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Ox Brook Flood Control Master Plan Project

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT EVALUATION
Prepared in accordance with the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act

OX BROOK FLOOD CONTROL MASTER PLAN PROJECT 
Bridgeport, CT
February 2022
The Proposed Action is the implementation of the Ox Brook Flood Control Master Plan (the Project) to address chronic flooding along Ox Brook in the city of Bridgeport. The City has been conducting studies related to flooding and potential mitigation strategies since the 1970s, culminating in a 2001 Ox Brook Flood Control Study, prepared by Kasper Associates. This document outlined a six‐phase flood control improvements project, which is the basis of the Proposed Action. Since 2001, the City contracted with Tighe & Bond to prepare a final design for Phase 1 of the flood improvements Project; thus, detailed information is available for the initial phase, which is the only phase with construction funding at this time. The remaining phases (Phases 2‐6) have been designed only to a preliminary level.

To provide additional opportunities for agencies and the public to comment on the Project, a Notice of EIE availability is being published in the Environmental Monitor on February 22, 2022, and is also being published in the Connecticut Post and La Voz Hispana in accordance with CEPA requirements (3 times over the course of three weeks). A public meeting on the EIE will be held as advertised. An electronic copy of this EIE will be available for review on the DEEP public notices website. In addition, paper copies will be available for review in the city of Bridgeport at the Town Clerk’s Office and the North End Library. This EIE is also being provided directly to the agencies/groups identified in the Distribution section for review and comment.

Written comments on the EIE and any other pertinent information must be sent or postmarked by April 11, 2022. Comments must be sent to:

Frederick Riese
CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP)
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106
PHONE: 860‐424‐4110
FAX: 860‐424‐4053
EMAIL: Frederick.riese@ct.gov

CT DEEP will review all such materials submitted by that time and consider comments made at the public hearing and will prepare responses to the substantive comments made. Based on the EIE and comments received during the EIE public comment period, CT DEEP will submit a Record of Decision to the State Office of Policy and Management, which will review the documentation, including responses to comments, and make a Determination of Adequacy based on the materials submitted.