The Council on Environmental Quality will meet Wednesday, Dec. 16.

AGENDA

1. Call to order; establishment of a quorum

2. Approval of November 18, 2009 minutes

3. Chairman’s Report

4. Executive Director’s Report

5. The role of the DEP in Connecticut Siting Council (CSC) decisions
Guest: Brian Golembiewski, Environmental Analyst in the DEP’s Environmental Review
Section, and the Commissioner’s Designee on the CSC

6. Citizen Complaints

a. Merritt Parkway tree-cutting and landscaping — brief update

b. Others

7. Review of State Agency Actions

a. CT Siting Council solicitations for comments re: telecommunications towers in

1) Woodbridge (no comments proposed)

2) Glastonbury (Dayton Rd.) (no comments proposed)

3) Madison (no comments proposed)

b. Others

8. Indicators of the Month (an ongoing review of environmental indicators that are published in the annual report, with discussion of possible revisions) — this month: Oxygen in Long Island Sound; Nitrogen in Long Island Sound; Lobsters

9. Meeting Schedule for 2010

10. Discussion of Council recommendations for 2010

11. Other Business