Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-608 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446l / Section 22a-608
Sec. 22a-608. Release of extremely hazardous substance notification. Follow-up emergency notice.
Status: in_force

(b) The notification required under subsection (a) of this section shall be given immediately by telephone, radio or in person, except that in the case of a release occurring during transportation or storage incident to transportation, notice may be satisfied by dialing 911 or, in the absence of a 911 emergency telephone number, calling the operator. To the extent known at the time of notice and provided no delay in responding to the emergency results, the notice shall include the following: (1) The chemical name or identity of any substance involved in a release; (2) an indication whether the substance is on the list of extremely hazardous substances prepared pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act; (3) an estimate of the quantity of any substance released into the environment; (4) the time and duration of the release; (5) the medium or media into which the release occurred; (6) any known or anticipated acute or chronic health risks associated with the emergency and, where appropriate, advice regarding medical attention necessary for exposed individuals; (7) proper precautions to take as a result of the release, including evacuation, provided such information is not readily available to the community emergency coordinator pursuant to the emergency plan; and (8) the name and telephone number of the person or persons to be contacted for further information.

(c) The owner or operator shall provide a written follow-up emergency notice as soon as practicable after a release requiring a notice under this section. Such notice shall set forth and update the information required under subsection (b) and include additional information on (1) actions taken to respond to and contain the release, (2) any known or anticipated acute or chronic health risks associated with the release and (3) advice regarding medical attention necessary for exposed individuals, where appropriate.

(d) The provisions of this section shall apply to the transportation, and storage incident to such transportation, of any substance or chemical subject to the requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

(e) As used in this section, “facility” includes motor vehicles, rolling stock and aircraft.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-255h — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-255h
Sec. 22a-255h. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Package” means any container, produced either domestically or in a foreign country, used for the marketing, protecting or handling of a product and includes a unit package, an intermediate package and a shipping container, as defined in the American Society of Testing and Materials specification D966. “Package” also means any unsealed receptacle such as a carrying case, crate, cup, pail, rigid foil or other tray, wrapper or wrapping film, bag or tub.

(2) “Distributor” means any person who takes title or delivery from the manufacturer of a package, packaging component or product, produced either domestically or in a foreign country, to use for promotional purposes or to sell.

(3) “Packaging component” means any part of a package, produced either domestically or in a foreign country, including, but not limited to, any interior or exterior blocking, bracing, cushioning, weatherproofing, exterior strapping, coating, closure, ink, label, dye, pigment, adhesive, stabilizer or other additive. Tin-plated steel that meets specification A623 of the American Society of Testing and Materials shall be considered as a single packaging component. Electro-galvanized coated steel and hot dipped coated galvanized steel that meets the American Society of Testing and Materials specifications A653, A924, A879 and A591 shall be treated in the same manner as tin-plated steel.

(4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or an authorized agent or designee of the commissioner.

(5) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(6) “Intermediate package” means a wrap, box, or bundle which contains two or more unit packages of identical items.

(7) “Unit package” means the first tie, wrap, or container applied to a single item, a quantity of the same item, a set, or an item with all its component parts, which constitutes a complete and identifiable package containing the unit of issue of a product for ultimate use.

(8) “Shipping container” means a container which is sufficiently strong to be used in commerce for packing, storing and shipping commodities.

(9) “Container” means a receptacle capable of closure.

(10) “Intentionally introduced” means deliberately utilized regulated metal or PFAS in the formulation of a package or packaging component where the continued presence of such metal or PFAS is desired in the final package or packaging component to provide a specific characteristic, appearance or quality. The use of a regulated metal as a processing agent or intermediate to impart certain chemical or physical changes during manufacturing where the incidental retention of a residue of said metal in the final package or packaging component is neither desired nor deliberate shall not be considered intentional introduction for the purposes of this section where such package or component is in compliance with subsection (c) of section 22a-255i . The use of post-consumer recycled materials as feedstock for the manufacture of new packaging materials where some portion of the recycled materials may contain amounts of the regulated metals or PFAS shall not be considered intentional introduction for the purposes of this section provided the new package or packaging component is in compliance with subsection (c) or (e) of section 22a-255i , as applicable.

(11) “Distribution” means the process for transferring a package or packaging component for promotional purposes or resale. Persons involved solely in delivering a package or packaging component on behalf of third parties shall not be considered distributors.

(12) “Manufacturer” means any person producing a package or packaging component as defined in subdivision (3) of this section.

(13) “Manufacturing” means the physical or chemical modification of a material to produce packaging or packaging components.

(14) “Incidental presence” means the presence of a regulated metal as an unintended or undesired ingredient of a package or packaging component.

(15) “Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” or “PFAS” means all members of the class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.

(16) “Post-consumer recycled material” means a material generated by households or by commercial, industrial and institutional facilities as end-users of the product which can no longer be used for its intended purpose, including returns of material from the distribution chain. “Post-consumer recycled material” does not include refuse-derived fuel or other material that is destroyed by incineration.

(17) “Food packaging” means any package or packaging component that is applied to or in direct contact with any food or beverage.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-248 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 431 / Section 22-248
Sec. 22-248. Petition for reconsideration of order or regulation; appeal.
Status: in_force

Cited. 221 C. 422.

Administrator does not have unlimited discretion; he is controlled by the right to appeal. 13 CS 259.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-54o — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 423 / Section 22-54o
Sec. 22-54o. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Apples” means apples produced in the state for the purpose of sale;

(2) “Apple producer” means any person who produces or causes to be produced more than one thousand first sale units of apples in the state;

(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture;

(4) “Harvest crop” means the number of bushels or pounds of apples harvested for a season;

(5) “Distributor” or “handler” means any person, other than the producer, who sells, causes to be sold or markets a first sale unit;

(6) “First sale unit” means a unit of sale of apples of between thirty-six and forty-four pounds, sold for fresh market use in boxes, cartons, baskets or other containers or, if sold on a per pound basis or in bulk, means forty pounds;

(7) “Fresh market” means the sale of apples in the whole and unadulterated state in which such apples were harvested;

(8) “Marketing” means the act or process of selling or purchasing in an apple market and includes advertising and promotion of apples or apple products and associated marketing research;

(9) “Market order” means an order issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture pursuant to section 22-54q for marketing research and promotion of apples and apple products, including an assessment to support such marketing research and promotion;

(10) “Marketing season” means the period beginning July first of any year and ending June thirtieth of the following year;

(11) “Storage” means any building, structure or place where apples are kept in a cold, refrigerated or controlled atmosphere.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-66b — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 441 / Section 22a-66b
Sec. 22a-66b. Pesticide application businesses: Definitions. Compliance with record maintenance requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) “Pesticide application business” means any business which wholly or in part holds itself out for hire to apply or to recommend the application of a pesticide, as defined in section 22a-47 , or which, for compensation, applies or recommends the use of a pesticide.

(2) “Place of business” means any physical location at or through which the functional operations of business regularly occur, including, but not limited to, financial transactions, arrangement of contracts, assignment of work and record-keeping, and excluding buildings or locations used solely for storage of equipment or supplies or telephone answering services.

(b) All certified applicators shall comply with the recording requirements in section 22a-66g .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-40 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 423 / Section 22-40
Sec. 22-40. Labeling of shell eggs. Retail handling and storage of shell eggs. Holding, storing and transporting of shell eggs.
Status: in_force

(b) All retail establishments shall handle and store all shell eggs in compliance with the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended from time to time. All shell egg distribution and shell egg grading establishments shall store, handle and transport eggs in compliance with the federal Egg Products Inspection Act, as amended from time to time.

(c) All shell eggs offered for sale shall be held, stored and transported at an ambient air temperature of not greater than forty-five degrees Fahrenheit, except that shell eggs may, for a functional reason, be tempered for processing, provided such eggs are not held for more than thirty-six hours at room temperature.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-220a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-220a
Sec. 22a-220a. Designation by municipality of areas for solid waste disposal. Designation of areas for items generated from residential properties. Registration of solid waste collectors. Reports by solid waste collectors. Scavenging.
Status: in_force

(b) The legislative body shall give not less than sixty days' notice of its intent to designate a disposal area for solid waste or to designate where the items generated from residential property listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be taken for processing or sale to all collectors hauling solid waste or such items of the municipality. At the conclusion of such period, the legislative body shall cause notice of such designation to appear in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality and shall conduct a public hearing thereon. Prior to designating where the items generated from residential property and listed in subsection (a) of this section shall be taken for sale or processing, the municipality shall consider the private recycling occurring within the municipality, the effects of its proposed designation on such recycling, and the policy set forth in subdivision (4) of section 22a-259 .

(c) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, recyclable material, including but not limited to, glass, metal, paper, corrugated paper or plastic, may be removed or segregated at the source of generation or prior to disposal at the designated area and presegregated recyclable material may be transported directly to facilities which accept and process recyclable material.

(d) (1) Any collector hauling solid waste generated by residential, business, commercial or other establishments, including, but not limited to, recyclables generated within the borders of a municipality, shall register annually in such municipality and disclose: (A) The name and address of the collector and the owner of such collection company; (B) the name of any other municipality in which such collector hauls such solid waste, including recyclables; (C) whether the hauling done by such collector is residential, commercial or other; (D) the types of waste hauled; (E) the anticipated location of any disposal facilities or end users receiving recyclable solid waste; and (F) any additional information that such municipality requires to ensure the health and safety of its residents.

(2) On or before July 31, 2011, any such collector shall report to the municipality (A) the types of solid waste, including recyclables, as listed in subsection (c) of section 22a-208e generated within the borders of a municipality and collected by such collector, (B) the name, location and contact information for the first destination where such solid waste, including recyclables, was delivered by the collector during the previous fiscal year, and (C) the types and actual or estimated amounts of such solid waste, including recyclables, directly delivered to an out-of-state destination or to an end user or manufacturer in the state. Such reports shall be submitted to the municipality annually, on or before July thirty-first, and shall provide the information specified in this subdivision for the prior state fiscal year. Such reports shall be on a form prescribed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and shall include any other additional information the commissioner deems necessary.

(e) The door of any private vehicle used to haul solid waste shall be clearly marked with the business name and address of the hauler.

(f) Any collector who dumps more than one cubic foot in volume of solid waste at one time in an area not designated for such disposal by a municipality pursuant to the provisions of this section or who knowingly mixes other solid waste with items designated for recycling pursuant to section 22a-241b , or pursuant to municipal ordinance shall for a first violation be liable for a civil penalty of not more than two thousand five hundred dollars for each violation and not more than ten thousand dollars for a subsequent violation. Any municipality or the Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, may bring an action under this section. All such actions shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191 . Any such action by the Attorney General shall be brought in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.

(g) As used in this section, “collector” means any person who holds himself out for hire regularly to collect solid waste from residential, business, commercial or other establishments. “Collector” does not include: (1) Any person who transports solid waste that is incidentally generated during professional or commercial activities unrelated to the collection of solid waste, such as residential property repairs, provided such solid waste is self-generated by such person's professional or commercial activities and such solid waste is transported to an authorized recycling facility, a permitted recycling facility, or a permitted solid waste facility, and (2) any person who transports used materials for the purpose of delivering such materials to a charitable organization that distributes reused household items or to a retail facility that sells reused household items.

(h) The legislative body of a municipality may prohibit the scavenging of solid waste.

(i) Any person, other than a collector, who: (1) Dumps more than one cubic foot in volume of solid waste at one time in a solid waste or refuse collection container without the authorization of the owner of such container or (2) dumps any material into a recycling collection container used to collect another type of material for purposes of disposal by a collector shall be guilty of an infraction as provided for in chapter 881b. Any owner or lessor of a solid waste or refuse collection container may post signs on or near such container which indicate the penalties provided for in this section for unauthorized disposal of waste in such container. Any municipal police officer may issue a summons for the commission of an infraction for any violation of this subsection.

(j) If a collector hauls solid waste generated in this state, including recyclables as listed in subsection (c) of section 22a-208e from an entity located in the state other than a facility that has obtained a permit or authorization pursuant to this chapter and delivers such solid waste or recyclables to a destination that is an entity other than a facility that has obtained a permit or authorization pursuant to this chapter, then on or before July 31, 2011, and annually thereafter, such collector shall submit a report regarding such solid waste, including recyclables, to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Such report shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner and shall provide such information regarding such solid waste as the commissioner deems necessary, including, but not limited to: (1) The types of solid waste, including recyclables, collected, (2) for municipal solid waste, the municipality of origin of such municipal solid waste including recyclables, (3) the amount by weight, volume or other method acceptable to the commissioner of such solid waste, including recyclables delivered to such destination, and (4) the name, address and contact information of the entity receiving such solid waste or recyclables.

