Title 22a — Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-430b. General permits. Certifications by qualified professionals. Regulations. (a)(1) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a general permit for a category or categories of discharges regulated pursuant to section 22a-430, except for a dischar…

Sec. 22a-430c. Annual inventory of persons and municipalities in significant noncompliance. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make available to the public an annual inventory of the persons or municipalities which have been issued a permit under sectio…

Sec. 22a-431. (Formerly Sec. 25-54j). Periodic investigation of discharges. Order to abate or submit information. The commissioner shall periodically investigate and review those sources of discharge which are operating pursuant to any order, permit, directive, registration or de…

Sec. 22a-432. (Formerly Sec. 25-54k). Order to correct potential sources of pollution. If the commissioner finds that any person has established a facility or created a condition before or after June 25, 1985, or is maintaining any facility or condition which reasonably can be ex…

Sec. 22a-433. (Formerly Sec. 25-54l). Order to landowner. Whenever the commissioner issues an order to abate pollution to any person pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-430 or 22a-431, an order to correct potential sources of pollution pursuant to the provisions of section …

Sec. 22a-434. (Formerly Sec. 25-54m). Filing of order on land records. When the commissioner issues a final order to any person to correct potential sources of pollution or to abate pollution, the commissioner shall cause a certified copy thereof to be filed on the land records i…

Sec. 22a-434a. Notice of contaminated wells; abatement of contamination or abandonment of well to be on land records. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may cause to be filed on the land records in the town wherein the subject land is located a notice that wa…

Sec. 22a-435. (Formerly Sec. 25-54n). Injunction. If any person or municipality fails to comply with any order to abate pollution, or any part thereof, issued pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-428, 22a-431 or 22a-433, and no request for a hearing on such order or appeal t…

Sec. 22a-436. (Formerly Sec. 25-54o). Hearing on order to abate. Each order to abate pollution issued under section 22a-428 or 22a-431 or decision under subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-430 shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the subject of such orde…

Sec. 22a-437. (Formerly Sec. 25-54p). Appeal. (a) Any person who or municipality which is aggrieved by a decision under subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-430 or by any order of the commissioner other than an order under section 22a-6b, to abate pollution may, after a hearing b…

Sec. 22a-438. (Formerly Sec. 25-54q). Forfeiture for violations. Penalties. (a) Any person who or municipality which violates any provision of this chapter, or section 22a-6 or 22a-7 shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, to be fixed by the …

Sec. 22a-439. (Formerly Sec. 25-54r). State grant for sewers and pollution abatement facilities. Commissioner to adopt regulations. (a) The commissioner shall make a grant to any municipality which, after May 1, 1967, constructs, rebuilds, expands or acquires a pollution abatemen…

Sec. 22a-439a. Funds for construction of facilities by state agencies. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide funds to any state agency to construct a pollution abatement facility pursuant to sections 22a-430 to 22a-432, inclusive. Such funds shall be…

Sec. 22a-439b. Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority may acquire and operate sewerage systems. (a) The Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority may acquire and operate sewerage systems, provided that the service area of the sewerage system to be acquired is generally congruent…

Sec. 22a-440. (Formerly Sec. 25-54s). Grants for storm and sanitary sewer separation programs, pollution abatement facilities. The commissioner may provide a grant to a municipality for the cost of those facilities which he determines to be essential to a storm and sanitary sewer…

Sec. 22a-441. (Formerly Sec. 25-54t). Grants for prior construction. The commission shall make a grant to any municipality which, prior to May 1, 1967, constructed, rebuilt, acquired or expanded a pollution abatement facility, which grant shall be thirty per cent of the principal…

Sec. 22a-442. (Formerly Sec. 25-54u). State advances in anticipation of federal funds for construction of facility. If federal funds are not available to the municipality at the time of its scheduled construction of a pollution abatement facility, the commissioner shall advance t…

Sec. 22a-443. (Formerly Sec. 25-54v). State advance in anticipation of federal funds for contract plans and specifications. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of section 22a-439, if federal funds for contract plans and specifications for the construction of a pollutio…

Sec. 22a-444. (Formerly Sec. 25-54x). Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to administer funds. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated as the officer of the state to manage, administer and control funds appropriated by the General Ass…

Sec. 22a-445. (Formerly Sec. 25-54y). Commissioner to accept federal aid. Cooperation with other agencies, municipalities, states. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated as the administrative agency of the state to apply for and accept any funds or …

Sec. 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). Bond issue. (a) The State Bond Commission is empowered to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or more series in an aggregate principal amount not exceeding three hundred ninety-eight million dollars. The proceeds of the sale o…

Sec. 22a-446a. Uniform tipping fee at facilities disposing of septic tank pumpings. Any municipality operating a water pollution abatement facility which receives or received funds pursuant to section 22a-439 and which disposes of septic tank pumpings shall establish a uniform ti…

Sec. 22a-447. (Formerly Sec. 25-54aa). Prior orders, directives and decisions continued in force. All orders, directives or decisions of the Water Resources Commission in existence on October 1, 1971, shall continue in force until rescinded, amended or repealed by the commissione…

Sec. 22a-448. (Formerly Sec. 25-54bb). Pollution by chemical liquid, hazardous waste, oil or petroleum, waste oil or solid, liquid or gaseous products: Definitions. For the purposes of sections 22a-133a to 22a-133j, inclusive, sections 22a-448 to 22a-454, inclusive, and section 2…

