Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32d — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32d
Sec. 25-32d. Water supply plans.
Status: in_force

(b) Any water supply plan submitted pursuant to this section shall evaluate the water supply needs in the service area of the water company submitting the plan and propose a strategy to meet such needs. The plan shall include: (1) A description of existing water supply systems; (2) an analysis of future water supply demands; (3) an assessment of alternative water supply sources which may include sources receiving sewage and sources located on state land; (4) contingency procedures for public drinking water supply emergencies, including emergencies concerning the contamination of water, the failure of a water supply system or the shortage of water; (5) a recommendation for new water system development; (6) a forecast of any future land sales, an identification which includes the acreage and location of any land proposed to be sold, sources of public water supply to be abandoned and any land owned by the company which it has designated, or plans to designate, as class III land; (7) provisions for strategic groundwater monitoring; (8) an analysis of the impact of water conservation practices and a strategy for implementing supply and demand management measures; (9) on and after January 1, 2004, an evaluation of source water protection measures for all sources of the water supply, based on the identification of critical lands to be protected and incompatible land use activities with the potential to contaminate a public drinking water source; and (10) a brief summary of the water company's underground infrastructure replacement practices, which may include current and future infrastructure needs, methods by which projects are identified and prioritized for rehabilitation and replacement and funding needs.

(c) For security and safety reasons, procedures for sabotage prevention and response shall be provided separately from the water supply plan as a confidential document to the Department of Public Health. Such procedures shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 . Additionally, procedures for sabotage prevention and response that are established by municipally owned water companies shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 .

(d) Any water supply plan, including any subsequent revisions to such plan, submitted by a water company pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a redacted copy of such plan, or subsequent revision to such plan. When submitting a redacted copy of a water supply plan, a water company shall redact the information exempted from disclosure under subsection (e) of this section.

(e) The following records filed with any public agency by a water company are confidential and shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200 :

(1) Cybersecurity plans and measures, supervisory control and data acquisition systems, information and communications systems, system access codes and specifications, vulnerability assessments, internal security audits, security manuals, security training or security reports, including, but not limited to, security assessments, plans and procedures, operational and design specifications of water and sewage treatment facility security systems or risk management plans;

(2) Emergency contingency plans and emergency preparedness plans, incident management plans, response, recovery and mitigation plans or critical customer lists, including plans provided by a person to a federal or state agency or a federal, state or local emergency management agency or official, or documents or portions of documents that identify or describe procedures for sabotage prevention and response, except drought management and response plans shall be subject to disclosure;

(3) Design drawings or maps identifying specific locations, detailed schematics and construction details of wells, source water intakes, water mains, tunnels, storage facilities, water and sewage treatment facilities or pump stations and pressure reducing stations, and other distribution system pressure and flow control valves and facilities, provided information regarding general location of water mains, wells and interconnections shall be subject to disclosure;

(4) Dam specifications or dam safety documents described in sections 22a-401 to 22a-411 , inclusive, including (A) inspections reports, engineering studies or reports, drawings, plans and specifications detailing construction or rehabilitation, and (B) emergency action plans prepared pursuant to section 22a-411a including plans provided to a federal or state agency or a federal, state or local emergency response or emergency management agency or official;

(5) Building floor or structural plans, specifications of structural elements or building security systems or codes;

(6) Detailed network topology maps;

(7) Specific locations of or specifications regarding electrical power, standby generators or fuel systems for water system facilities, except that general information regarding electrical power, standby generators or fuel systems for water system facilities may be disclosed;

(8) Operational specifications, schematics and procedures of water and sewage treatment plant processes and associated equipment and chemicals, including, but not limited to, facility use of chlorine gas storage and delivery and the location of chemicals, except that a general description of any such treatment plant may be disclosed;

(9) Logs or other documents that contain information regarding the movement or assignment of water system and sewage treatment facilities and security personnel;

(10) Distribution system hydraulic models; or

(11) Any other record if there are reasonable grounds to believe the disclosure of such record may result in a safety risk. Upon request by the water company, such record may be reviewed by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the chief executive officer of the executive branch state agency or municipal water or sewage treatment entity that has custody of such record, to determine if such reasonable grounds exist.

(f) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Such regulations shall include a method for calculating safe yield, the contents of emergency contingency plans and water conservation plans, the contents of an evaluation of source water protection measures, a process for approval, modification or rejection of plans submitted pursuant to this section, a schedule for submission of the plans and a mechanism for determining the completeness of the plan. The plan shall be deemed complete if the commissioner does not request additional information within ninety days after the date on which the plan was submitted or, in the event that additional information has been requested, within forty-five days after the submission of such information, except that the commissioner may request an additional thirty days beyond the time in which the application is deemed complete to further determine completeness. In determining whether the water supply plan is complete, the commissioner may request only information that is specifically required by regulation. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in the case of any plan which may impact any water company regulated by that agency, shall have ninety days upon notice that a plan is deemed complete to comment on the plan.

(g) Any water company, when submitting any plan or revision or amendment of a plan after July 1, 1998, which involves a forecast of land sales, abandonment of any water supply source, sale of any lands, or land reclassification, shall provide notice, return receipt requested, to the chief elected official of each municipality in which the land or source is located, the Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land and the Land Trust Service Bureau and any organization on the list prepared under subsection (b) of section 16-50c . Such notice shall specify any proposed abandonment of a source of water supply, any proposed changes to land sales forecasts or any land to be designated as class III land in such plan. Such notice shall specify the location and acreage proposed for sale or reclassification as class III land and identify sources to be abandoned and shall be provided no later than the date of submission of such plan or revision. Such notice shall indicate that public comment on such plan or revision shall be received by the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection not later than sixty days after the date of notice. The Commissioner of Public Health shall take such comment into consideration in making any determination or approval under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-129 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 482 / Section 25-129
Sec. 25-129. Certificate of registration. Insurance requirement. Limited contractor and limited journeyperson well casing extension certificates of registration. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) A well drilling contractor shall place in a conspicuous location on both sides of his well drilling machine his registration number in letters not less than two inches high.

(c) A governmental unit engaged in water-supply well drilling shall be registered under this chapter, but shall be exempt from paying the registration fees. A governmental unit engaged in non-water-supply well drilling shall be exempt from the requirements for registration under this chapter if the drilling is done by regular employees of, and with equipment owned by, the unit and the work is on non-water-supply wells intended for use by the governmental unit.

(d) This chapter shall not restrict a plumber or electrician from engaging in the trade for which he has been licensed.

(e) (1) A certificate of registration may be refused, or a certificate of registration duly issued may be suspended or revoked, or the renewal thereof refused by the board if said board has good and sufficient reason to believe or finds that the applicant for or the holder of such a certificate has: (A) Made a material misstatement in the application for a registration of any application for renewal thereof; or (B) obtained the registration through wilful fraud or misrepresentation; or (C) demonstrated gross incompetency to act as a well driller; or (D) been guilty of failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or the State Well Drilling Code, as from time to time amended; or (E) refused to file reports of wells drilled as required by subsection (a) of section 25-131 ; or (F) been found guilty by the board, the Commissioner of Public Health or by a court of competent jurisdiction, of any fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetency or misconduct in the industry, operations or business of well drilling.

(2) Before any certificate of registration shall be refused, suspended or revoked, or the renewal thereof refused, the board shall give notice of the intended action and afford opportunity for hearing in accordance with regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Appeal from the decisions of the board may be taken in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .

(4) After one year from the date of refusal or revocation of a registration, application to register may be made again by the person affected.

(f) The department shall prepare a roster of all registered well drillers and distribute it annually to the local director of health or his agent and the building inspector, if there is one, of each town. The posting of such roster on the Department of Consumer Protection's Internet web site shall constitute compliance with the requirements of this section.

(g) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the board, shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish certificates of registration for limited contractor and limited journeyperson well casing extension. Such certificates of registration shall permit persons licensed to perform plumbing and piping work pursuant to chapter 393 to perform well casing extension, repair and maintenance work. Upon initial application, an applicant shall demonstrate knowledge of well casing extension, repair and maintenance work by passing an examination subject to the provisions of section 20-333 . The applicant shall pay a registration fee of fifty dollars upon initial application and an annual renewal registration fee of fifty dollars. A certificate of registration under this subsection is nontransferable and expires annually.

See Sec. 21a-4(c) re fines for late registration renewals.

See Sec. 21a-10(b) re staggered schedule for registration renewals.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-120 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 480 / Section 25-120
Sec. 25-120. Compact.
Status: in_force

ARTICLE I

FINDINGS

The northeastern part of the United States is by virtue of geographic location and other characteristics a great natural resource area which, with more intense use of natural resources, increasingly requires coordinated planning as a basic ingredient of effective resource management and orderly growth of the region. The work of the New England-New York Interagency Committee demonstrated that a continuation and furtherance of activities such as those undertaken by it would be of great value. To this end, it is the intent of this compact to establish and provide for the operation of a joint agency for the Northeast.

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

It is the purpose of this compact to provide, in the northeastern region, improved facilities and procedures for the coordination of the policies, programs, and activities of the United States, the several states, and private persons or entities, in the field of water and related land resources, and to study, investigate and plan the development and use of the same and conservation of such water and related land resources; to provide means by which conflicts may be resolved; and to provide procedures for coordination of the interests of all public and private agencies, persons and entities in the field of water and related land resources; and to provide an organization for cooperation in such coordination on both the federal and state levels of government.

ARTICLE III

CREATION OF COMMISSION

There is hereby created the Northeastern Resources Commission, hereinafter called the commission.

ARTICLE IV

MEMBERSHIP

The commission shall consist of one member from each party state to be appointed and to serve, in accordance with and subject to the laws of the state which he represents, and seven members representing departments or related land resources development to be appointed and to serve in such manner as may be provided by the laws of the United States.

ARTICLE V

FUNCTIONS

It shall be the responsibility of the commission to recommend to the states and the United States, or any intergovernmental agency, changes in law or policy which would promote coordination, or resolution of problems, in the field of water and related land resources. The efforts of the commission in coordination of work and resolution of conflicts may be directed towards all state and federal activities involved in water and related land resources development responsibilities and shall include coordination of the following:

(1) Collection and interpretation of basic data

(2) Investigation and planning of water and related land resources projects

(3) Programming (including scheduling) of water and related land resources construction and development

(4) Encouraging of the referral of plans or proposals for resources projects to the commission.

The commission shall use qualified public and private agencies to make investigations and conduct research in the field of water and related land resources, but if it is unable to secure the undertaking of such investigations or original research by a qualified public or private agency, it shall have the power to make its own investigations and conduct its own research. The commission may make contracts with any public or private agencies or private persons or entities for the undertaking of such investigations, or original research within its purview.

ARTICLE VI

VOTING

No action of the commission respecting the internal management thereof shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the members are present and vote in favor thereof: Provided that any action not binding for such a reason may be ratified within thirty days by the concurrence in writing of a majority of the commission membership. No action of the commission respecting a matter other than its internal management shall be binding unless taken at a meeting at which a majority of the state members and a majority of the members representing the United States are present and a majority of said state members together with a majority of said members representing the United States vote in favor thereof: Provided that any action not binding for such a reason may be ratified within thirty days by the concurrence in writing of a majority of the state members and the concurrence in writing of a majority of the members representing the United States.

ARTICLE VII

FINANCES

A. The commission shall submit to the governor or designated officer of each party state a request for funds to cover estimated expenditures for such period as may be required by the laws of that jurisdiction for presentation to the legislature thereof. Any such request shall indicate the sum or sums which the commission has requested or intends to request be appropriated by the United States for the use or support of the commission during the period covered thereof.

B. With due regard for such moneys and other assistance as may be made available to it, the commission shall be provided with such funds by each of the several states participating therein to provide the means of establishing and maintaining facilities, a staff of personnel, and such activities as may be necessary to fulfill the powers and duties imposed upon and entrusted to the commission.

With due allowance for moneys otherwise available, each budget of the commission shall be the responsibility of the party states, to be apportioned among them on a weighted formula based 50% on population and 50% on gross land area, such population and gross land area to be determined in accordance with the last official U.S. Census of Population, but provided that the total contributions of all of the states shall not be required to exceed $50,000 annually and provided further that regardless of the number of states party to the compact at any time the maximum annual contribution required of any state shall not exceed its share of the $50,000 as determined above. Any state may contribute such funds in excess of its share, as determined above, as it may desire.

C. The commission shall not pledge the credit of any jurisdiction. The commission may meet any of its obligations in whole or in part with funds available to it under Article VIII (E) of this compact, provided that the commission takes specific action setting aside such funds prior to the incurring of any obligation to be met in whole or in part in such manner.

D. The members of the commission shall be paid by the commission their actual expenses incurred and incident to the performance of their duties, subject to the approval of the commission.

E. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements. The receipts and disbursements of the commission shall be subject to the audit and accounting procedures established under its bylaws. However, all receipts and disbursements of funds handled by the commission shall be audited by a qualified public accountant and the report of the audit shall be included in and become a part of the annual report of the commission.

F. The accounts of the commission shall be open at any reasonable time for inspection by such agency, representative, or representatives of the jurisdictions which appropriate funds to the commission.

ARTICLE VIII

ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT

A. The commission may sue and be sued, and shall have a seal.

B. The commission shall elect annually, from among its members, a chairman, vice-chairman and treasurer. The commission shall appoint an executive director who shall also act as secretary, and together with the treasurer, shall be bonded in such amounts as the commission may require.

C. The commission shall appoint and remove or discharge such personnel as may be necessary for the performance of its functions irrespective of any civil service laws which might otherwise apply. The commission shall establish and maintain, independently, by contract or agreement with the United States or an agency thereof, or in conjunction with any one or more of the party states, suitable retirement programs for its employees. Employees of the commission shall be eligible for Social Security coverage in respect to Old Age and Survivors Insurance provided that the commission takes such steps as may be necessary pursuant to federal law to participate in such program of insurance as a governmental agency or unit. The commission may establish and maintain or participate in such additional programs of employee benefits as may be appropriate to afford employees of the commission terms and conditions of employment similar to those enjoyed by employees of the party states generally.

