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Section 22a-416. (Formerly Sec. 25-26). - Pollution of waterways. Qualifications of operators. Delegation of authority. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall examine...
Section 22a-417. (Formerly Sec. 25-26a). - Discharge of sewage into tributaries of water supply impoundments or Salmon River. - (a) No person or municipality shall discharge any sewage into...
Section 22a-418. (Formerly Sec. 25-27). - Complaints concerning pollution of waters; investigation; orders. - Section 22a-418 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 4036; 1971, P.A....
Section 22a-422. (Formerly Sec. 25-54a). - Declaration of policy. - It is found and declared that the pollution of the...
Section 22a-423. (Formerly Sec. 25-54b). - Definitions. - As used in this chapter: “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of...
Section 22a-424. (Formerly Sec. 25-54c). - Powers and duties of commissioner. - The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties: (a)...
Section 22a-424a. - Map of anticipated sewer overflows and sewage spills. Notice of reported sewage spills and permitted sewage bypasses. Electronic reporting of sewage spill and permitted sewage bypass. Notice to municipal chief elected official, lo... - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Sewage treatment...
Section 22a-425. (Formerly Sec. 25-54d). - Records. - The commissioner may require any person or municipality to maintain...
Section 22a-426. (Formerly Sec. 25-54e). - Standards of water quality. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt...
Section 22a-427. (Formerly Sec. 25-54f). - Pollution or discharge of wastes prohibited. - No person or municipality shall cause pollution of any of...
Section 22a-428. (Formerly Sec. 25-54g). - Orders to municipalities to abate pollution. - If the commissioner finds that any municipality is causing pollution...
Section 22a-428a. - State-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's...
Section 22a-429. (Formerly Sec. 25-54h). - Order to person to abate pollution. - Section 22a-429 is repealed. (1967, P.A. 57, S. 8; 1971,...
Section 22a-430. (Formerly Sec. 25-54i). - Permit for new discharge. Regulations. Renewal. Special category permits or approvals. Limited delegation. General permits. - (a) No person or municipality shall initiate, create, originate or...
Section 22a-430a. - Delegation of authority to issue certain permits to municipal water pollution control authorities. - Section 22a-430a is repealed, effective October 1, 1997. (P.A. 86-82,...
Section 22a-430b. - General permits. Certifications by qualified professionals. Regulations. - (a)(1) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue...
Section 22a-430c. - Annual inventory of persons and municipalities in significant noncompliance. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make available...
Section 22a-431. (Formerly Sec. 25-54j). - Periodic investigation of discharges. Order to abate or submit information. - The commissioner shall periodically investigate and review those sources of...
Section 22a-432. (Formerly Sec. 25-54k). - Order to correct potential sources of pollution. - If the commissioner finds that any person has established a...
Section 22a-433. (Formerly Sec. 25-54l). - Order to landowner. - Whenever the commissioner issues an order to abate pollution to...
Section 22a-434. (Formerly Sec. 25-54m). - Filing of order on land records. - When the commissioner issues a final order to any person...
Section 22a-434a. - Notice of contaminated wells; abatement of contamination or abandonment of well to be on land records. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may cause to...
Section 22a-435. (Formerly Sec. 25-54n). - Injunction. - If any person or municipality fails to comply with any...
Section 22a-436. (Formerly Sec. 25-54o). - Hearing on order to abate. - Each order to abate pollution issued under section 22a-428 or...
Section 22a-437. (Formerly Sec. 25-54p). - Appeal. - (a) Any person who or municipality which is aggrieved by...
Section 22a-438. (Formerly Sec. 25-54q). - Forfeiture for violations. Penalties. - (a) Any person who or municipality which violates any provision...
Section 22a-439. (Formerly Sec. 25-54r). - State grant for sewers and pollution abatement facilities. Commissioner to adopt regulations. - (a) The commissioner shall make a grant to any municipality...
Section 22a-439a. - Funds for construction of facilities by state agencies. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide funds...
Section 22a-439b. - Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority may acquire and operate sewerage systems. - (a) The Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority may acquire and operate...
Section 22a-440. (Formerly Sec. 25-54s). - Grants for storm and sanitary sewer separation programs, pollution abatement facilities. - The commissioner may provide a grant to a municipality for...
Section 22a-441. (Formerly Sec. 25-54t). - Grants for prior construction. - The commission shall make a grant to any municipality which,...
Section 22a-442. (Formerly Sec. 25-54u). - State advances in anticipation of federal funds for construction of facility. - If federal funds are not available to the municipality at...
Section 22a-443. (Formerly Sec. 25-54v). - State advance in anticipation of federal funds for contract plans and specifications. - Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of section 22a-439,...
Section 22a-444. (Formerly Sec. 25-54x). - Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to administer funds. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated as...
Section 22a-445. (Formerly Sec. 25-54y). - Commissioner to accept federal aid. Cooperation with other agencies, municipalities, states. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated as...
Section 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). - Bond issue. - (a) The State Bond Commission is empowered to authorize the...
Section 22a-446a. - Uniform tipping fee at facilities disposing of septic tank pumpings. - Any municipality operating a water pollution abatement facility which receives...
Section 22a-447. (Formerly Sec. 25-54aa). - Prior orders, directives and decisions continued in force. - All orders, directives or decisions of the Water Resources Commission...
Section 22a-448. (Formerly Sec. 25-54bb). - Pollution by chemical liquid, hazardous waste, oil or petroleum, waste oil or solid, liquid or gaseous products: Definitions. - For the purposes of sections 22a-133a to 22a-133j, inclusive, sections...
Section 22a-449. (Formerly Sec. 25-54cc). - Duties and powers of commissioner re sources of potential pollution or damage. Licenses. Regulations. Nonresidential underground storage tank systems. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, to...
Section 22a-449a. - Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 22a-449c to 22a-449m,...
Section 22a-449b. - Portion of petroleum products gross earnings tax credited to underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account. - Section 22a-449b is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 89-373,...
Section 22a-449c. - Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program. Applications for payment or reimbursement. - (a)(1) There is established an underground storage tank petroleum clean-up...
Section 22a-449d. - Payment and reimbursement from the program. Guidelines for reasonable cost determinations. Payment to registered contractors. - (a) Upon application for reimbursement or payment pursuant to section...
Section 22a-449e. - Regulations. Schedule for maximum or range of amounts to be paid from the program. Use of seal. - (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the...
Section 22a-449f. - Application for reimbursement for claims resulting from release of petroleum. - (a) Application. Notice of claim. A responsible party may apply...
Section 22a-449g. - Appeals. - Any person aggrieved by a decision of the commissioner after...
Section 22a-449h. - Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems. - Notwithstanding the provisions of regulations adopted by the Commissioner of...
Section 22a-449i. - Authority of commissioners unaffected. - Nothing in sections 22a-449a to 22a-449h, inclusive, shall affect the...
Section 22a-449j. - Immunity from liability to the state for certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. - (a) No person shall be liable to the state in...
Section 22a-449k. - Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement contractors. Registration. Fees. - No person shall remove or replace or subcontract for the...
Section 22a-449l. - Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment for services commenced prior to July 1, 2001. Procedures. - (a) As used in this section, “registered contractor” means a...
Section 22a-449m. - Standards for remediation of soil and replacement of residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. - Any remediation of contaminated soil or groundwater the cost of...
Section 22a-449n. - Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment for services commenced on or after July 1, 2001. Procedures. - (a) As used in this section, “registered contractor” means a...
Section 22a-449o. - Requirement for double-walled underground storage tanks. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Double-walled underground storage...
Section 22a-449p. - Milestones for investigation and remediation of a release. - Notwithstanding any provision of sections 22a-449a to 22a-449i, inclusive, or...
Section 22a-449q. - Storage of underground storage tank system records. - The owner or operator of an underground storage tank system...
Section 22a-449r. - Underground storage tank clean-up program. Distribution of funds. Order of priority. Reduced payment election. - (a)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 22a-449a to 22a-449i, inclusive,...
Section 22a-449s. - Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program: Cancellation. Unavailability of program to demonstrate financial responsibility. Determination of applicability. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-449(d)-109(p) of the regulations...