(k) If a collector hauls municipal solid waste generated in the state, including recyclables, and delivers such municipal solid waste, including recyclables, to a facility that has obtained a permit or authorization pursuant to this chapter, then, upon delivery, such collector shall identify to the receiving facility for each load of municipal solid waste or recyclables, as applicable: (1) The originating regional facility, (2) the originating municipality if such waste did not pass through a regional facility, or (3) the originating regional facility or state if such waste originated outside of the state. If such municipal solid waste load comes from more than one municipality, the collector shall estimate the amount of waste from each municipality.

Cited. 224 C. 627.

Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-160 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446a / Section 22a-160
Sec. 22a-160. (Formerly Sec. 19-25k). Formulation and maintenance of radiation incident plan.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-135 re reporting of nuclear incidents.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-329b — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-329b
Sec. 22-329b. Reporting of neglected or cruelly treated animals.
Status: in_force

(b) The written report shall be made by the officer as soon as practicable, but not later than forty-eight hours after the officer has reasonable cause to suspect that an animal has been harmed, neglected or treated cruelly pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section or has filed a verified petition. Each written report shall contain, if known: (1) The address where the animal was observed and the name and address of the owner or other person responsible for care of the animal; (2) the name and a description of the animal; (3) the nature and extent of the harm to, neglect of or cruelty to the animal; (4) the approximate date and time such harm, neglect or cruelty occurred; (5) any information concerning any previous harm to, neglect of or cruelty to the animal; (6) the circumstances under which such harm, neglect or cruelty came to be known by the officer; and (7) the name and address of every person the officer reasonably suspects to be responsible for such harm, neglect or cruelty.

(c) Not later than November 1, 2014, and monthly thereafter, the Commissioner of Agriculture shall send a report to the Commissioner of Children and Families containing all of the information received pursuant to subsection (b) of this section during the preceding month.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-194a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446c / Section 22a-194a
Sec. 22a-194a. Sale of new products manufactured using any controlled substance. Certification of compliance.
Status: in_force

(b) Each manufacturer of polystyrene foam products using a controlled substance that are sold in this state shall certify to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection before July 1, 1992, his compliance with the provisions of this section.

(c) The manufacturer of any product packaged in or composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam shall provide information on the controlled substances found in such product to any person selling the product who requests such information.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-331 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-331
Sec. 22-331. Municipal animal control officers. Assistants.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in section 22-331a , the chief or superintendent of police in each other city or town having a police department and the selectmen or chief executive officer in each town which has no police department, or such other appointing authority as the charter of such town may designate, in their respective jurisdictions, shall appoint a municipal animal control officer and such assistants as are deemed necessary to administer and enforce the laws relating to dogs and other domestic animals. Such officer and assistants shall have such qualifications as the commissioner may prescribe and shall serve for a term of at least one year.

(c) Each appointment made under the provisions of this section shall be reported promptly to the commissioner. Each person appointed under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall, and any person appointed under the provisions of subsection (b) of this section may, be paid a salary and expenses in lieu of the fees provided in section 22-334 and the amount thereof shall be transferred from the dog fund account to the appropriation of the proper department.

(d) The municipal animal control officer so appointed in any municipality the limits of which are not coterminous with those of the municipality in which it is located shall have authority as such municipal animal control officer throughout such town, and the town treasurer or other fiscal officer shall annually reimburse the municipality, from the dog fund account, for the salaries and expenses of such officer or his or her assistants. The municipal animal control officer so appointed in any town having a borough within its limits shall have authority as such municipal animal control officer throughout the limits of such town. If, in any municipality, the officer or officers charged with such duty fail to report such appointment, the commissioner shall notify such officer or officers to make and report such appointment within ten days of receipt of such notification, and, if such appointment is not made within such time, the commissioner shall appoint a municipal animal control officer for such municipality.

(e) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or any special act, municipal charter or ordinance, any chief elected official of any municipality or a regional animal control facility may appoint, on a temporary basis not to exceed ninety days, any animal control officer or regional animal control officer appointed pursuant to this section or section 22-331a , as applicable, to act as an animal control officer in such municipality or region. Any animal control officer or regional animal control officer who provides services pursuant to an appointment made in accordance with this subsection shall have all the powers and authority granted to such animal control officer in the municipality or region in which such officer is appointed. Any such appointment made pursuant to this subsection shall be made in writing and be approved by each of the chief elected officials of the municipalities affected by such appointment and by each regional animal control facility that is affected by such appointment. Such written appointment shall include, at a minimum, information concerning the compensation to be paid to such officer, insurance provided to such officer and the use of equipment, if any, for such officer. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be notified, in writing, of any such appointment made pursuant to this subsection not later than five days following such appointment.

Cited. 13 CA 124. City's acts or omissions in appointing and supervising animal control officer under section were discretionary and not ministerial. 150 CA 769.

Subsec. (a):

Legislature did not intend that there be a private cause of action. 284 C. 772.

Private remedy implied in statute because plaintiff was a member of the class benefited by statute, a private remedy was consistent with statute's underlying purposes and legislature's intent, and for public policy considerations. 98 CA 271.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-35 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 440 / Section 22a-35
Sec. 22a-35. (Formerly Sec. 22-7o). Penalty.
Status: in_force

Cited. 183 C. 532; 193 C. 414; 209 C. 544; 227 C. 175.

Cited. 32 CS 104.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-66d — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 441 / Section 22a-66d
Sec. 22a-66d. Action by the commissioner.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may revoke or suspend a registration in accordance with the provisions of section 4-182 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-61i — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 424 / Section 22-61i
Sec. 22-61i. Seizure of seed lots. Temporary or permanent injunction.
Status: in_force

(b) Whenever, in the performance of his or her duties, the seed control officer applies to the Superior Court for a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating or continuing to violate any provision of sections 22-61c to 22-61f , inclusive, and such injunction is granted, such injunction shall be issued without bond.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-462 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-462
Sec. 22a-462. (Formerly Sec. 25-54pp). Sale of certain detergents prohibited: Excepted uses. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The concentration of phosphorus, by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus in any synthetic detergent or detergent shall be determined by the current applicable method prescribed by the American Society for Testing and Materials.

(c) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 22a-438 , shall not apply to violations of subsection (a) of this section.

(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the provisions of sections 22a-460 to 22a-462 , inclusive.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-6cc — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-6cc
Sec. 22a-6cc. Consulting services program.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than September 1, 2010, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall commence negotiations with the United States Environmental Protection Agency for the purposes of creating a consulting services program within the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(c) Not later than October 31, 2010, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall reallocate existing resources and adjust existing policies to implement such consulting services program in accordance with any applicable requirement of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. If United States Environmental Protection Agency requirements are incompatible with the implementation of such consulting services program, the commissioner shall consult with representatives from regulated entities to implement alternative programs to provide compliance assistance for businesses and municipalities. Such alternative programs may include, but need not be limited to, training sessions or other materials made available on the department's Internet web site, best management practices manuals and any other form of compliance assistance.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-326t — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 434 / Section 22-326t
Sec. 22-326t. Inspection of poultry producers and poultry processing facilities. Standard.
Status: in_force

(1) “Poultry” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-326s ; and

(2) “Producer” means any person, firm or corporation engaged in the breeding, raising or keeping of not more than five thousand turkeys or twenty thousand poultry of all species in a calendar year for the purpose of food production.

(b) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be the state official in charge of inspecting any producer and any producer that also operates as a poultry processing facility. Any inspection conducted pursuant to this subsection shall be consistent with the requirements of the federal Poultry Products Inspection Act and any applicable provision of the Code of Federal Regulations, including, but not limited to, any health, sanitary and safety related provision. Poultry processing facilities that meet the applicable criteria for federal Food Safety and Inspection Services exemptions and that have passed Department of Agriculture facility inspections pursuant to this subsection shall be designated as approved food sources for household consumers, restaurants, hotels, boarding houses and retail food establishments.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-354p — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-354p
Sec. 22a-354p. Municipal aquifer protection agency: Regulations, permits, fees. Approval of regulations. Authority of commissioner. Submission of documents.
Status: repealed

(b) No regulations of an aquifer protection agency shall become effective or be established until after a public hearing in relation thereto is held by the agency 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, appearing at least twice in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the municipality at intervals of not less than two days, the first not more than twenty-five days or less than fifteen days, and the last not less than two days, before such hearing, and a copy of such proposed regulation shall be filed in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be, in such municipality, for public inspection at least ten days before such hearing, and may be published in full in such paper. A copy of the notice and the proposed regulations or amendments thereto shall be provided to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, the town clerk and any affected water company at least thirty-five days before such hearing. Such regulations may be from time to time amended, changed or repealed after a public hearing in relation thereto is held by the agency at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard and for which notice shall be published in the manner specified in this subsection. Regulations or changes therein shall become effective at such time as is fixed by the agency, provided a copy of such regulation or change shall be filed in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be. Whenever an agency makes a change in regulations, it shall state upon its records the reason why the change was made. All petitions submitted in writing and in a form prescribed by the agency requesting a change in the regulations shall be considered at a public hearing in the manner provided for establishment of such regulations within ninety days after receipt of such petition. The agency shall act upon the changes requested in the petition within sixty days after the hearing. The petitioner may consent to extension of the periods provided for a hearing and for adoption or denial or may withdraw such petition.

(c) Pursuant to municipal regulations adopted under subsection (b) of this section, no regulated activity shall be conducted within any aquifer protection area without a permit. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity within an aquifer protection area shall file an application with the aquifer protection agency of each municipality wherein the aquifer in question is located. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the agency may prescribe. The date of receipt of an application shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of section 8-7d . The agency may hold a public hearing on such application. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d . In addition to the requirements of section 8-7d , the agency shall send to any affected water company, at least ten days before the hearing, a copy of the notice by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(d) In granting, denying or limiting any permit for a regulated activity the aquifer protection agency shall state upon the record the reason for its decision. In granting a permit the agency may grant the application as filed or grant it upon such terms, conditions, limitations or modifications of the activity as are intended to carry out the policies of section 22a-354g . No person shall conduct any regulated activity within an aquifer protection area which requires zoning or subdivision approval without first having obtained a valid certificate of zoning or subdivision approval, special permit, special exception or variance, or other documentation establishing that the proposal complies with the zoning or subdivision requirements adopted by the municipality pursuant to chapters 124 to 126, inclusive, or any special act. The agency may suspend or revoke a permit if it finds, after giving notice to the permittee of the facts or conduct which warrants the intended action and after a hearing at which the permittee is given an opportunity to show compliance with the requirements for retention of the permit, that the applicant has not complied with the conditions or limitations set forth in the permit or has exceeded the scope of the work as set forth in the application. The agency shall send to any affected water company a copy of the notice at least ten days before the hearing by certified mail, return receipt requested. Any affected water company may, through a representative, appear and be heard at any such hearing. The applicant or permittee shall be notified of the agency's decision by certified mail, return receipt requested, within fifteen days of the date of the decision and the agency shall cause notice of its order in issuance, denial, revocation or suspension of a permit to be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality in which the aquifer protection area is located.

(e) The aquifer protection agency may require a filing fee to be deposited with the agency. The amount of such fee shall be sufficient to cover the reasonable cost of reviewing and acting on applications and petitions, including, but not limited to, the costs of certified mailings, publications of notices and decisions, and monitoring compliance with permit conditions, regulations adopted pursuant to sections 19a-37 , 22-6c , 22a-354c , 22a-354e , 22a-354g to 22a-354bb , inclusive, 25-32d , 25-33h and 25-33n and subsection (a) of section 25-84 , or agency orders.

(f) Any regulations adopted by an agency under this section shall not be effective unless the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that such regulations are reasonably related to the purpose of groundwater protection and not inconsistent with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-354i . A regulation adopted by a municipality shall not be deemed inconsistent if such regulation establishes a greater level of protection. The commissioner shall provide written notification to the agency of approval or the reasons such regulations cannot be approved within sixty days of receipt by the commissioner of the regulations adopted by the agency.

