Title 22a, Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-74a. Exemption of firing and shooting ranges from criminal and civil liability for noise and noise pollution. (a) Any owner, operator or user of a firing or shooting range operating on October 1, 1998, shall be exempt from criminal prosecution with respect to noise or no…

Sec. 22a-75. Civil penalties. The commissioner may set schedules and assess civil penalties for any violation of this chapter pursuant to sections 22a-6a and 22a-6b. Notice, hearing and appeal procedures shall be made pursuant to subsections (c) to (h), inclusive, of section 22a-…

Sec. 22a-76. Provisions and remedies not exclusive of others. The provisions and remedies under this chapter are not exclusive and shall be in addition to any other provisions and remedies provided for in any section of the general statutes or which are available under common law…

Secs. 22a-77 to 22a-79. Transferred to Chapter 446d, Secs. 22a-243 to 22a-245, inclusive.

Secs. 22a-80 to 22a-82. Transferred to Chapter 446d, Secs. 22a-247 to 22a-249, inclusive.

Secs. 22a-83 to 22a-86. Duties of commissioner re youth litter pickup programs. Annual Litter Control and Recycling Fund assessment. Litter Control and Recycling Fund; application for fund moneys. Expenditure of fund. Sections 22a-83 to 22a-86, inclusive, are repealed. (P.A. 74-2…

Secs. 22a-87 and 22a-88. Transferred to Chapter 446d, Secs. 22a-250 and 22a-251, respectively.

Sec. 22a-89. Program evaluation. Report to Governor and General Assembly. Section 22a-89 is repealed. (P.A. 78-319, S. 6, 15; P.A. 81-3, S. 4, 5.)

Sec. 22a-100. State plans and actions to be consistent with this chapter. (a) All major state plans, other than the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to part I of chapter 297, which affect the coastal area shall be consistent with the goals and policies …

Sec. 22a-101. Municipal coastal programs. (a) In order to carry out the policies and provisions of this chapter and to provide more specific guidance to coastal area property owners and developers, coastal municipalities may adopt a municipal coastal program for the area within t…

Sec. 22a-102. Municipal plan of development. Proposed municipal land use regulations. (a) In revising the municipal plan of conservation and development in accordance with subsection (b) of section 22a-101, the municipal planning commission shall follow: (1) The policies and goal…

Sec. 22a-103. Municipal zoning regulations. Criteria and process for revision. (a) In revising zoning regulations and other municipal coastal regulations and ordinances listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 22a-101, the municipal agency with jurisdiction over suc…

Sec. 22a-104. Implementation of municipal coastal program. Amendments. (a) If a municipality has adopted a municipal coastal program in accordance with sections 22a-101, 22a-102 and 22a-103, such program shall be implemented by those municipal bodies exercising legal authority fo…

Sec. 22a-105. Coastal site plan reviews. (a) Coastal municipalities shall undertake coastal site plan reviews in accordance with the requirements of this chapter. (b) The following site plans, plans and applications for activities or projects to be located fully or partially with…

Sec. 22a-106. Criteria and process for action on coastal site plans. (a) In addition to determining that the activity proposed in a coastal site plan satisfies other lawful criteria and conditions, a municipal board or commission reviewing a coastal site plan shall determine whet…

Sec. 22a-106a. Civil penalty. Any person who conducts an activity within the coastal boundary without having received a lawful approval from a municipal board or commission under all of the applicable procedures and criteria listed in sections 22a-105 and 22a-106 or who violates …

Sec. 22a-107. Bond as a condition to coastal site plan approval. As a condition to a coastal site plan approval a board or commission may require a bond, escrow account or other surety or financial security arrangement to secure compliance with any modifications, conditions and o…

Sec. 22a-108. Violations. Any activity within the coastal boundary not exempt from coastal site plan review pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-109, which occurs without having received a lawful approval from a municipal board or commission under all of the applicable proce…

Sec. 22a-109. Coastal site plans. Review. (a) A coastal site plan shall be filed with the municipal zoning commission to aid in determining the conformity of a proposed building, use, structure or shoreline flood and erosion control structure, as defined in subsection (c) of this…

Sec. 22a-110. Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals. The commissioner or his designee may submit written testimony to any municipal board or commission and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before such municipal board or commission concerning any pro…

Sec. 22a-111. Connecticut River Gateway Committee. Consistency. (a) The minimum standards established by the Connecticut River Gateway Committee under section 25-102d and revisions to such standards adopted by the Connecticut River Gateway Commission under subsection (c) of secti…

Sec. 22a-111a. Hurricane or tropical storm warning. Fortification of property. In the event of an issuance of a hurricane or tropical storm warning by the National Hurricane Center of the National Weather Service in any part of the state, or as authorized by the Commissioner of E…

Sec. 22a-111b. Pilot program to assist residential property owners re coastal management and water resources rights and responsibilities. For the period commencing on October 1, 2013, and ending September 30, 2015, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall est…

Sec. 22a-111c. Seabird and Shorebird protection program. List. Protection areas. Prohibitions. Penalty. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish a list of seabirds and shorebirds that are identified by said commissioner from the regulations adopte…

Sec. 22a-111d. Seabird and shorebird protection program. Enforcement. Any conservation officer appointed pursuant to section 26-5 and any other officer authorized to serve criminal process may enforce the provisions of section 22a-111c. (P.A. 23-155, S. 2.)

