Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-234 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-234
Sec. 25-234. Resource inventory. Statement of objectives. Map. Notice. Hearing. Review by state officials. Management plan.
Status: in_force

(b) After completing an inventory pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a river commission shall prepare a written statement identifying in such areas those resources which should be preserved or enhanced, those existing uses which should be maintained, those degraded areas which should be restored and those areas in which potential industrial, commercial and other uses could be accommodated without degrading the resources of the river corridor. Such statement shall be known as the river commission's statement of objectives. In preparing a statement of objectives, the river commission shall consider the best uses of the river corridor as identified by the state rivers assessment database and potential conflicts among resources on the one hand and existing and potential uses of the river corridor on the other hand. The statement of objectives shall attempt to balance competing uses within the river corridor and its watershed lands and provide for multiple uses thereof.

(c) After completing an inventory prepared pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and a statement of objectives prepared pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, the river commission shall prepare a map which shall be consistent with said inventory and statement of objectives and which defines the boundaries of the river corridor to be managed under the river corridor management plan prepared pursuant to subsection (h) of this section.

(d) Upon completion of an inventory, statement of objectives and map pursuant to subsections (a), (b) and (c) of this section, the river commission shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area notice of a public hearing to be held not less than thirty days thereafter in one of the municipalities represented on the commission. Such hearing shall provide an opportunity for oral and written comments regarding such documents. After considering all comments received, the river commission shall revise such documents as appropriate and submit such revised documents to the commissioner and the secretary. Within sixty days of receiving the revised documents, the commissioner shall provide written comments to the river commission and shall furnish a copy of such comments to the secretary. The secretary shall coordinate a review of the revised documents by all other relevant state agencies and regional planning organizations, as defined in section 4-124i , and, within ninety days of receiving such revised documents, shall provide written comments on such revised documents to the river commission and shall furnish a copy of such comments to the commissioner. After considering all comments received from the commissioner and the secretary, the river commission shall adopt a final inventory, statement of objectives and map and shall publish, in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area, notice of the adoption of the final inventory, statement of objectives and map.

(e) After adoption of an inventory, statement of objectives and map, pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the river commission shall prepare a report on all federal, state, regional and municipal laws, plans, programs and proposed activities that may affect the river corridor defined in such map. Such federal, state, regional and municipal laws shall include regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 440, and zoning, subdivision and site plan regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-3 . Such federal, state, regional and municipal plans shall include plans of development adopted pursuant to section 8-23 , the state plan of conservation and development adopted under part I of chapter 297, water utility supply plans submitted pursuant to section 25-32d , coordinated water system plans submitted pursuant to section 25-33h , plans prepared by regional planning organizations, as defined in section 4-124i , and plans of publicly owned wastewater treatment facilities whose discharges may affect the subject river corridor. State and regional agencies shall, within available resources, assist the river commission in identifying such laws, plans, programs and proposed activities. The report to be prepared pursuant to this section shall identify any conflicts between such federal, state, regional and municipal laws, plans, programs and proposed activities and the river commission's objectives for river corridor management as reflected in the statement of objectives. If conflicts are identified, the river commission shall notify the applicable state, regional or municipal agencies and such agencies shall, within available resources and in consultation with the river commission, attempt to resolve such conflicts.

(f) (1) After adoption of an inventory, statement of objectives and map pursuant to subsection (d) of this section and completion of a report pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, the river commission shall prepare a river corridor management plan. The river commission shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area notice of a public hearing to be held not less than thirty days thereafter in one of the municipalities represented on the commission. Such hearing shall provide an opportunity for oral and written comment regarding the plan. The commission shall send a copy of such notice to the chief elected official of each municipality located wholly or partially in the subregional drainage basin in which the subject river corridor is located and shall send such notice by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each person who owns property adjacent to the river segment which is the subject of the river corridor. After considering all comments received, the river commission shall revise such documents as appropriate and submit such revised documents to the commissioner and the secretary. Within sixty days of receiving the revised documents, the commissioner shall provide written comments to the river commission and shall furnish a copy of such comments to the secretary. The secretary shall coordinate a review of the revised documents by all relevant state agencies and regional planning organizations, as defined in section 4-124i . Within ninety days of the date the secretary receives such revised documents, the secretary shall provide written comments on such revised documents to the river commission and to the commissioner. After considering all comments received from the commissioner and the secretary, the river commission shall prepare a document responding to all comments received, shall revise the river corridor management plan as appropriate and shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area notice of the availability of the response to comments and the revised plan.

(2) A river corridor management plan shall set forth a strategy for achieving the objectives contained in the statement of objectives adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section for the river corridor mapped pursuant to said subsection and for resolving any conflicts identified in the report prepared pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Such plan shall make recommendations for the modification of municipal plans of development and zoning, subdivision, site plan and wetlands regulations as necessary to allow implementation of such plan and to assure that each member municipality similarly manages that portion of the river corridor under its jurisdiction. Such recommendations may concern tourism, navigation, utility and transportation rights-of-way and water-dependent recreational, industrial, commercial and other uses, as well as proposals for specific setbacks from the river, dimensions of new lots and buildings, restrictions on cutting of vegetation, restrictions on earth-moving for mining or other purposes, prohibited activities and regulation of paving and other forms of impervious ground cover. Such plan may also include recommendations that member municipalities enact or adopt incentives for property owners to protect lands within the river corridor and to develop such lands in a manner that is compatible with resource protection. Such incentives may include tax credits for donation to appropriate parties of open space easements or land development rights and incentives for cluster development.

(3) The river corridor management plan shall include the results of an instream flow study if the commissioner deems it necessary. An instream flow study shall be conducted in accordance with the commissioner's guidance and shall document water flow in the river corridor for the purpose of determining whether there is sufficient flow to allow withdrawals of water consistent with the resource protection and enhancement objectives of the river corridor management plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33l — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33l
Sec. 25-33l. Sale of source, potential source or abandoned source of water supply.
Status: in_force

(b) Within ninety days after notice has been mailed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a water company receiving notice of the sale pursuant to said subsection shall give notice to the water company selling the source, potential source or abandoned source of water supply by certified mail, return receipt requested, of a desire to acquire such source and such water company shall have the right to acquire the interest in such source for water supply purposes. If two or more water companies seek to acquire such source, potential source or abandoned source at the price at which it is offered, the Commissioner of Public Health shall hold a hearing to determine which company shall be allowed to acquire such source. In making his determination, the commissioner shall consider any public water supply plans filed and approved pursuant to section 25-32d , any other water system plans approved by the commissioner, the needs of each company and the efficient and effective development of public water supply in the state. The decision of the commissioner shall be subject to appeal pursuant to section 4-183 and shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191 .