Sec. 22a-449. (Formerly Sec. 25-54cc). Duties and powers of commissioner re sources of potential pollution or damage. Licenses. Regulations. Nonresidential underground storage tank systems. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, to the extent possible,…

Sec. 22a-449a. Definitions. As used in this section and sections 22a-449c to 22a-449m, inclusive, 22a-449p and 22a-449r to 22a-449t, inclusive: (1) “Petroleum” means crude oil, crude oil fractions and refined petroleum fractions, including gasoline, kerosene, heating oils and die…

Sec. 22a-449b. Portion of petroleum products gross earnings tax credited to underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account. Section 22a-449b is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 89-373, S. 3, 10; P.A. 92-62, S. 1, 2; P.A. 94-130, S. 5; P.A. 02-80, S. 2; June Sp. Ses…

Sec. 22a-449c. Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program. Applications for payment or reimbursement. (a)(1) There is established an underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program administered by the commissioner. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protectio…

Sec. 22a-449d. Payment and reimbursement from the program. Guidelines for reasonable cost determinations. Payment to registered contractors. (a) Upon application for reimbursement or payment pursuant to section 22a-449f, the commissioner shall determine, based on the provisions o…

Sec. 22a-449e. Regulations. Schedule for maximum or range of amounts to be paid from the program. Use of seal. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 setting forth procedures for reimbursement and payment from the program esta…

Sec. 22a-449f. Application for reimbursement for claims resulting from release of petroleum. (a) Application. Notice of claim. A responsible party may apply to the commissioner for reimbursement for costs paid and payment of costs incurred as a result of a release, or a suspected…

Sec. 22a-449g. Appeals. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner after a hearing pursuant to subsection (h) of section 22a-449f may appeal from such decision to the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain within twenty days after the issuance of such…

Sec. 22a-449h. Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems. Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under subsection (d) of section 22a-449, (1) a town, regional school district or i…

Sec. 22a-449i. Authority of commissioners unaffected. Nothing in sections 22a-449a to 22a-449h, inclusive, shall affect the authority of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or the Commissioner of Public Health under any other statute or regulation, including, …

Sec. 22a-449j. Immunity from liability to the state for certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. (a) No person shall be liable to the state in any civil action for any cost relating to any spill, as defined in section 22a-452c, attributable to a residenti…

Sec. 22a-449k. Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement contractors. Registration. Fees. No person shall remove or replace or subcontract for the removal or replacement of a residential underground heating oil storage tank system if the person finds such remov…

Sec. 22a-449l. Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment for services commenced prior to July 1, 2001. Procedures. (a) As used in this section, “registered contractor” means a person registered with th…

Sec. 22a-449m. Standards for remediation of soil and replacement of residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Any remediation of contaminated soil or groundwater the cost of which is to be paid out of the program established under subsection (a) of section 22a-449…

Sec. 22a-449n. Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment for services commenced on or after July 1, 2001. Procedures. (a) As used in this section, “registered contractor” means a person registered with…

Sec. 22a-449o. Requirement for double-walled underground storage tanks. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Double-walled underground storage tank” means an underground storage tank that is listed by Underwriters Laboratories, Incorporated and that is constructed using two complete…

Sec. 22a-449p. Milestones for investigation and remediation of a release. Notwithstanding any provision of sections 22a-449a to 22a-449i, inclusive, or any regulation adopted pursuant to said sections, except as provided for in subdivision (6) of this section, with respect to the…

Sec. 22a-449q. Storage of underground storage tank system records. The owner or operator of an underground storage tank system storing petroleum that is subject to section 22a-449(d)-101 et seq. of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, who owns or operates more than ten …

Sec. 22a-449r. Underground storage tank clean-up program. Distribution of funds. Order of priority. Reduced payment election. (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 22a-449a to 22a-449i, inclusive, and any regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-449e, any amount av…

Sec. 22a-449s. Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program: Cancellation. Unavailability of program to demonstrate financial responsibility. Determination of applicability. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-449(d)-109(p) of the regulations of Connecticut s…

Sec. 22a-449t. Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program: Prohibitions on applications. Exceptions. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or regulations of Connecticut state agencies, on or after October 1, 2014, no person, regardless of whether suc…

Sec. 22a-449u. Bond authorization for underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program. (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this section, the State Bond Commission shall have the power from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in one or …

Sec. 22a-449v. Underground storage tank general liability insurance policy. Cancellation restriction. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any general liability insurance policy issued for or applicable to an underground storage tank shall not be cancelled or de…

Sec. 22a-450. (Formerly Sec. 25-54dd). Report of discharge, spill, loss, seepage or filtration. Regulations. (a) The master of any ship, boat, barge or other vessel, or the person in charge of any terminal for the loading or unloading of any oil or petroleum or chemical liquids o…

Sec. 22a-450a. Elimination of MTBE as gasoline additive. (a) As used in this section, “MTBE” means the gasoline additive methyl tertiary butyl ether. (b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, in conjunction with the Northeast Regional Fuels Task Force, de…

Sec. 22a-451. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ee). Liability for pollution, contamination or emergency. (a) Any person, firm or corporation which directly or indirectly causes pollution and contamination of any land or waters of the state or directly or indirectly causes an emergency through…