Section 22a-449t. - Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program: Prohibitions on applications. Exceptions. - (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes or regulations...
Section 22a-449u. - Bond authorization for underground storage tank petroleum clean-up program. - (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this...
Section 22a-449v. - Underground storage tank general liability insurance policy. Cancellation restriction. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any general liability...
Section 22a-450. (Formerly Sec. 25-54dd). - Report of discharge, spill, loss, seepage or filtration. Regulations. - (a) The master of any ship, boat, barge or other...
Section 22a-450a. - Elimination of MTBE as gasoline additive. - (a) As used in this section, “MTBE” means the gasoline...
Section 22a-451. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ee). - Liability for pollution, contamination or emergency. - (a) Any person, firm or corporation which directly or indirectly...
Section 22a-451a. - Annual report. - Section 22a-451a is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 85-610,...
Section 22a-451b. - Expenditures by agencies paid from emergency spill response account. - Section 22a-451b is repealed, effective October 1, 2009. (P.A. 91-376,...
Section 22a-452. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ff). - Reimbursement for containment or removal costs. Liability for certain acts or omissions. - (a) Any person, firm, corporation or municipality which contains or...
Section 22a-452a. - State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up or to remove hazardous waste. Notice and hearing. - (a) On and after June 3, 1985, any amount paid...
Section 22a-452b. - Exemptions. - (a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, a mortgagee...
Section 22a-452c. - Definition of “spill”. - For the purposes of sections 22a-452a and 22a-452b, “spill” means...
Section 22a-452d. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions. - As used in this section, section 22a-452e and section 22a-433:...
Section 22a-452e. - Limitation on liability of innocent landowners. - (a) An innocent landowner holding or acquiring an interest in...
Section 22a-452f. - Exemption from liability for certain lenders. - (a)(1) A lender who holds indicia of ownership primarily to...
Section 22a-453. (Formerly Sec. 25-54gg). - Coordination of activities with other agencies. Contracts for services. - The commissioner shall represent the state in its relations with...
Section 22a-453a. - Oil spill contingency planning and coordination. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop and...
Section 22a-454. (Formerly Sec. 25-54hh). - Permit for collection, storage or treatment, containment, removal or disposal of certain substances, materials or wastes: Suspension or revocation. Prohibition of disposal of certain hazardous wastes in a l... - (a) No person shall engage in the business of collecting,...
Section 22a-454a. - Closure plans. Fees. Regulations. - Each hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility, as defined...
Section 22a-454b. - Groundwater monitoring. Fees. Regulations. - Each hazardous waste treatment, storage or disposal facility, as defined...
Section 22a-454c. - Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities. - (a) Each generator which generates in any calendar month during...
Section 22a-455 to 22a-457. (Formerly Secs. 25-54ii to 25-54kk). - Vessel operator to post bond. Other evidence of financial responsibility. Penalty. - Sections 22a-455 to 22a-457, inclusive, are repealed. (1971, P.A. 190,...
Section 22a-457a. - Floating boom retention devices required, when. Regulations. - Each tank ship and tank barge from which and to...
Section 22a-457b. - Limited immunity for certain persons responding to oil spills. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Damages” means...
Section 22a-458. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ll). - Water pollution control authority, mandatory establishment by municipality. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any special act...
Section 22a-458a and 22a-458b. - Water pollution control authority; reports. Submission of municipal assessment to commissioner. - Sections 22a-458a and 22a-458b are repealed, effective October 1, 1997....
Section 22a-459. (Formerly Sec. 25-54mm). - Failure to establish water pollution control authority, violation. Penalties. - (a) The failure to comply with an order under section...
Section 22a-460. (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). - Detergents: Definitions. - As used in sections 22a-460 to 22a-462, inclusive: (a) “Synthetic...
Section 22a-461. (Formerly Sec. 25-54oo). - Labeling of detergents. Restrictions on sale or use. Certain sewage system additives prohibited. Penalty. - (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or...
Section 22a-462. (Formerly Sec. 25-54pp). - Sale of certain detergents prohibited: Excepted uses. Regulations. - (a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or...
