Sec.16-50j-62. Reporting requirements

(a) Site Testing and Staging areas.

The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, shall provide the Council with written notice of the location and size of all areas to be accessed or used for site testing or staging areas. If such an area is to be used prior to approval of the D&M plan, the Council may approve such use on terms as it deems appropriate.

(b) Notice

(1) The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, shall provide the Council, in writing, with a minimum of two weeks advance notice of the beginning of:

(A) clearing and access work in each successive portion of the site and

(B) facility construction in that same portion.

(2) The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, shall provide the Council with advance written notice whenever a significant change of the approved D&M plan is necessary. If advance written notice is impractical, verbal notice shall be provided to the Council immediately and shall be followed by written notice not later than 48 hours after the verbal notice. Significant changes to the approved D& M plan shall include, but are not limited to, the following:

(A) the location of a wetland or watercourse crossing;

(B) the location of an access way or a structure in a regulated wetland or watercourse area;

(C) the construction or placement of any temporary structures or equipment;

(D) a change in structure type or location including, but not limited to, towers, guy wires, associated equipment or other facility structures; and

(E) utilization of additional mitigation measures, or elimination of mitigation measures.

The Council, or its designee, shall promptly review the changes and shall approve, modify, or disapprove the changes in accordance with subsection (d) of section 16-50j-60 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(3) The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, shall provide the Council with a monthly construction progress report, or a construction progress report at time intervals determined by the Council or its designee, indicating changes and deviations from the approved D&M plan. The Council may approve changes and deviations, request corrections or require mitigation measures.

(4) The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, shall provide the Council with written notice of completion of con(struction and site rehabilitation.

(c) Final report.

The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, shall provide the Council with a final report for the facility not later than 180 days after completion of all site construction and site rehabilitation This final report shall identify:

(1) all agreements with abutters or other property owners regarding special maintenance precautions;

(2) significant changes of the D&M plan that were required because of the property rights of underlying and adjoining owners or for other reasons;

(3) the location of construction materials which have been left in place including, but not limited to, culverts, erosion control structures along watercourses and steep slopes, and corduroy roads in regulated wetlands;

(4) the location of areas where special planting and reseeding have been done; and

(5) the actual construction cost of the facility, including, but not limited to, the following costs:

(A) clearing and access;

(B) construction of the facility and associated equipment;

(C) rehabilitation; and

(D) property acquisition for the site or access to the site.

(d) Protective Order.

The certificate holder, or facility owner or operator, may file a motion for a protective order pertaining to commercial or financial information related to the site or access to the site.

(Effective March 7, 1989; Amended September 7, 2012)