The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee and the chief elected officials of the cities of Danbury, Meriden and Waterbury and the towns of Cheshire, Southington and Wallingford, and the chief elected official of any other municipality impacted by the state-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus, or such chief elected officials' designees, shall collaboratively evaluate and make recommendations regarding a state-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters in order to comply with standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Such evaluation and recommendations shall include (1) a state-wide response to address phosphorus nonpoint source pollution, (2) approaches for municipalities to use in order to comply with standards established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency for phosphorus, including guidance for treatment and potential plant upgrades, and (3) the proper scientific methods by which to measure current phosphorus levels in inland nontidal waters and to make future projections of phosphorus levels in such waters. The commissioner shall submit a report on or before October 1, 2014, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to municipalities and the environment. Such report shall set forth the recommendations required pursuant to subdivisions (1), (2) and (3) of this section and detail the collaborative effort through which such recommendations were reached.
(P.A. 12-155, S. 1; P.A. 13-129, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 12-155 effective June 15, 2012; P.A. 13-129 added provisions requiring commissioner to submit a report on or before October 1, 2014, effective June 18, 2013.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control
Section 22a-422. (Formerly Sec. 25-54a). - Declaration of policy.
Section 22a-423. (Formerly Sec. 25-54b). - Definitions.
Section 22a-424. (Formerly Sec. 25-54c). - Powers and duties of commissioner.
Section 22a-425. (Formerly Sec. 25-54d). - Records.
Section 22a-426. (Formerly Sec. 25-54e). - Standards of water quality.
Section 22a-427. (Formerly Sec. 25-54f). - Pollution or discharge of wastes prohibited.
Section 22a-428. (Formerly Sec. 25-54g). - Orders to municipalities to abate pollution.
Section 22a-428a. - State-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters.
Section 22a-429. (Formerly Sec. 25-54h). - Order to person to abate pollution.
Section 22a-430b. - General permits. Certifications by qualified professionals. Regulations.
Section 22a-430c. - Annual inventory of persons and municipalities in significant noncompliance.
Section 22a-432. (Formerly Sec. 25-54k). - Order to correct potential sources of pollution.
Section 22a-433. (Formerly Sec. 25-54l). - Order to landowner.
Section 22a-434. (Formerly Sec. 25-54m). - Filing of order on land records.
Section 22a-435. (Formerly Sec. 25-54n). - Injunction.
Section 22a-436. (Formerly Sec. 25-54o). - Hearing on order to abate.
Section 22a-437. (Formerly Sec. 25-54p). - Appeal.
Section 22a-438. (Formerly Sec. 25-54q). - Forfeiture for violations. Penalties.
Section 22a-439a. - Funds for construction of facilities by state agencies.
Section 22a-441. (Formerly Sec. 25-54t). - Grants for prior construction.
Section 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). - Bond issue.
Section 22a-446a. - Uniform tipping fee at facilities disposing of septic tank pumpings.
Section 22a-449a. - Definitions.
Section 22a-449f. - Application for reimbursement for claims resulting from release of petroleum.
Section 22a-449h. - Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems.
Section 22a-449i. - Authority of commissioners unaffected.
Section 22a-449o. - Requirement for double-walled underground storage tanks.
Section 22a-449p. - Milestones for investigation and remediation of a release.
Section 22a-449q. - Storage of underground storage tank system records.
Section 22a-449u. - Bond authorization for underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program.
Section 22a-450a. - Elimination of MTBE as gasoline additive.
Section 22a-451. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ee). - Liability for pollution, contamination or emergency.
Section 22a-451a. - Annual report.
Section 22a-451b. - Expenditures by agencies paid from emergency spill response account.
Section 22a-452b. - Exemptions.
Section 22a-452c. - Definition of “spill”.
Section 22a-452d. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions.
Section 22a-452e. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners.
Section 22a-452f. - Exemption from liability for certain lenders.
Section 22a-453a. - Oil spill contingency planning and coordination.
Section 22a-454a. - Closure plans. Fees. Regulations.
Section 22a-454b. - Groundwater monitoring. Fees. Regulations.
Section 22a-454c. - Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities.
Section 22a-457a. - Floating boom retention devices required, when. Regulations.
Section 22a-457b. - Limited immunity for certain persons responding to oil spills.
Section 22a-460. (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). - Detergents: Definitions.
Section 22a-462a. - Microbead prohibitions. Regulations. Study. Penalty.
Section 22a-463. (Formerly Sec. 25-54rr). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB - Definitions.
Section 22a-464. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ss). - Restrictions on manufacture, sale or use of PCB.
Section 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). - Exemptions.
Section 22a-467. (Formerly Sec. 25-54vv). - Disposition of PCB regulated.
Section 22a-468. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ww). - Regulations.
Section 22a-469. (Formerly Sec. 25-54xx). - Penalty.
Section 22a-469a. - Incineration of PCB by public service companies.
Section 22a-471a. - Exemption from potable drinking water orders for persons engaged in agriculture.
Section 22a-471b. - “Person engaged in agriculture” defined.
Section 22a-473. - Exploratory drilling for oil or gas restricted.
Section 22a-474. - Regulations re storage of road salt.
Section 22a-475. - Clean Water Fund: Definitions.
Section 22a-476. - Legislative finding.
Section 22a-477. - Clean Water Fund: Accounts and subaccounts.
Section 22a-480. - Construction of provisions.
Section 22a-481. - Projects with prior funding.
Section 22a-482. - Regulations.
Section 22a-483f. - Public water system improvement program.
Section 22a-484. - Evaluation of improvements to secondary clarifier operations.
Section 22a-485. - Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound.
Section 22a-498. - Creation of stormwater authority. Members. Purposes. Powers.
Section 22a-498a. - Municipal stormwater authority located in a distressed municipality. Powers.
Section 22a-498b. - Delinquent charges due to municipal stormwater authority. Liens.
Section 22a-499. - Joint report re pilot program.
Section 22a-501. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Powers.
Section 22a-502. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets.
Section 22a-503. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits.
Section 22a-507. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Issuance of bonds. Use of proceeds.
Section 22a-508. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds.
Section 22a-509. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonding obligations.
Section 22a-514. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption.
Section 22a-518. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Jurisdiction.
Section 22a-521. - Nitrogen reduction in state waters: Definitions.
Section 22a-522. - General permit establishing effluent units for nitrogen.
Section 22a-523. - Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board.
Section 22a-524. - Nitrogen credit exchange program.
Section 22a-525. - Audit of annual operating data.
Section 22a-526. - Regulations.
Section 22a-527. - Annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits.