Connecticut Administrative Code

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-354i-4. Extension of aquifer protection area boundaries for administrative purposes; approval(a) A municipal aquifer protection agency may submit a written request to the Commissioner to extend an aquifer protection area boundary …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-354i-5. Prohibited and regulated activities(a) All regulated activities are prohibited in aquifer protection areas, except as specified in subsection (b) of this section. (b) The following regulated activities are not prohibited i…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-354i-6. Application for an exemption from prohibition or regulation(a) The Commissioner may, after the receipt of an application in accordance with the provisions of this section, exempt a regulated activity from the state aquifer…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-354i-7. Registration of regulated activities(a) The Commissioner shall process registrations for those regulated activities specified in section 22a-354p(g) of the Connecticut General Statutes. The municipal aquifer protection age…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-354i-8. Permit requirements(a) Any person may apply for a permit to add a regulated activity to a facility where a registered regulated activity occurs. (b) The Commissioner shall process permit applications for those regulated ac…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-354i-9. Best management practices for regulated activities(a) Every regulated activity shall be conducted in accordance with the following: (1) Hazardous materials may be stored above ground within an aquifer protection area only …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-372-1. Public hearings under the Connecticut water diversion policy actPublic hearings on applications for permits under sections 22a-365 to 22a-378, inclusive, of the General Statutes shall be conducted in accordance with section…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-377(b)-1. Exemptions from the Connecticut water diversion policy act(a) In addition to those diversions exempted in section 22a-377 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and subject to the conditions set out in subsections (b) and …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-377(c)-1. Regulated activities and registered diversions under the Connecticut water diversion policy act(a) Any diversion as defined in section 22a-367 (2) of the General Statutes, including construction of structures and facilit…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-377(c)-2. Permits under the Connecticut water diversion policy act(a) (1) An application for a permit to divert water shall be made on a form available from the Commissioner and shall provide the information described in section 2…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-1. Title and authorityThese regulations shall be known as the \"Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Regulations of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection.\" (Effective February 25, 1974) AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-10. AppealsAny person aggrieved by any regulation, order, decision or action made by the Commissioner pursuant to these regulations and/or the General Statutes of Connecticut may appeal to the court of common pleas in and for t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11. Conformity of local wetlands agency regulations AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39 AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.1. Submission of local regulations to commissionerAll regulations, including regulated area boundary maps, promulgated or amended by local wetlands agencies, pursuant to the Act, shall be submitted to the Commissioner not la…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.2. Conformity of local regulationsThe Commissioner shall examine such regulations, including maps and amendments, to determine their conformity with the Act and with these regulations in terms of a) procedural safeguards, b)…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.3. Notice of nonconformanceIn the event that the Commissioner shall find any part of such local inland wetlands agency regulation not in conformity, the Commissioner shall issue a notice of nonconformance which shall include…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.4.a. Amendment of nonconforming regulationsThe local wetlands agency shall, pursuant to the provisions for adopting and amending regulations contained in the Act, initiate proceedings to amend such nonconforming regulations …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.4.b. Jurisdiction where local regulations disapprovedUpon disapproval of any municipal regulations, the Commissioner shall assume jurisdiction over those portions of such municipality's regulations as may be necessary to ass…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.5.a. Where commissioner does not issue noticeFailure of the Commissioner to issue a notice of nonconformance within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such regulations, maps, or amendments shall be taken as approval of such r…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.5.b. Final written approvalIf municipal regulations were not submitted to and granted approval by the Commissioner in a preliminary form prior to adoption, they shall not become effective until granted final written approval…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.6. Local regulations approved before effective date of these regulationsAll municipal maps and regulations approved by the Commissioner before the effective date of these regulations shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy the…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.7. Jurisdiction of municipalityAfter July 1, 1974, any municipality which designates a local wetlands agency and adopts regulations shall, upon approval of such regulations by the Commissioner, exercise jurisdiction over reg…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-11.8. Reports to commissionerAll enforcement activities undertaken by a municipality and all appeals involving a municipality which pertain to the wetlands and water courses of the State shall be reported, on a form supplied by…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-12. Bond and insurance AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39 AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-12.1. Bond may be requiredThe applicant, upon approval of the license, and