Title 22a, Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-463. (Formerly Sec. 25-54rr). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Definitions. As used in sections 22a-463 to 22a-469, inclusive: (a) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. (b) “PCB” means the class of organic compounds known as polych…

Sec. 22a-464. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ss). Restrictions on manufacture, sale or use of PCB. (a) No person shall manufacture the compound PCB on or after July 1, 1976, and no person shall sell or offer for sale the compound PCB on or after July 1, 1976, unless he has registered such a…

Sec. 22a-465. (Formerly Sec. 25-54tt). Use of PCB in closed systems. Incidental amounts of PCB permitted. (a) An item, product or material containing the compound PCB may be manufactured for sale, sold for use or used if the compound PCB is used in a closed system as a dielectric…

Sec. 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). Exemptions. (a) The commissioner may exempt the manufacture for sale, sale for use or use of an item, product or material containing the compound PCB or the use of the compound PCB for other purposes provided there is no reasonable substitut…

Sec. 22a-467. (Formerly Sec. 25-54vv). Disposition of PCB regulated. No person shall dispose of the compound PCB or any item, product or material containing the compound PCB except in accordance with a permit issued pursuant to section 22a-208a, 22a-430 or 22a-454. Notwithstandin…

Sec. 22a-468. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ww). Regulations. The commissioner may adopt such regulations as he deems appropriate to implement the provisions of sections 22a-463 to 22a-469, inclusive. The commissioner may adopt by reference any standards or regulations concerning the dispo…

Sec. 22a-469. (Formerly Sec. 25-54xx). Penalty. Any person who or municipality which violates any provisions of sections 22a-463 to 22a-469, inclusive, shall be subject to the penalties provided for in section 22a-438. (P.A. 76-389, S. 7, 8; P.A. 87-157, S. 2.) History: Sec. 25-5…

Sec. 22a-469a. Incineration of PCB by public service companies. Any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, planning to incinerate in the state any solid or liquid substance in which the compound PCB, as defined in section 22a-463, is present in a concentration of at …

Sec. 22a-470. (Formerly Sec. 25-54yy). Relocation or removal of public service facilities as necessary for construction of municipal sewer or pollution abatement facilities. Whenever a municipality obtains a grant under this chapter for the construction, rebuilding, expansion or …

Sec. 22a-471. Pollution of groundwaters. Orders to provide potable drinking water. Grants to municipalities. Hearing on order to abate. Appeal. Injunction. Forfeiture for violations. Orders to persons engaged in agriculture for contamination of groundwater by pesticides. (a)(1) I…

Sec. 22a-471a. Exemption from potable drinking water orders for persons engaged in agriculture. (a) The provisions of subsection (f) of section 22a-471 shall apply to any person engaged in agriculture on May 26, 1988, who makes an application or arranges for the application of a …

Sec. 22a-471b. “Person engaged in agriculture” defined. As used in subsection (f) of section 22a-471 and section 22a-471a, “person engaged in agriculture” means a person operating a farm, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, that produces agricultural products for sale fr…

Sec. 22a-472. Hydraulic fracturing waste, oil waste and natural gas waste. Definitions. Prohibitions. Permits. Information requests by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Regulations. Oil and gas exploration. Preemption. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) …

Sec. 22a-473. Exploratory drilling for oil or gas restricted. No person may engage in exploratory drilling for oil or gas until the regulations required by section 22a-472 are adopted. (P.A. 85-88, S. 2, 3; P.A. 87-589, S. 27, 87.) History: P.A. 87-589 substituted reference to Se…

Sec. 22a-474. Regulations re storage of road salt. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, after consultation with the Commissioners of Transportation and Public Health, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing standard…

Sec. 22a-474a. Green Snow Pro training. State, municipal and private roadside applicators. Report. The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation shall jointly work with The University of Connecticut's Training and Technical Assistance Center to condu…

Sec. 22a-474b. Green Snow Pro training. Registration of certification by commercial applicators. Violation. Order. Regulations. (a) For the purposes of this section and section 22a-474c: (1) “Apply salt” means to apply salt or a salt alternative to roadways, parking lots or sidew…

Sec. 22a-474c. Sodium chloride run-off. Home or well damage. Health district electronic reporting system. Reporting. Identification of state or federal financial resources. Criteria and procedures. (a) Not later than January 1, 2024, each local health district and health departme…

Sec. 22a-474d. Sodium and chloride drinking water testing. Residential water treatment systems installers provision of customer information. Requirement. Any person, as defined in section 1-1, who installs residential water treatment systems, including, but not limited to, automa…

Sec. 22a-475. Clean Water Fund: Definitions. As used in this section and sections 22a-476 to 22a-483, inclusive, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates a different meaning or intent: (1) “Bond anticipation note” means a note iss…

Sec. 22a-476. Legislative finding. It is hereby found and declared that the establishment of a municipal water quality financial assistance program to provide funds for grants for projects to improve Long Island Sound and to establish a low interest revolving loan fund and grant …

