CWPM LLC - Deep River CT

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CWPM LLC - Deep River CT

A Permit to Construct and Operate a Solid Waste Facility

Applicant: CWPM, LLC

Application No. 201807092

TENTATIVE DECISION

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) hereby gives notice that a tentative determination has been reached to approve the following application submitted under Section 22a-208a of the Connecticut General Statutes (“CGS”) and reissue Permit No. 03601128-MPCO with minor changes submitted by CWPM, LLC.

PUBLIC HEARING:

Public Hearing Date and Time: August 30, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Public Hearing Location: ZOOM

Applicant’s Name and Address: CWPM, LLC

400 Commercial Drive

Deep River, CT

Contact Name/Phone/Email: Jason Manafort

P.O. Box 415

Plainville, CT

(860) 747-1335

jam@cwpm.net

Type of Permit/Activity: Renewal Permit to Construct and Operate

Type of Facility: Volume Reduction Facility (“VRF”)

Facility Location: 400 Commercial Drive, Deep River, CT

DEEP will hold a hearing to receive public comments on this application on August 30, 2023 at 4:00 PM through Zoom, a remote online hearing platform. A link for the hearing is posted on the DEEP Calendar of Events. This public comment phase of the hearing will consist of informational presentations by the parties and the receipt of public comment on the record. Anyone disrupting the meeting will be immediately removed by the Hearing Officer. In addition, persons using initials, abbreviations, or obscene language or images to identify themselves will not be admitted.

PUBLIC COMMENT

Written comments will be accepted until September 8, 2023. Written comments may be submitted by e-mail to the hearing officer at Kathleen.Reiser@ct.gov or submitted by mail to Kathleen Reiser, Office of Adjudications, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106.

This matter will continue with a remote evidentiary hearing September 12, 2023, for the presentation of testimony and documentary evidence by the parties to this matter. A link for the hearing is posted on the DEEP Calendar of Events.

The applicant seeks a permit to authorize the receipt, storage, processing and transfer of solid waste at 400 Commercial Drive in the town of Deep River, CT. The facility currently accepts: (a) C&D waste; (b) oversized MSW (furniture, mattresses, and carpets); (c) clean wood; (d) yard waste (leaves & grass clippings); (e) scrap metal (including appliances containing CFC liquid); (f) paper and cardboard; (g) commingled glass, plastic, and metal containers; (h) scrap tires; (i) putrescible MSW; (j) universal waste; and (k) MSW; and upon written approval of the Commissioner, will be authorized to also receive used oil and spent lead-acid batteries.

The draft permit specifies the terms, conditions, and specific performance standards, applicable to the facility, as deemed appropriate by DEEP, in accordance with the statutes cited above, as well as conditions deemed necessary to protect human health and the environment.

Interested persons who wish to obtain more information regarding the application and draft permit may do so by contacting Bethany McWade of the Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division at Bethany.McWade@ct.gov. Members of the public should refer to the DEEP Calendar of Events for the official schedule in this matter, including cancellations, or other schedule alterations. Persons seeking to intervene in the hearing process must file a request pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes § 22a-3a-6(k). Requests may be mailed or delivered to the Office of Adjudications, 79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106 or filed electronically at deep.adjudiciations@ct.gov. If filed electronically, the original request must also be mailed or delivered to the Office of Adjudications within 10 days. More information about intervening in the hearing process can be found at www.ct.gov/deep/interveninginhearing

Gabrielle Frigon, Director

Waste Engineering and Enforcement Division Bureau of Materials Management and

COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE

The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to complying with the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. Please contact Bethany.mcwade@ct.gov if you are seeking a communication aid or service, have limited proficiency in English, or require some other type of accommodation. If you wish to file an ADA or Title VI discrimination complaint, you may submit your compliant to the DEEP Office of Diversity and Equity at (860) 418-5910 or via email at deep.accommodations@ct.gov. In order to facilitate efforts to provide an accommodation, please request all accommodations as soon as possible following notice of any agency hearing, meeting, program or event.

Published in the New Haven Register on July 27, 2023.

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection