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DOCKET NO. 424 - The Connecticut Light & Power Company application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the Connecticut portion of the Interstate Reliability Project that traverses the municipalities of Lebanon, Columbia, Coventry, Mansfield, Chaplin, Hampton, Brooklyn, Pomfret, Killingly, Putnam, Thompson, and Windham, which consists of (a) new overhead 345-kV electric transmission lines and associated facilities extending between CL&P’s Card Street Substation in the Town of Lebanon, Lake Road Switching Station in the Town of Killingly, and the Connecticut/Rhode Island border in the Town of Thompson; and (b) related additions at CL&P’s existing Card Street Substation, Lake Road Switching Station, and Killingly Substation.

(proposed Exhibit 3 [bulk])     

Municipal Consultation Process Documentation (Cover Letter dated January 6, 2012) [Bulk Filing 2 Index Filing of August 19, 2008]

(2.1)      Municipal Consultation Filing of August 19, 2008

               Volume 2 Environmental Exhibits

               Ex. 1    Supplemental Environmental Information

               Ex. 2    Wetlands and Watercourse Delineation Report 2004

               Ex. 3    Wetland and Watercourse Report – Loop of the Manchester to Millstone

                           Line into Card Street Substation – 2008

               Ex. 4    Historic and Archaeological Resources

               Ex. 5    Inventory of Potential Breeding Bird Species and Habitat in the

                           Proposed Connecticut to Rhode Island 345kV Project Area 2004

               Ex. 6    Agency Correspondence

               Volume 4 Supplemental Documents

               (SD.01) ISO_NE, “2008-2017 Forecast Report of Capacity, Energy, Loads &

               Transmission (CELT)”, April 2008

               (SD.02) ISO-NE, “2007 Regional System Plan”, October 18, 2007.

               (SD.03) ISO-NE, “2006 Regional System Plan”, October 26, 2006

               (SD.04) ISO-NE, “Regional System Plan (RSPO5)”, Approved 10/20/2005

               (SD.05) ISO-NE Southern New England Transmission Reliability, “Report 1 –

               Need Analysis”, January 2008

               (SD.05.1) ISO-NE New England East-West Solutions (Formerly Southern New England Transmission

               Reliability), ‘Report 2 – Options Analysis”, (Redacted) June 2008

               (SD.06) ISO-NE, “Planning Procedure No. 3 (PP-3) Reliability Standards for the New England Area Bulk

               Power Supply System”, October 13, 2006

               (SD.07) ISO-NE, “Planning FERC Electric Tariff No. 3 Open Access Transmission Tariff – Attachment

               K Regional”, December 7, 2007

               (SD.08) Northeast Power Coordinating Counsel, “Document A-02 – Basic Criteria for Design and

               Operation of Interconnected Power Systems”, revised May 6, 2004

               (SD.09) Northeast Power Coordinating Counsel, “Document A-05 – Bulk Power System Protection

               Criteria”, revised November 14, 2002

               (SD.10) New England Energy Alliance, “Electricity Transmission Infrastructure Development in New England

               Value Through Reliability, Economic and Environmental Benefits” – Polestar Communications & Strategic

               Analysis, December 2007

               (SD.11) CSC, “Review of the Ten Year Forecast of Connecticut Electric Loads and Resources 2007-2016

               (SD.12) CSC, “Review of the Ten Year Forecast of Connecticut Electric Loads and Resources 2006-2015”

               (SD.13) Letter dated April 13, 2007 address to Derek Phelps from Roger Zaklukiewicz (re:  Life Cycle

                2007)

               (SD.14) CSC, “Life Cycle 2007 – Life Cycle Costs of Electric Transmission Lines”.

               (SD.15) CSC, “EMF Best Management Practices for the Construction of Electric Transmission Lines in

               Connecticut”, December 2007

               (SD.16) CSC, “Current Status of Scientific Research, Consensus, and Regulation re:  Potential Health Effects

               of Power Line EMF”, January 2006

               (SD.17) World Health Organization, “Electromagnetic Field and Public Health Exposure to Extremely Low

                Frequency Fields – Fact sheet #322”, June 2007

               (SD.18) CT Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Section Environmental & Occupational

                Health Assessment Program, Electric and Magnetic Fields (EMF): Health Concerns – Fact Sheet

               (SD.19) CT Department of Public Health, Environmental Health Science, National Institutes of Health,

               Electric and Magnetic Fields Associated with the Use of Electric Power – June 2002

               (SD.20) CT Energy Advisory Board, “2007 Energy Plan for Connecticut”, Approved February 6, 2007

               (SD.21) CL&P, “2008 Forecast of Loads and Resources or the Period 2008-2017”, March 3, 2008

               (SD.22) NUSCO, “Transmission Planning Guideline”, May 2008

               (SD.23) NUSCO, “Overhead Transmission Line Standards –OTRM 30”, May 16, 2008

               (SD.24) NUSCO/Tighe and Bond, “Best Management Practices Manual”, December 2007

               (SD.25) CL&P and National Grid, “Solution Report for the Interstate Reliability Project”, as of August 7,

               2008

               (SD.26) CEAB, “2008 Comprehensive Plan for Procurement or Energy Resources”, August 2008

(2.2) CL&P Presentation to Lebanon’s First Selectman, Joyce Okonuk, August 14, 2008

(2.3) CL&P Presentation to Coventry’s Town Manager John Elsesser, August 22, 2008

(2.4) CL&P Presentation to Columbia’s First Selectman Donald Cianci, September 8, 2008

(2.5) CL&P Presentation to Windham’s Board of Selectmen, September 16, 2008

(2.6) CL&P Presentation to Chaplin’s First Selectman Bob Dubos, September 16, 2008

(2.7) CL&P Presentation to Mansfield’s Town Manager Matt Hart, October 1, 2008

(2.8) CL&P Presentation to Hampton’s Conservation Commission, October 21, 2008

(2.9) CL&P Presentation to Killingly’s Town Manager Bruce Benway, October 21, 2008

(2.10) CL&P Presentation to Lebanon’s First Selectman Joyce Okonuk, August 13, 2009

(2.11) CL&P Presentation to Brooklyn’s First Selectman Austin Tanner, March 17, 2011

(2.12) CL&P Presentation to Columbia’s First Selectman Carmen Vance, March 24, 2011

(2.13) CL&P Presentation to Hampton’s First Selectman Kate Donnelly, March 24, 2011

(2.14)  CL&P Presentation to Chaplin’s First Selectman William Rose, April 21, 2011

Supplemental Municipal Consultation Filing of July 19, 2011

(2.15) Supplemental Municipal Consultation Filing of July 19, 2011

(2.16) CL&P Presentation to Mansfield’s Town Manager Matt Hart, July 15, 2011

(2.17) CL&P Presentation to Chaplin’s First Selectman William Rose, July 21, 2011

(2.18) CL&P Presentation to Putnam’s Mayor Bob Viens, July 27, 2011

(2.19) CL&P Presentation to Killingly’s Town Manager Bruce Benway, July 27, 2011

(2.20) CL&P Presentation to Thompson’s First Selectman Larry Groh, July 27, 2011

(2.21) CL&P Presentation to Columbia’s First Selectman Carmen Vance, July 29, 2011

(2.22) CL&P Presentation to Lebanon’s First Selectman Joyce Okonuk, July 29, 2011

(2.23) CL&P Presentation to Pomfret’s Board of Selectmen, August 1, 2011

(2.24) CL&P Presentation to Brooklyn’s First Selectman Austin Tanner, August 4, 2011

(2.25) CL&P Presentation to Coventry’s Town Manager John Elsesser, August 4, 2011

(2.26) CL&P Presentation to Hampton’s First Selectman Kate Donnelly, August 4, 2011

(2.27) CL&P Presentation to Mansfield’s Town Council, August 22, 2011

(2.28) CL&P Presentation to Hampton’s Board of Selectmen, December 5, 2011

Correspondence to Municipal Officials

(2.29) CL&P Letter to Mayor’s and First Selectman, accompanying the official Municipal Consultation Filing, August 19, 2008

(2.30) CL&P Letter to Brooklyn’s First Selectman Roger Engle, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.31) CL&P Letter to Hampton’s First Selectman Maurice Bisson, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.32) CL&P Letter to Mansfield’s Town Manager Matt Hart, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.33) CL&P Letter to Brooklyn’s First Selectman Roger Engle, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.34) CL&P Letter to Pomfret’s First Selectman Jim Rivers, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.35) CL&P Letter to Putnam’s Mayor Bob Viens, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.36) CL&P Letter to Thompson’s First Selectman Larry Groh, September 11, 2008, MCF Process and Open House date

(2.37) CL&P Letter to Killingly’s Chairman of the Town Council Robert Young, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.38) CL&P Letter to Putnam’s Mayor Bob Viens, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.39) CL&P Letter to Thompson’s First Selectman Larry Groh, Jr., November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.40) CL&P Letter to Lebanon’s First Selectman Joyce Okonuk, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.41) CL&P Letter to Chaplin First Selectman Robert Dubos, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.42) CL&P Letter to Coventry’s Town Council Chairman Elizabeth Wolf, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.43) CL&P Letter to Hampton’s First Selectman Maurice Bisson, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.44) CL&P Letter to Mansfield’s Mayor Elizabeth Paterson, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.45) CL&P Letter to Pomfret’s First Selectman Jim Rivers, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.46) CL&P Letter to Putnam’s Mayor Bob Viens, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.47) CL&P Letter to Windham’s First Selectman Jean De Smet, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.48) CL&P Letter to Brooklyn’s First Selectman Roger Engle, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.49) CL&P Letter to Columbia’s First Selectman Donald Cianci, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.50) CL&P Letter to Chaplin’s First Selectman Robert Dubos, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.51) CL&P Letter to Mansfield’s Mayor Elizabeth Patterson, November 25, 2008, Open House Comments

(2.52) CL&P Letter to Chaplin’s First Selectman Robert Dubos, January 14, 2009, Response to Town Comments dated December 1, 2008

(2.53) CL&P Letter to Lebanon’s First Selectman Joyce Okonuk, January 15, 2009, Response to Town Comments dated November 17, 2010

(2.54) CL&P Letter to Mansfield’s Town Manager Matt Hart, January 16, 2009, Response to Town Comments dated October 30, 2008

(2.55) CL&P Letter to Windham’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Susan Johnson, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.56) CL&P Letter to Brooklyn’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission Sherri Soucy, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.57) CL&P Letter to Chaplin’s Chair of the Conservation Commission Juan Sanchez, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.58) CL&P Letter to Columbia’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission John Allen, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.59) CL&P Letter to Coventry’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission Darby Pollansky June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.60) CL&P Letter to Hampton’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission Heather Gilmond, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.61) CL&P Letter to Killingly’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission Sandy Eggers, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.62) CL&P Letter to Lebanon’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission James McCaw, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.63) CL&P Letter to Windham’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission Susan Johnson, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.64) CL&P Letter to Mansfield’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission Rudy Favretti June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.65) CL&P Letter to Pomfret’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission David St. Martin, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.66) CL&P Letter to Windham’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Susan Johnson, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.67) CL&P Letter to Putnam’s Chair of Inland/Wetlands Commission John Aghajanian, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.68) CL&P Letter to Thompson’s Wetlands Enforcement Officer Judith Rondeau, June 19, 2009, notice of work happening along the ROW in preparation of permits and the application

(2.69) CL&P Letter to Thompson’s Conservation Officer Carolyn Werge, August 14, 2009, response to Thompson Conservation Commission letter dated August 4, 2009.

(2.70) CL&P Letter to Columbia’s Inland Wetlands Agent John Valente, May 13, 2010, follow-up of April 29, 2010 site visit

(2.71) CL&P Letter to Mayors and First Selectmen accompanying the Supplemental Municipal Consultation Filing, July 19, 2011

(2.72) CL&P Letter to Mayors and First Selectmen accompanying the Non-Transmission Alternative Study, (December 5, 2011

(2.73) CL&P Letter to Putnam’s Mayor Richard “Pete” Place, transmitting Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.74) CL&P Letter to Pomfret’s First Selectman Jim Rivers, transmitting Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.75) CL&P Letter to Thompon’s First Selectman Larry Groh, transmitting Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.76) CL&P Letter to Hampton’s First Selectman Allan Cahill, transmitting Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.77) CL&P Letter to Killingly’s Town Council Chairman Dennis Alemian, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.78) CL&P Letter to Coventry’s Town Council Chairman Elizabeth Woolf, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.79) CL&P Letter to Chaplin’s First Selectman William Rose, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.80) CL&P Letter to Brooklyn’s First Selectman Austin Tanner, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.81) CL&P Letter to Lebanon’s First Selectman Joyce Okonuk, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.82) CL&P Letter to Mansfield’s Mayor Elizabeth Patterson, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.83) CL&P Letter to Windham’s Mayor Ernest Eldridge, Open House comments, December 15, 2011 (2.84) CL&P Letter to Columbia’s First Selectman Carmen Vance, Open House comments, December 15, 2011

(2.85) CL&P Correspondence to Mansfield’s Planning & Zoning Commission, Underground Electric Transmission Cables, December 28, 2011

Customer Communications

(2.86) CL&P Right-of-Way activity postcard, mailed week of May 5, 2008

(2.87) “Strengthening the Region’s Electric Grid” Brochure, mailed August 19, 2008, version 1

(2.88) Invitation for the September 24, 2008 Open House in Brooklyn, mailed August 2008

(2.89) Advertisement for the Open House in Brooklyn, September 2008

(2.90) Invitation for the September 30, 2008 Open House in Willimantic, mailed August 2008

(2.91) Advertisement for the Open House in Brooklyn, September 2008

(2.92) Invitation for the October 22, 2008 Open House in Mansfield, mailed September 2008

(2.93) Advertisement for the Open House in Mansfield, October 2008

(2.94) Invitation for the November 5, 2008 Open House in Killingly, mailed September 2008

(2.95) Advertisement for the Open House in Killingly, September 2008

(2.96) Bill Insert 2008

(2.97) Interstate Survey Postcard, December 2008, January 2008, March 2009, July 2009, October 2009, March 2010, April 2011, October 2011

(2.98) Bill Insert 2009

(2.99) “Strengthening the Region’s Electric Grid” Brochure, mailed July 2009, version 1

(2.100) Media Advisory “Hunters asked to take care near power lines”, October 22, 2009

(2.101) “Strengthening the Region’s Electric Grid’ Brochure, mailed July 2011, version 2

(2.102) Bill Insert 2011

(2.103) Invitation for the August 23, 2011 Open House in Killingly and September 14, 2011 Open House in Mansfield, mailed in August 2011

(2.105) Advertisement for the Killingly & Mansfield Open Houses, August and September 2011

(2.106) Sandwich Board for the August 23, 2011 Open House in Killingly

(2.107) Sandwich Board for the September 14, 2011 Open House in Mansfield

(2.108) Media Advisory Rescheduled Open House in Mansfield, October 24, 2011

(2.109) Media Advisory Postponed Open House in Mansfield, October 31, 2011

(2.110) Advertisement for the rescheduled Open House in Mansfield, November 3, 2011

(2.111) Sandwich Board for the rescheduled November 3, 2011 Open House in Mansfield

(2.112) Advertisement for the canceled rescheduled Open House in Mansfield, October and November 2011, due to the October snowstorm

(2.113) Media Advisory Rescheduled Open House in Mansfield, November 30, 2011

(2.114) Invitation for the rescheduled December 8 Open House in Mansfield, mailed in November 2011

(2.115) Sandwich Board for the rescheduled December 8 Open House in Mansfield

(2.116) Advertisement for the rescheduled Open House in Mansfield, November and December 2011

Open House Materials

(2.117) Vegetation for Transmission Rights-of-Way handout

(2.118) Managing Access to Transmission Rights-of-Way handout

(2.119) Herbicide Use on Transmission Rights-of-Way handout

(2.120) Making Requests for Wood handout

(2.121) Restrictions on ATVs and Snowmobiles in Transmission Rights-of-Way handout

(2.122) Transmission Rights-of-Way Activities in Agricultural Lands handout

(2.123) Transmission Rights-of-Way Restoration handout

(2.124) Permitted & Non-Permitted Use of Transmission Rights-of-Way handout

(2.125) Electric & Magnetic Fields (EMF) handout

(2.126) Transmission Lines & Property Values handout

(2.127) “Strengthening the Region’s Electric Grid”, version 2 handout

(2.128) Comment Card

(2.129) Treeland to Shrubland handout

(2.130) Tree and Shrub Planting Guide handout

(2.131) Interstate “Need” Video

(2.132) EMF DVD

(2.133) Treeland to Shrubland DVD

(2.134) Mansfield Hollow Truescape DVD

BULK FILING 3 INDEX

Recommendations and Correspondence From Municipalities

(3.1) Town of Brooklyn letter, October 21, 2008

(3.2) Town of Mansfield letter, October 30, 2008

(3.3) Town of Lebanon letter, November 17, 2008

(3.4) Town of Chaplin letter, December 1, 2008

(3.5) Town of Mansfield letter, December 1, 2008

(3.6) Town of Windham letter, December 3, 2008

(3.7) Town of Mansfield Conservation Commission letter, February 24, 2009

(3.8) Town of Thompson Conservation Commission letter, August 4, 2009

(3.9) Town of Windham letter, December 8, 2011

(3.10) Town of Brooklyn letter, December 21, 2011

Written Public Comments

(3.11) Brooklyn Comments:

Joel and Beverly Rosenberg, 2008 Open House Comment

Bigelow Hollow Fish & Game Club, 2008 Open House Comment

Heidi Nottelman, 2008 Open House Comment

(3.12) Chaplin Comments:

Aaron Geromin, email dated May 31, 2011

Hill & Andrea Bullard, 2008 Open House Comment

Sarah Bullard & Dennis Thibeault, 2008 Open House Comment

(3.13) Columbia Comments:

Richard Tarasio, Mansfield 2011 Open House Comment

(3.14) Coventry Comments:

Unknown , 2008 Open House Comment

(3.15) Hampton Comments:

Joanne Freeman, 2008 Open House Comment

Patrick Navin, 2008 Open House Comment

Richard Ross, Letter to Hampton Conservation Commission, October 8, 2008

(3.16) Killingly Comments:

Faith Dugan, Killingly Open House, August 2011

Unknown, 2008 Open House comment

(3.17) Lebanon Comments:

Unknown, Mansfield Open House comment, December 2011

Ed Hinkel, 2008 Open House comment

Lynn Ann Felber, 2008 Open House comment

Krause, 2008 Open House comment

(3.18) Mansfield Comments:

Friends of Mansfield Hollow letter to Mansfield Town Manager Matt Hart, August 30, 2008

Friends of Mansfield Hollow letter, September 27, 2011

Project Manager Tony Mele’s letter to Friends of Mansfield Hollow, October 25, 2011

David & Lauren Gosselin email, December 12, 2011

Tom Riguier, Mansfield Open House comment, December 2011

George Jacobi email, December 9, 2011

Victor Civie, Open House Comment 2008

Victor Civie letter, July 15, 2009

Anthony Fitzgerald letter to Civie attorney, August 12, 2009

Victor Civie letter, September 23, 2009

Victor & Richard Civie, Killingly Open House comment, August 2011

Victor & Richard Civie email, September 27, 2011

Victor & Richard Civie letter, December 21, 2011

Tom, Palmiria & Gabriel Mindek letter, October 26, 2008

Wayne & Chris Hawthorne letter, October 26, 2008

Scott & Christine Welden letter, October 26, 2008

Tracy & Brandon Hawthorne letter, October 26, 2008

Project Manager Tony Mele’s letter to Hawthorne Lane residents, August 16, 2011

Mt. Hope School letter to Mayor Patterson, October 23, 2008

M. Campbell, 2008 Open House comment

Susan O’Keefe, 2008 Open House comment

Don Hoyle, 2008 Open House comment

Diane Dorfer email, October 28, 2008

Diane Dorfer letter, November 10, 2008

Arlen Albert letter to Mansfield Town Council, October 27, 2008

(3.19) Thompson Comments:

Raymond Dewey, Killingly Open House comment, August 2011

Al Landry, 2008 Open House comment

Al Landry, Killingly Open House comment, August 2011

(3.20) Windham:

Jean De Smet, Mansfield Open House comment, December 2011

(3.21) Mansfield

Civie Letter to Kathy Shea, undated

CL&P Response to Civie, December 22, 2011