(c) If a water company fails to give notice pursuant to subsection (b) of this section by certified mail, return receipt requested, of its desire to acquire such source, potential source or abandoned source of water supply, such water company shall have waived its right to acquire the source or potential source of water supply in accordance with the terms of this section.

(d) The water company desiring to acquire the interest in the source, potential source or abandoned source of water supply shall acquire such interest within twelve months of the determination by the commissioner of which water company shall be allowed to acquire such source. If the rates of the water company acquiring such source are regulated by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the source acquired may be included in the rate base of such company at the acquisition price.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-40a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-40a
Sec. 25-40a. Notification of violation of national primary drinking water standards.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than five business days after receiving notice that a public water system is in violation of the federal Environmental Protection Agency national primary drinking water standards, the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee, shall give written or electronic notification of such violation to the chief elected official of the municipality where such public water system is located and of any municipality that is served by such public water system.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-37c — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-37c
Sec. 25-37c. Regulations. Classification of land owned by or acquired from a water company.
Status: in_force

(a) Class I land includes all land owned by a water company or acquired from a water company through foreclosure or other involuntary transfer of ownership or control which is either: (1) Within two hundred and fifty feet of high water of a reservoir or one hundred feet of all watercourses as defined in agency regulations adopted pursuant to this section; (2) within the areas along watercourses which are covered by any of the critical components of a stream belt; (3) land with slopes fifteen per cent or greater without significant interception by wetlands, swales and natural depressions between the slopes and the watercourses; (4) within two hundred feet of groundwater wells; (5) an identified direct recharge area or outcrop of aquifer now in use or available for future use, or (6) an area with shallow depth to bedrock, twenty inches or less, or poorly drained or very poorly drained soils as defined by the United States Soil Conservation Service that are contiguous to land described in subdivision (3) or (4) of this subsection and that extend to the top of the slope above the receiving watercourse.

(b) Class II land includes all land owned by a water company or acquired from a water company through foreclosure or other involuntary transfer of ownership or control which is either (1) on a public drinking supply watershed which is not included in class I or (2) completely off a public drinking supply watershed and which is within one hundred and fifty feet of a distribution reservoir or a first-order stream tributary to a distribution reservoir.

(c) Class III land includes all land owned by a water company or acquired from a water company through foreclosure or other involuntary transfer of ownership or control which is unimproved land off public drinking supply watersheds and beyond one hundred and fifty feet from a distribution reservoir or first-order stream tributary to a distribution reservoir.

Cited. 3 CA 53.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68d — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68d
Sec. 25-68d. Certification of activity or critical activity within or affecting the floodplain. Application for exemption. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Any state agency proposing an activity or critical activity within or affecting the floodplain shall submit to the commissioner information certifying that:

(1) The proposal will not obstruct flood flows or result in an adverse increase in flood elevations, significantly affect the storage or flood control value of the floodplains, cause an adverse increase in flood velocities, or an adverse flooding impact upon upstream, downstream or abutting properties, or pose a hazard to human life, health or property in the event of a base flood or base flood for a critical activity;

(2) The proposal complies with the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Program, 44 CFR 59 et seq., and any floodplain zoning requirements adopted by a municipality in the area of the proposal and the requirements for stream channel encroachment lines adopted pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-342 ;

(3) The agency has acquired, through public or private purchase or conveyance, easements and property in floodplains when the base flood or base flood for a critical activity is elevated above the increment authorized by the National Flood Insurance Program or the flood storage loss would cause adverse increases in such base flood flows;

(4) The proposal promotes long-term nonintensive floodplain uses and has utilities located to discourage floodplain development;

(5) The agency has considered and will use to the extent feasible flood-proofing techniques to protect new and existing structures and utility lines, will construct dikes, dams, channel alterations, seawalls, breakwaters or other structures only where there are no practical alternatives and will implement stormwater management practices in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 25-68h ; and

(6) The agency has flood forecasting and warning capabilities consistent with the system maintained by the National Weather Service and has a flood preparedness plan.

(c) The commissioner shall make a decision either approving, approving with conditions or rejecting a certification not later than ninety days after receipt of such certification, except that in the case of an exemption any decision shall be made ninety days after the close of the hearing. If a certification is rejected, the agency shall be entitled to a hearing in accordance with the provisions of sections 4-176e , 4-177 , 4-177c and 4-180 .

(d) (1) Any state agency proposing an activity or critical activity within or affecting the floodplain may apply to the commissioner for exemption from the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. Such application shall include a statement of the reasons why such agency is unable to comply with said subsection and any other information the commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner, at least thirty days before approving, approving with conditions or denying any such application, shall publish once in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area notice of: (A) The name of the applicant; (B) the location and nature of the requested exemption; (C) the tentative decision on the application; and (D) additional information the commissioner deems necessary to support the decision to approve, approve with conditions or deny the application. There shall be a comment period following the public notice during which period interested persons and municipalities may submit written comments. After the comment period, the commissioner shall make a final determination to either approve the application, approve the application with conditions or deny the application.

(2) The commissioner may hold a public hearing prior to approving, approving with conditions or denying any application if in the discretion of the commissioner the public interest will be best served thereby, and the commissioner shall hold a public hearing upon receipt of a petition signed by at least twenty-five persons, unless the activity or critical activity is a transportation capital project subject to the provisions of subdivisions (3) and (4) of this subsection. Notice of such hearing shall be published at least thirty days before the hearing in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the area affected. The commissioner may approve or approve with conditions such exemption if the commissioner determines that (A) the agency has shown that the activity or critical activity is in the public interest, will not injure persons or damage property in the area of such activity or critical activity, complies with the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Program, and, in the case of a loan or grant, the recipient of the loan or grant has been informed that increased flood insurance premiums may result from the activity or critical activity. An activity shall be considered to be in the public interest if it is a development subject to environmental remediation regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-133k and is in or adjacent to an area identified as a regional center, neighborhood conservation area, growth area or rural community center in the state plan of conservation and development pursuant to chapter 297, or (B) in the case of a flood control project, such project meets the criteria of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision and is more cost-effective to the state and municipalities than a project constructed to or above the base flood or base flood for a critical activity. Following approval for exemption for a flood control project, the commissioner shall provide notice of the hazards of a flood greater than the capacity of the project design to each member of the legislature whose district will be affected by the project and to the following agencies and officials in the area to be protected by the project: The planning and zoning commission, the inland wetlands agency, the director of civil defense, the conservation commission, the fire department, the police department, the chief elected official and each member of the legislative body, and the regional council of governments. Notice shall be given to the general public by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in each municipality in the area in which the project is to be located.

