(a) No person shall be liable to the state in any civil action for any cost relating to any spill, as defined in section 22a-452c, attributable to a residential underground heating oil storage tank system if (1) such person has provided for the removal or replacement of such system after July 1, 1999, and before January 1, 2002, and (2) such person has provided notice and documentation of such removal or replacement to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in such form and containing such information as the commissioner may require. After a person has been released from potential liability pursuant to this subsection, such release as it applies to such removal or replacement shall apply to subsequent owners of property where such removal or replacement occurred. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any person who fails to discontinue the use of or to remove a residential underground heating oil storage tank system within the period specified by an order of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Removals and replacements shall be conducted in accordance with subsection (a) of section 22a-449m.
(b) On or before January 1, 2000, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2003, the commissioner shall report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment regarding the program established under this section, the extent to which it is used and the extent of the state's liability for environmental remediation as a result of the program.
(P.A. 99-269, S. 1, 6; P.A. 00-201, S. 4, 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-269 effective July 1, 1999; P.A. 00-201 designated existing language re immunity from liability as Subsec. (a), deleting provisions re underground petroleum storage tank system, adding provision re residential underground heating oil storage tank system and adding language re release applying to subsequent owners, exceptions, and requirement to comply with Sec. 22a-449m(a), and designated existing language re reports as Subsec. (b), effective June 1, 2000; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
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.