Sec. 22a-477. Clean Water Fund: Accounts and subaccounts. (a) There is established and created a fund to be known as the “Clean Water Fund”. There is established and created within the Clean Water Fund a water pollution control federal revolving loan account, a water pollution co…

Sec. 22a-478. Eligible water quality projects. Eligible drinking water projects. Project grants. Grant account loans. (a) The commissioner shall maintain a priority list of eligible water quality projects and shall establish a system setting the priority for making project grants…

Sec. 22a-479. Municipal approval of project funding agreements and obligations. Municipal bonds. (a) A municipality may authorize and approve (1) the execution and delivery of project funding agreements, and (2) the issuance and sale of project obligations, grant account loan obl…

Sec. 22a-480. Construction of provisions. No provision of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall be construed or deemed to supersede or limit the authority granted the commissioner and the Commissioner of Public Health pursuant to this chapter. (P.A. 86-420, S. 6, 12; P.A.…

Sec. 22a-481. Projects with prior funding. (a) Eligible water quality projects which have received advances for planning and design pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-439 or section 22a-443 shall be eligible for project grants and loans under this program. No interest shal…

Sec. 22a-482. 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-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, except that the Commissioner of Public Health shall adop…

Sec. 22a-483. Bond issue for Clean Water Fund projects. General obligation bonds. Revenue bonds. (a) For the purposes of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, the State Bond Commission shall have the power, from time to time to authorize the issuance of bonds of the state in on…

Sec. 22a-483f. Public water system improvement 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 more series and in principal amount…

Sec. 22a-484. Evaluation of improvements to secondary clarifier operations. Section 22a-484 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 90-301, S. 5, 8; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 22a-485. Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall prepare a plan to achieve the interim goal for minimum dissolved oxygen in Long Island Sound as provided for in the comprehensive conse…

Sec. 22a-497. Municipal stormwater authority pilot program. Priority municipalities. Application. Selection criteria. Grants. (a) Not later than September 1, 2007, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a municipal stormwater authority pilot progr…

Sec. 22a-498. Creation of stormwater authority. Members. Purposes. Powers. (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative body, designate any existing board or commission or establish a new board or commission as the stormwater authority for such municipality. …

Sec. 22a-498a. Municipal stormwater authority located in a distressed municipality. Powers. A municipal stormwater authority created pursuant to section 22a-498 and located in a distressed municipality, as defined in subsection (b) of section 32-9p, having a population of not mor…

Sec. 22a-498b. Delinquent charges due to municipal stormwater authority. Liens. Any charge due to a municipal stormwater authority and any fee levied pursuant to section 22a-498 and not paid in full on or before thirty days after the due date shall thereupon be delinquent and sha…

Sec. 22a-499. Joint report re pilot program. On or before February 11, 2008, the municipalities participating in the pilot program established in section 22a-497 shall submit a joint report in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a to the joint standing committee of the …

Sec. 22a-499a. Water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Levy re stormwater control systems. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the ordinance establishing a water pollution control authority created pursuant to section 7-246 and l…

Sec. 22a-499b. Delinquent charges due to water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Liens. Any charge due to a water pollution control authority, as described in section 22a-499a, and not paid within thirty days of the due date shall thereupon be deli…

Sec. 22a-499c. Conservation easements along streams and rivers. Funds authorization. Requirements. Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may utilize funds available for stormwater infrastructure for the purpos…

Sec. 22a-500. Regional water pollution control authorities: Definitions. Authorization. Directors. Membership. Termination. (a) As used in sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates …

Sec. 22a-501. Regional water pollution control authorities: Powers. (a) An authority created pursuant to section 22a-500 may: (1) Make and revise bylaws and rules governing the administration of its property and the conduct of its affairs and may revise its plan of operation to b…

Sec. 22a-502. Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets. The fiscal year of an authority shall commence on July first of each year and continue to and including June thirtieth of the next succeeding year. Each authority shall be a municipality for purposes of chapters…

Sec. 22a-503. Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits. (a) In conformity with applicable state and federal law, the board of directors of an authority may adopt a method of selection and promotion of its employees in accordance with which it shall select…

Sec. 22a-504. Regional water pollution control authorities: Acquisition of property. Construction of system. Notice. Hearing. An authority may enter upon and take and hold by purchase, condemnation or otherwise the whole or any part of any real property or interest therein which …

Sec. 22a-505. Regional water pollution control authorities: Determination of compensation for taking of real property. Whenever an authority is unable to agree with the owner of any property as to the compensation to be paid for the taking of such property, in its own name and in…

Sec. 22a-506. Regional water pollution control authorities: Assessments, rates, fees, charges and penalties. (a) An authority may (1) levy and collect benefit assessments upon the lands and buildings within its jurisdiction that, in its judgment, are especially benefited by a was…