Title 22a, Title 22a: Environmental Protection

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-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…

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, …

Sec. 22a-604. Interagency agreement. The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Emergency Services and Public Protection shall enter into an interagency agreement providing for the exchange of information and the coordination of their duties and responsibilities…

Sec. 22a-605. Regulations. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 to carry out the notification provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Such regulations shall include procedures for init…

Sec. 22a-606. Provision of final notice to chief executive officer of municipality. The chief executive officer of a municipality, or his designee, may provide the owner or operator of a facility suspected of a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act w…

Sec. 22a-607. Notification by owner or operator of facility subject to requirements of Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. The owner or operator of each facility where a substance on the list of extremely hazardous substances published pursuant to the Emergency Pl…

Sec. 22a-608. Release of extremely hazardous substance notification. Follow-up emergency notice. (a) When a release occurs of a substance on the list of extremely hazardous substances published pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act or a hazardous subs…

Sec. 22a-609. Submission of material safety data for certain chemicals. (a) The owner or operator of any facility required to have available a material safety data sheet for a hazardous chemical under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (15 USC 651 et seq.) or regulati…

Sec. 22a-610. Preparation of emergency and hazardous chemical inventory form. Tier I and tier II information. Inspection of facility by fire department. Update of hazardous mitigation and evacuation plans by facilities at high risk of flooding, severe weather events or a rise in …

Sec. 22a-611. Toxic release form. The owner or operator of a facility required to complete a toxic release form under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 shall annually submit such form to the commission on or before the first of July or …

Sec. 22a-612. Legislative finding regarding mercury. The General Assembly finds that mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that bioaccumulates in the environment, and that in order to create and maintain a healthful environment and protect public health, the virtual elimina…

Sec. 22a-613. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-612 to 22a-625, inclusive: (1) “Mercury” means elemental mercury and mercury compounds; (2) “Mercury-added product” means a product, commodity, chemical or component of a product that contains mercury or a mercury compound that i…

Sec. 22a-614. Multistate clearinghouse. The commissioner shall participate in the regional multistate clearinghouse to assist in carrying out the requirements set forth in sections 22a-612 to 22a-625, inclusive, to act as the designated agent of the clearinghouse for the purposes…

Sec. 22a-615. Notification. (a) On and after January 1, 2003, no person shall offer any mercury-added product for sale or distribute any such product for promotional purposes in this state unless the manufacturer or its designated industrial trade group gives prior notification i…

Sec. 22a-616. Ban on sale or distribution of mercury-added novelties, mercury fever thermometers, mercury dairy manometers and mercury button cell batteries. Restriction on use of mercury amalgam. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-617, on and after July 1, 2003, n…

Sec. 22a-617. Restriction on sale or distribution of mercury-added products. Working group on regulation of certain mercury-added products. (a) Except as provided in section 22a-618, except for products that contain a mercury-containing lamp used for backlighting that cannot feas…

Sec. 22a-618. Exemptions from restrictions on sale or distribution of mercury-added products. (a) The commissioner shall exempt a mercury-added product from the limits on total mercury content set forth in subsection (a) of section 22a-617 if the level of mercury or mercury compo…

Sec. 22a-619. Labeling requirements. Advisement re mercury. Exceptions. Alternatives. Lamps containing mercury. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g) of this section, on and after July 1, 2004, no person shall offer for sale or distribute for promotional purposes any mercury-a…

Sec. 22a-620. Plan for collection of mercury-added products. Report on collection system. Exemptions. (a) On and after July 1, 2003, no person shall offer any mercury-added product for sale or distribute any such product for promotional purposes unless the manufacturer either on …

Sec. 22a-621. Restrictions on sale or distribution of elemental mercury. Except as provided in section 22a-622, no person shall offer for sale or distribute for promotional purposes or provide elemental mercury without providing a Material Safety Data Sheet, as defined in 42 USC …

Sec. 22a-622. Restrictions on sale or distribution of elemental mercury to a dental practitioner. No person shall offer for sale, distribute for promotional purposes or provide elemental mercury to a dental practitioner without providing a Material Safety Data Sheet, as defined i…

Sec. 22a-623. Exemptions for mercury-added products with certain manufacture dates. (a) The following shall be exempt from section 22a-615: (1) Mercury-added products, excluding motor vehicles, that have a code or date of manufacture indicating they were manufactured prior to Jan…

Sec. 22a-624. Public education program. (a) The commissioner, in consultation with other state agencies, may implement a comprehensive program for public education, outreach and assistance for manufacturers, households, waste generators, local and regional solid waste management …

Sec. 22a-625. Exemption for pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical products, biological products and substances sold without a prescription. The provisions of sections 22a-612 to 22a-625, inclusive, shall not apply to pharmaceuticals, pharmaceutical products, biological products or any …

Sec. 22a-625a. Mercury thermostat collection and recycling programs established by manufacturers. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) “Manufacturer” means any person who sells, sold, offers for sa…

Sec. 22a-626. Orders to correct or abate violations. (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue, modify or revoke orders to correct or abate violations of this chapter, including, but not limited to, any regulation adopted pursuant to this chapter. Any …

Sec. 22a-627. Action in the superior court. (a) Whenever, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any acts, practices or omission which constitute, or will constitute, a violation of any provis…

Sec. 22a-628. Criminal negligence. False statement, representation or certification. Knowing violation. Penalties. (a) Any person who, with criminal negligence, violates any provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, any regulation adopted or order issued pursuant …