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STATE OF CONNECTICUT ) ss. New Britain, Connecticut : April 20, 2015

COUNTY OF HARTFORD )

I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of the Findings of Fact, Opinion, and Decision and Order issued by the Connecticut Siting Council, State of Connecticut.

ATTEST:

______Melanie A. Bachman Acting Executive Director Connecticut Siting Council

I certify that a copy of the Findings of Fact, Opinion, and Decision and Order in Docket No. 453 has been forwarded by Certified First Class Return Receipt Requested mail, on April 20, 2015, to all parties and intervenors of record as listed on the attached service list, dated January 21, 2015.

ATTEST:

______Lisa Mathews Clerk Typist Connecticut Siting Council April 20, 2015

TO: Classified/Legal Supervisor

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Journal Inquirer (Daily) 306 Progress Drive, P.O. Box 510 Manchester, CT 06045-0510

FROM: Lisa Mathews, Clerk Typist

RE: DOCKET NO. 453 – American Tower Corporation and New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Manchester Tax Assessor Map 133, Block 3700, Lot 701, 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut.

Please publish the attached notice as soon as possible, but not on Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday.

Please send an affidavit of publication and invoice to my attention.

Thank you.

LM NOTICE

Pursuant to General Statutes § 16-50p (a), the Connecticut Siting Council (Council) announces that, on April 16, 2015, the Council issued Findings of Fact, an Opinion, and a Decision and Order approving an application from American Tower Corporation and New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Manchester Tax Assessor Map 133, Block 3700, Lot 701, 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut. This application record is available for public inspection in the Council’s office, Ten Franklin Square, New Britain, Connecticut. CERTIFICATE OF ENVIRONMENTAL COMPATIBILITY AND PUBLIC NEED DOCKET NO. 453

Pursuant to General Statutes § 16-50k, as amended, the Connecticut Siting Council hereby issues a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need to American Tower Corporation for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Manchester Tax Assessor Map 133, Block 3700, Lot 701, 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut. This Certificate is issued in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Decision and Order of the Council on April 16, 2015. By order of the Council,

______Robert Stein, Chairman April 16, 2015 April 20, 2015

Lucia Chiocchio, Esq. Christopher B. Fisher, Esq. Cuddy & Feder LLP 445 Hamilton Avenue, 14th Floor White Plains, NY 10601

Dear Attorney Chiocchio and Attorney Fisher:

By its Decision and Order dated April 16, 2015, the Connecticut Siting Council (Council) granted a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need (Certificate) for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Manchester Tax Assessor Map 133, Block 3700, Lot 701, 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut. . Enclosed are the Council’s Certificate, Findings of Fact, Opinion, and Decision and Order.

Very truly yours,

Robert Stein Chairman

RS/FOC/lm

Enclosures (4) c: Parties and Intervenors (without Certificate enclosure) State Documents Librarian (without Certificate enclosure) CERTIFICATION

The undersigned members of the Connecticut Siting Council (Council) hereby certify that they have heard this case, or read the record thereof, in DOCKET NO. 453 – American Tower Corporation and New Cingular Wireless PCS, LLC application for a Certificate of Environmental Compatibility and Public Need for the construction, maintenance, and operation of a telecommunications facility located at Manchester Tax Assessor Map 133, Block 3700, Lot 701, 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut., and voted as follows to approve the proposed Compromise location, approximately 200 feet southeast of the proposed site, located at 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut, and deny certification of the proposed site and alternate location, approximately 350 feet southeast of the proposed site, located at 701 Lydall Street, Manchester, Connecticut:

Council Members Vote Cast

______Yes Robert Stein, Chairman

______Yes

James J. Murphy, Jr., Vice Chairman

______Abstain

Chairman Arthur House Designee: Larry P. Levesque

______Yes

Commissioner Robert Klee Designee: Robert Hannon

______Yes

Philip T. Ashton

______Yes

Daniel P. Lynch, Jr. ______Yes

Dr. Barbara Currier Bell

______Yes

Dr. Michael W. Klemens

Dated at New Britain, Connecticut, April 16, 2015.