(3) If the activity or critical activity is a transportation capital project and (A) such project is not located at an airport, as defined in section 15-34 , (B) the federal government requires public participation regarding such activity or critical activity, (C) the state agency proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted such activity or critical activity sought public input on such activity or critical activity by implementing a plan approved by an agency of the federal government, and (D) such state agency submits to the commissioner a copy of the approved plan for public participation, a written summary of the opportunities for public participation that were provided and a copy or record of any comments received regarding such activity or critical activity and how such comments were responded to or addressed, the commissioner shall only be required to hold a public hearing on such application, upon receipt of a petition, signed by at least twenty-five persons, that alleges aggrievement or unreasonable pollution or destruction of the public trust.

(4) For the purposes of subdivision (3) of this subsection, a petition alleges aggrievement or unreasonable pollution or destruction of the public trust if the petition sets forth specific facts that demonstrate that the legal rights, duties or privileges of at least one person who signed the petition will be, or may reasonably be expected to be, affected by such activity or critical activity, or that alleges that the activity or critical activity involves conduct which has, or which is reasonably likely to have, the effect of unreasonably polluting, impairing or destroying the public trust in the air, water or other natural resources of the state. Any such petition shall identify the relevant statutory or regulatory provision with which petitioners claim such activity or critical activity does not satisfy. The commissioner shall provide a copy of any such petition received to the state agency. Not more than seven business days after receipt of such petition, the state agency may object to such petition on the basis that the petition does not contain the specific factual demonstration required by this subdivision. The commissioner shall determine whether the petition satisfies the requirements of this subdivision and shall send notice of such determination, in writing, to the state agency and the person who submitted the petition.

(5) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to modify or limit any requirement of sections 22a-1a to 22a-1h , inclusive, concerning a public scoping process, a public hearing or public participation.

(e) The use of a mill that is located on a brownfield, as defined in section 32-760 , shall be exempt from the certification requirements of subdivision (4) of subsection (b) of this section, provided the agency demonstrates: (1) The activity is subject to the environmental remediation requirements of the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-133k , (2) the activity is limited to the areas of the property where historical mill uses occurred, (3) any critical activity is above the five-hundred-year flood elevation, and (4) the activity complies with the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Program.

(f) The failure of any agency to comply with the provisions of this section or any regulations adopted pursuant to section 25-68c shall be grounds for revocation of the approval of the certification.

(g) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any proposal by the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing or the Department of Economic and Community Development for a project within a drainage basin of less than one square mile.

(h) The provisions of subsections (a) to (d), inclusive, and (f) and (g) of this section shall not apply to the following critical activities above the one-hundred-year flood elevation that involve state funded housing reconstruction, rehabilitation or renovation, provided the state agency that provides funding for such activity certifies that it complies with the provisions of the National Flood Insurance Program and the requirements of this subsection: (1) Projects involving the renovation or rehabilitation of existing housing on the Department of Housing's most recent affordable housing appeals list; (2) construction of minor structures to an existing building for the purpose of providing accessibility to persons with disabilities pursuant to the State Building Code; (3) construction of open decks attached to residential structures, properly anchored in accordance with the State Building Code; (4) the demolition and reconstruction of existing housing for persons and families of low and moderate income, provided there is no increase in the number of dwelling units and (A) such reconstruction is limited to the footprint of the existing foundation of the building or buildings used for such purpose, or which could be used for such purpose subsequent to reconstruction, or (B) such reconstruction is on a parcel of land where the elevation of such land is above the one-hundred-year flood elevation, provided there is no placement of fill within an adopted Federal Emergency Management Agency flood zone.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33d — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33d
Sec. 25-33d. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(a) “Public water system” means any private, municipal or regional utility supplying water to fifteen or more service connections or twenty-five or more persons;

(b) “Public water supply management area” means a region determined by the Commissioner of Public Health to have similar water supply problems and characteristics;

(c) “Exclusive service area” means an area where public water is supplied by one system;

(d) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health;

(e) “Satellite management” means management of a public water supply system by another water company;

(f) “Coordinated water system plan” means (1) the individual water system plans of each public water system within a public water supply management area, filed pursuant to section 25-32d , and (2) an area-wide supplement to such plans developed pursuant to section 25-33h which addresses water system concerns pertaining to the public water supply management area as a whole.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-231 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-231
Sec. 25-231. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Approved river corridor management plan” means a river corridor management plan approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-235 ;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his agent;

(3) “Local drainage basin” means a local drainage basin as referenced on a map entitled “Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut”, published by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981;

(4) “Major state plan” means any of the following: The plan for development of outdoor recreation adopted pursuant to section 22a-21 , the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228 , the state-wide plan for the management of water resources adopted pursuant to section 22a-352 , the state-wide environmental plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-8 , the historic preservation plan adopted under the National Historic Preservation Act, 16 USC 470 et seq., the state-wide facility and capital plan adopted pursuant to section 4b-23 , the state's consolidated plan for housing and community development prepared pursuant to section 8-37t , the water quality management plan adopted under the federal Clean Water Act, 33 USC 1251 et seq., any plans for managing forest resources adopted pursuant to section 23-20 and the Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Compact adopted pursuant to section 26-302 ;

(5) “Member municipality” means a municipality which is a member of a river commission established pursuant to section 25-232 ;

(6) “Person” means person, as defined in section 22a-2 ;

(7) “River advisory board” means any of the following: The Five Mile River Commission established pursuant to section 15-26a , the Connecticut River Gateway Commission established pursuant to section 25-102e , the Connecticut River Assembly established pursuant to section 25-102dd , the Bi-State Pawcatuck River Commission established pursuant to section 25-161 , the Niantic River Gateway Commission established pursuant to section 25-109e , the Housatonic Estuary Commission established pursuant to section 25-170 , the Farmington River Coordinating Committee established pursuant to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Act, 16 USC 1274 et seq., the Shepaug-Bantam River Board or a river committee established pursuant to section 25-203 ;

