Title 22a — Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-133p. Environmental use restrictions: Enforcement of environmental land use restriction, notice of activity and use limitation, statutes and regulations. (a) The Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action in the superior court fo…

Sec. 22a-133q. Environmental use restrictions: Regulations re environmental land use restrictions and notices of activity and use limitation. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of sections 22a-133n …

Sec. 22a-133r. Environmental use restrictions: Abatement of pollution when restriction or notice is void or without effect. In the event that a court of competent jurisdiction finds for any reason that an environmental use restriction or notice of activity and use limitation is v…

Sec. 22a-133s. Environmental use restrictions: Other powers not affected. Nothing in sections 22a-133n to 22a-133r, inclusive, shall be construed to affect the commissioner's authority under any other provision of law to abate or prevent pollution or to enforce any statute, requi…

Sec. 22a-133t. Special Contaminated Property Remediation and Insurance Fund. There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Special Contaminated Property Remediation and Insurance Fund”. There shall be deposited in the fund: (1) The proceeds of bonds issued by the st…

Sec. 22a-133u. Uses of Special Contaminated Property Remediation and Insurance Fund. Repayment of funds. Liens. Criteria. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may use any funds in the Special Contaminated Property Remediation and Insurance Fund established …

Sec. 22a-133v. Licensed environmental professionals. Definitions. Licensing board. Standard of care. Issuance of license. Fees. Suspension or revocation of license or other sanction. Examination. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Environmental professional” means a person who is …

Sec. 22a-133w. Voluntary site remediation in GB and GC areas: Licensed environmental professionals. (a) As used in this section and sections 22a-133u and 22a-133y: (1) “Phase II environmental site assessment” means an investigation to confirm the presence or absence of a spill on…

Sec. 22a-133x. Investigation and remediation of contaminated real property. Submission of forms. Review by commissioner. Fee. Notification required. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Applicant” means the person who submits the environmental condition assessment form to t…

Sec. 22a-133y. Voluntary site remediation in GB and GC areas: Procedures. Review by commissioner. Environmental use restrictions. (a) On and after January 1, 1996, any licensed environmental professional licensed by the State Board of Examiners of Environmental Professionals purs…

Sec. 22a-133z. General permits for contaminated site remediation. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a general permit, in accordance with the provisions of the relevant section of the general statutes which authorizes the general permit, for any act…

Sec. 22a-134. Transfer of hazardous waste establishments: Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 22a-134a to 22a-134e, inclusive, and sections 22a-134h and 22a-134i: (1) “Transfer of establishment” means any transaction or proceeding, on or before the date reg…

Sec. 22a-134a. Transfer of hazardous waste establishments: Forms, verification, schedules, audits, approval, notification requirements, orders, exceptions. (a) No person shall transfer an establishment except in accordance with the provisions of sections 22a-134 to 22a-134e, incl…

Secs. 22a-134aa to 22a-134oo. Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service. Sections 22a-134aa to 22a-134oo, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2006. (P.A. 83-572, S. 1–7, 9; P.A. 84-156, S. 1, 2; 84-370, S. 2, 6; 84-546, S. 71, 72, 173; P.A. 85-67, S. 1–4; P.A. 86-3…

Sec. 22a-134b. Damages. (a) Failure of the transferor to comply with any of the provisions of sections 22a-134 to 22a-134e, inclusive, and sections 22a-134h and 22a-134i entitles the transferee to recover damages from the transferor, and renders the transferor of the establishmen…

Sec. 22a-134c. Authority of commissioner. The provisions of sections 22a-134 to 22a-134e, inclusive, and sections 22a-134h and 22a-134i shall not affect the authority of the commissioner under any other statute or regulation, including, but not limited to, the authority to issue …

Sec. 22a-134d. Penalty. Any person who violates any provision of sections 22a-134a to 22a-134e, inclusive, and sections 22a-134h and 22a-134i or regulations issued in accordance with the provisions of said sections shall be assessed a civil penalty or shall be fined in accordance…

Sec. 22a-134e. Transfer fees. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “cost of remediation” shall include total costs related to the complete investigation of pollution on-site and off-site, evaluation of remediation alternatives, design and implementation of approved remediati…

Sec. 22a-134f. List of hazardous waste facilities. Municipal clerks to maintain and post. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide the clerk of each municipality in the state with a list of all hazardous waste facilities located within such munici…

Sec. 22a-134g. Termination of operations at certain hazardous waste facilities. Procedures. Regulations. (a) As used in this section, “regulated substance” means petroleum, any flammable substance, any extremely hazardous substance, as defined in 40 CFR 355, any hazardous substan…

Sec. 22a-134h. Transfer of hazardous waste establishments: Submission prior to October 1, 2001. Withdrawal of forms. (a) Any certifying party who has submitted a Form III or Form IV to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-134a prior to O…

Sec. 22a-134i. Transfer of hazardous waste establishments. Conveyance of a unit in a residential common interest community. (a) Prior to the conveyance of a unit in a residential common interest community that is an establishment, as defined in section 22a-134, the declarant for …

