Title 22a — Title 22a: Environmental Protection

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…

Secs. 22a-483a to 22a-483e. Reserved for future use.

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 Section 22a-484 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.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…

Secs. 22a-486 to 22a-496. Reserved for future use.

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…

Sec. 22a-507. Regional water pollution control authorities: Issuance of bonds. Use of proceeds. (a) An authority created pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, may issue bonds from time to time and use the proceeds thereof for the purposes and powers of the authority…

Sec. 22a-508. Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds. Bonds issued under authority of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be sold by the authority at public or private sale at a price determined by the issuer thereof. The bonds may bear a single or …

Sec. 22a-509. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonding obligations. (a) Bonds issued by an authority under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, may be issued under an indenture of trust or bond resolution, shall be general obligations of the authority, for which i…

Sec. 22a-510. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds or notes executed by former officers. Any bonds or notes issued by an authority pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, if properly executed and signed by the appropriate officers of such authority in o…

Sec. 22a-511. Regional water pollution control authorities: Execution, delivery and maturation of bonds. Bonds issued under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be executed and delivered in such manner and at such times, may be in such form and denominations, bear such d…

Sec. 22a-512. Regional water pollution control authorities: Effect of bonds on municipal indebtedness. Bonds and notes issued by an authority pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of any municipali…

Sec. 22a-513. Regional water pollution control authorities: State not to impair obligations of authorities. The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds and notes issued under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, and with those parties…

Sec. 22a-514. Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption. (a) The exercise of the powers granted by sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall constitute the performance of an essential governmental function and the authority shall not be required to pay any t…

Sec. 22a-515. Regional water pollution control authorities: Other municipal powers not affected. Any power granted to a municipality by sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be in furtherance of its borrowing power and shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, an…

Sec. 22a-516. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds to be securities and negotiable instruments. (a) Bonds issued by an authority under the provisions of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, are hereby made securities in which all public officers and public bodie…

Sec. 22a-517. Regional water pollution control authorities: Receipt of Clean Water Fund disbursements. (a) An authority created under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be a public authority having power to make charges for its authorized function and shall be consider…

Sec. 22a-518. Regional water pollution control authorities: Jurisdiction. (a) An authority shall have jurisdiction over all or such portions of the constituent municipalities as may be jointly agreed upon by such municipalities. (b) Any superior court located within a judicial di…

Sec. 22a-519. Regional water pollution control authorities: Indemnification of officers. Representation of authority by Attorney General. Legal fees of officers. (a) The authority shall protect, save harmless and indemnify its directors, officers and employees from financial loss…

Sec. 22a-520. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-521. Nitrogen reduction in state waters: Definitions. As used in sections 22a-522 to 22a-525, inclusive: (1) “Equivalency factor” means a ratio of the unit response of dissolved oxygen to nitrogen in Long Island Sound for each publicly-owned treatment works based on the …

Sec. 22a-522. General permit establishing effluent units for nitrogen. Notwithstanding any provision of section 22a-430 or 22a-430b and notwithstanding nitrogen limits specified in individual discharge permits issued pursuant to said section 22a-430, the Commissioner of Energy an…

Sec. 22a-523. Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board to assist and advise the commissioner in administering the nitrogen credit exchange program. The board shall consist of the C…

Sec. 22a-524. Nitrogen credit exchange program. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a nitrogen credit exchange program to assist in the implementation of the total maximum daily load. The nitrogen credit exchange program shall apply to all …

Sec. 22a-525. Audit of annual operating data. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may audit the annual operating data of publicly-owned treatment works participating in the nitrogen credit exchange program in order to assess permit compliance. Publicly-owned t…

Sec. 22a-526. Regulations. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, in consultation with the Treasurer, adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of sections 22a-522 to 22a-525, inclusive. Such regulations may provide for pr…

Sec. 22a-527. Annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible capital costs” means all costs associated with improvements beyond local water quality needs (A) the actual planning, design and construction costs for a nitrogen removal facilit…

Secs. 22a-528 to 22a-599. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-600. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-601 to 22a-611, inclusive: (1) “Commission” means the State Emergency Response Commission established by section 22a-601; (2) “Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act” means the Emergency Planning and Community Right-t…

Sec. 22a-601. Connecticut Emergency Response Commission established. Members. Duties. (a) There is established a Connecticut Emergency Response Commission which shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commission shall consist of eighteen members…

Sec. 22a-602. Duties of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall (1) provide technical and clerical assistance, within available appropriations, to the commission for its oversight and administrative activi…

Sec. 22a-603. State emergency planning activities. The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall implement the state emergency planning activities required pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. (P.A. 88-246, S. 7; 88-364, S. 93, …