(8) “River corridor” means any river, river segment or river system, together with its floodplains, wetlands and uplands, contributing overland runoff to such river, river segment or river system;

(9) “River commission” means a river commission established pursuant to section 25-232 ;

(10) “River system” means a river, its tributaries and any lands draining into such river or its tributaries;

(11) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his agent;

(12) “State rivers assessment database” means the state-wide assessment of the state's rivers prepared by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 25-102qq ;

(13) “State plan of conservation and development” means the state plan of conservation and development prepared pursuant to part I of chapter 297;

(14) “Subregional drainage basin” means a subregional drainage basin as referenced on a map entitled “Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut”, published by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981;

(15) “Water-dependent use” means a use which, by its nature or function, requires direct access to, or location in or immediately adjacent to, water and which therefore cannot be located upland, and includes such recreational uses as riverside trails and bicycle paths;

(16) “Use” means agriculture, public and private water supply, power generation, waste assimilation, transportation, recreation, including, but not limited to, boating, swimming, fishing, camping and hiking and residential, commercial, industrial and other water-dependent uses; and

(17) “Resource” means any riparian waters of the state, related fisheries and wildlife habitat and adjacent shorelands, both developed and undeveloped; any vegetation, fish and wildlife; endangered and threatened species, species of special concern and essential habitat identified by the commissioner pursuant to chapter 495; tidal and inland wetlands; unique geologic features; scenic areas; forest lands, as defined in section 23-65f ; agricultural lands, as defined in section 22-26bb ; and archaeological and other historical resources.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68l — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68l
Sec. 25-68l. Awarding of grants.
Status: in_force

(b) If the commissioner finds that any grant awarded pursuant to this section is being used for other purposes or to supplant a previous source of funds, the commissioner may require repayment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33g — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33g
Sec. 25-33g. Assessment of water supply conditions and problems. Exclusive service area boundaries.
Status: in_force

(b) The committee shall establish preliminary exclusive service area boundaries, based on the final assessment, for each public water system within the management area, and may change such boundaries. In establishing exclusive service area boundaries the committee shall solicit comments on such boundaries from municipalities, regional councils of governments, the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and other interested persons within the management area and respond to any comment received. If there is no agreement by the committee on such boundaries, or on a change to such boundaries, the committee shall consult with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. If there is no agreement by the committee after such consultation, the Commissioner of Public Health shall establish or may change such exclusive service area boundaries taking into consideration any water company rights established by statute, special act or administrative decisions. In establishing such boundaries, the commissioner shall maintain existing service areas and consider the orderly and efficient development of public water supplies. In considering any change to exclusive service area boundaries, the commissioner shall maintain existing service areas, consider established exclusive service areas, and consider the orderly and efficient development of public water supplies.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-232 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-232
Sec. 25-232. Establishment of river commissions. Withdrawal of municipality.
Status: in_force

(b) A municipality may join a river commission established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if the subject river flows through the municipality or forms a boundary of the municipality and the legislative body of such municipality adopts an ordinance authorizing such municipality to do so.

(c) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, withdraw from a river commission and thereafter the provisions of sections 25-230 to 25-237 , inclusive, shall not apply to such municipality. A vote on withdrawal shall not be taken until after a public hearing is held at which interested persons have an opportunity to be heard concerning such proposed withdrawal. At least fifteen days before such hearing, notice of the time and place thereof shall be given in a newspaper or newspapers having a substantial circulation in such municipality and any affected area outside such municipality. The map and river corridor protection plan shall be filed for public inspection in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipality holding said hearing at least ten days before such hearing, if such map and plan have been prepared.

(d) If one or more municipalities votes to withdraw from a river commission, such commission shall be required to revise the river corridor management plan and submit it to the commissioner for approval in accordance with the provisions of section 25-235 .

(e) No river commission may be established under this section for any river segment for which a river committee has been established under section 25-203 or which has been designated a federal wild and scenic river.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-43 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-43
Sec. 25-43. Bathing in and pollution of reservoirs. Aircraft on reservoirs. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) No person, after having received notice or after notice has been posted that any reservoir, lake or pond, or any stream tributary thereto, is used for supplying the inhabitants of a town, city or borough with water, shall wash any animal or clothing or other article or allow any animal to enter therein. No person shall cause or allow any pollutant or harmful substance to enter such reservoir, lake, pond or stream, nor shall any person, after receipt of written notice from the municipality, water company, as defined in section 25-32a , or the local director of health having jurisdiction, or their agents, that the same is detrimental to such water supply, permit any such substance to be placed upon land owned, occupied or controlled by such person, so that the same may be carried by rains or freshets or otherwise flow into the water of such reservoir, lake, pond or stream, or allow to be drained any sewage from such land into such water. Any person who violates any provision of this subsection shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

(c) No person shall cause or permit an aircraft, as defined in subdivision (5) of section 15-34 , to land upon, take off from or be operated, kept, parked, garaged, stored or otherwise maintained on any distribution or storage reservoir or on any watercourse tributary to any such reservoir. Any person who violates a provision of this subsection shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.

(d) Any water company, as defined in section 25-32a , aggrieved by a violation of this section may institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district where such reservoir or watercourse tributary is located, either entirely or in part, to recover all damages, expenses and costs incurred by the water company in responding to the violation and the remediation and abatement of any contamination resulting from the violation.

