Title 22a, Title 22a: Environmental Protection

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 Section 22a-449b is repealed, effective October 1, 2009.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…

Sec. 22a-451a. Annual report. Section 22a-451a is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 85-610, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 513.)

Sec. 22a-451b. Expenditures by agencies paid from emergency spill response account. Section 22a-451b is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 91-376, S. 7, 10; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 513.)

Sec. 22a-452. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ff). Reimbursement for containment or removal costs. Liability for certain acts or omissions. (a) Any person, firm, corporation or municipality which contains or removes or otherwise mitigates the effects of oil or petroleum or chemical liquids o…

Sec. 22a-452a. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up or to remove hazardous waste. Notice and hearing. (a) On and after June 3, 1985, any amount paid by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection (b) of section…

Sec. 22a-452b. Exemptions. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a mortgagee who acquires title to real estate by virtue of a foreclosure or tender of a deed in lieu of foreclosure, shall not be liable for any assessment, fine or other costs imposed by the st…

Sec. 22a-452c. Definition of “spill”. For the purposes of sections 22a-452a and 22a-452b, “spill” means the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of oil or petroleum or chemical liquids or solid, liquid or gaseous products or hazardous waste. (P.A. 85-443,…

Sec. 22a-452d. Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions. As used in this section, section 22a-452e and section 22a-433: (1) “Innocent landowner” means: (A) A person holding an interest in real estate, other than a security interest, that, while owned by that pe…

Sec. 22a-452e. Limitation on liability of innocent landowners. (a) An innocent landowner holding or acquiring an interest in real estate that has been subjected to a spill or discharge shall not be liable, except through imposition of a lien against that real estate under section…

Sec. 22a-452f. Exemption from liability for certain lenders. (a)(1) A lender who holds indicia of ownership primarily to protect a security interest in a property, business including its tangible and intangible assets or establishment, as defined in section 22a-134, and does not …

Sec. 22a-453. (Formerly Sec. 25-54gg). Coordination of activities with other agencies. Contracts for services. The commissioner shall represent the state in its relations with the federal government and with any municipality and with any regional or interstate authority in all ma…

Sec. 22a-453a. Oil spill contingency planning and coordination. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop and implement a program of oil spill contingency planning and coordination with local officials. (P.A. 90-269, S. 1, 8; P.A. 92-162, S. 14, 25; P.…

Sec. 22a-454. (Formerly Sec. 25-54hh). Permit for collection, storage or treatment, containment, removal or disposal of certain substances, materials or wastes: Suspension or revocation. Prohibition of disposal of certain hazardous wastes in a land disposal facility. Status chang…

Sec. 22a-454a. Closure plans. Fees. Regulations. Each hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility, as defined in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-449, shall pay a fee of four thousand dollars at the time it submits closure/postclosure pl…

Sec. 22a-454b. Groundwater monitoring. Fees. Regulations. Each hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility, as defined in regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-449, which is subject to groundwater monitoring requirements shall pay a fee of ni…

Sec. 22a-454c. Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities. (a) Each generator which generates in any calendar month during the calendar year one thousand kilograms or more of hazardous waste or one kilogram or more of acutely hazardous waste shall pay an annua…

Secs. 22a-455 to 22a-457. (Formerly Secs. 25-54ii to 25-54kk). Vessel operator to post bond. Other evidence of financial responsibility. Penalty. Sections 22a-455 to 22a-457, inclusive, are repealed. (1971, P.A. 190, S. 1–3; P.A. 79-605, S. 9–11, 17; P. A. 87-125, S. 3.)

Sec. 22a-457a. Floating boom retention devices required, when. Regulations. Each tank ship and tank barge from which and to which oil or petroleum liquids are being transferred shall be protected by (1) a floating boom retention device which shall enclose the vessel, or (2) any o…

Sec. 22a-457b. Limited immunity for certain persons responding to oil spills. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Damages” means damages of any kind for which liability may exist under the laws of this state resulting from, arising out of or related to the discharge or thr…

Sec. 22a-458. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ll). Water pollution control authority, mandatory establishment by municipality. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any special act or municipal charter provision to the contrary, including but not limited to any referendum pr…

Secs. 22a-458a and 22a-458b. Water pollution control authority; reports. Submission of municipal assessment to commissioner. Sections 22a-458a and 22a-458b are repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (P.A. 90-301, S. 1, 4, 8; P.A. 97-162, S. 5.)

Sec. 22a-459. (Formerly Sec. 25-54mm). Failure to establish water pollution control authority, violation. Penalties. (a) The failure to comply with an order under section 22a-458 shall constitute a violation of said section 22a-458 and of this section. (b) If any person or munici…

Sec. 22a-460. (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). Detergents: Definitions. As used in sections 22a-460 to 22a-462, inclusive: (a) “Synthetic detergent” or “detergent” means any cleaning compound which is available for household use, laundry use, other personal uses or industrial use, which …