620 Hartford Turnpike Summit Brook Intermittent Stream

At a glance

• What: an Abbreviated Notice of Resource Area Delineation (ANRAD) asking the Commission to reconfirm Summit Brook as an intermittent stream along the southeastern corner of the 620 Hartford Turnpike ash monofill property (the facility operator is garbled in the captions; it describes itself as operating there for 40 years and also being called WIN Waste Innovations).
• Where it stands: continued on 2026-10-20 to November 17, 2026, because the state DEP file number had not been issued (DEP's portal was reportedly having IT trouble).
• What's next: once DEP issues a number and any comments, the Commission expects either a quick issuance of an Order of Resource Area Delineation (ORAD) or a discussion of DEP comments.

Background

• The same designation was issued in early 2006 (extended 2008, then folded into an Order of Conditions in 2009) and has since lapsed (these designations sunset after three years).
• No project is attached; the operator wants the designation for long-term planning.
• Stretch in question: from the culvert under a road captioned "Sent Boulevard" (spelling uncertain; built by the town in the mid-2000s) back up to the constructed wetland, which was built in the mid-1980s when the site opened.
• Evidence: the consultant described the test (four different days within 12 months, in non-drought conditions) and said five days of dry-brook photographs were documented in August and September after DEP drought designations were revised retroactively.

Status

• Commissioners said the information looked valid but they would not vote without a DEP file number; staff offered the email address used to submit to DEP by hand.

Discussion time

About 9 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Log

• 2026-10-20 - Conservation Commission — Don Musil and consultant Liz Wilson presented the request; commissioners found the information valid but could not vote without a DEP file number; continued to 2026-11-17.