Cited. 100 C. 464; 111 C. 362. Is a valid exercise of police power even though it would deprive one of property right as riparian owner. 123 C. 492.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-156 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483 / Section 25-156
Sec. 25-156. Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc.
Status: in_force

(b) The Long Island Sound Foundation, Inc. shall: (1) Target and promote the coordination and support of research and education activities and public information programs regarding the restoration and protection of Long Island Sound; and (2) receive, disburse and administer gifts, grants, endowments or other funds from any source that supports research and education activities connected with the Long Island Sound ecosystem consistent with the purposes of this section. Recipients of such funds may include nonprofit organizations, civic and community groups, schools, public agencies and the private sector.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-109f — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 478a / Section 25-109f
Sec. 25-109f. Standards for preservation.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissions of each town referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall study the standards established and shall, within ninety days of such submission, submit to its legislative body, recommendations as to whether the town should vote to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k , inclusive. Failure of a commission to make such recommendations within the time limited therefor shall be deemed a recommendation that the town should vote to be so governed. Such legislative body shall vote as to whether the town shall be governed by the provisions of said sections.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33f — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33f
Sec. 25-33f. Water utility coordinating committees. Membership.
Status: in_force

(b) A water utility coordinating committee shall consist of one representative from each public water system with a source of water supply or a service area within the public water supply management area and one representative from each regional council of governments within such area, elected by majority vote of the chief elected officials of the municipalities that are members of such regional council of governments. Each committee shall elect a chairman, adopt and amend, as required, a work plan and schedule for a coordinated plan and adopt rules, including, but not limited to, rules for publication of meeting times and agendas, and for public comment, including notice of a comment period and documentation of responses to comments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-233 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-233
Sec. 25-233. Membership of river commissions. Procedures.
Status: in_force

(b) Prior to transacting any official business, a river commission shall establish written procedures and bylaws for conducting business. Such procedures and bylaws shall be open to public inspection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68m — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68m
Sec. 25-68m. Reports re activities paid for under grant.
Status: in_force

(b) On or before January 1, 2007, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall prepare a report on grants made under section 25-68k for the preceding fiscal year. Each such report shall include: (1) A description of the grants made, including the amount and purposes and the municipalities to which they were made; and (2) any findings or recommendations concerning the operation and effectiveness of the grant program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-34 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-34
Sec. 25-34. Investigation of water or ice supply.
Status: in_force

(b) A copy of any such order shall be mailed to such owner or operator or such person or corporation by certified mail, return receipt requested. Within thirty days of the date of mailing, the recipient of the order may request a hearing to show why the findings in the order are not based on substantial evidence or that the order is an abuse of discretion. Upon receipt of such request, the commissioner shall grant a hearing as soon thereafter as practicable or within ten business days if the order requires immediate compliance. The commissioner shall not grant any request for a hearing at any time thereafter. The order shall be effective on a date set by the commissioner, but the recipient of the order may request a stay of such order pending the decision of the commissioner. Any hearing shall be deemed to be a contested case and held in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. The request for a hearing shall be a condition precedent to an appeal under the provisions of section 25-36 .

Cited. 201 C. 592.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-51 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-51
Sec. 25-51. Injunction against injury to water supply or source.
Status: in_force

Cited. 111 C. 362. Damages for pollution of ice supply. 114 C. 496. Under statutes, owner's use and title may be divested. 123 C. 503.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68c — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68c
Sec. 25-68c. Powers and duties of commissioner.
Status: in_force

(1) To coordinate, monitor and analyze the floodplain management activities of state and local agencies;

(2) To coordinate flood control projects within the state and be the sole initiator of a flood control project with a federal agency;

(3) To act as the primary contact for federal funds for floodplain management activities sponsored by the state;

(4) To regulate actions by state agencies affecting floodplains except conversion by The University of Connecticut of commercial or office structures to an educational structure;

(5) To regulate proposed state actions that impact natural or man-made storm drainage facilities located on property that the commissioner determines to be controlled by the state, including, but not limited to, programs that regulate flood flows within a floodplain and site development that increases peak runoff rates;

(6) To designate a repository for all flood data within the state;

(7) To assist municipalities and state agencies in the development of comprehensive floodplain management programs;

(8) To determine the number and location of state-owned structures and uses by the state in the floodplain and to identify measures to make such structures and uses less susceptible to flooding including flood-proofing or relocation;

(9) To mark or post the floodplains within lands owned, leased or regulated by state agencies in order to delineate past and probable flood heights and to enhance public awareness of flood hazards;

(10) To designate the base flood or base flood for a critical activity where no such base flood is designated by the National Flood Insurance Program. The commissioner may add a freeboard factor to any such designation;

(11) To require that any flood control project be designed to provide protection equal to or greater than the base flood.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-208 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-208
Sec. 25-208. Acquisition of land within designated river corridor by state or municipality.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purposes of preserving or protecting a designated river corridor, a municipality may acquire real property, or any interest therein, within such corridor. Such acquisition may be by purchase, gift or devise. Such municipality is authorized to accept any gift or bequest of money or other personal property to be used to acquire such real property or interest therein, or to meet expenses involved in maintaining such real property.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33e — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33e
Sec. 25-33e. Delineation of public water supply management areas.
Status: in_force

(b) Not more than one year after July 1, 1985, the commissioner, after hearing, shall establish the final priorities, for initiation of the planning process. In establishing such priorities, the commissioner shall consider the existence and severity of the following in each management area: (1) Uncoordinated planning, (2) inadequate water supply, (3) unreliable water service, and (4) any other factor he deems relevant.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-53 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-53
Sec. 25-53. Abatement of nuisance.
Status: in_force

Damages where pleasure resort on shore of lake used as water supply is enjoined. 90 C. 171. Remedy is alternative to that provided by Sec. 25-42. 90 C. 177. Statutes do not evidence a legislative policy to provide compensation in all cases. 123 C. 504.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-238a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-238a
Sec. 25-238a. Farmington River optimum flow. Dam release and holdback requests.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, the Metropolitan District Commission shall release from the Goodwin Dam any amount of water released from the Colebrook Dam based on a request of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in furtherance of the provisions of subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-205 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-205
Sec. 25-205. Approval of river corridor protection plan. Designation of protected river corridor by General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(b) In deciding whether to approve such a map and plan, the commissioner shall consider: (1) Whether such inventory, statement of objectives, map, response to comments and plan were completed in accordance with the requirements of section 25-204 , (2) whether the inventory accurately identifies all resources, especially those of exceptional value, in the local drainage basin, (3) whether the river corridor protection plan would, if implemented, protect and preserve such resources particularly those resources of exceptional value and those resources ranked high in the state rivers assessment data base, (4) whether such plan would, if implemented, reconcile existing incompatible uses with resource protection and preservation and allow for uses which are compatible therewith, (5) whether the river corridor identified in the map prepared pursuant to subsection (c) of section 25-204 comprises sufficient river area and shoreland to implement the river protection plan, (6) whether the river committee adequately responded to public comments on the river corridor protection plan, (7) the comments submitted to the secretary pursuant to subsection (d) of section 25-204 and (8) other information the commissioner deems relevant.

