Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control
Section 22a-449h. - Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems.

Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under subsection (d) of section 22a-449, (1) a town, regional school district or incorporated or endowed high school or academy approved by the State Board of Education pursuant to section 10-34 shall have until October 1, 1991, or five years after the life expectancy of an underground storage tank system, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 22a-449a, of a public school building or building of such an incorporated or endowed high school or academy, whichever is later, to replace such a system, provided application for a school building project for such purpose is made on or before October 1, 1990, or October first of the year preceding the fifth year, as appropriate, to the state Department of Education pursuant to section 10-283 or 10-285b, and (2) a nonpublic elementary or secondary school shall have until October 1, 1991, or five years after the life expectancy of such an underground storage tank system of a nonpublic school, whichever is later, to replace such a system.

(P.A. 89-373, S. 9, 10; P.A. 90-181, S. 5; 90-256, S. 8, 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 90-181 added Subdiv. (2) providing an extension of time to nonpublic schools for the replacement of underground storage tank systems; P.A. 90-256 added five years after the life expectancy of an underground storage tank system as an alternative deadline for replacement and provided that the extensions of time in the section apply to all elementary and secondary schools; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.

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