(g) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the commissioner shall have sole authority to grant, deny, limit or modify, in accordance with regulations adopted by him, a permit for any regulated activity in an aquifer protection area proposed by (A) any person to whom the commissioner has issued an individual permit for the subject site under the national pollutant discharge elimination system of the federal Clean Water Act (33 USC 1251 et seq.) or under the state pollutant discharge elimination system pursuant to section 22a-430 or any person to whom the commissioner has issued a permit for the subject site under the provisions of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 USC 6901 et seq.) for a treatment, storage or disposal facility, (B) any public service company, as defined in section 16-1 , providing gas, electric, pipeline, water or telephone service, (C) any large quantity generator, as defined in regulations adopted by the commissioner under section 22a-449 , or (D) any state department, agency or instrumentality, except any local or regional board of education. Such authority may be exercised only after an advisory decision on such permit has been rendered to the commissioner by the aquifer protection agency of the municipality within which such aquifer protection area is located or thirty-five days after receipt by the commissioner of the application for such permit, whichever occurs first. The commissioner shall provide prompt notice of receipt of an application to the municipal aquifer protection agency.

(2) If the commissioner requires the submission of a registration or other document under regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-354i , such submission shall be made to the commissioner by any person to whom the commissioner has issued an individual permit under the national pollutant discharge elimination system of the federal Clean Water Act, or an individual permit under the state pollutant discharge elimination system pursuant to section 22a-430 , or by any person to whom the commissioner has issued a permit under the provisions of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act for a treatment, storage or disposal facility, or any public service company, as defined in section 16-1 , providing gas, electric, pipeline, water or telephone service, or a large quantity generator, as defined in regulations adopted by the commissioner under section 22a-449 , or any state department, agency or instrumentality, except any local or regional board of education.

Subsec. (b):

Notice requirement re municipal planning and zoning commission's amendment of aquifer protection area regulations was satisfied because notice had sufficient information re date, time and location of hearing and contents of amendments to be considered. 149 CA 325.

Subsec. (f):

Municipal planning and zoning commission's amendment of aquifer protection area regulations reasonably supported by the record and was proper; substantial evidence standard of review not applicable to agency's legislative act. 149 CA 325.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-133e — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-133e
Sec. 22a-133e. Remedial action.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall provide for remedial action for all assessed sites by (1) referring the site to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the provisions of CERCLA; (2) issuing administrative orders to responsible parties pursuant to section 22a-6 , 22a-428 , 22a-432 , 22a-433 or 22a-449 , or (3) any action deemed necessary by said commissioner.

(c) If the commissioner determines that (1) the remedial action schedule for a site proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to CERCLA is not consistent with the schedule developed in the assessment for such site list, or (2) the site, based on the site assessment score, is ineligible for CERCLA funding, he may pursue remedial action for the site from any account established for such purpose and seek reimbursement for such remedial action.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-212 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-212
Sec. 22a-212. (Formerly Sec. 19-524f). Grants to municipal and regional authorities for plan preparation.
Status: in_force

See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.

Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-354o — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-354o
Sec. 22a-354o. Municipal aquifer protection agency: Creation; members; regulation; training. Fines.
Status: in_force

(b) Not more than six months after approval by the commissioner of mapping at level A, pursuant to section 22a-354d , the aquifer protection agency of the municipality in which such aquifer protection area is located shall adopt regulations for aquifer protection.

(c) At least one member of the agency or staff of the agency shall be a person who has completed the course in technical training formulated by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-354v . Failure to have a member of the agency or staff with training shall not affect the validity of any action of the agency and shall be grounds for revocation of the authority of the agency under section 22a-354t .

(d) Any municipality may establish, by ordinance, a fine for violations of regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-354p , provided the amount of any such fine shall not be more than one thousand dollars and further provided no such fine may be levied against the state or any employee of the state acting within the scope of his employment. Any police officer or other person authorized by the chief executive officer of the municipality may issue a citation to any person who commits such a violation. Any municipality that adopts an ordinance pursuant to this subsection shall also adopt a citation hearing procedure pursuant to section 7-152c . Any fine collected by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the municipality or in any special fund designated by the municipality. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to agricultural uses, provided such uses are following best management practices.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-198 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446c / Section 22a-198
Sec. 22a-198. Title IV sulfur dioxide emission standards. Credit trading. Suspension of credit trading prohibition by the commissioner.
Status: in_force

(1) Combust liquid fuel, gaseous fuel, solid fuel or a combination of each provided that each fuel possesses a fuel sulfur limit equal to or less than 0.3 per cent sulfur, by weight (dry basis); or

(2) Meet an average emission rate equal to or less than 0.33 pounds SO 2 per MMBtu for each calendar quarter for an affected unit at the premises; or

(3) Meet an average emission rate equal to or less than 0.3 pounds SO 2 per MMBtu calculated for each calendar quarter, if such owner or operator averages the emissions from two or more affected units at the premises.

(b) On and after January 1, 2005, no owner or operator of a Title IV source that is also an affected unit or units may use SO 2 DERCs or SO 2 allowances to comply with the requirements of subsection (a) of this section except if the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection requires the owner or operator of an affected unit or units using a low-sulfur fuel to comply with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section to offset excess SO 2 emissions that were emitted during a suspension period, as described in subsection (c) of this section, through the purchase or retirement of such SO 2 DERCs or SO 2 allowances.

(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may suspend the requirements of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section for the owner or operator of any affected unit using a low-sulfur fuel, including a low-sulfur solid fuel. Such suspension shall be made only when the commissioner finds that the availability of fuel that complies with such requirements is inadequate to meet the needs of residential, commercial and industrial users in this state and that such inadequate supply constitutes an emergency, provided such suspension shall not exceed the period that the inadequate supply constitutes an emergency. Any such suspension by the commissioner shall not suspend or alter the sulfur dioxide average emission rate requirements that are in effect as of May 2, 2002. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall specify in writing the period of time that such suspension shall be in effect and shall provide notice of such suspension to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and energy and technology. No later than thirty days after the termination of such suspension, the owner or operator of an affected unit or units shall report to the commissioner, in writing, the amount of SO 2 emissions in excess of those that would have occurred if the use of compliant fuel at such affected unit or units had not been interrupted. If such excess SO 2 emissions from any premises exceed fifty tons, the commissioner shall require that the owner or operator of such affected unit or units offset such SO 2 emissions through the purchase or retirement of SO 2 DERCs or SO 2 allowances.

(d) The provisions of subsections (c) and (f) of this section, when implemented by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall not suspend any underlying procedures or requirements in the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies adopted by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection pertaining to SO 2 emissions.

(e) No provision of section 22a-197 , this section or subsection (a) of section 16-245 l shall be construed to prohibit the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection from waiving or suspending any applicable sulfur dioxide emissions standard as may be allowed under current federal or state laws or regulations, or other permit limits of a must run Title IV source, as ordered by the Independent System Operator, as may be allowed under current federal or state laws or regulations. The commissioner may attach any conditions to such suspension or waiver, as the commissioner deems necessary to mitigate any adverse environmental or public health impacts.

(f) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, may suspend the prohibition of subsection (b) of this section for a Title IV source if it is determined that the application of the prohibition established under subsection (b) of this section adversely affects the ability to meet the reliability standards, as defined by the New England Power Pool or its successor organization, and the suspension thereof is intended to mitigate such reliability problems. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall specify in writing the reasons for such suspension and the period of time that such suspension shall be in effect and shall provide notice of such suspension at the time of issuance, or the next business day, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and energy and technology. No such waiver shall last more than thirty days. The commissioner may reissue additional waivers for such source after said initial waiver has expired. Within ten days of receipt of the commissioner's notice of suspension, the committees having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and energy and technology may hold a joint public hearing and meeting of the committees to either modify or reject the commissioner's suspension by a majority vote. If the committees do not meet, the commissioner's suspension shall be deemed approved.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-228a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-228a
Sec. 22a-228a. Recycle CT Foundation, Inc. and Recycle CT Foundation Council. Membership. Duties.
Status: in_force

(b) There is established a Recycle CT Foundation Council that shall consist of the following members: (1) The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Economic and Community Development, or said commissioners' designees, (2) five appointed by the Governor, (3) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, (4) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, (5) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and (6) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. The chairperson of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve a term coterminous with that of the Governor. All other members of the council shall serve a term of two years. No member shall serve for more than three terms. Members of the council shall not receive compensation for service on such council. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.

(c) The council shall undertake all requisite efforts to obtain nonprofit, tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time. The council shall solicit and accept funds, on behalf of the Recycle CT Foundation, Inc., to be used for the purpose of making grants to programs that are intended to increase the rate of recycling and reuse of solid waste materials in the state. The council shall establish criteria and procedures for the award of such grants, provided recipients of such grants may include: Nonprofit organizations, civic and community groups, schools, public agencies, municipalities, regional entities that represent municipalities or organizations in the private sector. Any person seeking the award of such grant shall file an application with the council on a form as prescribed by the council.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-639 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446n / Section 22a-639
Sec. 22a-639. Preparation of electronics recycling plan. Annual status report.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than October 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall gather information from registrants and prepare a report regarding the status of the electronics recycling program. Such report shall contain: (1) Sufficient data, as determined by the commissioner, and analysis of such data to evaluate the effectiveness of the state-wide recycling program and the components of such program, and (2) if at any time the federal government establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of electronic devices and the department determines that the federal law substantially meets or exceeds the requirements of sections 22a-629 to 22a-640 , inclusive, information on the federal law. Such report shall be posted on the department's Internet web site.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-446 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-446
Sec. 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). Bond issue.
Status: in_force

(b) All of said bonds shall be payable at such place or places as may be determined by the Treasurer pursuant to section 3-19 and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or different or varying rates and payable at such time or times, be in such denominations, be in such form with or without interest coupons attached, carry such registration and transfer privileges, be payable in such medium of payment and be subject to such terms of redemption with or without premium as, irrespective of the provisions of section 3-20 , may be provided in the determination authorizing the same or fixed in accordance therewith. Notwithstanding the provisions of said section 3-20 , any of said bonds may be sold to the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof in such manner and on such terms as may be provided in the determination authorizing the same or fixed in accordance therewith.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-336a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-336a
Sec. 22-336a. Municipal or regional dog pounds. Standards. Enforcement.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) In any municipal or regional dog pound, dogs shall not share the same primary enclosure, except dams or foster dams and their puppies.

(2) In any municipal or regional dog pound, primary enclosures shall be provided for each cat with space equal to or more than the space requirements for cats pursuant to 9 CFR 3.6(a) and 9 CFR 3.6(b), as amended from time to time.

(3) Whenever dogs or cats are kept in respective groups at any municipal or regional dog pound, the following shall apply:

(A) Females in heat shall not be kept with males;

(B) Any dog or cat exhibiting a vicious or aggressive disposition shall be kept separately; and

(C) Puppies or kittens four months of age or less shall not be kept with adult dogs or cats other than their dams or foster dams.

(c) (1) Any dog or cat that has or is suspected of having a contagious disease at any municipal or regional dog pound shall be isolated from and have no nose-to-nose contact with healthy animals.

(2) Any dog or cat at a municipal or regional dog pound that has or is suspected of having a contagious disease shall be examined, treated and handled as directed by a Connecticut licensed veterinarian.

(d) The Commissioner of Agriculture may enforce the provisions of this section, as necessary, to protect the health and well-being of any animal at a municipal or regional dog pound.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-276 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446e / Section 22a-276
Sec. 22a-276. (Formerly Sec. 19-524ii). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Condemnation by authority.
Status: in_force

(b) Before instituting condemnation proceedings in any municipality the authority shall first advise and consult with the municipal authority having jurisdiction.

(c) Unless the property to be condemned is located in an area zoned industrial, or in an area at or contiguous to an existing solid waste facility or waste disposal area, the authority shall, before proceeding with condemnation, first receive the written consent of the municipal authority having jurisdiction.

(d) The authority shall not have the power to establish in any municipality, by condemnation proceedings or otherwise, a solid waste disposal area to be used for the deposit of solid wastes that have not received prior processing in a resources recovery facility until and unless it has first obtained the written consent of the municipal authority concerned.

(e) Any condemnation proceedings of the authority shall be brought in accordance with section 48-12 , except such proceedings shall in all cases be brought before the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.

(f) Where a person entitled to an award in proceedings to condemn any real property for any of the purposes of this chapter remains in possession of said property after title is vested in the condemnor, the reasonable value of his use and occupancy of such property after title has been vested, or after any other time as fixed by agreement or by a determination of the court, shall be a lien against such award subject only to such other liens of record at the time title is vested in the condemnor.