Sec. 22a-134j. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-134k. Household hazardous waste management plan. On or before February 1, 1992, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, within available appropriations, prepare a plan for the collection, disposal, reduction, recycling and other management techniqu…

Sec. 22a-134l. Regional household hazardous waste disposal facilities. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, within available appropriations, make a grant or loan to any municipality, group of municipalities, regional council of governments organized under …

Sec. 22a-134m. Chemical disposal days. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall coordinate a program of chemical disposal days for the collection and disposal of hazardous household chemicals in any municipality or group of municipalities or in the participat…

Sec. 22a-134n. Grants for chemical disposal days. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, within available appropriations, make a grant to any municipality, any group of municipalities or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions …

Sec. 22a-134o. Contract with hazardous waste transporter or company. (a) Any municipality, any group of municipalities or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, sponsoring a chemical disposal day shall enter int…

Sec. 22a-134p. Regulations re storage of hazardous substances near a watercourse. (a) As used in this section, “watercourse” means a watercourse as defined in section 22a-38 and “hazardous substance” means any substance on the list prepared pursuant to Section 302 of the Emergenc…

Sec. 22a-134pp. Definitions. For the purposes of this section and sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134xx, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) “Brownfields program” means the brownfields liability relief program established pur…

Sec. 22a-134q. Inventory of contaminated wells and leaking underground storage tanks. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall compile an inventory of contaminated wells and leaking underground storage tanks known to him. As used in this section, “contaminate…

Sec. 22a-134qq. Release to land and waters of the state. Prohibition. Violation. No person shall create or maintain a release to the land and waters of the state in violation of any provision of sections 22a-134rr to 22a-134vv, inclusive. (Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9, S. 16.) Histo…

Sec. 22a-134r. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-134rr. Reporting and remediation of certain releases. Requirements. Internet database of reports and verifications. (a) Any person who creates or maintains a release to the land and waters of the state on or after the date when regulations are first adopted pursuant to s…

Sec. 22a-134s. Lien on real estate with service station. A lien pursuant to section 22a-452a shall not be placed against real estate on which a service station was transferred and in operation on or after May 1, 1967, provided the transferor certifies to the transferee that (1) t…

Sec. 22a-134ss. Orders. Hearing. Violations. Action by Attorney General. Penalties. Cease and desist order. (a)(1) If the commissioner finds that any person created or maintained a release to the land and waters of the state on or after the date when regulations are first adopted…

Secs. 22a-134t to 22a-134z. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-134tt. Regulations. Working group. Regulation requirements. Remediation standards considerations. Audit requirements. Incorporation of other requirements. (a) The commissioner shall adopt, amend or repeal regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, as a…

Sec. 22a-134uu. Auditing of verifications. Report. (a) The commissioner shall audit a sufficient number of verifications submitted pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt to ensure the protection of human health and the environment and a high frequency of co…

Sec. 22a-134vv. Covenants not to sue. Liability protections. Liability for release prior to ownership. Owner liability. (a) The provisions of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt, inclusive, shall have no effect upon nor be interpreted or construed as changing any covenant not to sue …

Sec. 22a-134ww. Liability protections of other provisions. Innocent landowner defense. Nothing contained in sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134vv, inclusive, shall be construed to infringe upon or otherwise limit any liability limitations or protections for persons provided for under a…

Sec. 22a-134xx. Commissioner authority. Nothing contained in sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134ww inclusive, shall be construed to affect the authority of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to any other statute or regulation. (Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9, S…

Sec. 22a-135. (Formerly Sec. 19-408a). Duties of Department of Energy and Environmental Protection re nuclear energy and radiation. Fees. Reporting of nuclear incidents. Posting of planned radiation releases. (a) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall: (1) Re…

Sec. 22a-136. Moratorium on construction of nuclear power facilities. No construction shall commence on a fifth nuclear power facility until the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection finds that the United States Government, through its authorized agency, has identif…

Sec. 22a-137. Burial of nuclear radioactive waste regulated. Certain low-level wastes exempted. (a) No individual, partnership, corporation or association, or state or local government or political subdivision or instrumentality thereof shall bury any nuclear radioactive waste wi…

Secs. 22a-138 to 22a-147. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-148. (Formerly Sec. 19-24). Regulation of sources of ionizing radiation and radioactive materials. (a) As used in this section, “ionizing radiation” includes gamma rays, x-rays, alpha and beta particles, neutrons, protons, high-speed electrons and other atomic or nuclear…

Sec. 22a-149. (Formerly Sec. 19-25). Use of radioactive material or isotopes to be registered. Hospitals having special facilities for the use of naturally occurring radioactive material, or radioactive isotopes for the diagnosis or treatment of diseases, for research or for othe…

Sec. 22a-150. (Formerly Sec. 19-25a). Registration of x-ray devices. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, by regulation, require registration of devices emitting x-rays used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes by or under the supervision of a person o…

Sec. 22a-151. (Formerly Sec. 19-25b). Ionizing radiation: Definitions. As used in sections 22a-151 to 22a-158, inclusive: (1) “By-product material” means each of the following: (A) Any radioactive material, other than special nuclear material, that is yielded in or made radioacti…