(a) There is established an aquatic invasive species management grant and prevention and education program that shall be administered by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Pursuant to such program, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may make a grant to any municipality for: (1) Up to seventy-five per cent of the cost of conducting an aquatic invasive species diagnostic feasibility study associated with the abatement of a population of an aquatic invasive species in an inland water body of this state; or (2) up to fifty per cent of the cost of conducting a project to restore an inland water body of the state through the control and management of a population of aquatic invasive species that exists in said inland water body as of July 1, 2014.
(b) In addition to making grants, as described in subsection (a) of this section, pursuant to such aquatic invasive species management grant and prevention and education program, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may educate persons who engage in boating in this state on measures to prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species in the inland water bodies of this state and conduct a rapid response to a population of aquatic invasive species in an inland water body of this state that is identified after July 1, 2014.
(c) Not less than thirty per cent of any funds available to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for such aquatic invasive species management grant and prevention and education program shall be used for the purpose of making grants in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section. The remainder of any such funds shall be used for: (1) The prevention and education and rapid response efforts described in subsection (b) of this section, and (2) the administration of such program, provided not more than ten per cent of such funds shall be used for such administrative purposes.
(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the aquatic invasive species management grant and prevention and education program described in this section. Such regulations may include, but shall not be limited to, eligibility criteria and priorities for the award of any grant pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 14-217, S. 248.)
History: P.A. 14-217 effective July 1, 2014.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446i - Water Resources. Invasive Plants
Section 22a-337. (Formerly Sec. 25-3). - Commissioner's powers.
Section 22a-339a. - Grants to improve water quality of lakes used for public recreation.
Section 22a-339b. - Criteria for grants. Public benefit.
Section 22a-339c. - Grant conditions.
Section 22a-339d. - Regulations.
Section 22a-339e. - Municipal assessment for costs of lake management implementation measures.
Section 22a-339f. - Pilot program for lake preservation.
Section 22a-339g. - Control of nonnative invasive plant species.
Section 22a-339h. - Lake Beseck. Water level draw downs.
Section 22a-339j. - Water level draw downs at Bashan Lake.
Section 22a-340. (Formerly Sec. 25-3d). - Channels for access to and from deep water to uplands.
Section 22a-341. (Formerly Sec. 25-4). - Approval of agreements or compacts.
Section 22a-342a. - Civil penalty.
Section 22a-343. (Formerly Sec. 25-4b). - Determination of lines.
Section 22a-346. (Formerly Sec. 25-4e.) - Encroachment as nuisance.
Section 22a-347. (Formerly Sec. 25-4f). - Regulations and procedures.
Section 22a-348. (Formerly Sec. 25-4g). - Municipal powers.
Section 22a-349a. - General permits for minor activities. Regulations.
Section 22a-349c. - Quarries. Geological source report. Operations plan.
Section 22a-350. (Formerly Sec. 25-5). - Study of conditions relating to flood control.
Section 22a-352a. - Conflict between the state water plan and the general statutes.
Section 22a-354. (Formerly Sec. 25-5d). - Appropriation of bond proceeds.
Section 22a-354a. - “Existing well fields” and “potential well fields”, defined.
Section 22a-354aa. - Strategic groundwater monitoring program in aquifer protection areas.
Section 22a-354b. - Standards for modeling and mapping of locations of aquifers.
Section 22a-354bb. - Inventory of agricultural land uses overlying mapped well fields.
Section 22a-354c. - Mapping of well fields by water companies.
Section 22a-354d. - Completion of mapping of well fields.
Section 22a-354e. - Inventory of land uses overlying aquifers.
Section 22a-354f. - Guidelines for inventory.
Section 22a-354h. - Definitions.
Section 22a-354i. - Regulations.
Section 22a-354k. - Groundwater education program.
Section 22a-354l. - Model municipal aquifer protection ordinance.
Section 22a-354m. - Farm resources management plans. Regulations.
Section 22a-354s. - Penalty. Court orders.
Section 22a-354t. - Revocation of municipal authority to regulate aquifer protection areas.
Section 22a-354w. - Guidelines for acquisition of lands surrounding public water supply well fields.
Section 22a-354y. - Preparation of municipal assistance program by water companies.
Section 22a-355. (Formerly Sec. 25-5e). - Land sales by water companies. Commissioner's duties.
Section 22a-356. (Formerly Sec. 25-5f). - Cost estimates re groundwater recharge and discharge.
Section 22a-357. (Formerly Sec. 25-6). - Special reports.
Section 22a-358. (Formerly Sec. 25-7a). - Sale of water by public water systems.
Section 22a-360. (Formerly Sec. 25-7c). - Establishment of boundaries.
Section 22a-361a. - Civil penalty.
Section 22a-362. (Formerly Sec. 25-7e). - Violations as public nuisance.
Section 22a-363. (Formerly Sec. 25-7f). - Penalty for violation.
Section 22a-363a. - Definitions.
Section 22a-363c. - Application fee.
Section 22a-363d. - Emergency authorization. Expiration.
Section 22a-363e. - Failure to comply with order. Littoral owner as responsible party.
Section 22a-363f. - Cease and desist orders. Hearing. Decision.
Section 22a-363g. - Filing of permit, certificate or authorization on municipal land records.
Section 22a-364. (Formerly Sec. 25-8). - Stream gauging stations.
Section 22a-365. - Short title: Connecticut Water Diversion Policy Act.
Section 22a-366. - Legislative findings.
Section 22a-367. - Definitions.
Section 22a-368. - Registration of existing diversions. Permits. Transfer.
Section 22a-368a. - Reporting of current operating data.
Section 22a-369. - Application for permit. Information required.
Section 22a-370. - Notice to town re application.
Section 22a-375. - Investigation, suspension or revocation of permits. Inventory of diversions.
Section 22a-376. - Injunctions. Forfeiture. Penalties.
Section 22a-377. - Exemptions. Regulations.
Section 22a-378. - Water supply emergency. Violation of water supply emergency order.
Section 22a-378a. - General permits for minor activities. Regulations.
Section 22a-379. - Diversion permit. Fee.
Section 22a-380. - Water resources policy.
Section 22a-381. - Invasive Plants Council: Membership; meetings.
Section 22a-381a. - Duties and recommendations of the Invasive Plants Council.