Title 22a, Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-284c. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Liabilities. Effect of conveyances. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the provisions of sections 22a-261, 22a-262, 22a-284a to 22a-284e, inclusive, and section 12 of public act 23-170* shall not be construed to m…

Sec. 22a-284d. MIRA Dissolution Authority. Funds. Environmental remediation costs. Tipping fee stabilization reimbursement and limit. The funds possessed by the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, established pursuant to section 22a-260a, shall not constitute surplus re…

Sec. 22a-284e. (Note: This section is effective July 1, 2025.) Department of Administrative Services as successor to MIRA Dissolution Authority. The Department of Administrative Services shall constitute a successor agency to the MIRA Dissolution Authority in accordance with the …

Secs. 22a-285 to 22a-285k. Definitions. Establishment of ash residue disposal area. Application for permit for ash residue disposal area. Operation of ash residue disposal area exempt from local zoning; additional information required for permit. Negotiated agreement, arbitration…

Sec. 22a-293. (Formerly Sec. 25-55). Tri-state compact. The agreement or compact, in the words and form set forth in section 22a-294, entered into by the state of Connecticut with the state of New Jersey and the state of New York, signed and sealed by the commissioners of each st…

Sec. 22a-294. (Formerly Sec. 25-56). Interstate Environmental Commission Tri-State Compact. Whereas, The tremendous growth of population and the development of the territory surrounding and adjacent to the harbor of New York has resulted in recent years in an increasingly serious…

Sec. 22a-295. (Formerly Sec. 25-57). Commissioners; appointment; term; expenses. On or before July first in the odd-numbered years, the Governor shall appoint a commissioner to the Interstate Environmental Commission created by the agreement or compact entered into under the laws…

Sec. 22a-296. (Formerly Sec. 25-58). Officers. Votes. The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required in the dischar…

Sec. 22a-297. (Formerly Sec. 25-59). Regulations and orders. The commission shall have power to make regulations and orders with regard to the pollution of all the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as follows: (a) In Connectic…

Sec. 22a-298. (Formerly Sec. 25-60). Enforcement. Investigations. Hearings. The commission shall have power to investigate and determine if the requirements of the compact or the orders of the commission are complied with and to bring action in its name to compel the enforcement …

Sec. 22a-299. (Formerly Sec. 25-61). Powers to be supplemental. Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by the states of Ne…

Sec. 22a-300. (Formerly Sec. 25-62). Notice of pollution. Public hearing. Orders. Whenever the commission determines upon investigation that sewage or other polluting matter from any city, village, town, county, borough, municipality or other entity, as defined in the compact, bu…

Sec. 22a-301. (Formerly Sec. 25-63). Cooperation with other authorities. The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the future growth and development of…

Sec. 22a-302. (Formerly Sec. 25-64). Accounts. Reports. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the governor and the legislature of each signatory state, on or before the twenty-fifth day of January, setting forth in detai…

Sec. 22a-303. (Formerly Sec. 25-65). State comptrollers authorized to examine accounts. The comptroller of each of the signatory states is authorized from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items …

Sec. 22a-304. (Formerly Sec. 25-66). Study of smoke and air pollution. (a) Subject to approval by the Congress of the United States, the Interstate Environmental Commission is authorized and empowered to make a study of smoke and air pollution within the boundaries of New Jersey …

Sec. 22a-305. (Formerly Sec. 25-66a). Powers and duties re air pollution. With respect to the state of Connecticut and as long as the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be engaged in a program relating to air pollution on behalf of the state of New York or the states of Ne…

Sec. 22a-308. (Formerly Sec. 25-67). Appointment of commissioners. There shall be three commissioners to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, appointed as herein provided. The Commissioner of Public Health and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental…

Sec. 22a-309. (Formerly Sec. 25-68). New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact. Whereas, The growth of population and the development of the territory of the New England states has resulted in serious pollution of certain interstate streams, ponds and lakes, and of t…

Sec. 22a-310. (Formerly Sec. 25-68a). Jurisdiction. For the purposes of section 22a-309, Article XII, any court of competent jurisdiction shall be construed to be the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford. (1969, P.A. 526, S. 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 164, 186; P.A. 88-23…

Sec. 22a-314. (Formerly Sec. 25-104). General duties of commissioner concerning soil and water erosion. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may (a) make or cause to be made surveys, investigations and research concerning the problems of soil and water erosion …

Sec. 22a-315. (Formerly Sec. 25-104a). Soil and water conservation districts and boards; establishment, powers and council. (a) In order to assist the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in identifying and remedying the problems of soil and water erosion, the comm…

Sec. 22a-316. (Formerly Sec. 25-105). Soil conservation equipment account. There shall continue to be maintained from the income received in administering section 22a-314, an equipment account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund, for the Commiss…