Cited. 193 C. 506.

Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-105 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 444 / Section 22a-105
Sec. 22a-105. Coastal site plan reviews.
Status: in_force

(b) The following site plans, plans and applications for activities or projects to be located fully or partially within the coastal boundary and landward of the mean high water mark shall be defined as “coastal site plans” and shall be subject to the requirements of this chapter: (1) Site plans submitted to a zoning commission in accordance with section 22a-109 ; (2) plans submitted to a planning commission for subdivision or resubdivision in accordance with section 8-25 or with any special act; (3) applications for a special exception or special permit submitted to a planning commission, zoning commission or zoning board of appeals in accordance with section 8-2 or with any special act; (4) applications for a variance submitted to a zoning board of appeals in accordance with subdivision (3) of section 8-6 or with any special act, and (5) a referral of a proposed municipal project to a planning commission in accordance with section 8-24 or with any special act.

(c) In addition to the requirements specified by municipal regulation, a coastal site plan shall include a plan showing the location and spatial relationship of coastal resources on and contiguous to the site; a description of the entire project with appropriate plans, indicating project location, design, timing, and methods of construction; an assessment of the capability of the resources to accommodate the proposed use; an assessment of the suitability of the project for the proposed site; an evaluation of the potential beneficial and adverse impacts of the project and a description of proposed methods to mitigate adverse effects on coastal resources.

(d) Municipalities, acting through the agencies responsible for the review of the coastal site plans defined in subsection (b) of this section, may require a filing fee to defray the reasonable cost of reviewing and acting upon an application.

(e) The board or commission reviewing the coastal site plan shall, in addition to the discretion granted in any other sections of the general statutes or in any special act, approve, modify, condition or deny the activity proposed in a coastal site plan on the basis of the criteria listed in section 22a-106 to ensure that the potential adverse impacts of the proposed activity on both coastal resources and future water-dependent development activities are acceptable. The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to prevent the reconstruction of a building after a casualty loss.

(f) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other section of the general statutes to the contrary, the review of any coastal site plan pursuant to this chapter shall not be deemed complete and valid unless the board or commission having jurisdiction over such plan has rendered a final decision thereon. If such board or commission fails to render a decision within the time period provided by the general statutes or any special act for such a decision, the coastal site plan shall be deemed rejected.

Cited. 192 C. 353; 228 C. 187.

Subsec. (b):

Referral under Sec. 8-24 for a municipal project located within coastal boundary is a coastal site plan that must be reviewed in accordance with provisions of the Coastal Management Act. 266 C. 338.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-188 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446c / Section 22a-188
Sec. 22a-188. Small business stationary source assistance program: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) Is owned or operated by a person who employs one hundred or fewer individuals;

(2) Is a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act;

(3) Is not a major stationary source as defined in the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990;

(4) Emits less than fifty tons per year of any pollutant regulated pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; and

(5) Emits less than seventy-five tons per year of all such pollutants.

(b) Upon petition by a person who owns or operates a stationary source of air pollution, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, after notice and opportunity for public comment, include as a small business stationary source for purposes of this section any stationary source which does not meet the criteria of subsection (a) of this section but which emits less than one hundred tons per year of pollutants regulated pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-6q — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-6q
Sec. 22-6q. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Senior Nutrition Program.
Status: in_force

(b) The program shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture who shall maintain all conditions for its operations.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-6y — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-6y
Sec. 22a-6y. Exemplary environmental management systems.
Status: in_force

(b) Upon approval of such application, the commissioner may provide the benefits of the program to the business if the commissioner finds that (1) the business is registered as meeting the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard and has adopted principles for sustainability such as the CERES principles, the Natural Step, the Hanover Principles or equivalent internationally recognized principles for sustainability as determined by the commissioner, or (2) in the case of a small business, as defined in section 32-344 , the business has an equivalent environmental management system which employs a data collection system for the categories of information described in 63 Federal Register 12094 (1998). The environmental management system of any business approved for the program system shall include provisions for commitment of the management of the business to the environmental management system, compliance assurance and pollution prevention, enabling systems, performance and accountability, third-party audits and measurement and improvement. Any business approved for the program shall be issued a certificate by the commissioner evidencing such approval.

(c) The commissioner shall submit an application of a business under subsection (a) of this section to an advisory board convened by the commissioner for consideration of such application. Such board shall consist of a representative of the Council on Environmental Quality; the Attorney General, or a designee; a representative of the industry in which the business is engaged, provided such representative has no business relationship with the applicant; and the commissioner, or a designee.

(d) If the commissioner finds that a business that has been approved for the program ceases to be qualified for the program because it no longer complies with the requirements provided for in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the commissioner shall revoke the certificate issued under subsection (b) of this section and the business shall not be entitled to any further benefits under the program. Any such business may reapply to the program at any time.

(e) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish a pilot program to attract to this state, or to support in this state, businesses which require a permit or other approval from the commissioner in order to operate in this state and which have a history of providing for the best protection of the natural environment in the operations of such business. Such program may be based on any model plan developed by a multistate working group or may replicate a pilot program developed by such a group. Such program shall provide for expedited review of permit applications and a public recognition process which may include issuance to businesses of a symbol or seal signifying the exemplary record of environmental protection and exclusive use of such symbol or seal by the business in its advertising or other public displays. Notwithstanding any provision of this title and the regulations adopted by the commissioner under this title, such program may provide for (1) less frequent reporting, consistent with federal law, of information otherwise required to be reported as a condition of the business' operation in this state, (2) a facility-wide permit for all approvals required from the commissioner for operation of a facility operated by the business in this state, (3) a permit that would allow for changes in individual processes at a facility without the need for a new permit provided the total pollutant emissions or discharge from the facility does not increase, or (4) reduced fees for any permit required from the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-91 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 444 / Section 22a-91
Sec. 22a-91. Legislative findings.
Status: in_force

(1) The waters of Long Island Sound and its coastal resources, including tidal rivers, streams and creeks, wetlands and marshes, intertidal mudflats, beaches and dunes, bluffs and headlands, islands, rocky shorefronts, and adjacent shorelands form an integrated natural estuarine ecosystem which is both unique and fragile;

(2) Development of Connecticut's coastal area has been extensive and has had a significant impact on Long Island Sound and its coastal resources;

(3) The coastal area represents an asset of great present and potential value to the economic well-being of the state, and there is a state interest in the effective management, beneficial use, protection and development of the coastal area;

(4) The waterfront of Connecticut's major urban ports is underutilized and many existing urban waterfront uses are not directly dependent on proximity to coastal waters;

(5) The coastal area is rich in a variety of natural, economic, recreational, cultural and aesthetic resources, but the full realization of their value can be achieved only by encouraging further development in suitable areas and by protecting those areas unsuited to development;

(6) The key to improved public management of Connecticut's coastal area is coordination at all levels of government and consideration by municipalities of the impact of development on both coastal resources and future water-dependent development opportunities when preparing plans and regulations and reviewing municipal and private development proposals; and

(7) Unplanned population growth and economic development in the coastal area have caused the loss of living marine resources, wildlife and nutrient-rich areas, and have endangered other vital ecological systems and scarce resources.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-192a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 430 / Section 22-192a
Sec. 22-192a. Sale of milk as from tested cows.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22-287 et seq. re tuberculin tests.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-8 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-8
Sec. 22-8. Duties of commissioner re avian ecology.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 10a-111 re appointment of State Ornithologist.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-278 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 433 / Section 22-278
Sec. 22-278. Livestock. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Accredited veterinarian” means a veterinarian who is approved under Category II of the National Veterinary Accreditation Program by the United States Department of Agriculture and by the state animal health official of the state in which such veterinarian is licensed to practice;

(2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designated agent including the State Veterinarian;

(3) “Certificate of veterinary inspection” or “health certificate” means an official document on a form approved by the state animal health official in the state of origin or by the United States Department of Agriculture that is used for verification of veterinary inspection and is issued by a licensed and accredited veterinarian at the point of origin for a shipment of livestock;

(4) “Department” means the Department of Agriculture;

(5) “Livestock” means any camelid or hooved animal raised for domestic or commercial use, generally used to produce food or fiber and considered to be farm animals;

(6) “Notifiable disease” means a disease of livestock or poultry published in the United States Department of Agriculture's National List of Reportable Animal Diseases;

(7) “Official identification” means a numbering system approved by the United States Department of Agriculture and the State Veterinarian for the official identification of individual animals that provides a nationally unique identification number for each animal and prescribes the animal identification methods and devices approved for use in each species of livestock and that is affixed to each animal by tag or other United States Department of Agriculture approved method;

(8) “Owner-shipper statement” means a document that meets the requirements of 9 CFR 86.1, and that is signed by the owner or shipper of the livestock and contains a statement certifying that the animals are being transported for purposes stipulated on such form in accordance with Title 9 of the Code of Federal Regulations;

(9) “Poultry” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-324 ; and

(10) “USDA” means the United States Department of Agriculture.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-133bb — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-133bb
Sec. 22a-133bb. Covenant not to sue prospective purchasers or owners of contaminated real property. Approval of remediation plan by licensed environmental professional.
Status: in_force

(b) No such covenant may be entered into unless such owner or purchaser has certified to the commissioner that such owner or purchaser (1) did not establish or create a facility or condition at or on such property which reasonably can be expected to create a source of pollution to the waters of the state for purposes of section 22a-432 ; (2) is not affiliated with any person responsible for such pollution or source of pollution through any direct or indirect familial relationship or any contractual, corporate or financial relationship other than a relationship by which such owner's interest in such property is to be conveyed or financed; and (3) will redevelop the property for productive use or continue productive use of such property.

(c) The commissioner shall enter into a covenant not to sue with any lending institution to whom such owner conveys a security interest in such property provided such institution has certified to the commissioner that such institution did not establish or create a facility or condition at or on such property which reasonably can be expected to create a source of pollution to the waters of the state for purposes of section 22a-432 and has not maintained any such facility or condition at such property for purposes of said section, and such institution is not responsible pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes for any pollution or source of pollution on the property. Any covenant issued to a lending institution under this section shall be effective with respect to any lending institution which is a successor in interest to the original lending institution provided such successor lending institution did not establish or create a facility or condition at or on such property which reasonably can be expected to create a source of pollution to the waters of the state for purposes of section 22a-432 and has not maintained any such facility or condition at such property for purposes of said section, and such institution is not responsible pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes for any pollution or source of pollution on the property.

(d) Any covenant entered into under this section shall release claims said commissioner may have which are related to pollution or contamination on or emanating from the property, which contamination resulted from a discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration on such property prior to the effective date of the covenant. Such covenant shall provide that the commissioner will not take any action to require remediation of the parcel or any other action related to such discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration unless (1) such property is not remediated in accordance with the detailed written plan submitted to the commissioner and incorporated by reference in such covenant, (2) prior to completion of remediation in accordance with such plan, the commissioner finds that there is substantial noncompliance with such plan and there has not been a good faith effort to substantially comply therewith, (3) remediation of the property in accordance with such plan did not comply with standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-133k which were in effect as of the date of the covenant, or (4) if required by the standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-133k , an environmental use restriction has not been recorded in accordance with section 22a-133o or if the provisions of an environmental use restriction were not complied with.

(e) A covenant not to sue issued under this section may provide for continued monitoring in accordance with such standards and, if further remediation is necessary based upon the results of such monitoring, that further action will be taken to remediate the property in accordance with such standards.

(f) A covenant not to sue issued under this section shall not preclude the commissioner from taking any appropriate action, including, but not limited to, any action to require remediation of the property, if he determines that (1) the covenant not to sue was based on information provided by the person seeking the covenant which information such person knew, or had reason to know, was false or misleading, (2) new information confirms the existence of previously unknown contamination which resulted from a discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration which occurred prior to the effective date of the covenant, or (3) the threat to human health or the environment is increased beyond an acceptable level due to substantial changes in exposure conditions at such property, including, but not limited to, a change from nonresidential to residential use of such property.

(g) The commissioner shall issue the covenant not later than forty-five days after the date he receives the certifications and all other documents required under this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-19 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-19
Sec. 22a-19. Administrative proceedings.
Status: in_force

(2) The verified pleading shall contain specific factual allegations setting forth the nature of the alleged unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction of the public trust in air, water or other natural resources of the state and should be sufficient to allow the reviewing authority to determine from the verified pleading whether the intervention implicates an issue within the reviewing authority's jurisdiction. For purposes of this section, “reviewing authority” means the board, commission or other decision-making authority in any administrative, licensing or other proceeding or the court in any judicial review.