D. The commission may borrow, accept or contract for the services of personnel from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, from any intergovernmental agency, or from any institution, person, firm or corporation.

E. The commission may accept for any of its purposes and functions under this compact any and all appropriations, donations, and grants of money, equipment, supplies, materials and services, conditional or otherwise, from any state or the United States or any subdivision or agency thereof, or intergovernmental agency, or any institution, person, firm or corporation, and may receive, utilize and dispose of the same.

F. The commission may establish and maintain such facilities as may be necessary for the transacting of its business. The commission may accept, hold, and convey real and personal property and any interest therein.

G. The commission may adopt, amend, and rescind bylaws, rules and regulations for the conduct of its business.

H. The commission shall make and transmit annually, to the legislature and governor of each party state, and to the President and Congress of the United States, a report covering the activities of the commission for the preceding year, and embodying such recommendations as may have been adopted by the commission. The commission may issue such additional reports as it may deem desirable.

ARTICLE IX

OTHER COMPACTS AND ACTIVITIES

Nothing in this compact shall be construed to impair, or otherwise affect, the jurisdiction of any interstate agency in which any party state participates nor to abridge, impair, or otherwise affect the provisions of any compact to which any one or more of the party states may be a party, nor to supersede, diminish, or otherwise affect any obligation assumed under any such compact. Nor shall anything in this compact be construed to discourage additional interstate compacts among some or all of the party states for the management of natural resources, or the coordination of activities with respect to a specific natural resource or any aspect of natural resource management, or for the establishment of intergovernmental planning agencies in subareas of the region. Nothing in this compact shall be construed to limit the jurisdiction or activities of any participating government, agency, or officer thereof, or any private person or agency.

ARTICLE X

ENACTMENT

A. This compact shall become effective when entered into and enacted into law by any three of the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, and with the approval of the Congress of the United States and when the United States has provided by law for the designation of its representation on the commission. Thereafter it shall become effective with respect to any other aforementioned state upon its enacting this compact into law.

B. Upon consent of the Congress of the United States of America, any other state in the northeastern area may become a party to this compact, by entering into and enacting this compact into law.

ARTICLE XI

WITHDRAWAL

This compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each party state until renounced by it. Renunciation of this compact must be preceded by sending three years' notice in writing of intention to withdraw from the compact to the governor of each of the other states party hereto and to such officers or agencies of the United States as may be designated by federal law.

ARTICLE XII

CONSTRUCTION AND SEVERABILITY

The provisions of this compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision of this compact is declared to be unconstitutional or the applicability thereof, to any state, agency, person, or circumstances is held invalid, the constitutionality of the remainder of this compact and the applicability thereof to any other state, agency, person or circumstance shall not be affected thereby. It is the legislative intent that the provisions of this compact be reasonably and liberally construed.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102t — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477b / Section 25-102t
Sec. 25-102t. Oil spill containment and removal within lower Connecticut River area.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall (1) provide and maintain necessary equipment and train adequate emergency response personnel for the purpose of oil spill containment and removal within the lower Connecticut River and adjacent shoreline area; and (2) assist in and coordinate the development of oil spill containment and removal contingency plans for the towns located within the lower Connecticut River and adjacent shoreline area.

See Sec. 22a-449 re water pollution control powers of the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32g — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32g
Sec. 25-32g. Orders to correct immediate threats to public water supplies.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 52-473a re court order enjoining or restraining enforcement of commissioner's cease and desist order.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102e — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477a / Section 25-102e
Sec. 25-102e. Connecticut River Gateway Commission established. Funds held in custody.
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, 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 this chapter. 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 all of its member towns have withdrawn or it is abolished by the General Assembly.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33k — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33k
Sec. 25-33k. Abandonment of source of water supply. Definition. Application and notification to municipalities. Basis for commissioner's decision.
Status: in_force

(b) No source of water supply shall be abandoned by a water company or other entity without a permit from the Commissioner of Public Health. A water company or other entity shall apply for such permit in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. Not later than thirty days before filing an application for such permit, the applicant shall notify the chief elected official of any municipality and any local health department or district in which such source of supply is located. Not later than sixty days after receipt of such notification, the municipality or municipalities and local health departments or districts receiving such notice, and any water company as defined in section 25-32a , may submit comments on such application to the commissioner. The commissioner shall take such comments into consideration when reviewing the application.

(c) (1) In determining whether to approve an application, the commissioner shall (A) consider the water supply needs of the water company, the state and any comments submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and (B) consult with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. The Commissioner of Public Health shall not be required to make a consultation pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision if the commissioner determines the source of water supply to be abandoned is a groundwater source with a safe yield of less than ten gallons per minute and is of poor water quality.

(2) The Commissioner of Public Health shall grant a permit upon a finding that any groundwater source with a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir with a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir system with a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, or any individual source within a reservoir system when such system has a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day will not be needed by such water company for present or future water supply and, in the case of a water company required to file a water supply plan under section 25-32d , that such abandonment is consistent with a water supply plan filed and approved pursuant to said section. No permit shall be granted if the commissioner determines that the source would be necessary for water supply by the company owning such source in an emergency or the proposed abandonment would impair the ability of such company to provide a pure, adequate and reliable water supply for present and projected future customers. As used in this section, a future source of water supply shall be considered to be any source of water supply necessary to serve areas reasonably expected to require service by the water company owning such source for a period of not more than fifty years after the date of the application for a permit under this section.

(3) The Commissioner of Public Health shall grant a permit upon a finding that any groundwater source with a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir with a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir system with a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, or any individual source within a reservoir system when such system has a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day is of a size or condition that makes it unsuitable for present or future use as a drinking water supply by the water company, other entity or the state. In making a decision, the commissioner shall consider the general utility of the source and the viability for use to meet water supply needs. The commissioner shall consider any public water supply plans filed and approved pursuant to sections 25-32d and 25-33h , and any other water system plan approved by the commissioner, and the efficient and effective development of public water supply in the state. In assessing the general utility of the source, the commissioner shall consider factors including, but not limited to, (A) the safe yield of the source, (B) the location of the source relative to other public water supply systems, (C) the water quality of the source and the potential for treatment, (D) water quality compatibility between systems and interconnections, (E) extent of water company-owned lands for source protection of the supply, (F) types of land uses and land use controls in the aquifer protection area or watershed and their potential impact on water quality of the source, and (G) physical limitations to water service, system hydraulics and topography.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102j — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477a / Section 25-102j
Sec. 25-102j. 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 25-102g , 25-102h and this section, 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. § 25-236 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-236
Sec. 25-236. State plans and municipal land use regulations to be in accordance with recommendations of management plan. Exceptions. Acquisition of property for river corridor. Coordination of state permits and approvals.
Status: in_force

(b) Within one year of the commissioner's approval of a map and river corridor management plan pursuant to section 25-235 , each member municipality shall amend its zoning, subdivision, site plan, floodplain and wetlands regulations, its municipal plan of development and any other applicable laws or plans in accordance with the recommendations of the approved river corridor management plan. The river commission shall assist member municipalities in adopting any such amendments and, on behalf of a member municipality, may petition the commissioner for an extension of the one-year deadline specified in this subsection for amending applicable laws or plans. Before adopting any such amendment, the municipality shall submit the proposed amendment to the commissioner and such proposed amendment shall not be adopted unless the commissioner finds in writing, within ninety days, that it is consistent with the approved river corridor management plan.

(c) (1) After a member municipality has completed amending applicable laws and plans pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, no zoning variance or other exception to any such amended law or plan shall be granted if such variance or other exception affects a river corridor with respect to which there exists an approved river corridor management plan unless the applicant demonstrates that such variance or other exception satisfies any applicable legal requirements and the zoning board of appeals for such municipality, or the agency with jurisdiction over the application at issue, in consultation with the river commission, finds in writing that such variance or exception is compatible with the approved river corridor management plan or the zoning board of appeals or the agency with jurisdiction over the application has determined that the applicant has presented sufficient evidence to prove that the property's exceptional difficulty or unusual hardship warrants such variance or exception.

(2) No portion of any applicable municipal law or plan affecting a river corridor with respect to which a river corridor management plan has been approved shall be revised unless such municipality has allowed the river commission to comment on such proposed revision and has considered any such comments.

(d) If the commissioner determines that any member municipality has failed or is failing to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) or (b) of this section or if he determines that the plan cannot effectively be implemented as a result of a municipality withdrawing from the commission, he and the Connecticut Siting Council shall not be subject to the provisions of subsections (f) and (g) of this section.

(e) (1) Every major state plan, other than the state plan of conservation and development, to the extent that such major state plan affects any river corridor for which the commissioner has approved a river corridor management plan, shall be consistent with such management plan. Any major state plan, other than the state plan of conservation and development, which is inconsistent with a river corridor management plan shall be modified accordingly. Such modifications shall be made in consultation with the commissioner at the next scheduled revision of such plan.

(2) If all the member municipalities of a river commission have amended their applicable laws and plans pursuant to subsection (b) of this section and if the commissioner finds that the state plan of conservation and development is inconsistent with the subject river corridor management plan, he shall apply to the secretary for a revision pursuant to section 16a-32 .

(3) Every regional plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-35a , to the extent that it affects any river corridor for which the commissioner has approved a river corridor management plan, shall be consistent with such management plan. Any regional plan of conservation and development which is inconsistent with a river corridor management plan shall be modified accordingly. Such modifications shall be made in consultation with the commissioner.

(4) Every municipal plan of development adopted pursuant to section 8-23 , to the extent that it affects any river corridor for which the commissioner has approved a river corridor management plan, shall be consistent with such management plan. Any municipal plan of development which is inconsistent with a river corridor management plan shall be modified accordingly. Such modifications shall be made in consultation with the commissioner.

(5) The commissioner may notify any applicable federal agency of his approval of a river corridor management plan and may take any other appropriate action to assure consideration of such plan in federal programs or activities.

(f) (1) For the purpose of protecting or preserving river corridor resources, the commissioner may acquire real property or any interest therein within a river corridor for which he has approved a river corridor management plan. Such acquisition may be by purchase at fair market value, gift or devise. The commissioner may 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. Such funds shall be held by the State Treasurer to be used and expended under the direction of the commissioner.

(2) For the purpose of protecting or preserving river corridor resources, and subject to any lawful restrictions on acquisition of lands acquired with state funds, a municipality may acquire real property or any interest therein within a river corridor for which such commission has adopted a river corridor management plan. Such acquisition may be by purchase at fair market value, gift or devise. Such municipality may 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.

(g) (1) The commissioner shall coordinate the activities, including the granting of permits and other approvals, of all regulatory programs under his jurisdiction to assure that the administration of such programs is consistent with every approved river corridor management plan. Neither the commissioner nor the Connecticut Siting Council shall issue a permit or other approval for any activity which may affect a river corridor for which the commissioner has approved a river corridor management plan under section 25-235 unless the commissioner determines that such activity would not adversely affect any of the resources protected under such plan.

(2) A member municipality may submit written testimony to the commissioner and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before the commissioner concerning any permit or other approval to be issued by the commissioner for an activity proposed within an approved river corridor, and may appeal any decision of the commissioner concerning such permit or other approval to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32
Sec. 25-32. Department of Public Health jurisdiction over and duties concerning water supplies, water companies and operators of water treatment plants and water distribution systems.
Status: in_force

(b) No water company shall sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of or change the use of any watershed lands, except as provided in section 25-43c , without a written permit from the Commissioner of Public Health. The commissioner shall not grant: (1) A permit for the sale of class I land, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, (2) a permit for the lease of class I land except as provided in subsection (p) of this section, or (3) a permit for a change in use of class I land unless the applicant demonstrates that such change will not have a significant adverse impact upon the present and future purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply and is consistent with any water supply plan filed and approved pursuant to section 25-32d . The commissioner may reclassify class I land only upon determination that such land no longer meets the criteria established by subsection (a) of section 25-37c because of abandonment of a water supply source or a physical change in the watershed boundary. Not more than fifteen days before filing an application for a permit under this section, the applicant shall provide notice of such intent, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the chief executive officer and the chief elected official of each municipality in which the land is situated.

(c) The commissioner may grant a permit for the sale, lease, assignment or change in use of any land in class II subject to any conditions or restrictions in use which the commissioner may deem necessary to maintain the purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply, giving due consideration to: (1) The creation and control of point or nonpoint sources of contamination; (2) the disturbance of ground vegetation; (3) the creation and control of subsurface sewage disposal systems; (4) the degree of water treatment provided; (5) the control of watershed land by the applicant through ownership, easements or use restrictions or other water supply source protection measures; (6) the effect of development of any such land; and (7) any other significant potential source of contamination of the public drinking water supply. The commissioner may grant a permit for the sale, lease or assignment of class II land to another water company, municipality or nonprofit land conservation organization provided, as a condition of approval, a permanent conservation easement on the land is entered into to preserve the land in perpetuity predominantly in its natural scenic and open condition for the protection of natural resources and public water supplies while allowing for recreation consistent with such protection and improvements necessary for the protection or provision of safe and adequate potable water. Preservation in perpetuity shall not include permission for the land to be developed for any commercial, residential or industrial uses, nor shall it include permission for recreational purposes requiring intense development, including, but not limited to, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles other than vehicles needed by water companies to carry out their purposes, provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intense development. The commissioner may reclassify class II land only upon determination that such land no longer meets the criteria established by subsection (b) of section 25-37c because of abandonment of a water supply source or a physical change in the watershed boundary.

(d) The commissioner may grant a permit for (1) the sale of class I or II land to another water company, to a state agency or to a municipality, (2) the sale of class II land or the sale or assignment of a conservation restriction or a public access easement on class I or class II land to a private, nonprofit land-holding conservation organization, or (3) the sale of class I land to a private nonprofit land-holding conservation organization if the water company is denied a permit to abandon a source not in current use or needed by the water company pursuant to subsection (c) of section 25-33k , if the purchasing entity agrees to maintain the land subject to the provisions of this section, any regulations adopted pursuant to this section and the terms of any permit issued pursuant to this section. Such purchasing entity or assignee may not sell, lease or assign any such land or conservation restriction or public access easement or sell, lease, assign or change the use of such land without obtaining a permit pursuant to this section.