Secs. 22a-112 to 22a-113c. Financial assistance; grants to municipalities; contracts or grant agreements concerning coastal management. Estuarine embayment program established. Grants; eligibility. Regulations. State bond issue authorized for estuarine embayment projects. Section…

Sec. 22a-113k. Harbor management commissions. (a) Any municipality having within its limits navigable waters as defined in subsection (b) of section 15-3a may establish by ordinance one or more harbor management commissions or may designate any existing board, commission, council…

Sec. 22a-113l. Powers. Any commission established pursuant to section 22a-113k is authorized to enter into contracts, employ consultants and other assistants and receive and expend funds for equipment, supplies and staff to carry out the purposes of section 15-1, subsection (a) o…

Sec. 22a-113m. Harbor management plan. Approval. The commission, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Connecticut Port Authority, shall prepare or cause to be prepared a management plan for the most desirable use of the harbor for r…

Sec. 22a-113n. Content of plan. (a) The plan shall identify existing and potential harbor problems, establish goals and make recommendations for the use, development and preservation of the harbor. Such recommendations shall identify officials responsible for enforcement of the p…

Sec. 22a-113o. Factors considered in preparation of plan. In preparing the plan, the commission shall consider the following factors: (1) Recreational and commercial boating; (2) recreational and commercial fisheries and shellfisheries; (3) fish and shellfish resources, including…

Sec. 22a-113p. Action on applications to municipal agencies referred to commission. The commission may review and make recommendations, consistent with the plan, on any proposal affecting the real property on, in or contiguous to the harbor that is received by any zoning commissi…

Sec. 22a-113q. Request for general permit and delegation of enforcement authority. Upon adoption of the plan, the commission may request a general permit from the United States Army Corps of Engineers and delegation of enforcement authority pursuant to section 22a-2a. (P.A. 84-24…

Sec. 22a-113r. Mooring or anchorage permit. Enforcement of ordinances implementing plan. Upon adoption of the plan, no mooring or anchorage shall be placed in the harbor without a permit from the harbor master or deputy harbor master for the municipality. Any permit granted by th…

Sec. 22a-113s. Permit fee. The commission may propose a fee schedule for a permit for a mooring or anchorage or any other activity within the scope of the plan to be adopted by vote of the legislative body of each town establishing the commission. The maximum annual fee for a moo…

Sec. 22a-113t. Model harbor management. Not more than six months after October 1, 1984, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in consultation with the Commissioner of Transportation shall prepare a model harbor management plan. (P.A. 84-247, S. 10; P.A. 11-80, S…

Sec. 22a-90. Short title: Coastal Management Act. Sections 22a-90 to 22a-111, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the “Coastal Management Act”. (P.A. 78-152, S. 1, 11; P.A. 83-487, S. 28, 33; P.A. 10-106, S. 5.) History: P.A. 78-152 effective July 1, 1979; P.A. 83-487 a…

Sec. 22a-91. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds that: (1) The waters of Long Island Sound and its coastal resources, including tidal rivers, streams and creeks, wetlands and marshes, intertidal mudflats, beaches and dunes, bluffs and headlands, islands, rocky shoref…

Sec. 22a-92. Legislative goals and policies. (a) The following general goals and policies are established by this chapter: (1) To ensure that the development, preservation or use of the land and water resources of the coastal area proceeds in a manner consistent with the rights o…

Sec. 22a-93. Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) “Municipality” means any town listed in subsection (a) of section 22a-94, the city of Groton, the borough of Stonington, the borough o…

Sec. 22a-94. Coastal area; coastal boundary. Commissioner to prepare maps. (a) The Connecticut coastal area shall include the land and water within the area delineated by the following: The westerly, southerly and easterly limits of the state's jurisdiction in Long Island Sound; …

Sec. 22a-95. Duties of commissioner. Model municipal coastal program. (a) The commissioner shall, on a continuing basis, assist coastal municipalities in carrying out their responsibilities under this chapter. (b) The commissioner shall provide each coastal municipality with reso…

Sec. 22a-96. Commissioner authorized to enter into agreements; designated as representative of state. (a) The commissioner is authorized to enter into written agreements with federal agencies concerning the matters set forth in subsection (b) of this section having an interest in…

Sec. 22a-97. Duties of the commissioner. Technical, coordinating and research services. Supervision. (a) The commissioner shall provide, within available appropriations, technical, coordinating and research services to promote the effective administration of this chapter at the f…

Sec. 22a-98. Commissioner to coordinate regulatory programs. The commissioner shall coordinate the activities of all regulatory programs under his jurisdiction with permitting authority in the coastal area to assure that the administration of such programs is consistent with the …

Sec. 22a-99. Testimony by coastal municipality on permits and licenses. Appeal from decision of the commissioner. A coastal municipality may submit written testimony to the commissioner and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before said commissioner concerning any perm…