As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning: “Air pollution” means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air pollutants or any combination thereof in such quantities and of such characteristics and duration as to be, or be likely to be, injurious to public welfare, to the health of human, plant or animal life, or to property, or as unreasonably to interfere with the enjoyment of life and property; “commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any member of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or any local air pollution control official or agency authorized by him, acting singly or jointly, to whom he assigns any function arising under the provisions of this chapter or of any regulations adopted hereunder; “person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, limited liability company, municipality, agency or political or administrative subdivision of the state, and any other legal entity; “municipality” means any town, city or borough.
(1967, P.A. 754, S. 1; 1969, P.A. 758, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 11; 1972, P.A. 45, S. 1; P.A. 93-428, S. 25, 39; P.A. 95-79, S. 98, 189; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1969 act defined “municipality”, replaced air pollution control commission with clean air commission and included municipalities in definition of “person”; 1971 act replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of environmental protection and deleted definition of “commission”; 1972 act included “local air pollution control official or agency” in definition of “commissioner”; Sec. 19-505 transferred to Sec. 22a-170 in 1983; P.A. 93-428 included state agencies and political or administrative subdivisions of the state within the definition of “person”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control
Section 22a-170. (Formerly Sec. 19-505). - Definitions.
Section 22a-172. (Formerly Sec. 19-507a). - Consultation by commissioner with other state officials.
Section 22a-174a. - Annual fee. Schedule. Regulations.
Section 22a-174b. - Internal performance evaluation program.
Section 22a-174c. - Modification, revocation and suspension of permits. Grounds.
Section 22a-174d. - Planting of trees or turf grass as condition of permit. Regulations.
Section 22a-174f. - Market-based programs to achieve air quality standards. Regulations.
Section 22a-174g. - California motor vehicle emissions standards.
Section 22a-174h. - High-emissions motor vehicles scrappage program.
Section 22a-174i. - Mobile emissions reduction credit programs for vehicle conversions.
Section 22a-174k. - Outdoor wood-burning furnaces.
Section 22a-176. (Formerly Sec. 19-510). - Consideration in making regulations and issuing orders.
Section 22a-177. (Formerly Sec. 19-513a). - Enforcement of regulations. Complaints.
Section 22a-179. (Formerly Sec. 19-515). - Application of Uniform Trade Secrets Act.
Section 22a-181. (Formerly Sec. 19-517). - Emergency action.
Section 22a-182. (Formerly Sec. 19-518). - Appeals. Exceptions.
Section 22a-182a. - Appeals from decisions in contested cases.
Section 22a-183. (Formerly Sec. 19-519). - Permit for exemption from regulations.
Section 22a-185. (Formerly Sec. 19-520a). - Municipal districts for control of air pollution.
Section 22a-186. - Permit for the construction and operation of an air contaminant source.
Section 22a-186a. - Considerations in issuance of permit.
Section 22a-186b. - Written notification of application for permit.
Section 22a-188. - Small business stationary source assistance program: Definitions.
Section 22a-188a. - Small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance program.
Section 22a-190. - Definitions.
Section 22a-191. - Air quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions.
Section 22a-191a. - Mercury emissions testing program. Sewage sludge incinerator stack testing.
Section 22a-192. - Evaluation of health risks.
Section 22a-193. - Reporting required for exceeding or deviating from permitted emissions limits.
Section 22a-194. - Definition of controlled substance.
Section 22a-194b. - Standards for emissions of controlled substances from various sources.
Section 22a-194c. - Exemption from compliance.
Section 22a-194d. - Restriction on sale of containers of controlled substances.
Section 22a-194f. - Plan to reduce controlled substances from stationary air contaminant sources.
Section 22a-196. - Location of asphalt batching or continuous mix facility.
Section 22a-197. - Sulfur dioxide emission standards: Definitions.
Section 22a-200. - Greenhouse gas: Definitions.
Section 22a-200a. - Reduction of greenhouse gas emissions: Mandated levels. Reports.
Section 22a-200e. - Subcommittee of Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change. Report.
Section 22a-201c. - Greenhouse gas reduction fee.
Section 22a-202. - Connecticut Hydrogen and Electric Automobile Purchase Rebate program.