(e) The commissioner shall not grant a permit for the sale, lease, assignment or change in use of any land in class II unless (1) use restrictions applicable to such land will prevent the land from being developed, (2) the applicant demonstrates that the proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use will not have a significant adverse impact upon the purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply and that any use restrictions which the commissioner requires as a condition of granting a permit can be enforced against subsequent owners, lessees and assignees, (3) the commissioner determines, after giving effect to any use restrictions which may be required as a condition of granting the permit, that such proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use will not have a significant adverse effect on the public drinking water supply, whether or not similar permits have been granted, and (4) on or after January 1, 2003, as a condition to the sale, lease or assignment of any class II lands, a permanent conservation easement on the land is entered into to preserve the land in perpetuity predominantly in its natural scenic and open condition for the protection of natural resources and public water supplies while allowing for recreation consistent with such protection and improvements necessary for the protection or provision of safe and adequate potable water, except in cases where the class II land is deemed necessary to provide access or egress to a parcel of class III land, as defined in section 25-37c , that is approved for sale. Preservation in perpetuity shall not include permission for the land to be developed for any commercial, residential or industrial uses, nor shall it include permission for recreational purposes requiring intense development, including, but not limited to, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles other than vehicles needed by water companies to carry out their purposes, provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intense development.

(f) Nothing in this section shall prevent the lease or change in use of water company land to allow for recreational purposes that do not require intense development or improvements for water supply purposes, for leases of existing structures, or for radio towers or telecommunications antennas on existing structures. For purposes of this subsection, intense development includes golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles, provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intense development.

(g) As used in this section, (1) “water supply source” includes all springs, streams, watercourses, brooks, rivers, lakes, ponds, wells or underground waters from which water is or, on and after July 1, 2024, may be, taken, and all springs, streams, watercourses, brooks, rivers, lakes, ponds, wells or aquifer protection areas, as defined in section 22a-354h , thereto and all lands drained thereby; and (2) “watershed land” means land from which water drains into a public drinking water supply.

(h) The commissioner shall adopt and from time to time may amend the following: (1) Physical, chemical, radiological and microbiological standards for the quality of public drinking water; (2) minimum treatment methods, taking into account the costs of such methods, required for all sources of drinking water, including guidelines for the design and operation of treatment works and water sources, which guidelines shall serve as the basis for approval of local water supply plans by the commissioner; (3) minimum standards to assure the long-term purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply to all residents of this state; and (4) classifications of water treatment plants and water distribution systems which treat or supply water used or intended for use by the public. On or after October 1, 1975, any water company which requests approval of any drinking water source shall provide for such treatment methods as specified by the commissioner, provided any water company in operation prior to October 1, 1975, and having such source shall comply with regulations adopted by the commissioner, in accordance with chapter 54, in conformance with The Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, and shall submit on or before February 1, 1976, a statement of intent to provide for treatment methods as specified by the commissioner, to the commissioner for approval. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, requiring water companies to report elevated levels of copper in public drinking water.

(i) The department may perform the collection and testing of water samples required by regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this section, in accordance with chapter 54, when requested to do so by a water company. The department shall collect a fee equal to the cost of such collection and testing. Water companies serving one thousand or more persons shall not request routine bacteriological or physical tests under this subsection.

(j) The condemnation by a state department, institution or agency of any land owned by a water company shall be subject to the provisions of this section.

(k) The commissioner may issue an order declaring a moratorium on the expansion or addition to any existing public water system that the commissioner deems incapable of providing new services with a pure and adequate water supply.

(l) The commissioner may issue, modify or revoke orders as needed to carry out the provisions of this part. Except as otherwise provided in this part, such order shall be issued, modified or revoked in accordance with procedures set forth in subsection (b) of section 25-34 .

(m) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to include local health departments in the notification process when a water utility reports a water quality problem.

(n) (1) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under this subsection, no person shall operate any water treatment plant, water distribution system or small water system that treats or supplies water used or intended for use by the public, test any backflow prevention device, perform a cross connection survey without a certificate issued by the commissioner under this subsection or operate any water treatment plant or water distribution system as an operator-in-training unless such person is issued a certificate by the commissioner under this subsection. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to provide: (A) Standards for the operation of such water treatment plants, water distribution systems and small water systems; (B) standards and procedures for the issuance of certificates to operators and operators-in-training of such water treatment plants and water distribution systems and operators of small water systems, including, but not limited to, standards and procedures for the department's approval of third parties to administer certification examinations to such operators and operators-in-training; (C) procedures for the renewal of such certificates to operators every three years; (D) standards for training required for the issuance or renewal of a certificate; (E) standards and procedures for the department's approval of course providers and courses of study as they relate to certified operators and certified operators-in-training of water treatment plants and water distribution systems and certified operators of small water systems and certified persons who test backflow prevention devices or perform cross connection surveys for initial and renewal applications; and (F) standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of certificates to persons who test backflow prevention devices or perform cross connection surveys. Such regulations shall be consistent with applicable federal law and guidelines for operator certification programs promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. For purposes of this subsection, “small water system” means a public water system, as defined in section 25-33d , that serves less than one thousand persons and has no treatment or has only treatment that does not require any chemical treatment, process adjustment, backwashing or media regeneration by an operator.

(2) The commissioner may take any disciplinary action set forth in section 19a-17 , except for the assessment of a civil penalty under subdivision (7) of subsection (a) of section 19a-17 , against an operator, an operator-in-training, a person who tests backflow prevention devices or a person who performs cross connection surveys holding a certificate issued under this subsection for any of the following reasons: (A) Fraud or material deception in procuring a certificate, the renewal of a certificate or the reinstatement of a certificate; (B) fraud or material deception in the performance of the certified operator's or certified operator-in-training's professional activities; (C) incompetent, negligent or illegal performance of the certified operator's or certified operator-in-training's professional activities; (D) conviction of the certified operator or certified operator-in-training for a felony; or (E) failure of the certified operator or certified operator-in-training to complete the training required under subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) The commissioner may issue an initial certificate to perform a function set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection upon receipt of a completed application, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, together with an application fee as follows: (A) For a water treatment plant, water distribution system or small water system operator certificate, or operator-in-training certificate for a water treatment plant or water distribution system, two hundred twenty-four dollars, except there shall be no such application fee required for a student enrolled in an accredited high school small water system operator certification course; (B) for a backflow prevention device tester certificate, one hundred fifty-four dollars; and (C) for a cross-connection survey inspector certificate, one hundred fifty-four dollars. A certificate issued pursuant to this subdivision shall expire three years from the date of issuance unless renewed by the certificate holder prior to such expiration date, except a certificate issued for an operator-in-training pursuant to this section shall expire six years from the date of issuance and shall not be renewable. The commissioner may renew a certificate, other than a certificate for an operator-in-training, for an additional three years upon receipt of a completed renewal application, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, together with a renewal application fee as follows: (i) For a water treatment plant, water distribution system or small water system operator certificate, ninety-eight dollars; (ii) for a backflow prevention device tester certificate, sixty-nine dollars; and (iii) for a cross-connection survey inspector certificate, sixty-nine dollars.

(o) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, that incorporate by reference the provisions of the federal National Primary Drinking Water Regulations in 40 C.F.R. Parts 141 and 142, promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, provided such regulations (1) are consistent with other regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and (2) explicitly incorporate any future amendments to said federal regulations.

(p) The commissioner may grant a permit for the lease of class I land associated with a groundwater source for use for public drinking water purposes to another water company that serves one thousand or more persons or two hundred fifty or more customers and maintains an approved water supply plan pursuant to section 25-32d , provided a water company acquiring such interest in the property demonstrates that such lease will improve conditions for the existing public drinking water system and will not have a significant adverse impact upon the present and future purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply. Any water company requesting a permit under this subsection may be required to convey an easement that provides for the protection of the public water supply source and shall submit such easement and any provisions of the lease that pertain to the protection of the public water supply to the commissioner for approval.

(q) Notwithstanding any provision of this section, the commissioner may grant a permit for the lease or change in use of water company land to allow for telecommunications antennas, telecommunications towers, ancillary equipment, related access drives or utilities, used in the provision of personal wireless services, as defined in 47 USC 332(c)(7), if the commissioner determines such lease or change in use will not have an adverse impact on the purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply and that any use restrictions which the commissioner requires as a condition of granting a permit can be enforced against subsequent owners, lessees and assignees. The permit application shall include, but not be limited to, documentation on the extent of other alternative sites considered unsuitable by the provider of wireless services and a finding by the commissioner that such lease or change in use of water company land will not have a significant adverse impact upon the purity and adequacy of the public drinking supply. Any permit granted under this subsection shall be subject to any conditions or restrictions which the commissioner may deem necessary to maintain the purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply.

See Secs. 25-37a to 25-37g, inclusive, re regulation of water companies' lands.

Cited. 201 C. 592.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102qq — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477d / Section 25-102qq
Sec. 25-102qq. Powers and duties of the commissioner. River management and protection program.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may establish a river management and protection program designed to improve the management and protection of the state's rivers.

(c) In developing the river protection program, the commissioner may: (1) Develop a proposal for a state-wide river management and protection program that includes, but is not limited to: (A) The coordination of existing protective state authorities as a means of improving river management and protection; (B) the development of any statutory modifications to provide effective regional and interstate cooperation for the development of river management plans; (C) the development of recommendations for river protection for use in regulations of local land use agencies; and (D) the development of any other needed protection or management of the state's rivers, as determined by the commissioner; (2) define the river resources to be inventoried and assessed; (3) conduct a state-wide inventory and assessment of the state's rivers; (4) develop a state-wide data base of river resource information to facilitate environmental planning, regulatory and management decisions; (5) develop a river classification system; (6) develop criteria for identifying rivers or river segments for designation as protected rivers and recommended priorities for the management of the rivers or river segments; and (7) develop a program to educate the public on river protection issues and ensure public involvement in the development and implementation of the river protection program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68b — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68b
Sec. 25-68b. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Activity” means any proposed state action in a floodplain or any proposed state action that impacts natural or man-made storm drainage facilities that are located on property that the commissioner determines to be controlled by the state;

(2) “Base flood” means that flood which has a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year, as defined in regulations of the National Flood Insurance Program (44 CFR 59 et seq.), or that flood designated by the commissioner pursuant to section 25-68c . Any flood so designated by the commissioner shall have at least a one per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year. Such flood may be designated as the A or V zones on maps published by the National Flood Insurance Program. The “base flood for a critical activity” means the flood that has at least a .2 per cent chance of being equaled or exceeded in any year. Such flood may be designated as the B zone on maps published for the National Flood Insurance Program;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection;

(4) “Critical activity” means any activity, including, but not limited to, the treatment, storage and disposal of hazardous waste and the siting of hospitals, housing for the elderly, schools or residences, in the .2 per cent floodplain in which the commissioner determines that a slight chance of flooding is too great;

(5) “Floodplain” means that area located within the real or theoretical limits of the base flood or base flood for a critical activity;

(6) “Flood-proofing” means any combination of structural or nonstructural additions, changes or adjustments which reduce or eliminate flood damage to real estate or improved real property, to water and sanitary facilities, and to structures and their contents, including, but not limited to, for properties within the coastal boundary, as established pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-94 , not less than an additional two feet of freeboard above base flood and any additional freeboard necessary to account for the most recent sea level change scenario updated pursuant to subsection (b) of section 25-68o ;

(7) “Freeboard” means a safety factor, expressed in feet above a calculated flood level, that compensates for unknown factors contributing to flood heights greater than the calculated height, including, but not limited to, ice jams, debris accumulations, wave actions, obstructions of bridge openings and floodways, the effects of urbanization on the hydrology of a watershed, loss of flood storage due to development and sedimentation of a watercourse bed;

(8) “Proposed state action” means individual activities or a sequence of planned activities proposed to be undertaken by a state department, institution or agency, any state or federal grant or loan proposed to be used to fund a project that affects land use, or proposed transfer of real property belonging to the state.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-72 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-72
Sec. 25-72. Payment of costs.
Status: in_force

(b) Definitive loans made by the state under the authorization of this section (1) shall bear interest at the same rate as the interest cost to the state on the notes or bonds issued pursuant to section 25-73 ; (2) shall be in an amount not in excess of the cost to such local authority, including any state service charge; and (3) shall be repayable in such installments as are determined by the commission within twenty years from the date of the completion of the system. The provisions of subsection (b) of section 7-374 shall not apply to any bonds or notes issued by any municipality or district under the provisions of sections 25-69 to 25-75 , inclusive, or part II of this chapter.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33i — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33i
Sec. 25-33i. Consistency with plan. Restriction on approval of public water supply system.
Status: in_force

(b) No public water supply system may be approved within a public water supply management area after the Commissioner of Public Health has convened a water utility coordinating committee unless (1) an existing public water supply system is unable to provide water service or (2) the committee recommends such approval.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32k — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32k
Sec. 25-32k. Provision of educational materials to water company customers addressing water conservation, water supply source protection, and the health effects and sources of lead and copper. Civil penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall, within available resources, develop, in consultation with public water suppliers, public education materials on health effects and sources of lead and copper, which shall be distributed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The Commissioner of Public Health may impose a civil penalty on any water company that violates the provisions of this section. In imposing such civil penalty, the commissioner shall comply with the procedures set forth in section 25-32e , except that the amount shall not exceed five thousand dollars per violation. Each year the company fails to offer educational materials or information on water conservation shall be deemed to be a separate violation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-199c — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483aa / Section 25-199c
Sec. 25-199c. Designation of the Housatonic River within the national wild and scenic rivers system. Administering agency. Authorized agricultural activities.
Status: in_force

(b) The Northwest Hills Council of Governments shall act as the administering agency for the Housatonic River on behalf of the Housatonic River Commission, in accordance with the terms of the memorandum of agreement described in subsection (a) of this section and as required by Section 2(a)(ii) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. The Northwest Hills Council of Governments shall constitute a political subdivision of the state for purposes of executing its duties and responsibilities in accordance with this section.

(c) The Governor shall submit an application to the Secretary of the Interior for purposes of completion of the designation of the portion of the Housatonic River, described in subsection (a) of this section, under Section 2(a)(ii) of the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.

(d) Such designation shall not affect any person's ability to conduct any authorized agricultural activity provided such activity does not require a permit to be issued by the Army Corps of Engineers.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33
Sec. 25-33. Water company: Reporting and record retention requirements. Plan required for construction or expansion of water supply system or a proposed new source of water supply. Regulations. Approval of location of replacement public well.
Status: in_force

(b) No system of water supply owned or used by a water company shall be constructed or expanded or a new additional source of water supply utilized until the plans therefor have been submitted to and reviewed and approved by the department, except that no such prior review or approval is required for distribution water main installations that are constructed in accordance with sound engineering standards and all applicable laws and regulations. A plan for any proposed new source of water supply submitted to the department pursuant to this subsection shall include documentation that provides for: (1) A brief description of potential effects that the proposed new source of water supply may have on nearby water supply systems including public and private wells; and (2) the water company's ownership or control of the proposed new source of water supply's sanitary radius and minimum setback requirements as specified in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and that such ownership or control shall continue to be maintained as specified in such regulations. If the department determines, based upon documentation provided, that the water company does not own or control the proposed new source of water supply's sanitary radius or minimum setback requirements as specified in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies, the department shall require the water company proposing a new source of water supply to supply additional documentation to the department that adequately demonstrates the alternative methods that will be utilized to assure the proposed new source of water supply's long-term purity and adequacy. In reviewing any plan for a proposed new source of water supply, the department shall consider the issues specified in this subsection. The Commissioner of Public Health may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this subsection and subsection (c) of this section. For purposes of this subsection and subsection (c) of this section, “distribution water main installations” means installations, extensions, replacements or repairs of public water supply system mains from which water is or will be delivered to one or more service connections and which do not require construction or expansion of pumping stations, storage facilities, treatment facilities or sources of supply. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, the department may approve any location of a replacement public well, if such replacement public well is (A) necessary for the water company to maintain and provide to its consumers a safe and adequate water supply, (B) located in an aquifer of adequate water quality determined by historical water quality data from the source of water supply it is replacing, and (C) in a more protected location when compared to the source of water supply it is replacing, as determined by the department. For purposes of this subsection, “replacement public well” means a public well that (i) replaces an existing public well, and (ii) does not meet the sanitary radius and minimum setback requirements as specified in the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.

(c) Each water company shall report to the Department of Public Health, annually in an electronic format prescribed by the department, the number and location of all new distribution water main installations.

(d) Each petition to the General Assembly for authority to develop or introduce any system of public water supply shall be accompanied by a copy of the recommendation and advice of said department thereon.

(e) Each water company shall maintain (1) a list of the names and addresses of its customers, and (2) the results of water purity tests conducted under this chapter. Such list and results shall be retained for a period of three years and be available for inspection and copying by the Department of Public Health and municipal and district health departments, for the purpose of public health investigations.

See Sec. 2-20a re bills for the incorporation and franchise of water companies.

See Sec. 25-33k re permit to abandon water supply source.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102ff — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477c / Section 25-102ff
Sec. 25-102ff. Review of land use applications.
Status: in_force

(b) The assembly upon receiving a copy of the application, may prepare written comments concerning the regional impact of the proposed land use and prior to any public hearing submit such comments to the municipality forwarding such copy. If no public hearing is required, comments, if any, shall be forwarded to such municipality prior to the scheduled date of municipal action on the proposal.

(c) The municipality shall read any comments submitted by the assembly into the record of any public hearing or public meeting held on the application. Comments provided by the assembly shall be advisory. The lack of comment by the assembly shall not be considered in a negative or affirmative manner.

(d) A two-thirds vote of all the members of the local agency having authority to act on the application shall be required to approve an application which has received a negative comment from the assembly.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102gg — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477c / Section 25-102gg
Sec. 25-102gg. Local zoning within the conservation zone. Revision of standards.
Status: in_force

(b) The assembly shall, from time to time, review, and may, after public hearing of which at least fifteen days' notice has been given in a newspaper or newspapers having a circulation in the conservation zone, revise the standards established pursuant to special act 79-77, as amended by special act 81-1. Such revisions shall be consistent with the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to part I of chapter 297 and the purposes of this chapter. A copy of the proposed revisions shall be furnished at least fifteen days prior thereto to the conservation commission, zoning commission, the planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of the municipalities to be affected thereby and shall be filed at least ten days prior to the hearing in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipalities affected thereby.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32m — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32m
Sec. 25-32m. Sale of bottled water by water company or municipality.
Status: in_force

(b) Any municipality may exercise the authority provided for in subsection (a) of this section notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance. A municipality shall establish such entity upon approval of the chief executive officer of the municipality and by adoption of an ordinance approved by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting of the legislative body of the municipality or the board of selectmen or city or town council, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102c — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477a / Section 25-102c
Sec. 25-102c. Conservation zone designated.
Status: in_force

Beginning at a point 300 feet to the west of the intersection of the center line of Dublin Road and the town line between Middletown and Haddam and proceeding southerly along a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Dublin Road to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the south of the center line of Depot Hill Road, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Landing Hill Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1500 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Walkley Hill Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1500 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Chester and Haddam, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center lines of Old County Road and Goose Hill Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Story Hill Road, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town boundary between Deep River and Chester, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 600 feet to the east of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of Kirtland and Reade Streets, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of Arnold Street, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the south of the center line of River Street, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Fairview Avenue, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the westerly boundary line of what is now or formerly the Valley Railroad right-of-way, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Deep River and Essex, thence northeasterly along said line to a point on such town line 400 feet before the intersection of the town line with the center line of Book Hill Road, thence due southerly along a line to its intersection with a stream running in said southerly direction, continuing along said stream to its intersection with the center line of Dennison Road, thence southeasterly along a straight line to the intersection with a stream running in said southerly direction, continuing along said stream to its intersection with the center line of Dennison Road, thence southeasterly along a straight line to the intersection of Sunset Terrace and Cunningham Lane, thence along the center line of Sunset Terrace to its intersection with the center line of West Avenue, which at this point is also the northerly boundary line of the Limited Industrial District (LI-80) as drawn on the zoning map of the town of Essex dated June 1966, as amended, thence easterly, southerly and southwesterly along said Limited Industrial District boundary line to its intersection with the easterly boundary line of Connecticut Route 9, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Old Saybrook and Essex, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Connecticut Route 9A, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the south of the center line of Essex Road, thence easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Ferry Road and Ferry Place, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the southern boundary line of the Penn Central Railroad right-of-way, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with the center line of the old trolley crossing, thence southerly and westerly along said center line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 750 feet east of Ford Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet northeast of the northeasterly property line of the former Valley Railroad right-of-way to Fenwick, thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1100 feet southeast of Ford Drive, thence southwesterly along said line to its intersection with the northeasterly property line of the former Valley Railroad right-of-way to Fenwick, thence southeasterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 50 feet inland from the mean high water line of North Cove, thence southerly and easterly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of North Cove Road and South Cove Road, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 50 feet inland from the mean high water line of South Cove, thence westerly, southerly and easterly along said line to its intersection with the western boundary line of Fenwick Borough, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with the mean high water line of Long Island Sound, thence easterly along said line to Lynde Point at Saybrook Lighthouse, thence easterly along a line across the mouth of the Connecticut River to the westernmost tip of Griswold Point, thence easterly along the mean high water line of Long Island Sound to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of Springfield Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Old Shore Road, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Buttonball Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north and west of the center line of Mile Creek Road, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Whippoorwill Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the southerly boundary line of the Governor John Davis Lodge Turnpike (Interstate 95), thence westerly along said line to its intersection with the center line of Lyme Street, thence running northerly along said center line to its junction with the center line of Sill Lane, thence running northerly along said center line of Sill Lane to its intersection with a line 300 feet to the north of the center line of Saunders Hollow Road, thence running westerly and northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Connecticut Route 156, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet north of the center line of Joshuatown Road in the town of Lyme, thence westerly and northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Connecticut Route 148, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of River Road in the town of East Haddam, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the projected center line of the main entrance road to Gillette Castle State Park, thence westerly along said center line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of River Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 2500 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 82, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Palmer Martin Road, thence northerly along said line and its projection across Connecticut Route 82 to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Connecticut Route 82, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 600 feet to the east of the center line of Creek Row, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the center line of the electric power transmission line right-of-way which crosses Connecticut Route 149 near the junction of Creek Row and Connecticut Route 149, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1000 feet to the west of the center line of Connecticut Route 149, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1000 feet to the west of the center line of Johnsonville Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 4000 feet to the north of the center line of the power transmission line previously described, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line drawn perpendicular to it at its point of intersection with the east bank of the Salmon River, thence southerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 1500 feet to the north of the center line of the previously described power transmission line, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the west of the center line of Jenks Hill Road, thence northerly and westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 600 feet to the west of the center line of Upper Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the north of the center line of Haddam Neck Road, thence westerly along said line to its intersection with a line parallel to and 300 feet to the east of the center line of Hurd Park Road, thence northerly along said line to its intersection with the town line between Haddam and East Hampton, thence westerly along said line and the town line between Middletown and Haddam to the point of beginning, 300 feet to the west of the center line of Dublin Road.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-101 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-101
Sec. 25-101. Thames River Valley Flood Control Compact.
Status: in_force

ARTICLE I

The principal purposes of this compact are: (a) To promote interstate comity among and between the signatory states; (b) to assure adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Thames River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from floods; (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Thames River and its tributaries.

ARTICLE II

There is hereby created “The Thames River Valley Flood Control Commission”, hereinafter referred to as the “commission”, which shall consist of six members, three of whom shall be residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; three of whom shall be residents of the State of Connecticut.

The members of the commission shall be chosen by their respective states in such manner and for such terms as may be fixed and determined from time to time by the law of each of said states respectively by which they are appointed. A member of the commission may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state for which he shall be appointed, and any vacancy occurring in the commission shall be filled in accordance with the laws of the state wherein such vacancy exists.

A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any of its powers or the performance of any of its duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least two of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof.

The compensation of members of the commission shall be fixed, determined, and paid by the state which they respectively represent. All necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from the funds of the commission.

The commission shall elect from its members a chairman, vice-chairman, and a clerk-treasurer. Such clerk-treasurer shall furnish to the commission, at its expense, a bond with corporate surety, to be approved by the commission, in such amount as the commission may determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.

The commission shall adopt suitable bylaws and shall make such rules and regulations as it may deem advisable not inconsistent with laws of the United States, of the signatory states or with any rules or regulations lawfully promulgated thereunder.

The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature of each of the signatory states, setting forth in detail the operations and the transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact.

The commission shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings, contracts and accounts, and shall maintain a suitable office, where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such regulations as the commission shall determine.

ARTICLE III

The commission shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, with full power and authority:

(1) To sue and be sued;

(2) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure;

(3) To appoint and employ such agents and employees as may be required in the proper performance of the duties hereby committed to it and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation;

(4) To enter into such contracts and agreements and to do and perform any and all other acts, matters and things as may be necessary and essential to the full and complete performance of the powers and duties hereby committed to and imposed upon it and as may be incidental thereto;

(5) To have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of either of said states, concurred in by the legislature of the other state and by the Congress of the United States.

The commission shall make, or cause to be made, such studies as it may deem necessary, in cooperation with the Corps of Engineers, United States Army, and other federal agencies, for the development of a comprehensive plan for flood control and for utilization of the water resources of the Thames River Valley.

The commission shall not pledge the credit of the signatory states or either of them.

ARTICLE IV

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts wherein is located the site of each of the following dams and reservoirs agrees to the construction by the United States of each such dam and reservoir in accordance with authorization by the Congress:

(1) At East Brimfield on the Quinebaug River controlling a drainage area of approximately sixty-seven (67) square miles and providing flood storage of approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(2) At Buffumville on the Little River controlling a net drainage area of approximately twenty-six (26) square miles and providing flood control storage of approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(3) At Hodges Village on the French River controlling a drainage area of approximately thirty (30) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(4) At Westville on the Quinebaug River controlling a drainage area of approximately ninety (90) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately two and five tenths (2.5) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

ARTICLE V

The State of Connecticut agrees to reimburse the Commonwealth of Massachusetts forty (40) per cent of the amount of taxes lost to their political subdivisions by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property therein for construction in the future of any flood control dam and reservoir specified in Article IV and also for any other flood control dam and reservoir hereafter constructed by the United States in the Thames River Valley in Massachusetts.

Annually, not later than November first of each year, the commission shall determine the loss of taxes resulting to political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by reason of acquisition and ownership therein by the United States of lands, rights or other property in connection with each flood control dam and reservoir for which provision for tax reimbursement has been made in the paragraph next above. Such losses of taxes as determined by the commission shall be based on the tax rate then current in each such political subdivision and on the average assessed valuation for a period of five years prior to the acquisition by the United States of the site of the dam for such reservoir, provided that whenever a political subdivision wherein a flood control dam and reservoir or portion thereof is located shall have made a general revaluation of property subject to the annual municipal taxes of such subdivisions, the commission may use such revaluation for the purpose of determining the amount of taxes for which reimbursement shall be made. Using the percentage of payment agreed to in this Article, the commission shall then compute the sum, if any, due from the State of Connecticut to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and shall send a notice to the treasurer of each signatory state setting forth in detail the sum, if any, Connecticut is to pay and Massachusetts is to receive in reimbursement of tax losses.

The State of Connecticut on receipt of formal notification from the commission of the sum which it is to pay in reimbursement for tax losses shall, not later than July first of the following year, make its payment for such tax losses to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts wherein such loss or losses occur, except that in case of the first annual payment for tax losses at any dam or reservoir such payment shall be made by the State of Connecticut not later than July first of the year in which the next regular session of its legislature is held.

Payment by the State of Connecticut of its share of reimbursement for taxes in accordance with formal notification received from the commission shall be a complete and final discharge of all liability by the state to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for each flood control dam and reservoir within that state for the time specified in such formal notification. The Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall have full responsibility for distributing or expending all such sums received, and no agency or political subdivision of the Commonwealth shall have any claim against the State of Connecticut or against the commission relative to tax losses covered by such payments.

The two states may agree, through the commission, on a lump sum payment in lieu of annual payments and when such lump sum payment has been made and received, the requirement that the commission annually shall determine the tax losses, compute sums due and send notice thereof to the treasurer of each state shall no longer apply with respect to any flood control dam and reservoir for which lump sum payment has been made and received.

On receipt of information from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, that request is to be made for funds for the purpose of preparing detailed plans and specifications for any flood control dam and reservoir proposed to be constructed in the Thames River Valley in Massachusetts, including those specified in Article IV, the commission shall make an estimate of the amount of taxes which would be lost to the political subdivisions of that state by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property for the construction and operation of such flood control dam and reservoir and shall decide whether the flood control benefits to be derived from such flood control dam and reservoir, both by itself and as a unit of a comprehensive flood control plan, justifies, in the opinion of the commission, the assumption by Connecticut of the obligation to make reimbursement for loss of taxes. Such estimate and decision shall thereafter be reviewed by the commission at five-year intervals until such time as the United States shall have acquired title to the site of such flood control dam or plans for its construction are abandoned. The commission shall notify the governor, the members of the United States Senate and the members of the United States House of Representatives from each signatory state and the chief of engineers as to the commission's decision and as to any change in such decision.

On receipt of information from the Chief of Engineers that any flood control dam and reservoir is to be constructed, reconstructed, altered, or used for any purpose in addition to flood control, including those flood control dams and reservoirs heretofore constructed and those specified in Article IV, the commission shall make a separate estimate of the amount of taxes which would be lost to the political subdivisions of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property for construction and operation of such dam and reservoir in excess of the estimated amount of taxes which would be lost if the dam were constructed and operated for flood control only and the commission shall decide the extent to which, in its opinion, the State of Connecticut would be justified in making reimbursement for loss of taxes in addition to reimbursement for such dam and reservoir if constructed and used for flood control only. Such estimate and decision shall thereafter be reviewed by the commission at five-year intervals until such time as such dam and reservoir shall be so constructed, reconstructed, altered or used or plans for such construction, reconstruction, alteration or use are abandoned. The commission shall notify the governor, the members of the United States Senate and the members of the United States House of Representatives from each signatory state as to the commission's decision and as to any change in such decision.

A signatory state may, in agreement with the commission and the Chief of Engineers, acquire title or option to acquire title to any or all lands, rights or other property required for any flood control dam and reservoir within its boundaries and transfer such titles or options to the United States. Whenever the fair cost to said signatory state for such titles or options, as determined by the commission, is greater than the amount received therefor from the United States, the State of Connecticut shall pay its share of such excess cost to said signatory state, such share to be determined by the commission.

Whenever the commission shall not agree, within a reasonable time or within sixty days after a formal request from the governor of any signatory state, concerning reimbursement for loss of taxes at any flood control dam and reservoir heretofore or hereafter constructed by the United States in the Thames River Valley in Massachusetts, or concerning the extent, if any, to which reimbursement shall be made for additional loss of taxes caused by construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of any such dam for purposes other than flood control, the governor of each signatory state shall designate a person from his state as a member of a board of arbitration, hereinafter called the board, and the members so designated shall choose one additional member who shall be chairman of such board. Whenever the members appointed by the governors to such board shall not agree within sixty days on such additional member of the board, the governors of such signatory states shall jointly designate the additional member. The board shall by majority vote decide the question referred to it and shall do so in accordance with the provisions of this compact concerning such reimbursement. The decision of the board on each question referred to it concerning reimbursement for loss of taxes shall be binding on the commission and on each signatory state, notwithstanding any other provision of this compact.

ARTICLE VI

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority of the United States.

ARTICLE VII

The signatory states agree to appropriate for compensation of agents and employees of the commission and for office, administration, travel and other expenses on recommendation of the commission subject to limitations as follows: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts obligates itself to not more than seven thousand ($7,000) dollars in any one year and the State of Connecticut obligates itself to not more than five thousand ($5,000) dollars in any one year.

ARTICLE VIII

Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other parts thereof shall continue to be in full force and effect.

ARTICLE IX

This compact shall become operative and effective when ratified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut and approved by the Congress of the United States. Notice of ratification shall be given by the governor of each state to the governor of the other state and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the governors of each of the signatory states of approval by the Congress of the United States.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-206 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-206
Sec. 25-206. Consistency of state and municipal land use laws and plans with designated river corridor protection plan. Authority of Connecticut Siting Council and Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection re activities within designated river corridors.
Status: in_force

(b) Within one year of designation of a river corridor, each member municipality shall amend its zoning, subdivision, site plan and wetlands regulations, its municipal plan of conservation and development and any other applicable laws or plans in accordance with the recommendations of the approved river corridor protection plan. The river committee shall assist member municipalities in adopting any such amendments, and on behalf of a member municipality may petition the commissioner for an extension of the one-year deadline specified in this subsection for amending applicable laws. Before adopting any such amendment, a member municipality shall submit the proposed amendment to the commissioner, and such proposed amendment shall not be adopted unless the commissioner finds in writing that it is consistent with the approved river corridor protection plan.

(c) After a member municipality has completed amending applicable laws and plans pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, no zoning variance or other exception to any such amended law shall be granted unless the zoning board of appeals for such municipality, in consultation with the river committee, finds in writing that it is compatible with the approved river corridor protection plan.

(d) (1) Every major state plan other than the state plan of conservation and development, to the extent that it affects a designated river corridor, shall be consistent with the approved river corridor protection plan for such corridor, and any state plan which is inconsistent with such approved river corridor protection plan shall be modified accordingly. Such modifications shall be made in consultation with the commissioner at the next scheduled revision of such plan.

(2) If the commissioner finds that the state plan of conservation and development is inconsistent with an approved river corridor protection plan for a designated river corridor, he shall apply to the secretary for a revision pursuant to section 16a-32 .

(3) Every regional plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-35a , to the extent that it affects a designated river corridor, shall be consistent with the approved river corridor protection plan for such corridor and any regional plan of conservation and development which is inconsistent with such approved river corridor protection plan shall be modified accordingly. Such modifications shall be made in consultation with the commissioner.

(4) Every municipal plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-23 , to the extent that it affects a designated river corridor, shall be consistent with the approved river corridor protection plan for such corridor and any municipal plan of conservation and development which is inconsistent with such approved river corridor protection plan shall be modified accordingly. Such modifications shall be made in consultation with the commissioner.

(5) The commissioner may notify any applicable federal agency of the designation of a river corridor and may take any other appropriate action to assure consideration of such designation in federal programs or activities.

(e) (1) Neither the commissioner nor the Connecticut Siting Council shall issue a permit or other approval for any activity within a river corridor designated under section 25-205 unless the commissioner or the council, as the case may be, determines that such activity would not adversely affect any of the resources protected pursuant to the plan for such corridor.

(2) A member municipality may submit written testimony to the commissioner and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before the commissioner concerning any permit or other license to be issued by the commissioner for an activity proposed within a designated river corridor and may appeal any decision of the commissioner concerning such permit or other license to the Superior Court in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33a
Sec. 25-33a. State grants for water facilities. State bond authorization.
Status: in_force

(b) All provisions of section 3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section and sections 12-75 , 12-76 and 25-33b are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.

(c) Each grant made pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be authorized by Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated or, if the corporation so determines, by a committee of the corporation consisting of the chairman and either one other board member of the corporation or its chief executive officer. Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated shall charge reasonable application and other fees to be applied to the administrative expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this section, to the extent such expenses are not paid by the corporation or from moneys appropriated to the department. Each such payment shall be made by the Treasurer upon certification by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development that the payment is authorized under the provisions of this section under the applicable rules and regulations of the department, and under the terms and conditions established by the corporation or the duly appointed committee thereof in authorizing the making of the grant.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-128 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 482 / Section 25-128
Sec. 25-128. Duties of board. Well Drilling Code.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the board, shall promulgate, in accordance with chapter 54, regulations for the well drilling industry in cooperation with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, with due regard for the preservation of public health, the preservation, allocation and management of the groundwater of the state, the protection of the consuming public and the maintenance of geological and other scientific data. Such regulations, together with the regulatory provisions of this chapter and the section of the Public Health Code relating to wells, shall be collectively known as the Connecticut Well Drilling Code. From time to time, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance of the board, shall similarly adopt such amendments or additions to such regulations as are necessary and proper governing the construction, repair and abandonment of wells. (2) Said Well Drilling Code shall be enforced and violations thereof shall be punished in the same manner as is provided for the Public Health Code of the state by sections 19a-36 and 19a-207 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-85 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-85
Sec. 25-85. Establishment of flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system. Requirements of flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards.
Status: in_force

(b) In planning for and conducting its activities, such board (1) shall consider all applicable regional and municipal hazard mitigation plans, resilience plans and identifications of vulnerable communities, as defined in subsection (a) of section 16-243y , as well as all applicable municipal plans of conservation and development adopted pursuant to section 8-23 , and (2) may consult with the Connecticut Institute for Resilience and Climate Adaptation.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-99 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-99
Sec. 25-99. Connecticut River Flood Control Compact.
Status: in_force

CONNECTICUT RIVER FLOOD CONTROL COMPACT

Whereas, the federal government exercises jurisdiction over the nation's navigable rivers and their tributaries through passage of the flood control act of nineteen hundred and thirty-six and various other acts amendatory thereto; and

Whereas, these acts provide for construction by the United States of dams for flood control and, where feasible, in addition to flood control for storage of water to be used for irrigation, recreation or hydroelectric power or for any of these purposes; and

Whereas, the Connecticut is an interstate river and control of major floods on it can be obtained only by the construction of dams by the United States under authorization of the above mentioned acts; and

Whereas, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the States of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont recognize that it is in the interest of their general welfare that the United States construct in the Connecticut River Valley a comprehensive system of local protection works and dams and reservoirs to control floods and prevent loss of life and property, the disruption of orderly processes and the impairment of commerce between the aforesaid states; and

Whereas, the United States has constructed dikes, flood walls and other local protection works at Hartford and East Hartford in the State of Connecticut and at Springfield, Riverdale, West Springfield, Chicopee, Northampton, Holyoke, and Springdale, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and dams and reservoirs for the storage of flood waters at Knightville, Birch Hill and Tully in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, at Surry Mountain in the State of New Hampshire and at Union Village in the State of Vermont and has reached agreements with the state wherein located for construction of dams and reservoirs for the storage of flood waters at Barre Falls in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and at Ball Mountain and at Townshend in the State of Vermont; and

Whereas, the Congress has at various times authorized construction by the United States of other dams and reservoirs for the storage of flood waters in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the States of New Hampshire and Vermont and has more recently instructed the corps of engineers to determine what additional local protection works and dams and reservoirs are required for a comprehensive system to control floods in the Connecticut River and its tributaries; and

Whereas, it is believed that such a comprehensive flood control system should include dams and reservoirs controlling flood runoff from approximately twenty-five per cent of the total drainage area of the Connecticut River above Hartford, Connecticut, and strategically located in reference to characteristics of tributaries and to damage centers; and

Whereas, construction by the United States of additional dams and reservoirs in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and in the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, to complete such a comprehensive flood control system, will remove from the tax rolls of local governments of those states such property as is acquired by the United States and may work other hardships against the people of Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont; and

Whereas, it is highly desirable that any flood control dam and reservoir constructed by the United States in the Connecticut River Valley have the approval of the state wherein it is located and that states benefiting from construction of such dam and reservoir make reimbursement for such loss of taxes and for such hardships; and

Whereas, a comprehensive system for the prevention of destructive floods and for water resources utilization in the Connecticut River Valley can best be accomplished by cooperation between the several states in the valley and by and through a common and joint agency of said several states;

Now, therefore, the said Commonwealth of Massachusetts and States of Connecticut, New Hampshire and Vermont do hereby enter into the following compact, to-wit:

ARTICLE I

The principal purposes of this compact are: (a) To promote interstate comity among and between the signatory states; (b) to assure adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Connecticut River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from floods; (c) to provide a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Connecticut River and its tributaries.

ARTICLE II

There is hereby created “The Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission”, hereinafter referred to as the “commission”, which shall consist of twelve members, three of whom shall be residents of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; three of whom shall be residents of the State of Connecticut; three of whom shall be residents of the State of New Hampshire; and three of whom shall be residents of the State of Vermont.

The members of the commission shall be chosen by their respective states in such manner and for such terms as may be fixed and determined from time to time by the law of each of said states respectively by which they are appointed. A member of the commission may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state for which he shall be appointed, and any vacancy occurring in the commission shall be filled in accordance with the laws of the state wherein such vacancy exists.

A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any of its powers or the performance of any of its duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least two of the members from each state shall vote in favor thereof.

The compensation of members of the commission shall be fixed, determined, and paid by the state which they respectively represent. All necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties shall be paid from the funds of the commission.

The commission shall elect from its members a chairman, vice-chairman, clerk and treasurer. Such treasurer shall furnish to the commission, at its expense, a bond with corporate surety, to be approved by the commission, in such amount as the commission may determine, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties.

The commission shall adopt suitable bylaws and shall make such rules and regulations as it may deem advisable not inconsistent with laws of the United States, of the signatory states or with any rules or regulations lawfully promulgated thereunder.

The commission shall make an annual report to the governor and legislature of each of the signatory states, setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact.

The commission shall keep a record of all its meetings and proceedings, contracts and accounts, and shall maintain a suitable office, where its maps, plans, documents, records and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at such times and under such regulations as the commission shall determine.

ARTICLE III

The commission shall constitute a body, both corporate and politic, with full power and authority: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) to have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (3) to appoint and employ such agents and employees as may be required in the proper performance of the duties hereby committed to it and to fix and determine their qualifications, duties and compensation; (4) to enter into such contracts and agreements and to do and perform any and all other acts, matters and things as may be necessary and essential to the full and complete performance of the powers and duties hereby committed to and imposed upon it and as may be incidental thereto; (5) to have such additional powers and duties as may hereafter be delegated to or imposed upon it from time to time by the action of the legislature of any of said states, concurred in by the legislatures of the other states and by the Congress of the United States.