(c) If the secretary finds that any provision of a river corridor protection plan submitted to him in accordance with subsection (a) of this section conflicts with a program, policy or proposed activity of any state agency, he shall act in coordination with the commissioner, the affected state agency and any other interested persons to attempt to resolve the conflict. If the secretary recommends modifications to the map or the river corridor protection plan to resolve any such conflicts, the commissioner shall not approve the plan until it has been revised in accordance with the secretary's recommendations.

(d) The commissioner's approval of a map and river corridor protection plan shall be in writing and shall be filed with the chief elected official of each member municipality and the river committee. If the commissioner denies such approval, the river committee may submit a revised map or river corridor protection plan.

(e) Any revision to a river corridor protection plan approved or rejected by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements of sections 25-200 to 25-210 , inclusive, for the original submittal provided that approval of the General Assembly shall not be required for revision of a plan for a river corridor previously designated pursuant to this section. A revision of an approved river corridor protection plan shall not be effective until such revision has been approved by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(f) The commissioner may periodically review an approved map and approved river corridor protection plan and recommend revisions. The river committee shall review an approved map and plan at least once every five years after their approval, and shall revise such map or plan as appropriate and in accordance with the requirements of section 25-204 .

(g) Upon approval of a map and river corridor protection plan pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall recommend to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment that the General Assembly enact a law designating the river corridor which is the subject of such map and plan and providing for the protection and preservation of such corridor in accordance with the provisions of sections 25-200 to 25-210 , inclusive. At any time prior to designation of the river corridor by law, any municipality, by vote of its legislative body, may withdraw from the river committee and, after such designation, the provisions of sections 25-200 to 25-210 , inclusive, shall not apply to such municipality. A vote for withdrawal shall not be taken until after a public hearing on a proposed withdrawal at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given in a newspaper or newspapers having a substantial circulation in such municipality at least fifteen days before such hearing. The map and river corridor protection plan shall be filed for public inspection in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipality holding said hearing at least ten days before such hearing.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33o — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33o
Sec. 25-33o. Water Planning Council: Composition, duties, advisory group, report.
Status: in_force

(b) The Water Planning Council shall conduct a study, in consultation with representatives of water companies, municipalities, agricultural groups, environmental groups and other water users, that shall include the following issues: (1) The financial viability, market structure, reliability of customer service and managerial competence of water companies; (2) fair and reasonable water rates; (3) protection and appropriate allocation of the state's water resources while providing for public water supply needs; (4) the adequacy and quality of the state's drinking water supplies to meet current and future needs; (5) an inventory of land and land use by water companies; (6) the status of current withdrawals, projected withdrawals, river flows and the future needs of water users; (7) methods for measurement and estimations of natural flows in Connecticut waterways in order to determine standards for stream flows that will protect the ecology of the state's rivers and streams; (8) the status of river flows and available data for measuring river flows; (9) the streamlining of the water diversion permit process; (10) coordination between the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health in review of applications for water diversion; and (11) the procedure for coordination of planning of public water supply systems established in sections 25-33c to 25-33j , inclusive. Such study shall be conducted on both a regional and state-wide level.

(c) The council may establish an advisory group that shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The advisory group shall be balanced between consumptive and nonconsumptive interests. The advisory group may include representatives of (1) regional and municipal water utilities, (2) regional councils of governments, (3) investor-owned water utilities, (4) a wastewater system, (5) agricultural interests, (6) electric power generation interests, (7) business and industry interests, (8) environmental land protection interests, (9) environmental river protection interests, (10) boating interests, (11) fisheries interests, (12) recreational interests, (13) endangered species protection interests, (14) members of academia with expertise in stream flow, public health and ecology, and (15) a public health district.

(d) The council shall, not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2015, report its preliminary findings and any proposed legislative changes to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, the environment and public utilities in accordance with section 11-4a , except that not later than February 1, 2004, the council shall report its recommendations in accordance with this subsection with regard to (1) a water allocation plan based on water budgets for each watershed, (2) funding for water budget planning, giving priority to the most highly stressed watersheds, and (3) the feasibility of merging the data collection and regulatory functions of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's inland water resources program and the Department of Public Health's water supplies section. On and after January 1, 2016, the council shall report in accordance with subsection (i) of section 22a-352 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-126 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 482 / Section 25-126
Sec. 25-126. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Well” means an artificial excavation or opening in the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn;

(2) “Abandoned well” means a well whose use has been permanently discontinued;

(3) “Groundwater” means subsurface water;

(4) “Well drilling” means and includes the industry, procedure and all operations engaged in by any person, full time or part time, for compensation or otherwise, to obtain water from a well or wells by drilling, or other methods, for any purpose or use;

(5) “Well driller” means a person who engages in well drilling;

(6) “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or organization, or any combination thereof;

(7) “Board” means the examining board for plumbing and piping work;

(8) “Water-supply well” means a well constructed for the purpose of obtaining or providing water for drinking or other domestic, industrial, commercial, agricultural or recreational use;

(9) “Non-water-supply well” means any well other than a water-supply well.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-170 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483b / Section 25-170
Sec. 25-170. Commission authorized. Membership. Duties.
Status: in_force

(b) The commission may study any issues relating to the Housatonic River and may make such recommendations as may be necessary to maintain, protect and restore the resources of the estuary of the Housatonic River. The commission shall consider the adverse impact any action proposed in or for the Housatonic River estuary may have upon the marine resources of said river. The commission may prepare and submit a report to the local legislative bodies of the towns represented on said commission.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-201 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-201
Sec. 25-201. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Approved map” means a map approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-205 ;

(2) “Approved river corridor protection plan” means a river corridor protection plan approved by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-205 ;

(3) “Clear cutting” means removal of all standing woody vegetation greater than one inch diameter at breast height within a designated river corridor;

(4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his agent;

(5) “Designation” means designation, by act of the General Assembly, of a river corridor for protection and preservation in accordance with an approved river corridor protection plan and the provisions of sections 25-200 to 25-210 , inclusive;

(6) “Designated river corridor” means that portion of a river corridor defined on a map prepared in accordance with section 25-204 and which has been designated by the General Assembly pursuant to sections 25-200 to 25-210 , inclusive;

(7) “Eligible river corridor” means a river corridor which is included on the list adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-202 ;

(8) “Local drainage basin” means a local drainage basin referenced on a map entitled “Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut”, published by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981;

(9) “Member municipality” means a municipality which is a member of a river committee established pursuant to section 25-203 ;