(b) In any administrative, licensing or other proceeding, the agency shall consider the alleged unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction of the public trust in the air, water or other natural resources of the state and no conduct shall be authorized or approved which does, or is reasonably likely to, have such effect as long as, considering all relevant surrounding circumstances and factors, there is a feasible and prudent alternative consistent with the reasonable requirements of the public health, safety and welfare.

Could not have been invoked in a manner so as to enable the trial court to determine whether P.U.C. acted illegally or exceeded or abused its powers. 165 C. 687. Cited. 170 C. 47; 175 C. 483; 184 C. 51; 188 C. 141. Statute is not intended to expand jurisdictional authority of an administrative body whenever an intervenor raises environmental issues. 192 C. 247. Cited. Id., 591; 204 C. 38; Id., 212; 209 C. 609; 212 C. 157; Id., 710. Agricultural land is not a natural resource protected under statute. Id., 727. Cited. 215 C. 474; 218 C. 580; 220 C. 54; 222 C. 98; 225 C. 1; 226 C. 205; Id., 579; Id., 792; 231 C. 934; 234 C. 488. Judgment of Appellate Court in 35 CA 646 reversed; case remanded for determination of whether commission properly applied provisions of section. 235 C. 448. Cited. 237 C. 135; 239 C. 124; Id., 786. Legislature intended that, under Sec. 8-30g(c), planning and zoning commission bears burden of proving that public interest cannot be protected by reasonable changes to applicant's proposed development and such burden is not inconsistent with section. 256 C. 674. Section, as well as other provisions of Environmental Protection Act, reveals no language that suggests legislature intended to give environmental intervenors under section the right to appeal from administrative matters not otherwise appealable; section does not create an independent right of appeal, but only allows intervention in an appeal otherwise allowed by statute. 266 C. 338. Section's plain and unambiguous language provides town with right to intervene for environmental protection purposes in the judicial review of decisions of its wetlands agency and zoning commission and does not conflict with Secs. 8-1 and 22a-42, which delegate municipal authority to such agencies. 280 C. 405. Intervenors before inland wetlands commission were entitled to appeal to trial court from commission's decision pursuant to Sec. 22a-43; an intervenor can prevail on appeal not only by proving that proposed development likely would cause harm to wetlands, but also by proving an inland wetlands commission's decision was not based on a determination, supported by substantial evidence, that the development complied with governing statutes and regulations and would not cause such harm. 289 C. 12.

Cited. 12 CA 47; 13 CA 400; 17 CA 320; 23 CA 188; 26 CA 599; Id., 942; 27 CA 479; 30 CA 204; 32 CA 340; 35 CA 646; judgment reversed, see 235 C. 448; 41 CA 89; Id., 120. Statute does not permit a nonparty to appeal if no party from the underlying proceeding is engaged in an appeal. 57 CA 589. Environmental intervenor abdicated right to approve settlement between plaintiff and defendant by failing to attend hearing and present evidence. 127 CA 634. Plaintiff forfeited right to consent to settlement agreement by failing to raise environmental issues as an intervenor at remand hearing. 133 CA 173. Public hearing on environmental impact evaluation in which the plaintiff sought to intervene was not a “proceeding” under section and department had discretion to reject plaintiff's petition; further, if department had wrongfully denied plaintiff's petition, such action would not constitute a violation of plaintiff's constitutional rights because section does not create a constitutional right of intervention. 203 CA 419.

Cited. 35 CS 145; 41 CS 184; 42 CS 57. Nonprofit environmental advocacy corporation that properly filed notice of intervention at a zoning commission hearing in accordance with Subsec. (a) has standing to appeal environmental issues related to zoning commission's decision; the fact that, if as alleged, defendant failed to act on the application to intervene cannot deprive the corporation of right to intervene and the concomitant right thereby to appeal on environmental issues. 48 CS 594.

Subsec. (a):

Cited. 206 C. 554; 218 C. 821; 220 C. 476; 233 C. 486. Does not authorize an intervenor to raise environmental issues that are outside jurisdiction of the agency conducting the proceeding into which the party seeks to intervene; intervenor is limited to raising environmental issues that are within jurisdiction of the agency in question; section not intended to expand jurisdictional authority of an administrative body whenever an intervenor raises environmental issues; intervention petitions filed under statute must contain specific factual allegations setting forth the environmental issue intervenor intends to raise. 259 C. 131.

Cited. 26 CA 185; 28 CA 780; 37 CA 166; 40 CA 75; 41 CA 39. Trial court finding re lack of standing reversed because plaintiff who lived down river from proposed wastewater treatment plant filed notice of intervention in accordance with section and therefore had standing. 62 CA 600. Trial court decision striking verified pleading filed by town council as proposed intervenor in matters where zoning commission and inland wetlands and watercourse agency were named defendants reversed; court declines to find exception to citizen intervention provision of Environmental Protection Act, finding no legislative intent that would support a rule barring municipalities from utilizing provisions of Subsec. to intervene in appeals from decisions of their land use agencies. 87 CA 537. Without accurate notice of date the motion to open and modify the stipulated judgment was to be heard, intervenors were deprived of right to file motions to intervene in a pending action; public nature of hearing was not adequate for purposes of section if any person or other legal entity did not have notice that modified judgment was being presented for judicial review. 177 CA 779; judgment affirmed, see 331 C. 701.

Subsec. (b):

Trial court properly held that dispositive issue before planning and zoning commission was whether the proposal would cause unreasonable impairment of natural resources so as to require commission to consider alternatives; once commission made no finding of unreasonable impairment of natural resources, it no longer had an obligation to consider alternative plans. 73 CA 647. No substantial evidence to support denial of application on grounds that wetlands would be negatively impacted by sediment and siltation, by changes to hydrology of site, total loss of certain wetland or negative impact from acid generation from exposed rock. 130 CA 69.

Cited. 43 CS 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26nn — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422a / Section 22-26nn
Sec. 22-26nn. Community farms program. Criteria. Notice of acquisition. Removal of restriction. Annual installment payments. Joint ownership of development rights with municipality. Liability. Letter of intent requesting assistance. Right to construct residence or farm structure. Conservation plans. Deed requirements.
Status: in_force

(b) If the Commissioner of Agriculture establishes a program in accordance with subsection (a) of this subsection, the commissioner shall, in consultation with the Farmland Preservation Advisory Board established under section 22-26 ll , establish criteria for said program. Such criteria shall give preference to farms that produce food or fiber, and at a minimum shall consider (1) the probability that the land will be sold for nonagricultural purposes, (2) the current productivity of the land and the likelihood of continued productivity of such land, (3) the suitability of the land for agricultural use, including whether the soil is classified as locally important soils by the United States Department of Agriculture, and (4) the demonstrated level of community support for preservation of the parcel. The commissioner shall, in consultation with said board, consider mechanisms that encourage continuation of the land in agricultural production to maintain its long-term availability and affordability for future generations of farmers, including, but not limited to, deed restrictions or stewardship requirements.

(c) Upon the acquisition by the commissioner of the development rights to agricultural land pursuant to this section, the commissioner shall cause to be filed in the appropriate land records and in the office of the Secretary of the State a notice of such acquisition which shall set forth a description of the agricultural land as will be sufficient to give any prospective purchaser of such agricultural land or creditor of the owner thereof notice of such restriction. Upon such filing, the owner of such agricultural land shall not be permitted to exercise development rights with respect to such land, and such development rights shall be considered and deemed dedicated to the state in perpetuity, except as hereinafter provided. If restricted land is to be sold, the owner shall notify the commissioner, in writing, of such impending sale not more than ninety days before transfer of title to the land and shall provide the commissioner with the name and address of the new owner.

(d) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall have no power to release such land from its agricultural restriction, except as set forth in this subsection. The Commissioner of Agriculture, in consultation with such advisory groups as the Commissioner of Agriculture may appoint, may approve (1) a petition by the owner of the restricted agricultural land to remove such restriction provided such petition is approved by resolution of the legislative body of the town, or (2) a petition by the legislative body of the town in which such land is situated to remove such restriction provided such petition is approved in writing by said owner. Upon approval of such a petition by the Commissioner of Agriculture, the legislative body of the town shall submit to the qualified voters of such town the question of removing the agricultural restriction from such land or a part thereof, at a referendum held at a regular election or a special election warned and called for that purpose. In the event a majority of those voting at such referendum are in favor of such removal, the restriction shall be removed from the agricultural land upon filing of the certified results of such referendum in the land records and the office of the Secretary of the State, and the Commissioner of Agriculture shall convey the development rights to such owner provided such owner shall pay the Commissioner of Agriculture an amount equal to the value of such rights. Such petition shall set forth the facts and circumstances upon which the Commissioner of Agriculture shall consider approval, and said commissioner shall deny such approval unless said commissioner determines that the public interest is such that there is an overriding necessity to relinquish control of the development rights. The Commissioner of Agriculture shall hold at least one public hearing prior to the initiation of any proceedings hereunder. The expenses, if any, of the hearing and the referendum shall be borne by the petitioner. In the event that the state sells any development rights under the procedure provided in this subsection, it shall receive the value of such rights.

(e) Whenever the Commissioner of Agriculture acquires the development rights of any agricultural land pursuant to this section and the purchase price of such development rights is ten thousand dollars or more, said commissioner and the owner of such land may enter into a written agreement which provides for the payment of the purchase price in two or three annual installments, but no interest shall be paid on any unpaid balance of such purchase price.

(f) Whenever the commissioner acquires the development rights to any agricultural land, and any municipality in which all or part of the land is situated paid a part of the purchase price from a fund established pursuant to section 7-131q , such municipality and the state may jointly own the development rights. The land may be released from its agricultural restriction in accordance with the provisions of subsection (d) of this section. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing procedures for the joint acquisition of development rights to agricultural land.

(g) The acquisition of the development rights to any agricultural land by the commissioner shall not be deemed to be ownership of such land and the state shall not be liable for pollution or contamination of such land and no person may bring a civil action against the state for damages resulting from pollution or contamination of such agricultural land.

(h) The commissioner may issue a letter of intent requesting the assistance of a nonprofit organization, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, in acquiring the development rights to certain agricultural land. If such organization acquires such rights it may sell them to the commissioner based on a purchase agreement. Such agreement may include reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred in the acquisition of the rights as well as payment for the rights. The commissioner may enter into joint ownership agreements to acquire the development rights to any qualified agricultural land with any nonprofit organization, as defined in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as from time to time amended, provided the mission of such nonprofit organization is the permanent protection of agricultural land for the purposes of continued agricultural use.

(i) In addition to development rights, the commissioner may acquire or accept as a gift the rights of the owner to construct any residences or any farm structures on agricultural land.

(j) The Commissioner of Agriculture, pursuant to any cooperative agreement with the United States Department of Agriculture for the disbursement of funds under federal law, may require that any property to which rights are acquired under this section with such funds shall be managed in accordance with a conservation plan which utilizes the standards and specifications of the Natural Resources Conservation Service field office technical guide and is approved by such service. Additionally, such conservation plan shall require the establishment of model pollinator habitat, as described in section 22-90b . Any instrument by which the commissioner acquires such rights and for which any such funds are used may provide for a contingent right in the United States of America in the event that the state of Connecticut fails to enforce any of the terms of its rights acquired under this section which failure shall be determined by the United States Secretary of Agriculture. Such contingent right shall entitle the United States Secretary of Agriculture to enforce any rights acquired by the state under this section by any authority provided under law. Such instrument may provide that such rights shall become vested in the United States of America in the event that the state of Connecticut attempts to terminate, transfer or otherwise divest itself of any such rights without the prior consent of the United States Secretary of Agriculture and payment of consideration to the United States and may further provide that title to such rights may be held by the United States of America at any time at the request of the United States Secretary of Agriculture. In connection with such an agreement, the commissioner may hold the United States harmless from any action based on negligence in the procurement or management of any rights acquired under this section and may assure that proper title evidence is secured, that the title is insured to the amount of the federal cost paid for the interest of the United States of America and that, in the event of a failure of title, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, and payment of insurance to the state, the state will reimburse the United States for the amount of the federal cost paid.