The commission shall make, or cause to be made, such studies as it may deem necessary, in cooperation with the corps of engineers and other federal agencies, for the development of a comprehensive plan for flood control and for utilization of the water resources of the Connecticut River Valley.

The commission shall not pledge the credit of the signatory states or any of them.

ARTICLE IV

The signatory state wherein is located the site of each of the following dams and reservoirs agrees to the construction by the United States of each such dam and reservoir in accordance with authorization by the Congress:

In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,

(1) At Barre Falls on the Ware River controlling a drainage area of approximately fifty-seven (57) square miles and providing flood storage of approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

In the State of Vermont,

(1) At West Townshend on the West River controlling a net drainage area of approximately one hundred six (106) square miles and providing flood control storage of approximately six (6) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(2) At Ball Mountain on the West River controlling a net drainage area of approximately one hundred thirty-two (132) square miles and providing flood control storage of approximately six (6) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(3) At North Hartland on the Ottauquechee River controlling a drainage area of approximately two hundred twenty-two (222) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately six (6) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(4) At Groton Pond on the Wells River controlling a drainage area of approximately seventeen and three-tenths (17.3) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(5) At Victory on the Moose River controlling a drainage area of approximately sixty-six (66) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately seven (7) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(6) In Bloomfield on the Nulhegan River controlling a drainage area of approximately seventy (70) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately nine (9) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

In the State of New Hampshire,

(1) At South Keene on the Otter Brook, tributary of the Ashuelot River, controlling a drainage area of approximately forty-seven (47) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately seven (7) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(2) At Walpole on the Cold River controlling a drainage area of approximately one hundred one (101) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(3) At Bethlehem Junction on the Ammonoosuc River controlling a drainage area of approximately ninety (90) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately six (6) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(4) At Franconia Junction on the Ammonoosuc River controlling a drainage area of approximately thirty (30) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately eight (8) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

(5) At Swift Water on the Wild Ammonoosuc River controlling a drainage area of approximately fifty-seven (57) square miles and providing flood control storage for approximately ten (10) inches of runoff from said drainage area.

ARTICLE V

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts agrees to reimburse the State of New Hampshire fifty (50) per cent and the State of Vermont fifty (50) per cent of the amount of taxes lost to their political subdivisions by reason of ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property therein for the flood control dams and reservoirs at Surry Mountain in New Hampshire and at Union Village in Vermont.

The State of Connecticut agrees to reimburse the Commonwealth of Massachusetts forty (40) per cent, the State of New Hampshire forty (40) per cent and the State of Vermont forty (40) per cent of the amount of taxes lost to the political subdivisions by reason of ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property therein for the flood control dams and reservoirs at Tully, at Knightville and at Birch Hill in Massachusetts, at Surry Mountain in New Hampshire and at Union Village in Vermont.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts agrees to reimburse the State of New Hampshire fifty (50) per cent and the State of Vermont fifty (50) per cent of the amount of taxes lost to their political subdivisions by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property therein for construction in the future of any flood control dam and reservoir specified in Article IV and also for any other flood control dam and reservoir hereafter constructed by the United States in the Connecticut River Valley.

The State of Connecticut agrees to reimburse the Commonwealth of Massachusetts forty (40) per cent, the State of New Hampshire forty (40) per cent and the State of Vermont forty (40) per cent of the amount of taxes lost to their political subdivisions by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property therein for construction in the future of any flood control dam and reservoir specified in Article IV and also for any other flood control dam and reservoir hereafter constructed by the United States in the Connecticut River Valley.

Annually, not later than November first of each year, the commission shall determine the loss of taxes resulting to political subdivisions of each signatory state by reason of acquisition and ownership therein by the United States of lands, rights or other property in connection with each flood control dam and reservoir for which provision for tax reimbursement has been made in the four paragraphs next above. Such losses of taxes as determined by the commission shall be based on the tax rate then current in each such political subdivision and on the average assessed valuation for a period of five years prior to the acquisition by the United States of such property, provided that whenever a political subdivision wherein a flood control dam and reservoir or portion thereof is located shall have made a general revaluation of property subject to the annual municipal taxes of such subdivision, the commission may use such revaluation for the purpose of determining the amount of taxes for which reimbursement shall be made. Using the percentage of payment agreed to in said four paragraphs, the commission shall then compute the sum, if any, due from each signatory state to each other signatory state and shall send a notice to the treasurer of each signatory state setting forth in detail the sums, if any, each is to pay to and to receive from each other signatory state in reimbursement of tax losses.

Each signatory state on receipt of formal notification from the commission of the sum which it is to pay in reimbursement for tax losses shall, not later than July first of the following year, make its payment for such tax losses to the signatory state wherein such loss or losses occur, except that in case of the first annual payment for tax losses at any dam or reservoir such payment shall be made by payor states not later than July first of the year in which the next regular session of its legislature is held.

Payment by a signatory state of its share of reimbursement for taxes in accordance with formal notification received from the commission shall be a complete and final discharge of all liability by the payor state to the payee state for each flood control dam and reservoir within the payee state for the time specified in such formal notification. Each payee signatory state shall have full responsibility for distributing or expending all such sums received, and no agency or political subdivision shall have any claim against any signatory state other than the payee state, nor against the commission relative to tax losses covered by such payments.

Whenever a state which makes reimbursement for tax losses and a state which receives such reimbursement from it shall agree, through the commission, on a lump sum payment in lieu of annual payments and such lump sum payment has been made and received, the requirement that the commission annually shall determine the tax losses, compute sums due from each state and send notice thereof to the treasurer of each state shall no longer apply to the aforesaid states with respect to any flood control dam and reservoir for which lump sum payment has been made and received.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut each agrees to pay its respective share in reimbursement, as determined by the commission under the procedure following, for economic losses and damages occurring by reason of ownership of property by the United States for construction and operation of a flood control dam and reservoir at any site specified in Article IV, and for any other flood control dam and reservoir constructed hereafter by the United States in the Connecticut River Valley, provided, however, that no reimbursement shall be made for speculative losses and damages or losses or damages for which the United States is liable.

On receipt of information from the chief of engineers that request is to be made for funds for the purpose of preparing detailed plans and specifications for any flood control dam and reservoir proposed to be constructed in the Connecticut River Valley, including those specified in Article IV, the commission shall make an estimate of the amount of taxes which would be lost to and of economic losses and damages which would occur in political subdivisions of the signatory state wherein such dam and reservoir would be located, wholly or in part, by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property for the construction and operation of such flood control dam and reservoir and shall decide whether the flood control benefits to be derived in the signatory states from such flood control dam and reservoir, both by itself and as a unit of a comprehensive flood control plan, justifies, in the opinion of the commission, the assumption by signatory states of the obligation to make reimbursement for loss of taxes and for economic losses and damages. Such estimate and decision shall thereafter be reviewed by the commission at five-year intervals until such time as the United States shall have acquired title to the site of such flood control dam or plans for its construction are abandoned. The commission shall notify the governor, the members of the United States Senate and the members of the United States House of Representatives from each signatory state and the chief of engineers as to the commission's decision and as to any change in such decision.

On receipt of information from the chief of engineers that any flood control dam and reservoir is to be constructed, reconstructed, altered or used for any purpose in addition to flood control, including those flood control dams and reservoirs heretofore constructed and those specified in Article IV, the commission shall make a separate estimate of the amount of taxes which would be lost to and of economic losses and damages which would occur in political subdivisions of the signatory state wherein such dam and reservoir would be located, wholly or in part, by reason of acquisition and ownership by the United States of lands, rights or other property for the construction and operation of such dam and reservoir in excess of the estimated amount of taxes which would be lost and of the economic losses and damages which would occur if the dam were constructed and operated for flood control only and the commission shall decide the extent to which, in its opinion, the signatory states would be justified in making reimbursement for loss of taxes and for economic losses and damages in addition to reimbursement for such dam and reservoir if constructed and used for flood control only. Such estimate and decision shall thereafter be reviewed by the commission at five-year intervals until such time as such dam and reservoir shall be so constructed, reconstructed, altered or used or plans for such construction, reconstruction, alteration or use are abandoned. The commission shall notify the governor, the members of the United States Senate and the members of the United States House of Representatives from each signatory state as to the commission's decision and as to any change in such decision.

Within thirty days after acquisition by the United States of the site of any flood control dam the commission shall proceed to make a final determination of economic losses and damages occasioned by such dam and reservoir. The commission shall not include in such determination either speculative losses and damages or losses and damages for which the United States is liable.

The commission shall compute the share the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut shall each pay to the state wherein such dam and reservoir is located by multiplying the sum of such losses and damages, as previously determined, by the percentage of flood control benefits which the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut each receives, in the allocation by states, of the flood control benefits resulting from the dam and reservoir.

The commission shall send a notice to the treasurer of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and to the treasurer of the State of Connecticut setting forth in detail the sum, if any, each is to pay to the state wherein such dam and reservoir is located in reimbursement for economic losses and damages and shall also send such notice to the treasurer of the state wherein such dam and reservoir is located.

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut on receipt of such formal notification by the commission shall each pay its share of such economic losses or damages to the signatory states wherein such losses or damages occur. Full payment by either state of the sum specified in such formal notification from the commission as to the amount of economic losses and damages for which such state is to make reimbursement shall be a complete and final discharge of all liability by the payor state to the payee state for economic losses and damages for each flood control dam and reservoir within the payee state designated in such formal notification. Each payee signatory state shall have full responsibility for distributing or expending all such sums received and no agency, political subdivision, private person, partnership, firm, association or corporation shall have any claim against any signatory state other than the payee state, nor against the commission relative to such economic losses and damages.

A signatory state may, in agreement with the commission and the chief of engineers, acquire title or option to acquire title to any or all lands, rights or other property required for any flood control dam and reservoir within its boundaries and transfer such titles or options to the United States. Whenever the fair cost to said signatory state for such titles or options, as determined by the commission, is greater than the amount received therefor from the United States, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the State of Connecticut shall each pay its share of such excess cost to said signatory state, such share to be determined by the commission in accordance with procedure herein contained for determining reimbursement for economic losses and damages.

Whenever the commission shall not agree, within a reasonable time or within sixty days after a formal request from the governor of any signatory state, concerning reimbursement for loss of taxes or for economic losses and damages at any flood control dam and reservoir heretofore or hereafter constructed by the United States in the Connecticut River Valley, or concerning the extent, if any, to which reimbursement shall be made for additional loss of taxes and for additional economic losses and damages caused by construction, reconstruction, alteration or use of any such dam for purposes other than flood control, the governor of each signatory state shall designate a person from his state as a member of a board of arbitration, hereinafter called the board, and the members so designated shall choose one additional member who shall be chairman of such board. Whenever the members appointed by the governors to such board shall not agree within sixty days on such additional member of the board, the governors of such signatory states shall jointly designate the additional member. The board shall by majority vote decide the question referred to it and shall do so in accordance with the provisions of this compact concerning such reimbursement. The decision of the board on each question referred to it concerning reimbursement for loss of taxes and for economic losses and damages shall be binding on the commission and on each signatory state, notwithstanding any other provision of this compact.

ARTICLE VI

Nothing contained in this compact shall be construed as a limitation upon the authority of the United States.

ARTICLE VII

The signatory states agree to appropriate for compensation of agents and employees of the commission and for office, administrative, travel and other expenses on recommendation of the commission subject to limitations as follows: The Commonwealth of Massachusetts obligates itself to not more than seventy-five hundred (7500) dollars in any one year, the State of New Hampshire obligates itself to not more than one thousand (1000) dollars in any one year, the State of Vermont obligates itself to not more than one thousand (1000) dollars in any one year and the State of Connecticut obligates itself to not more than seventy-five hundred (7500) dollars in any one year.

ARTICLE VIII

Should any part of this compact be held to be contrary to the constitution of any signatory state or of the United States, all other parts thereof shall continue to be in full force and effect.

ARTICLE IX

This compact shall become operative and effective when ratified by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the States of New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut and approved by the Congress of the United States. Notice of ratification shall be given by the governor of each state to the governors of the other states and to the President of the United States, and the President of the United States is requested to give notice to the governors of each of the signatory states of approval by the Congress of the United States.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-109g — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 478a / Section 25-109g
Sec. 25-109g. Local zoning within conservation zone.
Status: in_force

(b) No adoption, amendment or repeal of a local zoning, subdivision or planning regulation with respect to property within the conservation zone within such town shall be effective which has not received the approval of the Niantic River Gateway Commission. Each local zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission shall submit its decision by certified mail to the Niantic River Gateway Commission for approval. If, within thirty-five days after receipt of such submission, said commission has failed to approve or disapprove such submission, it shall be deemed to be so approved; provided, the Niantic River Gateway Commission may within said time period reserve decision thereon and schedule the matter for a public hearing. Notice of the Gateway Commission's decision on the submission or of its determination to hold a public hearing shall be made in writing to the commission referring the submission. Such public hearing shall commence within sixty-five days after receipt of the submission and shall terminate within sixty days of its commencement and shall be held by a majority of the members of the Niantic River Gateway Commission, with representatives of each town present, 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 published in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the town from which the submission was referred, two times, at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days, and the last not less than two days, before such hearing. The action of the Niantic River Gateway Commission shall have the object of regulating the uses of such property consistent with the purposes of sections 25-109c to 25-109k , inclusive, and promoting the protection and development for purposes of said sections of such property by means of classification of zoning districts according to types of land usage permitted therein, land coverage, frontage, setback, design and building height and by regulating the cutting of timber, burning of undergrowth, removing soil or other earth materials and dumping or storing refuse in a manner that would detract from the natural or traditional riverway scene, provided such action shall not discourage constructive development and uses of such property which are consistent with the purposes of said sections. The commission shall render a decision on the submission within sixty-five days after completion of the hearing. The submitting commission may consent to an extension of any period specified in this subsection, provided such extension shall not be for longer than double the period specified, or it may withdraw such submission. The Gateway Commission shall publish notice of its decision in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the town from which the submission was received.