(10) “Major state plan” means the plan for development of outdoor recreation adopted pursuant to section 22a-21 , the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228 , the state-wide plan for the management of water resources adopted pursuant to section 22a-352 , the state-wide environmental plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-8 , the plan for the disposal of dredged material for Long Island Sound, the historic preservation plan adopted under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, the state-wide facility and capital plan adopted pursuant to section 4b-23 , the water quality management plan adopted under the federal Clean Water Act, the marine resources management plan, the plan for managing forest resources, the wildlife management plans and the salmon restoration plan;

(11) “Person” means person as defined in section 22a-2 ;

(12) “River corridor” means any river, river segment or river system, together with its floodplains, wetlands and uplands, contributing overland runoff to such river, river segment or river system;

(13) “River committee” means a river committee established pursuant to section 25-203 ;

(14) “River system” means a river, its tributaries and any lands draining into such river or its tributaries;

(15) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management or his agent;

(16) “State rivers assessment database” means the state-wide assessment of the state's rivers prepared by the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (3) of subsection (c) of section 25-102qq ;

(17) “State plan of conservation and development” means the state plan of conservation and development prepared pursuant to part I of chapter 297;

(18) “Subregional drainage basin” means a subregional drainage basin as depicted on a map entitled “Natural Drainage Basins of Connecticut”, published by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 1981; and

(19) “Water-dependent use” means a use which, by its nature or function, requires direct access to, or location in or immediately adjacent to, water and which therefore cannot be located upland and shall include such recreational uses as riverside trails and bicycle paths.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-203 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-203
Sec. 25-203. Establishment of river committees.
Status: in_force

(b) At the request of a municipality, the commissioner may add such municipality to a river committee. A request under this section shall be accompanied by a list of prospective committee members as specified in subsection (a) of this section.

(c) Prior to transacting any official business, a river committee shall establish written procedures for conducting business. Such procedures shall be open to public inspection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-157n — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483 / Section 25-157n
Sec. 25-157n. Bi-State Long Island Sound Commission. Legislative findings. Establishment. Duties. Expenses. Effective date.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established a Bi-State Long Island Sound Commission which shall consist of the Governors of the states of Connecticut and New York, or their designees, and in addition, seven members who are residents of Connecticut and seven members who are residents of New York. The seven Connecticut members shall be appointed to two-year terms as follows: (1) One appointed by the Governor, (2) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, (3) one appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, (4) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, (5) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, (6) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, and (7) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives. The Governors of the states of Connecticut and New York, or their designees, shall serve as cochairpersons of said commission, ex officio, unless the commission members select other chairpersons by majority vote. In no event shall the cochairpersons be from the same state.

(c) Said commission shall (1) review and consider major environmental, ecological and energy issues involving Long Island Sound and the lower Hudson River Valley, provided the commission's review and consideration of issues involving the valley shall be limited to issues in the valley that affect Long Island Sound, (2) seek consensus on strategies and policies concerning such issues, and (3) make recommendations for administrative and legislative action to implement such strategies and policies. Said commission shall meet not later than October 1, 2009, and not less than quarterly thereafter, at a time, date and place to be determined by the cochairpersons.

(d) Said commission shall be within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for administrative purposes only, and the expenses for said commission shall be borne equally by the states of Connecticut and New York.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to supplant or supersede any statutory or regulatory authority of any state or municipal agency concerning projects, policies or activities of said commission.

(f) The provisions of this section shall take effect upon enactment by the state of New York of legislation having like effect.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-202 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-202
Sec. 25-202. Eligible river corridors.
Status: in_force

(b) A river corridor may be included on such list if the commissioner determines that (1) the river corridor is substantially undeveloped or rural in character, (2) the river corridor has been highly rated in the state rivers assessment data bank for its natural, archaeological, scenic or recreational values and (3) existing uses of the river corridor are compatible with preservation of such values.

(c) After compiling a draft list of eligible river corridors, the commissioner shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area notice of thirty days opportunity to submit comments to the commissioner regarding the list, and of the time and place of a public hearing. Such notice shall be published at least thirty days prior to the date of the hearing. After considering all comments made, the commissioner shall revise the list as appropriate and adopt such revised list, and shall furnish a copy thereof to the chief elected official of each municipality in the affected area. The commissioner may subsequently add or delete river corridors from the list in accordance with the procedures specified in this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-36 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-36
Sec. 25-36. Orders of department; appeals; civil penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided otherwise in this part, upon the failure of any person or corporation to comply with any order made under the provisions of this part, the Attorney General, upon request of the Commissioner of Public Health, may bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to obtain enforcement of the order by the court. All actions brought by the Attorney General pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191 . The court may issue such orders as are necessary to obtain compliance with the order of the department and shall impose a civil penalty not exceeding five thousand dollars per day commencing from the date compliance was ordered.

Subsec. (a):

Court does not have jurisdiction over appeal of order delineating exclusive public water supply system boundaries within public water supply management area since hearing not required and therefore order not a contested case under Sec. 4-183. 80 CA 248.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-109i — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 478a / Section 25-109i
Sec. 25-109i. Withdrawal of town by referendum. Reinstatement by referendum.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any decision of a town not to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k , inclusive, taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such town may vote to again be so governed by petition and referendum as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102m — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477a / Section 25-102m
Sec. 25-102m. Standards and criteria for private residential docks and piers and management of scenic resources and visual impacts.
Status: in_force

(b) The standards and criteria recommended pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be jointly submitted for approval to the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation. The commissioners shall approve or reject each recommendation not more than one hundred twenty days after submission.

(c) A harbor management commission established pursuant to section 22a-113k from a member town of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission established pursuant to section 25-102e may adopt any standard or criterion approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section as part of its harbor management plan adopted pursuant to chapter 444a.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102dd — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477c / Section 25-102dd
Sec. 25-102dd. Connecticut River Assembly. Membership. Withdrawal.
Status: in_force

(b) There shall be a Connecticut River Assembly consisting of: The Governor or his designee and one alternate member; one member and one alternate member of each municipality listed in subsection (a) of this section, appointed by the legislative body of such municipality; one member and one alternate member of the Capitol Region Council of Governments appointed by said council; one member and one alternate member of the Mid-State Regional Planning Agency appointed by said agency. Within sixty days after October 1, 1982, members and alternates shall be appointed who shall serve for a term of three years or until a successor is appointed and has qualified. An alternate member may vote on matters before the assembly in the absence of the member for whom he is an alternate. The initial terms of members shall commence when eight of the municipalities listed in subsection (a) of this section have appointed a member and an alternate member and the initial terms of members for municipalities which appoint a member and an alternate member at a later date shall be concurrent with the terms of those already members of the assembly. Any vacancy on the assembly shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall be for a period of three years. No member shall receive any compensation for service on said assembly. Said assembly shall elect from its members a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary and shall establish its own rules of procedure.

