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Developer pitches 15 Greycaster Road project; PUC readies sewer allocation for Danbury/BET interlocal agreement
Summary
An applicant described plans for a 60,000 sq ft micro‑bay industrial complex split between Danbury and Bethel and requested an interlocal sewer agreement so Danbury flows would be carried in Bethel’s system; staff said Bethel can allocate sewer capacity at its next meeting to support the applicant’s P&Z schedule.
Developer Mike Eppoletti told the Bethel Public Utilities Commission that his team is proposing a roughly 60,000‑square‑foot micro‑bay industrial project at the end of Worcester Street, with about 50,000 square feet in Danbury and about 10–11,000 square feet in Bethel.
Eppoletti said wetlands commissions in both towns have granted approvals and that the city of Danbury has drafted an interlocal agreement that would allow Danbury sewer flows to be routed through Bethel’s collection system in exchange for an annual credit. ‘‘We are proposing a 60,000 square foot, what I call micro bay industrial...the property is not connected to the Bethel sewer system,’’ Eppoletti said, describing plans to meter Danbury buildings and return credits to Bethel.
Staff (S6) told the commission Bethel will need to provide a local sewer allocation before Danbury planning and zoning reviews the project, and staff offered to have allocation paperwork ready for the commission’s next meeting so the applicant can proceed with Danbury P&Z. Staff noted that industrial use assumptions use a standard estimate (about 10 gallons per 1,000 square feet) and that the project’s Bethel allocation is expected to be modest (around 110 gallons per day).
Why it matters: the interlocal agreement, if finalized, would allow a Danbury development to use Bethel’s sewer capacity and provide Bethel with an annual credit; the project also requires coordination on metering, billing and allocation before land‑use approvals proceed.
What’s next: staff said it can provide an allocation number at the next commission meeting and that the applicant will continue Danbury land‑use processes (P&Z). The commission offered general support and no objections were recorded in the meeting.