Sec. 22a-317. (Formerly Sec. 25-105a). State grants to county soil and water conservation districts. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide, within available appropriations, an annual grant to each of the eight county soil and water conservation distr…

Sec. 22a-318. (Formerly Sec. 25-106). Watershed soil conservation, flood prevention, conservation programs. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-318 to 22a-322, inclusive, “works of improvement” means any undertaking for: (a) Flood prevention, including structural, nonstructural …

Sec. 22a-319. (Formerly Sec. 25-107). Initiation of watershed area programs. The legislative body of any town or city may vote to request the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for advice and assistance in initiating a United States Department of Agriculture, Soi…

Sec. 22a-320. (Formerly Sec. 25-108). Acquisition of land. State and federal assistance. Municipal participation. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may (a) acquire, by purchase, lease or gift, or by eminent domain in the manner provided by part I of chapter …

Sec. 22a-321. (Formerly Sec. 25-108a). Reimbursement of public service companies for relocation of facilities. Whenever the construction of any works of improvement, as defined in section 22a-318, for which the state has agreed to provide the necessary land, easements and rights-…

Sec. 22a-322. (Formerly Sec. 25-109). Interstate agreements. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, with the approval of the Governor, negotiate and contract, in the name of the state, with any commission appointed by, or any soil and water conservation dist…

Sec. 22a-323. (Formerly Sec. 25-109a). Use of flood water detention areas for park and recreation purposes. Any town, city or borough may acquire, by purchase, lease or gift, land which has been fixed upon as a site for works of improvement as provided for in sections 22a-318 to …

Sec. 22a-324. (Formerly Sec. 25-109b). Conveyance and transfer of real property for watershed program purposes. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the advice and consent of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the State Properties Review Boa…

Sec. 22a-325. Short title: Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act. Sections 22a-325 to 22a-329, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the “Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act”. (P.A. 83-388, S. 1.)

Sec. 22a-326. Legislative finding; policy of the state. The General Assembly finds that soil erosion on land being developed is a serious problem in Connecticut, that sediment is a source of pollution, that rapid changes in land use from agricultural and rural to nonagricultural …

Sec. 22a-327. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-325 to 22a-329, inclusive: (1) “Council” means the Council on Soil and Water Conservation established under subsection (c) of section 22a-315; (2) “Disturbed area” means an area where the cover is destroyed or removed leaving the…

Sec. 22a-328. Guidelines for soil erosion and sediment control. The council shall develop guidelines for soil erosion and sediment control on land being developed and improving and preserving soil health. The guidelines shall outline methods and techniques for minimizing erosion …

Sec. 22a-329. Municipal land use. Regulations. (a) The regulations adopted by a municipality pursuant to sections 8-2 and 8-25, on and after July 1, 1985, shall require that: (1) Proper provision be made for soil erosion and sediment control; (2) a soil erosion and sediment contr…

Sec. 22a-336. (Formerly Sec. 25-2). Cooperation with other agencies. Right of entry in performance of duty. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may make use of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station and the facilities of said station, and may cooperat…

Sec. 22a-337. (Formerly Sec. 25-3). Commissioner's powers. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, is authorized, as the representative of the state of Connecticut, to negotiate, cooperate and enter into…

Secs. 22a-338 and 22a-339. (Formerly Secs. 25-3b and 25-3c). Algae abatement and control program. Reimbursement of towns and lake authorities for algae and aquatic weed control programs. Sections 22a-338 and 22a-339 are repealed. (1963, P.A. 632; February, 1965, P.A. 239, S. 1; 1…

Sec. 22a-339a. Grants to improve water quality of lakes used for public recreation. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may make a grant to any municipality or lake association for a project to improve the water quality of a lake used for public recreation. As…

Sec. 22a-339b. Criteria for grants. Public benefit. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall evaluate the eligibility of a project for a grant and shall award such grant based on lake priorities established by said commissioner pursuant to the federal Clean W…

Sec. 22a-339c. Grant conditions. The grants made under section 22a-339b shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) No grant shall be made for any study, report, plan or restoration measure except if such study, report, plan or restoration measure is in accordance with a pr…

Sec. 22a-339d. Regulations. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of sections 22a-339a to 22a-339c, inclusive. Such regulations shall include provisions for reviewi…

Sec. 22a-339e. Municipal assessment for costs of lake management implementation measures. A municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, impose an assessment of a proportion of the cost of lake management implementation measures upon the owners of property specially benefit…

Sec. 22a-339f. Pilot program for lake preservation. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall: (1) Designate a lake located in two or more municipalities and Bantam Lake in Morris and Litchfield to be the subject of a program of preservation which may serve as…

Sec. 22a-339g. Control of nonnative invasive plant species. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make recommendations and take appropriate actions for the control of nonnative invasive plant species; prepare information materials for distribution; conduct…