at the discretion of the Commissioner, may be required to file a performance bond or other adequate security in an amount and with sureties and in a for…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-12.2. Condition for bondThe bond and sureties shall be conditioned on substantial compliance with all provisions of these regulations and conditions imposed on license approval. (Effective February 25, 1974) AUTHORITY: Conn. Ge…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-12.3. Public insuranceThe applicant may be directed to certify that he has public insurance against liability which might result from the proposed operation or use covering any and all damages which might occur within three (3)…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-13. Conflict and severance AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39 AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-13.1. Conflict with other regulationsWhere there is a conflict between the provisions of these regulations and those of any other regulation administered by the Department, the provisions of the regulation which imposes the mos…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-13.2. Invalidity of certain parts of regulationsThe invalidity of any word, clause, sentence, section, part or provision of these regulations shall not affect the validity of any other part which can be given effect without suc…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-14. Reporting requirements for municipal inland wetland agencies(a) Each inland wetland and watercourses agency established pursuant to section 22a-42 of the General Statutes, as amended, shall report the following actions to t…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-15. Payments to the state for acting on inland wetlands and watercourses permit applications(a) After July 1, 1988 any applicant for an inland wetlands and watercourses permit filed with the commissioner pursuant to section 22a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-2. DefinitionsDefinitions, as used in these regulations:1. \"The Act\" means Sections 22a-36 to 45 inclusive of the General Statutes, as amended;2. \"Commissioner\" means the Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Prot…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-3. Permitted operations and uses AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39 AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-3.1. Uses permitted as of rightThe following operations and uses shall be permitted in inland wetlands and water courses, as of right: a. Grazing, farming, nurseries, gardening, and harvesting of crops and farm ponds of three a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-3.2. Uses permitted where indigenous character of land is not disturbedThe following operations and uses shall be permitted, as nonregulated uses in wetlands and water courses provided they do not disturb the natural and indige…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4. Licensing of regulated activities within regulated areas AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39 AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.1. Regulated activities to be licensedSubject to the provisions of Sections 3, 4.3 and 4.4 hereof, regulated activities affecting wetlands and water courses within the State of Connecticut are prohibited except as they may be…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.2. Regulated activitiesThe local inland wetlands agency or the Commissioner shall regulate only those activities which: a. remove material from,b. deposit material in,c. obstruct,d. construct,e. alter, orf. pollute inland wet…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.3.a. Activities to be regulated solely by the commissionerThe Commissioner shall regulate the following activities to the exclusion of the local inland wetlands agencies: (1) Construction or modification of any dam, pursuant …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.3.b. Submission and processing of applicationsEach application to undertake an activity specified in Section 4.3.a of these regulations shall be submitted to the Commissioner and processed in accordance with the statutes, reg…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.3.c. Submission of application to local wetlands agencyExcept as provided in Section 4.4 of these regulations, if any application submitted pursuant to Section 4.3.b of these regulations includes a regulated activity as defin…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.3.d. Local agency to direct certain applicants to commissionerIf a local inland wetlands agency receives an application to undertake an activity specified in Section 4.3.a of these regulations, the local inland wetlands agenc…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.3.e. Permits granted by commissioner to be binding on local agencyAny permit granted or denied by the Commissioner shall be binding upon the local inland wetlands agencies as to matters within the Commissioner's jurisdiction.…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.3.f. Commissioner may consult local agencyUpon receipt of any application to conduct an activity which will affect a wetland or water course, the Commissioner may submit a copy of the application to the local inland wetlands …

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.4. Exclusive jurisdiction of commissionerThe Commissioner shall license and maintain exclusive jurisdiction over regulated activities as defined in Section 4.2 of these regulations to be undertaken by any department, agency o…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.5. Issuance of permit by commissioner before July 1, 1974After the effective date of these Regulations, but before July 1, 1974, the Commissioner may issue such permits as he deems necessary to implement the purposes of the A…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.6. Boundary maps to be establishedThe local inland wetlands agency or the Commissioner shall establish or amend area boundary maps in accordance with the procedures of subsections f and g of Section 22a-39 of the General Stat…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-4.7. Disputation of designationsWetlands and Watercourses—Inland wetlands and water courses are defined in Sections 2 (18) and 2 (19) of these regulations. a. If any person disputes the designation or the failure to designate a…

Regulations of Connecticut State AgenciesSec. 22a-39-5. Application procedure AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39 AUTHORITY: Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-39