Hazardous Waste Storage Facility
Notice of Scoping for the UConn Hazardous Waste Storage Facility Siting Environmental Impact Evaluation
Project Title: Proposed new Hazardous
Waste Storage Facility (HWSF)
Municipality: University of Connecticut Storrs
Campus, Storrs, CT
Project Description: The Proposed Action is the construction of a new Less Than 90-Day Hazardous Waste Storage Facility (HWSF) and the decommissioning of the existing Less Than 90-Day HWSF at the University of Connecticut Main Campus in Storrs. The existing HWSF is located off Horsebarn Hill Road within the Willimantic Reservoir Watershed and near the Level A Aquifer Recharge Area for the Fenton River wellfield. The University is proposing to decommission the existing facility and construct a new state-of-the-art facility in the northwest portion of campus. Previously, a Siting Study was conducted in 2004 to determine suitable locations on campus for the new facility. Further analysis of the recommended sites in the Siting Study has resulted in a new preferred site (site 7) for the facility located southeast of the landfill and immediately north of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP).
Candidate Sites Map (link)
Preferred Site Map (link)
Written comments from the public are welcome and will be accepted until the close of business on: April 25, 2008.
There will be a Public Scoping Meeting for this project on:
DATE: Thursday, April 10, 2008
TIME: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
PLACE: Merlin D. Bishop Center, One Bishop
Circle, Storrs, CT,
Room 7
Hazardous Waste Facility Public Scoping Presentation
Written comments should be sent to:
Name: Jason Coite, Environmental Compliance Analyst
Agency: University of Connecticut,
Office of Environmental Policy
Address: 31 LeDoyt Road, Unit 3055,
Storrs, CT 06269-3055
Phone:
(860)486-9305
Fax: (860)486-5477
Email: jason.coite@uconn.edu
The draft Environmental Impact Evaluation for this project is expected
to be available for public review and comment in June 2008.
