When an application is filed to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or watercourse, any portion of which is within the watershed of a water company as defined in section 25-32a, the applicant shall: (1) Provide written notice of the application to the water company and the Department of Public Health; and (2) determine if the project is within the watershed of a water company by consulting the maps posted on the department's Internet web site showing the boundaries of the watershed. Such applicant shall send such notice to the water company by certified mail, return receipt requested, and to the department by electronic mail to the electronic mail address designated by the department on its Internet web site for receipt of such notice. Such applicant shall mail such notice not later than seven days after the date of the application. The water company and the Commissioner of Public Health, through a representative, may appear and be heard at any hearing on the application.
(P.A. 89-301, S. 1; P.A. 90-230, S. 72, 101; P.A. 91-300, S. 2; P.A. 06-53, S. 2; P.A. 21-121, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 90-230 corrected an omission; P.A. 91-300 changed the statutory definition of water company by changing the statutory definition reference from Sec. 16-1 to Sec. 25-32a; P.A. 06-53 required Commissioner of Public Health to receive notice of proposed regulated activity upon an inland wetland or watercourse within water company watershed, gave commissioner right to appear and be heard at hearing on any such proposed regulated activity and made technical changes; P.A. 21-121 designated existing provision requiring applicant to provide written notice as Subdiv. (1) and amended same to delete provisions re format of written notice and filing of map showing watershed boundaries, added Subdiv. (2) requiring applicant to determine if project is within watershed of water company by consulting maps on department's Internet web site, added provision requiring notice be sent to department by electronic mail and made technical and conforming changes.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 440 - Wetlands and Watercourses
Section 22a-28. (Formerly Sec. 22-7h). - Preservation of tidal wetlands. Declaration of policy.
Section 22a-29. (Formerly Sec. 22-7i). - Definitions.
Section 22a-31. (Formerly Sec. 22-7k). - Hearing officers.
Section 22a-33. (Formerly Sec. 22-7m). - Issuance or denial of permit.
Section 22a-34. (Formerly Sec. 22-7n). - Appeal.
Section 22a-35. (Formerly Sec. 22-7o). - Penalty.
Section 22a-35a. - Tidal wetlands restoration.
Section 22a-36. - Inland wetlands and watercourses. Legislative finding.
Section 22a-37. - Short title: Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Act.
Section 22a-38. - Definitions.
Section 22a-39. - Duties of commissioner.
Section 22a-40. - Permitted operations and uses.
Section 22a-42. - Municipal regulation of wetlands and watercourses. Action by commissioner.
Section 22a-42d. - Revocation of authority to regulate inland wetlands.
Section 22a-42g. - Municipal fine for violation of wetlands regulations.
Section 22a-44. - Penalty. Court orders.
Section 22a-45. - Property revaluation.
Section 22a-45a. - General permits for minor activities. Regulations.