(k) The commissioner, when acquiring the development rights of any agricultural lands on behalf of the state pursuant to this section, may incorporate deed requirements in accordance with the provisions of the federal Farm and Ranch Lands Protection Program, 7 CFR 1491.1, et seq., or under the Agricultural Conservation Easement Program, 7 CFR 1468.1, et seq., or any successive federal farmland protection program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-208p — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-208p
Sec. 22a-208p. Location of wood-burning facility in area classified “GC”. Conditions. Appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) The wood-burning facility shall have the burden of proving it has met all of the requirements and conditions set forth in this section. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to this section may appeal pursuant to section 4-183 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-44 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 423 / Section 22-44
Sec. 22-44. Terms used on eggs.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22-38 re advertising of Connecticut-grown farm products.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-6g — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-6g
Sec. 22a-6g. Notice of application for permit. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title or any regulation adopted pursuant to this title, the following applications are exempt from the provisions of subsection (a) of this section: (1) An application for authorization under a general permit; (2) an application for a minor permit modification for sources permitted under Title V of the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 in accordance with 40 CFR 70.7; and (3) an application for a minor permit modification or revision if the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection has adopted regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing criteria to delineate applications for minor permit modifications or revisions from those applications subject to the requirements of subsection (a) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-111c — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 427a / Section 22-111c
Sec. 22-111c. Registration of brands and grades. Fee. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) A distributor shall not be required to register any fertilizer which is already registered under this chapter by another person, provided the label for such exempted fertilizer does not differ in any material respect to such previously registered fertilizer.

(c) A distributor shall not be required to register fertilizer formulated according to specifications which are furnished by a consumer prior to mixing; but shall be required to label such fertilizer as provided in subsection (c) of section 22-111d .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-339a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-339a
Sec. 22-339a. Town clerks may deputize agents for the issuance of licenses. Licensing of dogs acquired from dog pounds. Fees. Rabies certificate.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person acquiring an unlicensed dog from a dog pound shall be issued a temporary license by the town clerk, or his agent deputized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, which shall expire thirty days after the issuance thereof. Prior to the expiration of a temporary license, the person holding the license shall apply for a license for the remainder of the license year, pay the appropriate license fee specified in section 22-338 , and submit a certificate signed by a veterinarian, or a copy thereof, stating (1) that the dog has been vaccinated against rabies, (2) the date of the vaccination and (3) the duration of the immunity provided by the vaccine. No license shall be issued unless the certificate indicates that the immunity provided by the vaccine is effective at the time of licensing.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-260 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446e / Section 22a-260
Sec. 22a-260. (Formerly Sec. 19-524s). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Authority” means the MIRA Dissolution Authority created and established pursuant to this chapter or any board, body, commission, department, officer, agency or other successor thereto;

(2) “State-wide solid waste management plan” means the administrative and financial plan developed by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for solid waste disposal and resources recovery, pursuant to section 22a-228 ;

(3) “Resources recovery” means the processing of solid wastes to reclaim energy therefrom;

(4) “Recycling” means the processing of solid waste to reclaim material therefrom;

(5) “Person” means any individual, firm, partnership, association, limited liability company or corporation, public or private, organized or existing under the laws of the state or any other state, including federal corporations, but excluding municipalities, special districts having taxing powers or other political subdivisions of the state;

(6) “Waste management services” means actions taken to effectuate the receipt, storage, transportation and processing for resources recovery, recycling, reuse of recovered materials, or disposal of solid wastes, including the sale of products, materials or energy on behalf of the state, a region, a municipality or a person by the authority or by any person or persons acting under contract with the authority, pursuant to the provisions of this chapter;

(7) “Solid waste” means unwanted or discarded solid, liquid, semisolid or contained gaseous material, including but not limited to, demolition debris, material burned or otherwise processed at a resources recovery facility or incinerator, material processed at a recycling facility and sludges or other residue from a water pollution abatement facility, water supply treatment plant or air pollution control facility;

(8) “Solid waste facility” means any solid waste disposal area, volume reduction plant, transfer station, wood burning facility, or biomedical waste treatment facility;

(9) “Solid waste disposal area” means any location, including a landfill or other land disposal site, used for the disposal of more than ten cubic yards of solid waste;

(10) “Volume reduction plant” means any location or structure, whether located on land or water, where more than two thousand pounds per hour of solid waste generated elsewhere may be reduced in volume, including but not limited to, resources recovery facilities and other incinerators, recycling facilities, pulverizers, compactors, shredders, balers and composting facilities;

(11) “Resources recovery facility” means a facility utilizing processes aimed at reclaiming the material or energy values from solid wastes;

(12) “Transfer station” means any location or structure, whether located on land or water, where more than ten cubic yards of solid waste, generated elsewhere, may be stored for transfer or transferred from transportation units and placed in other transportation units for movement to another location, whether or not such waste is stored at the location prior to transfer;

(13) “Recycling facility” or “recycling center” means land and appurtenances thereon and structures where recycling is conducted, including but not limited to, an intermediate processing center as defined in this section;

(14) “Solid waste planning region” means those municipalities or parts thereof within or forming an area defined in the state-wide solid waste management plan;

(15) “Municipality” means any town, city or borough within the state;

(16) “Municipal authority” means the local governing body having legal jurisdiction over solid waste management within its corporate limits which shall be, in the case of any municipality which adopts a charter provision or ordinance pursuant to section 7-273aa , the municipal resource recovery authority;

(17) “Region” means two or more municipalities which have joined together by creating a district or signing an interlocal agreement or signing a mutual contract for a definite period of time concerning solid waste management within such municipalities;

(18) “Regional authority” means the administrative body delegated the responsibility for solid waste management in a region;

(19) “Bonds” means bonds of the authority issued pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and the authorizing resolutions of said authority;

(20) “Notes” means notes of the authority issued pursuant to this chapter and the resolutions of the authority, either in anticipation of and pending the issuance of bonds by the authority or otherwise;

(21) “Revenues” means moneys or income received by the authority in whatever form, including but not limited to fees, charges, lease payments, interest payments on investments, payments due and owing on account of any instrument, contract or agreement between the authority and any municipality, region, state agency or person, gifts, grants, bestowals or any other moneys or payments to which the authority is entitled under the provisions of this chapter or any other law, or of any agreement, contract or indenture of the authority;

(22) “Waste management project” means any solid waste disposal and resources recovery area, plant, works, system, facility or component of a facility, equipment, machinery or other element of a facility which the authority is authorized to plan, design, finance, construct, manage, operate or maintain under the provisions of this chapter, including real estate and improvements thereto and the extension or provision of utilities and other appurtenant facilities deemed necessary by the authority for the operation of a project or portion of a project, including all property rights, easements and interests required;

(23) “Solid waste management system” means that portion of the overall state-wide solid waste management plan specifically designed to deal with the provision of waste management services and to effect resources recovery and recycling by means of a network of waste management projects and resources recovery facilities developed, established and operated by the authority by contract or otherwise, but not embracing or including any regulatory or enforcement activities of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with applicable provisions of the general statutes and as may be referred to in the state-wide solid waste management plan as developed and promulgated by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection;

(24) “Costs” means the cost or fair market value, as determined by the authority, of construction, lands, property rights, utility extensions, disposal facilities, access roads, easements, franchises, financing charges, interest, engineering and legal services, plans, specifications, surveys, cost estimates, studies, transportation and other expenses necessary or incidental to the design, development, construction, financing, management and operation and maintenance of a waste management project, and such other costs or expenses of the authority, including administrative and operating costs, research and development, and operating capital, including fees, charges, loans, insurances, and the expense of purchasing real and personal property, including waste management projects;

(25) “Intermediate processing facility” means a facility where glass, metals, paper products, batteries, household hazardous waste, fertilizers and other items are removed from the waste stream for recycling or reuse;

(26) “Composting facility” means land, appurtenances, structures or equipment where organic materials originating from another process or location that have been separated at the point or source of generation from nonorganic material are recovered using a process of accelerated biological decomposition of organic material under controlled aerobic or anaerobic conditions;

(27) “Source-separated organic material” means organic material, including, but not limited to, food scraps, food processing residue and soiled or unrecyclable paper that has been separated at the point or source of generation from nonorganic material.

Cited. 210 C. 349; 218 C. 821.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-238 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-238
Sec. 22a-238. Appointment of resources recovery facility inspector by municipality or group of municipalities. Regulations re qualifications.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, establish qualifications for inspectors and operators of resources recovery facilities. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under the provisions of sections 22a-6a , 22a-6b , 22a-176 , 22a-190 to 22a-193 , inclusive, and 22a-231 to 22a-239a , inclusive, or any other environmental statute or regulation adopted thereunder.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-309 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446g / Section 22a-309
Sec. 22a-309. (Formerly Sec. 25-68). New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact.
Status: in_force

Whereas, Such pollution constitutes a menace to the health, welfare and economic prosperity of the people living in such area; and

Whereas, The abatement of existing pollution and the control of future pollution in the interstate waters of the New England area are of prime importance to the people and can best be accomplished through the cooperation of the New England states in the establishment of an interstate agency to work with the states in the field of pollution abatement;

Now, therefore, The states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont do agree and are bound as follows:

ARTICLE I

It is agreed between the signatory states that the provisions of this compact shall apply to streams, ponds and lakes which are contiguous to two or more signatory states or which flow through two or more signatory states or which have a tributary contiguous to two or more signatory states or flowing through two or more signatory states, and also shall apply to tidal waters ebbing and flowing past the boundaries of two states.

ARTICLE II

There is hereby created the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission) which shall be a body corporate and politic, having the powers, duties and jurisdiction herein enumerated and such other and additional powers as shall be conferred upon it by the act or acts of a signatory state concurred in by the others.

ARTICLE III

The commission shall consist of five commissioners from each signatory state, each of whom shall be a resident voter of the state from which he is appointed. The commissioners shall be chosen in the manner and for the terms provided by law of the state from which they shall be appointed. For each state there shall be on the commission a member representing the state health department, a member representing the state water pollution control board (if such exists), and, except where a state in its enabling legislation decides that the best interests of the state will be otherwise served, a member representing municipal interests, a member representing industrial interests, and a member representing an agency acting for fisheries or conservation.

ARTICLE IV

The commission shall annually elect from its members a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers. It may appoint and employ a secretary who shall be a professional engineer versed in water pollution and may employ such stenographic or clerical employees as shall be necessary, and at its pleasure remove or discharge such employees. It shall adopt a seal and suitable bylaws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain an office for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. Meetings shall be held at least twice each year. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of its business but no action of the commission imposing any obligation on any signatory state or on any municipal agency or subdivision thereof or on any person, firm or corporation therein shall be binding unless a majority of the members from such signatory state shall have voted in favor thereof. Where meetings are planned to discuss matters relevant to problems of water pollution control affecting only certain of the signatory states, the commission may vote to authorize special meetings of the commissioners of the states especially concerned. The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall make an annual report to the governor and the legislature of each signatory state setting forth in detail the operations and transactions conducted by it pursuant to this compact, and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purpose of this compact. The commission shall not incur any obligations for salaries, office, administrative, traveling or other expenses prior to the allotment of funds by the signatory states adequate to meet the same; nor shall the commission pledge the credit of any of the signatory states. Each signatory state reserves the right to provide hereafter by law for the examination and audit of the accounts of the commission. The commission shall appoint a treasurer who may be a member of the commission, and disbursements by the commission shall be valid only when authorized by the commission and when vouchers therefor have been signed by custodian of the records of the commission with authority to attest to and certify such records or copies thereof.

ARTICLE V

It is recognized, owing to such variable factors as location, size, character and flow and the many varied uses of the waters subject to the terms of this compact, that no single standard of sewage and waste treatment and no single standard of quality of receiving waters is practical and that the degree of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes should take into account the classification of the receiving waters according to present and proposed highest use, such as for drinking water supply, industrial and agricultural uses, bathing and other recreational purposes, maintenance and propagation of fish life, shellfish culture, navigation and disposal of wastes.

The commission shall establish reasonable physical, chemical and bacteriological standards of water quality satisfactory for various classifications of use. It is agreed that each of the signatory states through appropriate agencies will prepare a classification of its interstate waters in entirety or by portions according to present and proposed highest use and for this purpose technical experts employed by state departments of health and state water pollution control agencies are authorized to confer on questions relating to classification of interstate waters affecting two or more states. Each signatory state agrees to submit its classification of its interstate waters to the commission for approval. It is agreed that after such approval all signatory states through their appropriate state health departments and water pollution control agencies will work to establish programs of treatment of sewage and industrial wastes which will meet standards established by the commission for classified waters. The commission may from time to time make such changes in definitions of classifications and in standards as may be required by changed conditions or as may be necessary for uniformity.

ARTICLE VI

Each of the signatory states pledges to provide for the abatement of existing pollution and for the control of future pollution of interstate inland and tidal waters as described in Article I, and to put and maintain the waters thereof in a satisfactory condition consistent with the highest classified use of each body of water.

ARTICLE VII

Nothing in this compact shall be construed to repeal or prevent the enactment of any legislation or prevent the enforcement of any requirement by any signatory state imposing any additional condition or restriction to further lessen the pollution of waters within its jurisdiction. Nothing herein contained shall affect or abate any action now pending brought by any governmental board or body created under any of the signatory states.

ARTICLE VIII

The signatory states agree to appropriate for the salaries, office, administrative, travel and other expenses such sum or sums as shall be recommended by the commission. The commonwealth of Massachusetts obligates itself only to the extent of sixty-five hundred dollars in any one year, the state of Connecticut only to the extent of three thousand dollars in any one year, the state of Rhode Island only to the extent of fifteen hundred dollars in any one year, and the states of New Hampshire, Maine, and Vermont each only to the extent of one thousand dollars in any one year.

ARTICLE IX

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 X

The commission is authorized to discuss with appropriate state agencies in New York state questions of pollution of waters which flow into the New England area from New York state or vice versa and to further the establishment of agreements on pollution abatement to promote the interests of the New York and New England areas.

Whenever the commission by majority vote of the members of each signatory state shall have given its approval and the state of New York shall have taken the necessary action to do so, the state of New York shall be a party to this compact for the purpose of controlling and abating the pollution of waterways common to New York and the New England states signatory to this compact but excluding the waters under the jurisdiction of the Interstate Environmental Commission (New York, New Jersey and Connecticut).

ARTICLE XI

This compact shall become effective immediately upon the adoption of the compact by any two contiguous states of New England but only in so far as applies to those states and upon approval by Federal law. Thereafter upon ratification by other contiguous states, it shall also become effective as to those states.

ARTICLE XII

1. The State of Connecticut reaffirms its support of the cooperative approach to the abatement and control of water pollution as embodied in the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact. In view of the increases in population concentrations, the growing need of industry and agriculture for water of reasonable quality, and the quality requirements of water based recreation and other uses, the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission shall develop and maintain its programs, including research on water quality problems, at such levels, including, to the extent necessary, levels above those originally provided when this state first enacted the compact, as may be appropriate.

2. In addition to the minimal personnel authorizations contained in Article IV, the commission may employ such engineering, technical and other professional, secretarial and clerical personnel as the proper administration and functioning of the commission may require.

3. The State of Connecticut hereby concurs in the conferring of any powers or duties on the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission by other states, in addition to those conferred by provision of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact. This concurrence is pursuant to Article II of said compact. This concurrence is subject to the following limitations:

(a) Unless this state specifically confers a power or duty on the commission, other than one conferred by the compact itself, no financial or other burden or duties shall be placed upon this state, or any agency, officer or subdivision thereof by reason of the conferring or exercise of the power or duty. At any time the Governor, the Attorney General or the Auditors of Public Accounts shall have the power to make inquiry of the commission and to examine its books and records in order to ascertain the state of compliance with this section.

(b) The rights, privileges and responsibilities of this state with respect to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact and the commission established thereby shall not be limited or impaired.

(c) The commission shall include in its annual report to the Governor and the legislature of this state a full account of any additional powers or duties administered by it.

4. The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, hereinafter called “the commission”, may develop standards for the training, educational and experience requirements for operating personnel necessary to the proper operation of sewage and other waste treatment plants. The commission may administer programs of training and certification for such personnel, and may make classifications thereof. Any certificate issued by the commission shall be accepted by this state and all agencies and subdivisions thereof as conclusive evidence that the holder has the training, education and experience necessary for certification for the class of position or responsibility described therein. The state department of health may impose and administer any other requirements for certification within any applicable provisions of law, but it shall not reexamine or reinvestigate the applicant for a certificate with respect to his training, education or experience qualifications. The commission shall keep a record of all certificates issued by it, and in response to any inquiry concerning such a certificate, the commission shall inform the inquirer concerning its issuance and validity. The commission shall annul any certificate issued by it, if the commission finds that the certificate was obtained by misrepresentation of any material fact relating to the education, training or experience of the applicant. Such annulment shall be pursuant to rules and regulations of the commission which shall afford due notice to the certificate holder and an opportunity to present relevant evidence for consideration by the commission. Nothing contained in this section shall limit or abridge the authority of the commission to revise its standards and to issue new or additional certificates. In any such case the state department of health may require an applicant for a certificate to present a certificate or certificates which evidence training, education and experience meeting the current standards of the commission. Certificates issued by the commission shall be recognized and given in connection with personnel employed in or having responsibilities for plants discharging into any waters of this state. Nothing in this section shall be construed to require any person to have a certificate in order to be employed in the operation of a sewage or other waste treatment plant. Such requirements, if any, shall be as set forth in or pursuant to other laws of this state, provided that in any case where a certificate is required, an appropriate certificate issued by the commission shall be accepted in lieu of any certificate otherwise required. To the extent that the authority conferred upon the commission by this section is not otherwise exercisable by the commission under the provisions of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact, the commission shall not require the financial or other support of the program or programs authorized hereby by any state not having enacted legislation substantially similar to this section.

5. (a) The New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, in cooperation with the State of Connecticut and such other state signatory to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact as may participate in such work, shall establish and maintain a water quality sampling and testing network. The network shall, to the fullest extent practicable, rely upon the sampling and testing programs of this state, and such other participating states, and upon information available from agencies of the federal government, and shall not duplicate any of their activities. However, if the sampling and testing programs of this state and other states, and the information available from agencies of the federal government are insufficient to provide the commission with records of water quality adequate for its needs, the commission may supplement the sampling and testing otherwise available to it.

(b) Sampling pursuant to this section shall be at points at or near the places where waters cross the boundary of this state, and the samples shall be tested in order to determine their quality. The sampling and testing provided for herein shall be scheduled by the commission or in accordance with its requests, and shall include such factors or elements as the commission shall request. Any sampling and testing done by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection of this state as part of the activities of the commission's network shall be reported fully and promptly by such agency to the commission together with the results thereof.

6. (a) If the commission ascertains that particular waters at or near a boundary of this state do not comply with the standards of the commission made pursuant to Article V of the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact, or are not otherwise of a quality complying with state law, the commission shall inform the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection of this state and of any other state concerned and shall afford such agencies an opportunity to verify, explain, supplement or correct the information in the possession of the commission and if the facts warrant to take or secure the taking of any necessary remedial action.

(b) If such remedial action is not taken or secured in timely fashion, the commission may hold a public hearing on due notice as provided in its rules and regulations in order to ascertain all the relevant facts and circumstances.

(c) Following public hearing pursuant to subsection (b), the commission may issue an order directed to the source or sources of waste discharge causing or contributing to the deteriorated water quality. Such order or orders may require reduction or cessation of waste discharges or the improvement of their quality. No order of the commission pursuant to this subsection shall be valid, unless supported by substantial evidence adduced at the public hearing.

(d) An order of the commission made pursuant to subsection (b) shall prescribe the date or dates by which discharges of waste are to be reduced, discontinued or treated, and may contain timetables or schedules for specific steps to be taken in order to comply therewith.

(e) An order of the commission made pursuant to this section may be enforced in any court of competent jurisdiction. Proceedings shall be only on the record made before the commission.

(f) An order of the commission made pursuant to this section may be appealed to any court of competent jurisdiction within thirty days after issuance. Proceedings shall be only on the record made before the commission.

Unless otherwise conferred by law the commission shall not have power to issue permits or licenses in connection with the discharge or treatment of wastes, or pass upon plans or specifications for particular waste treatment or collection equipment or facilities.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-388 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 437 / Section 22-388
Sec. 22-388. Periodic testing of livestock for infectious diseases. Quarantine.
Status: in_force

(b) Any reactors to the brucellosis or tuberculin test shall be identified in a manner acceptable to the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent. Such reactors shall be disposed of in a manner acceptable to the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent. Indemnity shall be paid on all such reactors in the manner provided in section 22-288 , provided such reactor shall have passed at least one negative test since entering the state and shall have been acquired by the dealer in compliance with existing state regulations on interstate and intrastate movements of cattle.

(c) If a quarantine, due to the presence of an infectious, communicable livestock disease, is imposed on livestock owned by a livestock dealer or held by a livestock dealer pending sale, exchange, resale or shipment on premises owned, rented, leased or borrowed by such dealer, such dealer shall not be prohibited from engaging in business as a dealer, provided such dealer shall comply with all quarantine restrictions and orders and any isolation, bio-security and sanitation requirements of the department in respect to quarantined livestock, including identifying quarantined livestock in a manner acceptable to the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent as prescribed on the quarantine form, or quarantine order issued by the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent.

See Sec. 22-287 re tuberculin tests.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-58 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 441 / Section 22a-58
Sec. 22a-58. Records to be kept by distributors and applicators.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purposes of enforcing the provisions of this part, subsection (a) of section 23-61a and sections 23-61b and 23-61f , any distributor, carrier, dealer, or any other person who sells or offers for sale, delivers or offers for delivery any pesticide or device subject to this part and said sections, shall, upon request of any officer or employee of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection duly designated by the commissioner, furnish or permit such person at all reasonable times to have access to, and to copy:

(1) All records showing the delivery, movement, or holding of such pesticide or device, including the quantity, the date of shipment and receipt, and the name of the consignor and consignee; or

(2) In the event of the inability of any person to produce records containing such information, all other records and information relating to such delivery, movement, or holding of the pesticide or device. Any inspection with respect to any records and information referred to in this subsection shall not extend to financial data, sales data other than shipment data, pricing data, personnel data, and research data.

(c) Private applicators shall maintain a record with respect to each use of restricted use pesticides, which shall include, but not be limited to, the following information: (1) The name of the applicator, (2) the kind and amount of pesticide used, (3) the date and place of application, and (4) the crop or site treated and the amount of acreage treated. A copy of the record shall be submitted to the commissioner on or before January thirty-first for the preceding calendar year in which the application was made.

(d) Commercial applicators shall maintain records with respect to their use of and supervision of the use of pesticides. Such records shall be maintained for not less than five years after the date of application and shall include, but not be limited to, the (1) name and certification number of the commercial supervisor and the commercial operator, (2) kind and amount of pesticide used, (3) date and place of application, (4) pest treated for, and (5) crop or site treated. A summary of the items maintained under subdivisions (1) and (2) shall be submitted to the commissioner on or before January thirty-first for the preceding calendar year in which the application was made on such form as the commissioner may prescribe.

(e) For purposes of enforcing the provisions of this part, any commercial applicator or private applicator using restricted pesticides shall, upon request of any officer or employee duly designated by the commissioner, furnish such person or permit such person to have access to and to copy, at reasonable times, the records required by subsection (c) or (d) of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-226d — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-226d
Sec. 22a-226d. Municipal enforcement of solid waste disposal laws. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) Any police officer or other person authorized by the chief executive officer of the municipality may issue a citation to any person who commits such a violation. Any municipality which adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may also adopt a citation hearing procedure pursuant to section 7-152c by which procedure such fine shall be imposed.

(c) Any fine collected by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the municipality or in any special fund designated by the municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-363h — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-363h
Sec. 22a-363h. Approaches to shoreline protection. Pilot program and projects. Shoreline management study. Program to develop and maintain science and engineering capacity to support shoreline planning and management.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, within available appropriations, may, in conjunction with academic institutions, nongovernmental organizations or federal agencies, seek funds for and prepare a shoreline management study for the purpose of enhancing the resilience of coastal communities to coastal hazards and a rise in sea level, with special consideration for areas significantly impacted by coastal storms.

(c) The University of Connecticut and the Connecticut State University System may, within available appropriations, in conjunction with other academic institutions and state and federal agencies, seek funds for and establish a program to develop and maintain science and engineering capacity within the state to support shoreline planning and management to enhance the resilience of coastal communities to coastal hazards and a rise in sea level.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134o — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-134o
Sec. 22a-134o. Contract with hazardous waste transporter or company.
Status: in_force

(b) Any transporter or company may participate in a chemical disposal day program provided such transporter or company has (1) a number issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency identifying such transporter or company as the generator for the day and (2) at least one trained employee or agent is at the site on the chemical disposal day to identify, accept, place in containers, load and remove any waste collected.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-342 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-342
Sec. 22a-342. (Formerly Sec. 25-4a). Establishment of stream channel encroachment lines. Permits for encroachments, required findings. Fees.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 7-147 re municipal ordinances.