(c) The commission shall, from time to time, review and may, after public hearing of which at least fifteen days' notice has been given in a newspaper or newspapers having a circulation in the conservation zone, revise the standards established under the provisions of section 25-109f consistent with the purposes of sections 25-109c to 25-109k , inclusive. A copy of the proposed revisions to be presented at such public hearing shall be furnished at least fifteen days prior thereto to the conservation commissions, zoning commissions, planning commissions or combined planning and zoning commissions of the towns to be affected thereby.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-131 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 482 / Section 25-131
Sec. 25-131. Well records. Drilling, excavating and pumping activities affecting underground water resources.
Status: in_force

(b) Drilling, excavating and pumping associated with the oil, gas or brine well industries and the construction, quarrying and mining industries and the disposal of any materials shall be subject to this chapter only insofar as they relate to the pollution and depletion of underground water resources.

(c) Within sixty days, or other period established by the board, after completion of a non-water-supply well, a well drilling contractor shall provide the owner, the board, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the local director of health or his agent with a copy of a record indicating the well owner's name and address, well depth, geologic materials and thickness of materials penetrated, amount and type of casing, static water levels, a site map indicating the location of the well and any other information which may be required by the regulations adopted under section 25-128 .

(d) The abandonment of non-water-supply wells shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted under section 25-128 regarding abandonment of wells.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102g — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477a / Section 25-102g
Sec. 25-102g. Local zoning within the conservation zone. Standards. Approval procedure. Revision of standards.
Status: in_force

(b) No adoption, amendment or repeal of a local zoning, subdivision or planning regulation with respect to property within the conservation zone within such town shall be effective which has not received the approval of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission. Each local zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission shall submit its decision by certified mail to the Connecticut River Gateway Commission for approval. If, within thirty-five days after receipt of such submission, said commission has failed to approve or disapprove such submission, it shall be deemed to be so approved; provided, the Connecticut River Gateway Commission may within said time period reserve decision thereon and schedule the matter for a public hearing. Notice of the Gateway Commission's decision on the submission or of its determination to hold a public hearing shall be made in writing to the commission referring the submission. Such public hearing shall commence within sixty-five days after receipt of the submission and shall terminate within sixty days of its commencement and shall be held by a majority of the members of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission, with representatives of at least five member towns present, 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 published in the form of a legal advertisement in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the town from which the submission was referred, two times, at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than fifteen days nor less than ten days, and the last not less than two days, before such hearing. The action of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission shall have the object of regulating the uses of such property consistent with the purposes of this chapter and promoting the protection and development for purposes of this chapter of such property by means of classification of zoning districts according to types of land usage permitted therein, land coverage, frontage, setback, design and building height and by regulating the cutting of timber, burning of undergrowth, removing soil or other earth materials and dumping or storing refuse in a manner that would detract from the natural or traditional riverway scene, provided such action shall not discourage constructive development and uses of such property which are consistent with the purposes of this chapter. The commission shall render a decision on the submission within sixty-five days after completion of the hearing. The submitting commission may consent to an extension of any period specified in this subsection, provided such extension shall not be for longer than double the period specified, or it may withdraw such submission. The Gateway Commission shall publish notice of its decision in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the town from which the submission was received.

(c) The commission shall, from time to time, review, and may, after public hearing of which at least fifteen days' notice has been given in a newspaper or newspapers having a circulation in the conservation zone, revise the standards established under the provisions of section 25-102d consistent with the purposes of this chapter. A copy of the proposed revisions to be presented at such public hearing shall be furnished at least fifteen days prior thereto to the conservation commissions, zoning commissions, planning commissions or combined planning and zoning commissions of the towns to be affected thereby.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-204 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 484 / Section 25-204
Sec. 25-204. Resource inventory. Statement of objectives. Map. Notice and hearing. River corridor protection plan.
Status: in_force

(b) After completing an inventory pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, a river committee shall prepare a written statement identifying those resources in the local drainage basin of the river for which the committee was established, particularly those resources which ranked high in the state rivers assessment data base, which should be protected or preserved and which degraded areas in such basin should be restored and preserved for their resource value. Such statement shall also identify any existing uses which are compatible with protection and preservation of such resources. Such statement shall be known as the river committee's statement of objectives.

(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 committee shall prepare a map consistent with such inventory, which defines the boundaries of the river corridor to be preserved under the river corridor protection plan prepared pursuant to subsection (f) 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 committee shall publish in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the affected area at least thirty days' notice of a public hearing to be held in one of the municipalities represented on the committee. Such hearing shall provide an opportunity for public comment regarding such documents and the committee shall also provide for the submission of written comments to such committee regarding such documents. After considering all comments received, the river committee shall revise such documents as appropriate and submit such revised documents to the commissioner and the secretary. Within ninety days of receiving the revised documents, the commissioner shall provide written comments to the river committee 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 committee and shall furnish a copy of such comments to the commissioner. After considering all comments received from the commissioner and the secretary, the river committee shall adopt an inventory, statement of objectives and map and shall publish, in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the affected area, notice of the adoption of the inventory, statement of objectives and map.

(e) After adoption pursuant to subsection (d) of this section of an inventory, statement of objectives and map, the river committee shall prepare a report on all federal, state and municipal laws, plans, programs and proposed activities which may affect the river corridor defined in such map. Such laws shall include regulations adopted pursuant to chapter 440 and zoning, subdivision and site plan regulations adopted pursuant to section 8-3 . Such plans shall include plans of conservation and 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 adopted pursuant to section 25-32d , coordinated water system plans adopted pursuant to section 25-33h , municipal open space plans, the commissioner's fish and wildlife plans, and publicly-owned wastewater treatment facility plans. State and regional agencies shall, within available resources, assist the river committee 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 committee's objectives for river corridor protection and preservation as reflected in the statement of objectives. If conflicts are identified, the river committee shall notify the applicable state, regional or municipal agencies and such agencies shall, within available resources, attempt with the river commission to resolve such conflicts.

(f) (1) After adoption of an inventory, statement of objectives and map pursuant to subsection (d) of this section, the river committee shall prepare a river corridor protection plan. The river committee shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area at least thirty days' notice of a public hearing to be held in one of the municipalities represented on the committee. Such hearing shall provide an opportunity for public comment regarding the plan and the committee shall also provide for the submission of written comments on the plan. The committee 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 proposed for designation under section 25-205 . After considering all comments received, the river committee shall revise said documents as appropriate and submit them to the commissioner and the secretary. Within ninety days of receiving the revised documents, the commissioner shall provide written comments to the river committee 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 documents shall provide written comments thereon 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 committee shall revise the river corridor protection 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 protection plan shall set forth a strategy for achieving the protection and preservation objectives contained in the statement of objectives adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of this section and for reconciling existing incompatible uses with resource preservation. Such plan shall make recommendations for the modification of municipal plans of conservation and development and zoning, subdivision, site plan and wetlands regulations as necessary to allow implementation of the river corridor protection plan and to assure that each member municipality similarly preserves that portion of the river corridor under its jurisdiction. Such plan shall recommend that applicable municipal regulations be modified to prohibit mining, moving of earth and dredging, other than dredging to maintain existing uses, within the river corridor. Such plan may set out guidelines for disturbing vegetation within the river corridor and identify areas where clear-cutting should be prohibited; may recommend municipal adoption of programs to minimize pollution or development of the river corridor and maximize voluntary private preservation efforts; shall consider land and water uses which may be compatible with river protection, including hydropower, agriculture, recreation and waste discharges and may recommend appropriate revisions of any state or regional plans of development or municipal plans of conservation and development or open space plans. Such plan shall include a time schedule for state and municipal implementation of such regulatory modifications and programs.

(3) A river corridor protection 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 preservation objectives of the river corridor protection plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-199a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483aa / Section 25-199a
Sec. 25-199a. Designation of portion of Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook 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 federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Upon the designation of the Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook 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 Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook 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. § 25-235 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 485 / Section 25-235
Sec. 25-235. Approval of management plan by municipalities, commissioner. Revisions to plan.
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 25-234 ; (2) whether the inventory accurately identifies all resources and all existing and potential uses within the local drainage basin; (3) whether the river corridor management plan would, if implemented, adequately protect, preserve and enhance such resources, particularly those ranked high in the state rivers assessment database; (4) whether such plan would, if implemented, balance competing uses within the river corridor and reasonably allow for aquatic habitat protection, land and water usage including potable water supply, agriculture, transportation, recreation and improvements essential for public health, safety and welfare; (5) whether the river corridor identified in the map adopted pursuant to subsection (d) of section 25-234 comprises sufficient land and water area to allow implementation of the river corridor management plan; (6) whether the river commission adequately responded to public comments on the river corridor management plan; (7) whether such plan is consistent with the water quality standards adopted pursuant to section 22a-426 ; (8) the comments submitted to the secretary pursuant to subsections (d) and (f) of section 25-234 ; and (9) any other information the commissioner deems relevant.

(c) If the secretary finds that any provision of a river corridor management 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 forward a copy of such plan to the commissioner and identify such conflict. The secretary 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 management 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 management plan shall be in writing and shall be filed with the chief elected official of each member municipality and the river commission. If the commissioner rejects such map or plan, he shall do so in writing, clearly explaining the reasons for rejection. The river commission whose map or plan has been rejected by the commissioner may submit to him a revised map or river corridor management plan.

(e) Any revision to a map or river corridor management plan approved or rejected by the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements of sections 25-234 and 25-235 for the original submittal. A revision of an approved river corridor management 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 a map and river corridor management plan approved pursuant to this section and recommend revisions. The river commission shall review a map and plan so approved 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 25-234 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-39e — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-39e
Sec. 25-39e. Restriction on use of lead solder in potable water systems. Sale of lead solder.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after December 31, 1986, no solder containing more than 0.2 per cent lead shall be sold in Connecticut unless it contains a warning label which states in capital letters:

“CONTAINS LEAD. CONNECTICUT LAW PROHIBITS THE USE OF THIS SOLDER IN MAKING JOINTS AND FITTINGS IN ANY PUBLIC OR PRIVATE POTABLE WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OR ANY WATER USER'S PIPELINES.”
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-83a — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-83a
Sec. 25-83a. Reimbursement of public service companies for relocation of facilities in connection with flood control projects.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-321 re reimbursement of public service companies for relocation of facilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-133 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 482 / Section 25-133
Sec. 25-133. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) With respect to matters related to the purity, potability and safeguarding of well water under section 19a-37 , where a local director of health finds that compliance with all requirements of this chapter or regulations adopted pursuant thereto would result in undue hardship, an exemption from one or more of such requirements may be granted by the local director of health upon a finding by such local director of health that such exemption can be granted without adversely affecting the purity and adequacy of the well water.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-157t — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483 / Section 25-157t
Sec. 25-157t. Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and Blue Plan Advisory Committee. Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory. Long Island Sound Blue Plan.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and Blue Plan Advisory Committee, established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and within available resources, shall: (1) Coordinate the completion of a Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory by a Long Island Sound Inventory and Science subcommittee to be convened by The University of Connecticut. Such resource and use inventory shall be comprised of the best available information and data regarding the natural resources within Long Island Sound and the uses of Long Island Sound, including, but not limited to, all: (A) Plants; (B) animals; (C) habitats; (D) ecologically significant areas in nearshore and offshore waters and substrates of such waters; (E) uses of such waters and substrates, including, but not limited to: (i) Recreational and commercial boating, (ii) recreational and commercial fishing, (iii) waterfowl hunting, (iv) shellfish beds, (v) aquaculture facilities, (vi) shipping corridors, (vii) energy facilities, and (viii) electric power line, gas pipeline and telecommunications crossings; and (F) any updates and additions to the comprehensive environmental assessment and plan completed, in accordance with section 25-157a ; and (2) develop a Long Island Sound Blue Plan that may include maps, illustrations and other media. Such Long Island Sound Blue Plan shall: (A) Establish the state's goals, siting priorities and standards for ensuring effective stewardship of the waters of Long Island Sound held in trust for the benefit of the public; (B) promote science-based management practices that take into account the existing natural, social, cultural, historic and economic characteristics of planning areas within Long Island Sound; (C) preserve and protect traditional riparian and water-dependent uses and activities; (D) promote maximum public accessibility to Long Island Sound's waters for traditional public trust uses, such as recreational and commercial boating and fishing, except when necessary to protect coastal resources, preserve public health, safety and welfare, or when it is in the interest of national security; (E) reflect the importance of the waters of Long Island Sound to the citizens of this state who derive livelihoods and recreational benefits from boating and fishing; (F) analyze the implications of existing and potential uses and users of Long Island Sound with a focus on avoiding potential use conflicts; (G) be consistent with the Long Island Sound Resources and Uses Inventory, prepared pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, with provision for the ongoing acquisition and application of up-to-date resource and use data, including seafloor mapping; (H) reflect the value of biodiversity and ecosystem health in regard to the interdependence of ecosystems; (I) identify and protect special, sensitive or unique estuarine and marine life and habitats, including, but not limited to, scenic and visual resources; (J) adapt to evolving knowledge and understanding of the marine environment, including adaptation to climate change and rise in sea level; (K) foster sustainable uses that capitalize on economic opportunity without significant detriment to the ecology or natural beauty of Long Island Sound; (L) support the infrastructure necessary to sustain the economy and quality of life for the citizens of this state; (M) be coordinated, to the maximum extent feasible, with local, regional and federal planning entities and agencies, including, but not limited to, the Long Island Sound Study and National Ocean Policy's Northeast Regional Planning Body and the Connecticut-New York Bi-State Marine Spatial Planning Working Group; (N) be coordinated, developed and implemented, to the maximum extent feasible, with the state of New York; (O) be developed through a transparent and inclusive process that seeks widespread participation of the public and stakeholders and encourages public participation in decision making; (P) identify appropriate locations and performance standards for activities, uses and facilities regulated under existing state permit programs, including, but not limited to, measures to guide siting of uses in a manner compatible with said Long Island Sound Blue Plan; (Q) be consistent with the state plan of conservation and development and the goals and policies described in section 22a-92 ; and (R) reflect the importance of planning for Long Island Sound as an estuary that crosses state boundaries, including the identification of potential measures that encourage such planning.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the submerged lands and waters subject to the commissioner's planning, management and coordination authority under the Long Island Sound Blue Plan shall include Long Island Sound and its bays and inlets from the mean high water line, as defined by the most recent data of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to the state's waterward boundaries with the states of New York and Rhode Island. Any siting policies, identification of locations, or performance standards for activities, uses and facilities under the Long Island Sound Blue Plan shall apply in a spatial planning area located seaward of the bathymetric contour of minus ten feet North American Vertical Datum to the state's waterward boundaries with the states of New York and Rhode Island provided such planning area shall not extend into any river that flows into the sound beyond the first motor vehicle bridge or railroad bridge that crosses such river or area along such river that is authorized by the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, pursuant to section 32-70 , to be an enterprise zone that shall be known as a defense plant zone. Such spatial planning area shall be designated on a map to be prepared by the advisory committee established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.

