Title 22a, Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-152. (Formerly Sec. 19-25c). Agreements with federal government. The Governor, on behalf of this state, is authorized to enter into agreements with the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission providing for discontinuance of certain of the programs of the government o…

Sec. 22a-153. (Formerly Sec. 19-25d). Duties of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Regulations. Consultants to Governor. Deposit of fees into General Fund. Radiation exposure guidelines for emergency responders and the public. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and …

Sec. 22a-154. (Formerly Sec. 19-25e). Licensing of sources of ionizing radiation. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the general or specific licensing of sources of ionizing rad…

Sec. 22a-155. (Formerly Sec. 19-25f). Issuance, modification or revocation of orders re radiation and radioactive materials. Service of orders. Hearing request. Modification or extension of order. Appeal. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue, modi…

Sec. 22a-156. (Formerly Sec. 19-25g). Injunctions against violations. Orders. Section 22a-156 is repealed, effective October 1, 2013. (1967, P.A. 550, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 420; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-205, S. 14.)

Sec. 22a-157. (Formerly Sec. 19-25h). Prohibited acts. No person shall construct, operate, use, manufacture, produce, transport, transfer, receive, acquire, decommission, own or possess any source of ionizing radiation, unless such activity is in compliance with all requirements …

Sec. 22a-157a. Hazards from radioactive materials. Commissioner authority to investigate, mitigate and contain. Liability of responsible party. Reimbursement of costs for abatement, containment, mitigation or removal of exposure hazard. Attorney General civil action for costs of …

Sec. 22a-158. (Formerly Sec. 19-25i). Records. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall require each person who possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain records relating to its receipt, storage, transfer or disposal, as well as such ot…

Sec. 22a-158a. Cease and desist orders. Suspension or revocation of registration. Hearing. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a cease and desist order in accordance with section 22a-7 for any violation of sections 22a-148 to 22a-158, inclusive, and …

Sec. 22a-158b. Action to enjoin act, practice or omission that constitutes violation. (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act, practice or omission that constitutes, or wi…

Sec. 22a-158c. Criminally negligent violations. Knowingly making false statements. Fines. Imprisonment. Subsequent convictions. (a) Any person who, with criminal negligence, violates any provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, any regulation, license or order ad…

Sec. 22a-159. (Formerly Sec. 19-25j). New England Compact on Radiological Health Protection. Article I. Enactment. This compact shall become effective when enacted into law by any two or more of the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Verm…

Sec. 22a-160. (Formerly Sec. 19-25k). Formulation and maintenance of radiation incident plan. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, who shall be the compact administrator for the state, shall formulate and keep current a radiation incident plan for this state, …

Sec. 22a-161. Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. ARTICLE I. POLICY AND PURPOSE Sec. 1.1. There is hereby created the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. The party states recognize that the Congress has declared th…

Sec. 22a-161a. Commission membership. The Governor shall appoint one member to the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Commission. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-2, S. 2.)

Sec. 22a-161b. Governor's powers. The Governor shall have all powers necessary or incidental to implement the provisions of the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact. (June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-2, S. 3.)

Sec. 22a-161c. Storage, treatment and disposal of radioactive waste. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-137 or any other law or regulation to the contrary, section 22a-161 shall govern the storage, treatment and disposal of low-level radioactive waste. (June Sp. Sess. …

Sec. 22a-161d. Municipal approval required for disposal of waste generated outside Compact. The Connecticut commissioner of the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact shall not take any action which accepts for disposal any low-level radioactive waste which was …

Sec. 22a-162. Standards for the operation of sources of nonionizing radiation. (a) For the purpose of preventing possible harmful effects in human beings from exposure to electromagnetic fields in the radio frequency range, as defined in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, “IEEE standards for …

Sec. 22a-162a. Compliance with standards. On and after the effective date of the standards adopted in accordance with section 22a-162, no person shall operate a new source of nonionizing radiation in the radio frequency spectrum in excess of the standards. Any source of nonionizi…

Secs. 22a-163 to 22a-165h. Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service: Low-level radioactive waste. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Fund. Sections 22a-163 to 22a-165h, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2006. (P.A. 87-540, S. 1–21, 25, 26; P.A. 88-230, S. 1,…