Section 22a-462a. - Microbead prohibitions. Regulations. Study. Penalty. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Over-the-counter drug”...
Section 22a-462b. - Microfiber pollution working group. Consumer awareness and education program. Requirements. Membership. Report. - Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Energy...
Section 22a-463. (Formerly Sec. 25-54rr). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB - Definitions. - As used in sections 22a-463 to 22a-469, inclusive: (a) “Commissioner”...
Section 22a-464. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ss). - Restrictions on manufacture, sale or use of PCB. - (a) No person shall manufacture the compound PCB on or...
Section 22a-465. (Formerly Sec. 25-54tt). - Use of PCB in closed systems. Incidental amounts of PCB permitted. - (a) An item, product or material containing the compound PCB...
Section 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). - Exemptions. - (a) The commissioner may exempt the manufacture for sale, sale...
Section 22a-467. (Formerly Sec. 25-54vv). - Disposition of PCB regulated. - No person shall dispose of the compound PCB or any...
Section 22a-468. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ww). - Regulations. - The commissioner may adopt such regulations as he deems appropriate...
Section 22a-469. (Formerly Sec. 25-54xx). - Penalty. - Any person who or municipality which violates any provisions of...
Section 22a-469a. - Incineration of PCB by public service companies. - Any public service company, as defined in section 16-1, planning...
Section 22a-470. (Formerly Sec. 25-54yy). - Relocation or removal of public service facilities as necessary for construction of municipal sewer or pollution abatement facilities. - Whenever a municipality obtains a grant under this chapter for...
Section 22a-471. - Pollution of groundwaters. Orders to provide potable drinking water. Grants to municipalities. Hearing on order to abate. Appeal. Injunction. Forfeiture for violations. Orders to persons engaged in agriculture for contamination of... - (a)(1) If the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines...
Section 22a-471a. - Exemption from potable drinking water orders for persons engaged in agriculture. - (a) The provisions of subsection (f) of section 22a-471 shall...
Section 22a-471b. - “Person engaged in agriculture” defined. - As used in subsection (f) of section 22a-471 and section...
Section 22a-472. - Hydraulic fracturing waste, oil waste and natural gas waste. Definitions. Prohibitions. Permits. Information requests by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Regulations. Oil and gas exploration. Preemption. - (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Dispose” means...
Section 22a-473. - Exploratory drilling for oil or gas restricted. - No person may engage in exploratory drilling for oil or...
Section 22a-474. - Regulations re storage of road salt. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, after consultation with...
Section 22a-474a. - Green Snow Pro training. State, municipal and private roadside applicators. Report. - The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation shall...
Section 22a-474b. - Green Snow Pro training. Registration of certification by commercial applicators. Violation. Order. Regulations. - (a) For the purposes of this section and section 22a-474c:...
Section 22a-474c. - Sodium chloride run-off. Home or well damage. Health district electronic reporting system. Reporting. Identification of state or federal financial resources. Criteria and procedures. - Not later than January 1, 2023, each local health district...
Section 22a-474d. - Sodium and chloride drinking water testing. Residential water treatment systems installers provision of customer information. Requirement. - Any person, as defined in section 1-1, who installs residential...
Section 22a-475. - Clean Water Fund: Definitions. - As used in this section and sections 22a-476 to 22a-483,...
Section 22a-476. - Legislative finding. - It is hereby found and declared that the establishment of...
Section 22a-477. - Clean Water Fund: Accounts and subaccounts. - (a) There is established and created a fund to be...
Section 22a-478. - Eligible water quality projects. Eligible drinking water projects. Project grants. Grant account loans. - (a) The commissioner shall maintain a priority list of eligible...
Section 22a-479. - Municipal approval of project funding agreements and obligations. Municipal bonds. - (a) A municipality may authorize and approve (1) the execution...
Section 22a-480. - Construction of provisions. - No provision of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive, shall be...
Section 22a-481. - Projects with prior funding. - (a) Eligible water quality projects which have received advances for...
Section 22a-482. - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations...
Section 22a-483. - Bond issue for Clean Water Fund projects. General obligation bonds. Revenue bonds. - (a) For the purposes of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483, inclusive,...
