Sections 1-8

Jewish Groups' Supplemental EMF Testimony

Durham EMF Interrogatory

Applicant Request for Administrative Notice of EMF Research Papers

NIEHS Health Assessment of Power-Line EMF Exposure

California EMF School Assessment

Supplemental Testimony re EMF Buffer Zones: Drs. Bell, Rabinowitz, and Gerber

Dr. William Bailey Supplemental Testimony re Buffer Zones

EMF Cross Section Options Summary

WHO EMF Cautionary Policies

Exhibit 2 for Dr. Bailey Supplemental Testimony

Errata for Dr. Bailey Testimony

Low Magnetic Field Transmission Design Options: Pages 1-10

Measured & Calculated EMF at Boundaries of Facility Locations

Applicant Exhibit 137: Photos of Eisenhower Park, Milford

Applicant Exhibit 138: Buffer Zone Statutory Facilities Adjacent to Proposed Route

Applicant Exhibit 139: Memo re Measured & Calculated Magnetic Fields from Split Phase Transmission Line

Updated Table re Magnetic Field Reductions

Durham/Wallingford Interrogatories re EMF Measurements - 8/18/04
Applicant Reponses to D/W Interrogatories (Set Four) - filed 9/3/04

Supplemental Table re 3-6 mg EMF Measurements - 8/18/04

Testimony of John Prete re Magnetic Field Modeling

Buffer Zone Maps for Overhead Segments

   Map 1 - Segments 1,2,3,4,5
  Map 2 - Segments 4,5,6,7,8
   Map 3 - Segments 11,12,13
   Map 4 - Segments 8,9,10,13,14,15
   Map 5 - Segments 16,17,18,19,20
   Map 6 - Segments 20,21,22,23,24
   Map 7 - Segments 24,25,26,27,28,29
   Map 8 - Segments 28,29,30,31
   Map 9 - Segments 31,32,33

   Map 10 - Segments 33,34,35,36
   Map 11 - Segments 36,37,38,39,40
   Map 12 - Segments 40,41,42,43,44,45
   Map 13 - Segments 44,45,46

Revised Buffer Zone Maps for Overhead Segments (structures within 300' circled)

Map 1 - Segments 1,2,3,4,5

Map 2 - Segments ,4,5,6,7,8

Map 3 - Segments 11,12,13

Map 4 - Segments 8,9,10,13,14,15

Map 5 - Segments 16,17,18,19,20

Map 6 - Segments 20,21,22,23,24

Map 7 - Segments 24,25,26,27,28,29

Map 8 - Segments 28,29,30,31

Map 9 - Segments 31,32,33

Map 10 - Segments 33,34,35,36

Map 10A - Deviated ROW

Map 11 - Segments 36,37,38,39,40

Map 12 - Segments 40,41,42,43,44,45

Map 13 - Segments 44,45,46

Applicant Exhibit 158: EMF Mitigation Measures

Applicant Exhibit 159: East Devon To Singer - 15GW Case HPFF Cable

Applicant Exhibit 160: Singer to Norwalk - 15GW Case HPFF Cable

Applicant Exhibit 161: Singer to Hawthorne - 15GW Case HPFF Cable

Applicant Exhibit 162: PDC Magnetic Field Calculations - XLPE Cables

Dr. William Bailey Supplemental Testimony re EMF Exposure Policy

Dr. Johnson Testimony re Low-Voltage MF

Woodbridge Letter re EMF Buffer Zone

Jewish Organizations' Testimony re EMF Questions

Appendix to Jewish Organizations' Testimony:

31. Blackman et al Study (2001)

32. Ishido et al Study (2001)

33. Harland & Liburdy Study (1997)

34. Thun-Battersby et al Study (1999)

35. Fedrowitz et al Study (2004)

36. Fedrowitz et al Study (2002)

37. Anderson et al EMF Study (2000)

Supplemental Testimony of Drs. Bailey and Cole - 1/24/05

CL&P Response to CSC Question on EMF Levels

Siting Council EMF-Related Exhibits:
Exhibits 1-4
Exhibit 5
Exhibit 6: Dr. Ginsberg Supplemental Testimony

CSC Administrative Notice: EMF Exposure Standards Applicable in Europe and Elsewhere

Links to General Reference Materials:

CT Siting Council: EMF Best Management Practices

NIEHS EMF Questions and Answers

NIEHS EMF Public Information Dissemination Program

NIEHS Assessment of Health Effects from Exposure to Power-Line Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields

Power Lines and Cancer FAQs

NYU NIEHS Center Community Outreach Program

New York State Power Lines Project - Questions and Answers

Questions and Answers about EMF and Electrical Power (link no longer available)

CT Department of Public Health: Fact Sheet on EMF Health Concerns

EMF & Breast Cancer on Long Island (The Long Island Breast Cancer Study Project)

Administratively Noticed State Health Department Web Sites:

   California
      California EMF Program
   Connecticut

CT EMF Fact Sheet
Minnesota

MN EMF FAQs
New York

      Environmental Exposure Evaluation
   Utah
      University of Utah Health Sciences Center: EMF and
      Your Health
   Virginia

Health Effects of High Voltage Transmission Lines
Wisconsin

WI EMF Fact Sheet

Applicants' Administratively Noticed Reports:

EMF Annual Update 2001, Health Council of the Netherlands

EMF Annual Update 2003, Health Council of the Netherlands

Static and Extremely low-frequency (ELF) electic and magnetic fields. IARC, 2002.

NIEHS Assessment of Health Effects from Exposure to Power-Line Frequency Electric and Magnetic Fields

Electric Power EMFs: Questions and Answers, NIEHS, 2002.

Possible Health Effects of Exposure to EMF, National Research Council, 1997.

Research on Power-Frequency Fields, National Research Council, 1999.

Review of the Scientific Evidence for Limiting Exposure to EMF, NRPB, 2004.