CT DEEP Not Sure When Application Review for Propane Facility in North Branford Will be Complete

The State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is not sure when they will be able to finish reviewing J.J. Sullivan Fuel Oil’s application to install a 60,000 gallon propane facility at 40 Ciro Road, the New Haven Register reports.

The application was forwarded to the DEEP after the town’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency failed to vote on the issue. According to the paper, DEEP officials said this was a rare occurrence and prefer that local issues are solved at the local level itself.

Since the Planning and Zoning Commission cannot take any action on the issue till it clears the Inland Wetlands and Watercourse Agency, the P&Z continued the issue indefinitely at its Nov. 20 meeting.

The North Branford Citizens Against Propane have hired New Haven attorney Keith Ainsworth to represent them in a legal battle against J.J. Sullivan. Residents opposed to the facility have cited safety reasons as their main opposition to the propane storage.

North Branford residents have set up a website, “Protect North Branford” to provide updates about the proposed facility and have also set up a Go Fund Me page to pay for Ainsworth’s legal fees.

Read the full story at the New Haven Register.

Also Read:

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Residents Present Petition to North Branford Town Council Demanding a Halt to Construction of Proposed Propane Facility

DEEP to Review J.J. Sullivan’s Proposed Propane Facility in North Branford

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