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Section 22a-1. - Policy of the state. - The General Assembly finds that the growing population and expanding...
Section 22a-1a. - Declaration of policy: Coordination of state plans and programs. - (a) In furtherance of and pursuant to sections 22a-1 and...
Section 22a-1b. - Evaluation by state agencies of actions affecting the environment. Public scoping process. Environmental monitor. - The General Assembly directs that, to the fullest extent possible:...
Section 22a-1c. - Actions which may significantly affect the environment. Definition. - As used in sections 22a-1 to 22a-1i, inclusive, “actions which...
Section 22a-1d. - Review of environmental impact evaluations. Notification to municipalities and agencies. - (a) Environmental impact evaluations and a summary thereof, including any...
Section 22a-1e. - Review and determination by Office of Policy and Management. - The Office of Policy and Management shall review all environmental...
Section 22a-1f. - Exceptions. - (a) Environmental impact evaluations need not be prepared for projects...
Section 22a-1g. - Regulations. - Within six months of October 1, 1977, the Commissioner of...
Section 22a-1h. - Environmental impact evaluations. - Until the adoption of regulations in accordance with the provisions...
Section 22a-1i. - Environmental contamination risk assessment by Department of Public Health. - (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms...
Section 22a-2. - Definitions. Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Permitted delegations of authority. - (a) As used in this title and chapters 263, 268,...
Section 22a-2a. - Delegation of inspection and enforcement authority. Regulations. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may designate...
Section 22a-2b. - “Criminal negligence” defined. - For purposes of this title, “criminal negligence” has the same...
Section 22a-2c. - Office of Business Ombudsman. - There is established within the Department of Energy and Environmental...
Section 22a-2d. - Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Jurisdiction. Goals. Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. Commissioner. Bureaus. Successor department. - (a) There is established a Department of Energy and Environmental...
Section 22a-3. - Divisions. Deputy commissioners. - Section 22a-3 is repealed. (1971, P.A. 872, S. 4; P.A....
Section 22a-4. - Agents, assistants, employees, consultants. - The commissioner may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67,...
Section 22a-5. - Duties and powers of commissioner. - The commissioner shall carry out the energy and environmental policies...
Section 22a-5a. - Orders. Authority of commissioner to investigate. - Except as otherwise provided, whenever any section in this title...
Section 22a-5b. - Special funds and accounts administered by the department. Report required. - On or before February fifteenth, annually, the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 22a-5c. - Filing of orders on land records. Fifteen-year limit for certain orders. - (a) When an order issued by the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 22a-5d. - Improvements upon real property donated to the department. Standard of maintenance. Economic impracticability. - Any improvement upon real property that is donated to the...
Section 22a-6. - Commissioner to establish environmental standards, regulations and fees, to make contracts and studies and to issue permits. Complaints. Hearings. Bonds. Notice of contested cases. Fee waivers. Public notices on department's Internet... - (a) The commissioner may: (1) Adopt, amend or repeal, in...
Section 22a-6a. - Violators liable to state for costs and expenses. Statutory remedy not exclusive of others. - (a) Any person who knowingly or negligently violates any provision...
Section 22a-6aa. - Permit extensions. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may continue in...
Section 22a-6b. - Imposition of civil penalties by the commissioner. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt...
Section 22a-6bb. - Petition for public hearing. Withdrawal of petition. - (a) Whenever the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is...
Section 22a-6c. - Hearing on orders concerning solid waste. - Section 22a-6c is repealed. (P.A. 75-403, S. 1, 2; P.A....
Section 22a-6cc. - Consulting services program. - (a) For purposes of this section, “consulting services program” means...
Section 22a-6d. - Payment of costs associated with hearing and transcript. - In any pending or future proceeding on an application for...
Section 22a-6dd. - Consent orders for remediation of land. Modification. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whenever the Department...
Section 22a-6e. - Imposition of civil penalties by the commissioner for water pollution violations. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of...
Section 22a-6ee. - Ninety-day permit application final determinations. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, whether received before,...
Section 22a-6f. - Fees. Due dates. Late payments. Application. Waiver. - (a) Each annual fee charged by the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 22a-6ff. - Permit preapplication meetings. - (a) The Internet web site of the Department of Energy...
Section 22a-6g. - Notice of application for permit. Exemptions. - (a) Any person who submits an application to the Commissioner...
Section 22a-6h. - Notice of tentative determination re permit application. Request for hearing on federal Water Pollution Control Act application. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, at least...
Section 22a-6i. - Information re time frames for issuance of permits. - Between July 1, 1994, and October 1, 1996, inclusive, the...