Section 22a-483f. - Public water system improvement program. - (a) For the purposes described in subsection (b) of this...
Section 22a-484. - Evaluation of improvements to secondary clarifier operations. - Section 22a-484 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 90-301,...
Section 22a-485. - Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall prepare a...
Section 22a-497. - Municipal stormwater authority pilot program. Priority municipalities. Application. Selection criteria. Grants. - (a) Not later than September 1, 2007, the Commissioner of...
Section 22a-498. - Creation of stormwater authority. Members. Purposes. Powers. - (a) Any municipality may, by ordinance adopted by its legislative...
Section 22a-498a. - Municipal stormwater authority located in a distressed municipality. Powers. - A municipal stormwater authority created pursuant to section 22a-498 and...
Section 22a-498b. - Delinquent charges due to municipal stormwater authority. Liens. - Any charge due to a municipal stormwater authority and any...
Section 22a-499. - Joint report re pilot program. - On or before February 11, 2008, the municipalities participating in...
Section 22a-499a. - Water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Levy re stormwater control systems. - Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, the ordinance establishing...
Section 22a-499b. - Delinquent charges due to water pollution control authority located in a distressed municipality. Liens. - Any charge due to a water pollution control authority, as...
Section 22a-500. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Definitions. Authorization. Directors. Membership. Termination. - (a) As used in sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, the...
Section 22a-501. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Powers. - (a) An authority created pursuant to section 22a-500 may: (1)...
Section 22a-502. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets. - The fiscal year of an authority shall commence on July...
Section 22a-503. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits. - (a) In conformity with applicable state and federal law, the...
Section 22a-504. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Acquisition of property. Construction of system. Notice. Hearing. - An authority may enter upon and take and hold by...
Section 22a-505. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Determination of compensation for taking of real property. - Whenever an authority is unable to agree with the owner...
Section 22a-506. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Assessments, rates, fees, charges and penalties. - (a) An authority may (1) levy and collect benefit assessments...
Section 22a-507. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Issuance of bonds. Use of proceeds. - (a) An authority created pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519,...
Section 22a-508. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds. - Bonds issued under authority of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive,...
Section 22a-509. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonding obligations. - (a) Bonds issued by an authority under sections 22a-500 to...
Section 22a-510. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds or notes executed by former officers. - Any bonds or notes issued by an authority pursuant to...
Section 22a-511. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Execution, delivery and maturation of bonds. - Bonds issued under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive, shall be...
Section 22a-512. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Effect of bonds on municipal indebtedness. - Bonds and notes issued by an authority pursuant to sections...
Section 22a-513. - Regional water pollution control authorities: State not to impair obligations of authorities. - The state of Connecticut does hereby pledge to and agree...
Section 22a-514. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption. - (a) The exercise of the powers granted by sections 22a-500...
Section 22a-515. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Other municipal powers not affected. - Any power granted to a municipality by sections 22a-500 to...
Section 22a-516. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds to be securities and negotiable instruments. - (a) Bonds issued by an authority under the provisions of...
Section 22a-517. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Receipt of Clean Water Fund disbursements. - (a) An authority created under sections 22a-500 to 22a-519, inclusive,...
Section 22a-518. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Jurisdiction. - (a) An authority shall have jurisdiction over all or such...
Section 22a-519. - Regional water pollution control authorities: Indemnification of officers. Representation of authority by Attorney General. Legal fees of officers. - (a) The authority shall protect, save harmless and indemnify its...
Section 22a-521. - Nitrogen reduction in state waters: Definitions. - As used in sections 22a-522 to 22a-525, inclusive: (1) “Equivalency...
Section 22a-522. - General permit establishing effluent units for nitrogen. - Notwithstanding any provision of section 22a-430 or 22a-430b and notwithstanding...
Section 22a-523. - Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish...
Section 22a-524. - Nitrogen credit exchange program. - (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish...
Section 22a-525. - Audit of annual operating data. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may audit the...
Section 22a-526. - Regulations. - The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, in consultation...
Section 22a-527. - Annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits. - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Eligible capital costs”...