(d) The Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and Blue Plan Advisory Committee shall hold not less than three public hearings in different coastal municipalities of the state to receive comments and submissions from the public and interested persons and may provide for other public outreach and input measures, as appropriate, to assure sufficient stakeholder engagement and representation, provided one such public hearing shall be held in a coastal municipality east of the Connecticut River, one such public hearing shall be held in a coastal municipality west of the Housatonic River and one such public hearing shall be held in a costal municipality located between the Connecticut River and the Housatonic River. The advisory committee shall assist the commissioner in completing a draft of the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and the Long Island Sound Blue Plan not later than March 1, 2019.

(e) During the drafting of the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and Long Island Sound Blue Plan, and prior to making such draft available for public comment, in accordance with subsection (f) of this section, the advisory committee shall consult with the Commissioner of Economic and Community Development, representatives of the telecommunications industry, waterfront businesses, the state's two federally recognized Indian tribes and the tourism or recreation industry. Additionally, the advisory committee shall, to the extent feasible, consult with the applicable New York state agencies, advisory counterparts and the Connecticut-New York Bi-State Marine Spatial Planning Working Group to devise a mutually agreeable process for developing the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and Long Island Sound Blue Plan.

(f) Upon completion of the draft Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and the Long Island Sound Blue Plan, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make such draft available for public review and comment and shall publish notice thereof in the Environmental Monitor and the Connecticut Law Journal. The commissioner shall cause such draft and notice of public comment period to be posted on the Internet web site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Office of Policy and Management. Such notice of public comment period shall provide for a public comment period of not less than ninety days. Not later than ninety days after the end of such public comment period, the commissioner shall adopt a final draft of the Long Island Sound Resource and Use Inventory and the Long Island Sound Blue Plan.

(g) Upon completion of the final draft of the Long Island Sound Blue Plan, such plan shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment. Said committee, not later than forty-five days after the start of the next occurring legislative session following receipt of such plan, shall conduct a public hearing on the plan. Not later than forty-five days after such public hearing, said committee shall submit such plan, in conjunction with the committee's recommendation for approval or disapproval of such plan, to the General Assembly. Such plan shall become effective when approved by a majority vote of each chamber of the General Assembly. In the event that the General Assembly disapproves the plan, in whole or in part, such plan shall be deemed to be rejected and shall be returned to the advisory committee for revision.

(h) Upon approval of such inventory and plan: (1) Such plan shall be considered as a factor in the review of applications pursuant to sections 16-50k , 22-11h , 22-11i , 22-11j , 22a-6k , 22a-359 , 22a-361 , 22a-363b , 22a-363d , 22a-430 , 25-157b , 26-194 and 26-257a and Section 401 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act and may be utilized for guidance in preapplication discussions between the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and applicants, (2) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall seek necessary federal approval to incorporate the Long Island Sound Blue Plan as an enforceable policy in the state's coastal management program under the federal Coastal Zone Management Act, (3) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, within available resources, develop and implement a public outreach and information program to provide information to the public regarding the Long Island Sound Blue Plan, (4) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide for the review and update of such inventory and plan at least once every five years and any revision to such inventory and plan shall become effective upon approval by the General Assembly, in accordance with subsection (g) of this section, (5) the advisory committee, not later than six months after such approval, shall advise the commissioner on the operation, implementation and updating of the inventory and plan, as applicable, and shall meet on a quarterly basis to review implementation of such plan, identify emerging issues and recommend any necessary or desirable alterations or improvements to such plan, and (6) the advisory committee shall, within available resources, hold not less than one public hearing each year to receive comments and submissions from the public on such inventory and plan.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102d — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477a / Section 25-102d
Sec. 25-102d. Connecticut River Gateway Committee: Membership, duties. Election by towns.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissions of the respective towns referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall study the standards so established and shall, within ninety days of such submission, file with the town clerk of the town which they serve, for submission to its legislative body, recommendations as to whether such town should vote to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-102g , 25-102h and 25-102j . 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. Within thirty days after April 22, 1974, the clerk of any such town which has not previously voted to be governed by the provisions of this chapter, shall call a meeting of its legislative body at the earliest legal date, which may be the annual or a regular or special meeting of such body, at which meeting, such legislative body shall vote as to whether such town shall be governed by the provisions of sections 25-102g , 25-102h and 25-102j and the town clerk of such town shall report the result of such vote to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for transmittal to the Connecticut River Gateway Committee.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-41 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-41
Sec. 25-41. Cemetery not to be within one-half mile of reservoir.
Status: in_force

Owner of land may use it as a private cemetery aside from question of public health. 58 C. 94.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68j — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68j
Sec. 25-68j. Hazard mitigation and floodplain management grant program: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Eligible applicant” means any municipality or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p , inclusive;

(2) “Hazard mitigation” means activities that include, but are not limited to, actions taken to reduce or eliminate long-term risk to human life, infrastructure and property resulting from natural hazards including, but not limited to, flooding, high winds and wildfires; and

(3) “Floodplain management” means activities that include, but are not limited to, actions taken to retain the existing capacity of designated floodplain areas to store and convey flood waters.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-84 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 477 / Section 25-84
Sec. 25-84. Municipal flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards. Joint flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards. Appointment of alternate members. Biannual report.
Status: in_force

(2) Two or more municipalities may, by concurrent votes of their legislative bodies, enter into an agreement to jointly exercise through a joint flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control board the powers granted under sections 25-85 to 25-94 , inclusive. The joint flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control board shall have jurisdiction over each municipality subject to such agreement.

(b) Any town, city or borough shall have the power to provide by ordinance for the appointment or election of three alternate members to its flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control board. Such alternate members shall, when seated as herein provided, have all the powers and duties set forth for such board and its members. Such alternate members shall be electors of such town, city or borough. If a regular member of any of said board is absent or is disqualified, the chairman of the board shall designate an alternate to so act, choosing alternates in rotation so that they shall act as nearly equal a number of times as possible. If any alternate is not available in accordance with such rotation, such fact shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting.

(c) Each flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control board shall publish a biannual report on the Internet web site of each municipality under the jurisdiction of such board. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, (1) a current inventory and description of the flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control system managed by such board, (2) the extent and value of property, infrastructure and natural resources protected by such system, (3) an analysis of the manner in which vulnerable communities, as defined in subsection (a) of section 16-243y , are prioritized and protected by such system, and (4) the revenues and expenditures of such board.

Cited. 151 C. 307.

Cited. 1 CA 417.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-32e — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-32e
Sec. 25-32e. Imposition of civil penalties for violations of certain drinking water laws and regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) In setting a civil penalty in a particular case, where the civil penalty has not been established by statute or pursuant to the schedule in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner shall consider all factors which the commissioner deems relevant, including, but not limited to, the following: (1) The amount of assessment necessary to ensure immediate and continued compliance with such provision; (2) the character and degree of impact of the violation on the purity and adequacy of drinking water supplies; (3) whether the water company incurring the civil penalty is taking all feasible steps or procedures necessary or appropriate to comply with such provisions or to correct the violation; (4) any prior violations by such water company of statutes, regulations, orders or permits administered, adopted or issued by the commissioner; (5) the character and degree of injury to, or interference with, public health, safety or welfare which has been or may be caused by such violation; and (6) whether the consumers of the water company have been notified of such violation pursuant to section 19-13-B102 of the regulations of Connecticut state agencies.

(c) If the commissioner has reason to believe that a violation has occurred, the commissioner may impose a penalty if compliance is not achieved by a specified date and send to the suspected violator, by certified mail, return receipt requested, or personal service at the address filed with the department by the water company as required under subsection (a) of section 25-33 or, if the water company did not file an address as required under said subsection, to the last known address of the water company on file at the department, a notice which shall include: (1) A reference to the sections of the statute or regulation involved; (2) a short and plain statement of the violation; (3) a statement of the amount of the civil penalty or penalties imposed; (4) the initial date of the imposition of the penalty when the penalty is imposed for a continuing violation, or the date for which the penalty is imposed when the penalty is imposed for an isolated violation; and (5) a statement of the water company's right to a hearing. The commissioner shall send a copy of such notice to the local director of health in the municipality or municipalities in which such violation occurred or that utilize such water.

(d) The civil penalty shall be payable for noncompliance on the date specified in subsection (c) of this section and for each day thereafter until the water company against which the penalty was issued demonstrates to the commissioner that the violation has been corrected.

(e) The water company to which the notice is addressed shall have twenty days from the date of mailing of the notice to make written application to the commissioner for a hearing to contest the imposition of the penalty. The application shall include a detailed statement of all of the grounds for contesting the imposition of the penalty. The water company shall send a copy of such application to the local director of health in the municipality or municipalities in which such violation occurred or that utilize such water. All hearings under this section shall be conducted pursuant to sections 4-176e to 4-184 , inclusive, except that the presiding officer shall automatically grant each local director of health in the municipality or municipalities in which such violation occurred or that utilize such water the right to be heard in the proceeding. Any civil penalty may be mitigated by the commissioner upon such terms and conditions as the commissioner, in the commissioner's discretion, deems proper or necessary upon consideration of the factors set forth in subsection (b) of this section.

(f) A final order of the commissioner assessing a civil penalty shall be subject to appeal as set forth in section 4-183 after a hearing before the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, except that any such appeal shall be taken to the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain and shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191 . Such final order shall not be subject to appeal under any other provision of the general statutes. No challenge to any such final order shall be allowed as to any issue which could have been raised by an appeal of an earlier order, notice, permit, denial or other final decision by the commissioner. The local director of health in the municipality or municipalities in which such violation occurred or that utilize such water for which the order was assessed shall have the right to be heard on such appeal.

(g) If any water company fails to pay any civil penalty, the Attorney General, upon request of the commissioner, may bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to obtain enforcement of the penalty 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 .

(h) The provisions of this section are in addition to and not in derogation of any other enforcement provisions of any statute administered by the commissioner. The powers, duties and remedies provided in such other statutes, and the existence of or exercise of any powers, duties or remedies under this section or under such other statute shall not prevent the commissioner from exercising any other powers, duties or remedies available to the commissioner at law or in equity.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-33h — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-33h
Sec. 25-33h. Coordinated water system plan. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The plan shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this section. The committee shall prepare a draft of the plan and solicit comments thereon from the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and any municipality, regional council of governments or other interested party within the management area. The municipalities and regional councils of governments shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the consistency of the plan with local and regional land use plans and policies. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the cost-effectiveness of the plan. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the consistency of the plan with state policies. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the availability of water for any proposed diversion, water quality, flood management, recreation and aquatic habitat issues. The Commissioner of Public Health shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on the availability of pure and adequate water supplies, potential conflicts over the use of such supplies, and consistency with the goals of sections 25-33c to 25-33j , inclusive.

(c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing the contents of a plan and a procedure for approval or amendment to the plan.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68o — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68o
Sec. 25-68o. Consideration of sea level change scenarios re municipal evacuation and hazard mitigation plans. Publishing of sea level change scenarios.
Status: in_force

(b) Within available resources and not less than once every ten years, the Marine Sciences Division of The University of Connecticut shall publish a sea level change scenario for the state based upon the sea level change scenarios published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in Technical Report OAR CPO-1 and other available scientific data necessary to create a scenario applicable to the state coastline. Within available resources and not less than ninety days prior to publishing such sea level change scenario by said Marine Sciences Division, the division and the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall conduct not less than one public hearing concerning such update. Not later than sixty days after the last public hearing, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall publish the sea level change scenario for the state on the Internet web site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection along with a notice that any previous updates are superseded.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-68k — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 476a / Section 25-68k
Sec. 25-68k. Hazard mitigation and floodplain management grant program: Administration by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, relative priorities for the approval of grants under this section. Such priorities may take into account the differing needs of eligible applicants, the need for consistency and equity in the distribution of grant awards and the extent to which particular projects may advance the purposes of this section. The commissioner shall accord highest priority to projects which involve (1) the preparation or revision of hazard mitigation plans by municipalities, or (2) participation in the community rating system of the National Flood Insurance Program. The commissioner shall accord secondary priority to projects which involve (A) the execution of hazard mitigation projects by municipalities in accordance with approved hazard mitigation plans; or (B) administering and providing financial assistance for the hazard mitigation and floodplain management grant program established under this section. The commissioner may establish further criteria for the approval of grants under this section. Not later than February 1, 2005, the commissioner shall develop and disseminate a pamphlet that describes the evaluation process for grant applications under this section. In awarding grants under this section, the commissioner shall consult with any person the commissioner deems necessary.

(c) The commissioner shall authorize grant awards under this section on or before July thirty-first and December thirty-first of each fiscal year in which payment of a grant is to be made.

(d) The commissioner shall allocate not less than sixty per cent of the moneys in the hazard mitigation and floodplain management account in any fiscal year for grants under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-199 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 483aa / Section 25-199
Sec. 25-199. Designation of the Eightmile 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 federal Wild and Scenic Rivers Act. Upon the designation of the river watershed 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 watershed 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. § 25-42 — Connecticut Code / Title 25 / Chapter 474 / Section 25-42
Sec. 25-42. Power to take lands and streams.
Status: in_force

Effect on city charters. 86 C. 165; Id., 364. Remedy is alternative to that provided by Sec. 25-53. 90 C. 177. Statute is an enabling act and its provisions are neither mandatory nor exclusive. 124 C. 441.

Section is an enabling act whose provisions are neither mandatory nor exclusive. 5 CS 251. Injunction granted against water company though it did not file an application under section. 6 CS 388.