Section 22a-6j. - Renewal of permits. - (a) On and after July 1, 1994, the Commissioner of...
Section 22a-6k. - Emergency authorization for regulated activity. Temporary authorization for regulated activity. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue...
Section 22a-6l. - Posting of public notice of permit applications. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may require any...
Section 22a-6m. - Compliance history of permit applicants. Criminal history records checks. - (a) In exercising any authority to issue, renew, transfer, modify...
Section 22a-6n. - Notice of commissioner's determination regarding certain regulated activities. - Notwithstanding any provision of this title or regulations adopted hereunder,...
Section 22a-6o. - Transfer of licenses. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this title or regulations adopted...
Section 22a-6p. - Time frames for issuance of permits. Regulations. - (a) Not later than seven days from June 9, 2010,...
Section 22a-6q. - Alternative time frame for action on permit. - When the commissioner determines, based on the size, novelty, complexity...
Section 22a-6r. - Report on permitting efforts and violations investigated by the department's environmental quality division. - On or before July 1, 1997, and annually thereafter, the...
Section 22a-6s. - Minor violations of environmental protection laws. - (a) As used in this section, “minor violation” means a...
Section 22a-6t. - Annual report on environmental compliance by regulated entities and enforcement actions of the commissioner. - Section 22a-6t is repealed, effective October 1, 2001. (P.A. 97-314,...
Section 22a-6u. - Notification requirements re discovery of contamination of soil or water. Exceptions. Content of notice. Drinking water supply well sampling. Acknowledgment of receipt. Posting of notice. Civil penalty. Forwarding of notice. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Commissioner” means...
Section 22a-6v. - Report on protected open space acquisition. - On or before the tenth day of each month, the...
Section 22a-6w. - Notice to municipality of commissioner's enforcement action. - Prior to, or concurrent with, taking any enforcement action under...
Section 22a-6x. - Office of Enforcement Policy and Coordination. - There is established within the Department of Energy and Environmental...
Section 22a-6y. - Exemplary environmental management systems. - (a) Any business required to obtain a permit or other...
Section 22a-6z. - Regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976. - The regulations promulgated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency as...
Section 22a-7. - Cease and desist orders. Service. Hearings. Injunctions. - (a) The commissioner, whenever he finds after investigation that any...
Section 22a-7a. - Bond on appeal from final decision. - In any appeal from a final decision made by the...
Section 22a-7b. - Certificate showing compliance with order to correct or abate a polluted or environmentally hazardous condition. - Whenever the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection has filed...
Section 22a-8. - State-wide environmental plan. Advisory board. Annual conference. - (a) The commissioner shall formulate and from time to time...
Section 22a-8a. - Commissioner to inventory hazardous waste disposal sites. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall compile an...
Section 22a-9. - Commissioner as agent of state and political subdivisions. - The commissioner shall act as the official agent of the...
Section 22a-10. - Payment of refunds. - The Comptroller, upon application of the Commissioner of Energy and...
Section 22a-11. - Council on Environmental Quality. - There shall be a Council on Environmental Quality which shall...
Section 22a-12. - Environmental quality report. Review of state agency construction plans. Exception. - (a) The council shall submit annually to the Governor an...
Section 22a-13. - Citizen complaints. - The council is empowered to receive and investigate citizen complaints...
Section 22a-14. - Short title: Environmental Protection Act of 1971. - Sections 22a-14 to 22a-20, inclusive, shall be known and may...
Section 22a-15. - Declaration of policy. - It is hereby found and declared that there is a...
Section 22a-16. - Action for declaratory and equitable relief against unreasonable pollution. - The Attorney General, any political subdivision of the state, any...
Section 22a-16a. - Supplemental environmental projects or financial contributions in lieu of penalty for environmental violations. - In any action brought by the Attorney General under section...
Section 22a-17. - Defense. Appointment of master or referee. - (a) When the plaintiff in any such action has made...
Section 22a-18. - Powers of court. - (a) The court may grant temporary and permanent equitable relief,...
Section 22a-19. - Administrative proceedings. - (a)(1) In any administrative, licensing or other proceeding, and in...
Section 22a-19a. - Historic structures and landmarks. When court costs assessed against plaintiff. - The provisions of sections 22a-15 to 22a-19, inclusive, shall be...
Section 22a-19b. - Exception for certain property listed on the state register of historic places. - The provisions of section 22a-19a shall not apply to any...
Section 22a-20. - Procedure supplementary to other procedures. Intervening party. - Sections 22a-14 to 22a-20, inclusive, shall be supplementary to existing...
Section 22a-20a. - Environmental justice community. Definitions. Meaningful public participation plan. Community environmental benefit agreement. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Environmental justice community”...
Section 22a-21. (Formerly Sec. 22-7a). - Plan for development of outdoor recreation and other natural resources. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is authorized to...
Section 22a-21a. - State assistance related to recreation and park services. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall: (1) Study...
Section 22a-21b. - Connecticut Conservation Corps. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, within available...
Section 22a-21c. - Connecticut Service Corps: Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 22a-21d to 22a-21h, inclusive: (1)...
Section 22a-21d. - Connecticut Service Corps established. Project sponsors. Grants. - (a) There is established a Connecticut Service Corps to be...
Section 22a-21e. - Grant application. - An application for a grant shall be on a form...
Section 22a-21f. - Rating system for grant applications. - For the purpose of making grants, the commissioner shall develop...
Section 22a-21g. - Project eligibility; exceptions. - The commissioner may determine the eligibility of a project except...
Section 22a-21h. - Annual reports by project sponsor and commissioner. - On or before October first of each year, a project...
Section 22a-21i. - Grants for operating costs of Beardsley Zoological Gardens, Bridgeport. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide grants,...
Section 22a-21j. - School bus emissions reduction program. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation...
Section 22a-21k. - School bus emissions reduction account. - There is established the “school bus emissions reduction account”, which...
Section 22a-22. (Formerly Sec. 22-7b). - Federal aid and agreements. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated...
Section 22a-23. (Formerly Sec. 22-7c). - Federal funds to be held in separate account. - The Comptroller shall establish a separate account for federal funds...
Section 22a-24. (Formerly Sec. 22-7d). - Powers additional to those under other statutes. - No provision of sections 22a-21 to 22a-23, inclusive, shall be...
Section 22a-25. (Formerly Sec. 22-7e). - Acquisition of land and waters. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may acquire in...
Section 22a-26. (Formerly Sec. 22-7f). - Conveyance or lease of land to or from governmental agencies. Conveyance of land to municipalities or responsible parties under Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the approval...
Section 22a-26a. - State-owned properties providing public access to Long Island Sound. - The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with...
Section 22a-27. (Formerly Sec. 22-7g). - Maintenance of areas and facilities for recreation or natural resources purposes. - To such extent as may be necessary to assure the...
Section 22a-27e. - Litter control in parking areas. - Section 22a-27e is repealed. (P.A. 75-448; P.A. 78-319, S. 14,...
Section 22a-27f. - Specifications of fuels. Report to commissioner. - Any person who imports fuels or causes fuels to be...
Section 22a-27g. - Environmental Quality Fund. Environmental quality account. Covered electronic recycler reimbursement account. Electronic device recycling program account. - Section 22a-27g is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 90-231,...
Section 22a-27h. - Conservation Fund. Maintenance, repair and improvement account. - Section 22a-27h is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 90-231,...
Section 22a-27i. - Fees. Exemption of municipalities. - Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 22a-6, 22a-6d, 22a-26g, 22a-26h, 22a-134e,...
Section 22a-27j. - Additional fee for municipal planning, zoning, wetlands and coastal management applications. Noncompliance. - (a) Any person, firm or corporation, other than a municipality,...
Section 22a-27k. - Long Island Sound account. - Section 22a-27k is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 92-133,...
Section 22a-27l. - Endangered species, natural area preserve and watchable wildlife account. Regulations. - (a) There is established an endangered species, natural area preserves...
Section 22a-27m to 22a-27o. - Air emissions permit operating fee account. Connecticut lighthouse preservation account. Greenways account. - Sections 22a-27m to 22a-27o, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1,...
Section 22a-27p. - Private funds authorized for renovation of historical structures on state land. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may accept and...
Section 22a-27q. - Hazard mitigation and floodplain management account. - Section 22a-27q is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 04-144,...
Section 22a-27r. - Invasive species detection and control account. - There is established an account known as the invasive species...
Section 22a-27s. - Face of Connecticut Steering Committee: Membership, chairperson. - (a) There is established the Face of Connecticut Steering Committee,...
Section 22a-27t. - Face of Connecticut account. - There is established an account to be known as the...
Section 22a-27u. - Air emissions permit operating fee account. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 22a-27v. - Long Island Sound account. Habitat restoration matching subaccount. - (a) There is established an account to be known as...
Section 22a-27w. - Lease or other authorization to facilitate the preservation of lighthouses. - The state of Connecticut, acting through the Commissioner of Energy...