(c) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, withdraw from the assembly and, one year after such vote, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to such municipality. A vote for withdrawal shall not be taken until after a public hearing on a proposed withdrawal at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given in a newspaper or newspapers having a substantial circulation in such municipality at least fifteen days before such hearing. The findings and recommendations of the assembly and the conservation zone prepared pursuant to special act 79-77, as amended by special act 81-1, shall be filed for public inspection in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipality holding said hearing at least ten days before such hearing.

(d) A municipality which has withdrawn from membership on the assembly may again become a member by a vote taken in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32a
Sec. 25-32a. “Consumer” and “water company” defined.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 25-32n re exclusion of municipality with well water service to a school administration building from consideration as a water company.

Trial court properly construed term “municipality” under section to include the town, rather than limiting it to town's water division as a separate entity, thus subjecting town to department's jurisdiction. 262 C. 758.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-98a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-98a
Sec. 25-98a. Taking or acquisition of certain municipal property by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for flood control and protection. Requirements. Removal or relocation of public service facility. Order.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever the Commissioner of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that the construction, operation, maintenance, repair or reconstruction of the property described in subdivision (3) of subsection (a) of this section or the flood control and protection improvements thereon, would necessitate the readjustment, relocation or removal of a public service facility, as defined in section 13a-126 , the commissioner may issue a readjustment, relocation or removal order to the company, corporation or municipality owning or operating such public service facility and such company, corporation or municipality shall readjust, relocate or remove such public service facility promptly, in accordance with such order, provided an equitable share of the cost of such readjustment, relocation or removal, including the cost of installing and constructing a public service facility of equal capacity in a new location, shall be borne by the state, within available appropriations, and calculated in accordance with section 13a-126 , as applied to state highways other than limited access highways.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-199b — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483aa / Section 25-199b
Sec. 25-199b. (Formerly Sec. 25-178). Designation of the Farmington River within the national wild and scenic rivers system.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall cooperate with all relevant federal, state and local agencies to provide for such designation and to implement any management plan developed in accordance with the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Upon the designation of the river segment by Congress, the commissioner shall notify the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment regarding any statutory changes necessary to implement the preservation and conservation of the river segment in accordance with the federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The commissioner shall cause a copy of this section to be delivered to all United States Representatives and Senators representing Connecticut in the Congress of the United States.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-109e — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 478a / Section 25-109e
Sec. 25-109e. Niantic River Gateway Commission established.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the commission may: (1) Acquire or convey by purchase, gift, lease, devise, exchange or otherwise, any land or interest therein including, but not limited to, conservation easements, located wholly or partly in the conservation zone, provided such acquisition does not utilize funds furnished by the state; (2) transfer, with the approval of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, any land or interest therein to the state with or without consideration, provided any funds received therefor shall not be deemed funds furnished by the state for the purposes of this section; and (3) contribute or transfer funds to, and enter into agreements with, land trusts or other conservation organizations, to carry out the purposes of sections 25-109c to 25-109k , inclusive. The commission shall report to the General Assembly, on or before February fifteenth, annually, on its activities of the preceding year and on its finances. The existence of the commission shall terminate at such time as each of its member towns has withdrawn or it is abolished by the General Assembly.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-44 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-44
Sec. 25-44. Appointment of special police.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 29-19 re special policemen for utility and transportation companies.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-86 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-86
Sec. 25-86. Taking of property.
Status: in_force

Cited. 151 C. 312.

Cited. 1 CA 417.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-43c — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-43c
Sec. 25-43c. Permitted recreation in watersheds and reservoirs.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Public Health, upon application by a water company, may issue to such company a permit authorizing recreational activities on storage and distribution reservoirs or aquifer protection areas. Any person who engages in any recreational activity which involves the use of a boat on reservoirs which are wholly owned by a water company shall use boats owned by said water company. If, in the opinion of the commissioner, the proposed recreational activities may have a significant adverse impact upon the applicant's water supply, said commissioner may, within thirty days of receipt of a complete permit application, refer such application for detailed review to a consultant, chosen by the commissioner, with skills in the fields of water supply, hydrology, aquatic biology, forestry, geology, planning or other related fields, whose fee shall be paid by the applicant. The commissioner shall notify the applicant of such referral. The permit shall be issued subject to any terms or conditions the commissioner deems necessary to maintain the purity of the water in such storage and distribution reservoirs or aquifer protection areas. The commissioner may approve the use of electric motors with sealed storage batteries in a storage or distribution reservoir with an existing approved fishing program, provided such reservoir has conventional filtration treatment and is adequately supervised at all times when electric motors are in use, subject to monitoring, inspection and reporting by the water company satisfactory to the commissioner. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing criteria for such recreational activities on storage and distribution reservoirs or aquifer protection areas and for monitoring the water quality thereof. The Commissioner of Public Health shall prohibit fishing and recreational activities in those cases where treatment facilities are deemed inadequate by the commissioner to properly safeguard the health of persons drinking the water.

(c) Water companies are empowered, after consultation with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, to issue permits and to charge fees for the issuance of such permits in order to reimburse such companies for the cost to them of such fishing and other recreational activities in public water supply storage and distribution reservoirs and on the watersheds of such public water supply storage and distribution reservoirs or within aquifer protection areas.

(d) All public water supply reservoirs constructed on or after January 1, 1975, except for such reservoirs as may be under construction before January 1, 1975, shall have such water treatment or purification facilities as the Commissioner of Public Health determines are necessary to assure the purity of the water supplies from sources in such reservoirs in which sport fishing is permitted or in watersheds of such reservoirs in which such recreational activities are permitted as provided in this section, provided nothing in this section shall be deemed to permit any recreational use of an existing reservoir or of the watershed land of such reservoir which use would require the installation of new water treatment or purification facilities.

(e) No water company shall be liable in damages except with respect to wilful or wanton conduct for injury or property damage to any person who enters upon its lands or waters under the provisions of this section.