(a) The master of any ship, boat, barge or other vessel, or the person in charge of any terminal for the loading or unloading of any oil or petroleum or chemical liquids or solid, liquid or gaseous products, or hazardous wastes, or the person in charge of any establishment, or the operator of any vehicle, trailer or other machine which by accident, negligence or otherwise causes the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of oil or petroleum or chemical liquids or solid, liquid or gaseous products, or hazardous wastes which poses a potential threat to human health or the environment, shall immediately report to the commissioner such facts as the commissioner by regulation may require. Any such report shall include, but not be limited to, the location, the quantity and the type of substance, material or waste, the date and the cause of the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration, the name and address of the owner of the ship, boat, barge or other vessel, terminal, establishment, vehicle, trailer or machine, and the name and address of the person making the report and his or her relationship to the owner. Any person who fails to make a report required by this section may be fined not more than one thousand dollars and the employer of such person may be fined not more than five thousand dollars, except that any person who fails to make a report relating to the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of gasoline shall be fined not more than five thousand dollars and the employer of such person may be fined not more than ten thousand dollars.
(b) On and after the effective date of the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the report described in subsection (a) of this section shall be required whenever the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of oil or petroleum or chemical liquids or solid, liquid or gaseous products, or hazardous wastes occurring on or after such date exceeds the applicable threshold adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) of this section. The reporting requirements set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall apply until the effective date of such regulations.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to define the threshold amounts for discharges, spillages, uncontrolled losses, seepages or filtrations that shall be reported to the commissioner pursuant to this section. Such regulations may include the specification of any facts, in addition to those specified in subsection (a) of this section, that shall be included in any report submitted under this section.
(1969, P.A. 765, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 103; P.A. 77-614, S. 486, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 79-605, S. 4, 17; P.A. 94-108, S. 1; P.A. 95-218, S. 16; P.A. 00-175, S. 3, 4; P.A. 16-199, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to water resources commission with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 made state police department a division within the department of public safety, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 79-605 clarified provisions by adding specific reference to “solid, liquid or gaseous” products, “hazardous wastes”, etc., deleted provision setting forth when reports must be made to U.S. Coast Guard and replaced previous penalty of $1,000 minimum to $5,000 maximum fine for failure to report under Secs. 25-54bb to 25-54hh with $1,000 maximum fine for failure to report under this section and $5,000 maximum fine levied against the employer of any person who fails to make the required report; Sec. 25-54dd transferred to Sec. 22a-450 in 1983; P.A. 94-108 deleted a requirement that spills be reported to the state police and required reporting to the commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 95-218 added a provision specifying that spills required to be reported under this section are those which pose a potential threat to human health or the environment; P.A. 00-175 added provisions re penalties for failing to make a report relating to the discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of gasoline, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 16-199 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and made a technical change therein, added Subsec. (b) re threshold for reporting under Subsec. (a), and added Subsec. (c) re adoption of regulations defining threshold amounts and specifying facts to be included in report.
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.