See Sec. 22a-27i re exemption of municipality for one year.

See Sec. 22a-360 re boundaries for structures.

Annotation to former section 25-4a:

Cited. 179 C. 250.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 215 C. 616; 235 C. 448; 239 C. 124.

Cited. 24 CA 163.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134p — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-134p
Sec. 22a-134p. Regulations re storage of hazardous substances near a watercourse.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 setting forth standards for the storage of hazardous substances near watercourses. Such regulations shall (1) establish best management practices for the storage of such substances, including determination of a minimum distance between any hazardous substance and a watercourse, and (2) establish a threshold quantity for storage before compliance with regulations adopted under this subsection is required.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-288 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 433 / Section 22-288
Sec. 22-288. Compensation for condemned livestock. Appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) The amount paid by the state for any livestock that is condemned pursuant to this section and sold for slaughter, shall be deposited by the commissioner into the General Fund. The amount paid by the state to the owner of any such animal shall be limited to the difference between the fair market value of such animal, established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and the amount of any indemnity or payment for such animal received by the owner from the federal government. No compensation shall be paid to the owner of any such livestock by the state unless such animal has been destroyed to prevent the spread of an infectious or contagious disease or to protect the public health. Any animal that is condemned shall be identified with a tag, brand device or marking approved by the commissioner. No such animal shall be moved, euthanized, sold or used for food, except under the direction of the commissioner.

(c) Any person aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to condemn livestock pursuant to this section may appeal such order to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford not later than seven days after issuance of such order.

The right to recover damages is purely the creation of statute. 72 C. 285. Cited. 190 C. 622.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-132a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-132a
Sec. 22a-132a. Administration expenses. Fees. Staff. Consultants.
Status: in_force

(b) Before December thirty-first of each year, the council shall review the anticipated amount of such expenses for the next fiscal year, excluding expenses under subsection (c) of this section, at a public meeting at which interested persons shall be heard. After an opportunity for public comment at such public meeting, the council shall determine the anticipated amount of such expenses and submit its determination to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of appropriations and the budgets of state agencies for its review. The amount of such expenses shall not exceed sixty thousand dollars. The council shall apportion and assess the anticipated amount of expenses among generators of hazardous waste in such manner as the council shall deem appropriate. The council shall deposit all payments received under this subsection with the State Treasurer who shall credit such payments to the Siting Council Fund established under section 16-50v . Such payments shall be accounted for as expenses recovered from generators of hazardous waste.

(c) The fee for each application for a certificate issued under this chapter shall be used for the administrative expenses of the council and its staff incurred in processing such application. If a hearing is held for any such application, the council shall assess the applicant during the proceeding and thereafter for all expenses of the council in excess of the fee, including the expenses of any consultant employed by the council pursuant to the procedures established under provisions of section 22a-116 . Expenses incurred in reviewing the development and management plan of a hazardous waste facility shall be billed quarterly to the applicant.

(d) The council shall obtain such full-time and part-time staff and consultants as may be appropriate to carry out its duties under the provisions of this chapter.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-262 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446e / Section 22a-262
Sec. 22a-262. (Formerly Sec. 19-524u). (Note: This section is repealed, effective July 1, 2025.) Purposes of authority.
Status: in_force

(1) The planning, design, construction, financing, management, ownership, operation and maintenance of solid waste disposal, volume reduction, recycling, intermediate processing and resources recovery facilities and all related solid waste reception, storage, transportation and waste-handling and general support facilities considered by the authority to be necessary, desirable, convenient or appropriate in carrying out the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan and in establishing, managing and operating solid waste disposal and resources recovery systems and their component waste-processing facilities and equipment;

(2) The provision of solid waste management services to municipalities, regions and persons within the state by receiving solid wastes at authority facilities, pursuant to contracts between the authority and such municipalities, regions and persons; the recovery of resources and resource values from such solid wastes; and the production from such services and resources recovery operations of revenues sufficient to provide for the support of the authority and its operations on a self-sustaining basis, with due allowance for the redistribution of any surplus revenues to reduce the costs of authority services to the users thereof provided such surplus revenues shall include any net revenue from activities undertaken pursuant to subdivisions (18) and (19) of subsection (a) of section 22a-266 and subdivision (8) of section 22a-267 ;

(3) The utilization, through contractual arrangements, of private industry for implementation of some or all of the requirements of the state-wide solid waste management plan and for such other activities as may be considered necessary, desirable or convenient by the authority;

(4) Assistance with and coordination of efforts directed toward source separation for recycling purposes; and

(5) In consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and consistent with the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228 , the development of new industries, technologies and commercial enterprises on property owned by the authority based upon resource recovery, recycling, reuse and treatment or processing of solid waste.

(b) The purposes of this section and subsection (a) of section 22a-284b shall be considered to be operating responsibilities of the authority, in accordance with the state-wide solid waste management plan, and are to be considered in all respects public purposes.

(c) These purposes shall not include activities related to state-wide recycling education and promotion or the establishment of state-wide solid waste management or policy.

Cited. 193 C. 506; 218 C. 821; 225 C. 731.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-111f — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 427a / Section 22-111f
Sec. 22-111f. Entry, inspection, sampling and analysis.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, or the commissioner's authorized agent, shall sample and inspect fertilizers distributed within this state at such times and places and to such extent as the commissioner may deem necessary to determine whether such fertilizers are in compliance with the provisions of this chapter or any regulation adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j . The commissioner, individually or through the commissioner's duly authorized agent, is authorized to enter upon any public or private premises or carriers in order to have access to fertilizers subject to the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-111j . The director or the director's agent shall analyze samples designated official by the commissioner.

(c) The methods of analysis and sampling shall be those adopted by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists International.

(d) The commissioner, in determining for administrative purposes whether any fertilizer is deficient in plant food, shall be guided solely by the official sample obtained and analyzed as provided for in this section.

(e) The results of official analysis shall be forwarded by the director to the commissioner, registrant and distributor. Upon request, the director shall furnish to the registrant a portion of any sample found subject to penalty or other legal action. Official samples for which penalties are assessed for nutritional deficiencies shall be retained by the director for not less than ninety days following the issuance of a deficiency report.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-128 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-128
Sec. 22a-128. Payments of assessments or negotiated incentives to municipalities by operators of hazardous waste disposal facilities. Reports of negotiations to council.
Status: in_force

(b) If the legislative body of the municipality chooses to have payments made to the municipality in accordance with this subsection, within thirty days following the end of each calendar quarter, the owner or operator of a hazardous waste disposal facility shall report to the chief elected official of the municipality in which such facility is located and to the commissioner on a form furnished by said commissioner, the number of gallons or cubic yards of hazardous waste received by such facility in such calendar quarter, and the gross receipts of such facility in such calendar quarter. The owner or operator shall remit to the municipality, with such form (1) payment in an amount equal to five cents per gallon or three dollars and fifty cents per cubic yard for each gallon or cubic yard of hazardous waste received in such quarter or (2) payment in an amount determined in accordance with the following table at the percentage applicable to each level of quarterly gross receipts, whichever is greater:
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-346 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-346
Sec. 22a-346. (Formerly Sec. 25-4e.) Encroachment as nuisance.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-362 re structures or fill.

Cited. 215 C. 616.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-454c — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-454c
Sec. 22a-454c. Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) Each hazardous waste landfill, incinerator, storage, treatment or land treatment facility, as defined in regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-449 , shall pay an annual fee of one thousand seven hundred fifty dollars.

See Sec. 22a-27i re exemption of municipality for one year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-61n — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 424 / Section 22-61n
Sec. 22-61n. Manufacture, marketing, cultivation and storage of hemp and hemp products by certain cannabis establishments. Purchase from third party. Requirements.
Status: in_force

(1) “Cultivator” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-420 ;

(2) “Hemp” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-61 l ;

(3) “Hemp products” has the same meaning as provided in section 22-61 l ;

(4) “Micro-cultivator” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-420 ;

(5) “Producer” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-420 ; and

(6) “Product manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in section 21a-420 .

(b) Any producer, cultivator, micro-cultivator and product manufacturer may manufacture, market, cultivate or store hemp and hemp products in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and any regulations adopted pursuant to said chapter. A producer, cultivator, micro-cultivator and product manufacturer that obtains hemp and hemp products shall only obtain such hemp and hemp products from a person authorized under the laws of this state or another state, territory or possession of the United States or another sovereign entity to possess and sell such hemp and hemp products.

(c) Hemp or hemp products purchased by a producer, cultivator, micro-cultivator, product manufacturer or food and beverage manufacturer from a third party shall be tracked as a separate batch throughout the manufacturing process in order to document the disposition of such hemp or hemp products. Once hemp or hemp products are received by a producer, cultivator, micro-cultivator, product manufacturer or food and beverage manufacturer, such hemp or hemp products shall be deemed cannabis and shall comply with the requirements for cannabis contained in the applicable provisions of the general statutes and any regulations adopted pursuant to such provisions. A producer, cultivator, micro-cultivator, product manufacturer and food and beverage manufacturer shall retain a copy of the certificate of analysis for purchased hemp or hemp products and invoice and transport documents that evidence the quantity purchased and date received.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-497 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-497
Sec. 22a-497. Municipal stormwater authority pilot program. Priority municipalities. Application. Selection criteria. Grants.
Status: in_force

(b) In order to be considered for such a grant, each eligible municipality shall submit a grant application on forms prescribed by the commissioner not later than September 15, 2007. The commissioner may reject any grant application that the commissioner determines to be incomplete. The municipality that submitted such rejected application shall be given not more than fifteen days to correct the defects in such application. In the event that a municipality given priority in accordance with subsection (a) of this section is unable to correct such defects to the commissioner's satisfaction, the commissioner shall consider such municipality a nonpriority municipality, as described in subsection (c) of this section. Any municipality that fails to submit a timely application for the grant shall be deemed to have waived such municipality's right to apply for the grant.

(c) In the event that one or more of the municipalities given priority in accordance with subsection (a) of this section waives its right to participate in such pilot program, any municipality required to comply with the requirements of a permit issued pursuant to section 22a-430 or 22a-430b for the discharge of stormwater from, or associated with, a separate storm sewer system owned or operated by such municipality may apply to the commissioner to participate in the pilot program in accordance with procedures prescribed by the commissioner. Timely applications for such grants will be reviewed in the order in which they were received to determine if such municipality meets the selection criteria for nonpriority municipalities. Such selection criteria shall include, but not be limited to: (1) The proximity of the municipality to Long Island Sound or other major river or water body, and (2) whether the inclusion of such municipality will result, in the aggregate of all participating municipalities, in a diverse representation of urban and suburban areas. For the purpose of this section, “separate storm sewer system” means a conveyance for stormwater, including, but not limited to, roads with drainage systems, streets, catch basins, curbs, gutters, ditches, man-made channels or storm drains that discharge into the waters of the state.

(d) Each municipality selected by the commissioner to participate in such pilot program shall submit a stormwater management program for the commissioner's approval. Such program shall include an estimate of the operational and capital expenses and income required to financially support implementation of the plan over a five-year period, and other such elements as the commissioner may prescribe in accordance with the purposes specified in section 22a-498 .

(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide grants that in the aggregate do not exceed one million dollars, from any account in the Clean Water Fund established under section 22a-477 , to the extent that bond funds are available, to municipalities participating in the pilot program established pursuant to sections 22a-497 to 22a-499 , inclusive, for reimbursement of not more than eighty per cent of the costs incurred by such municipalities related to the planning, engineering and legal costs associated with the establishment of an approved stormwater authority and the development of a stormwater program pursuant to sections 22a-497 to 22a-499 , inclusive. Any costs associated with the application for participation in the pilot program shall not be eligible for reimbursement. The commissioner shall be reimbursed from the Clean Water Fund for the reasonable costs of administering such grant program.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-111rr — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 427b / Section 22-111rr
Sec. 22-111rr. Prohibited sales.
Status: in_force

(b) No agricultural liming material may be sold or offered for sale in this state if: (1) It contains any deleterious or harmful agent in sufficient amount to render it injurious to beneficial plant or animal life when applied in accordance with directions for use on its label or if adequate warning statements and directions for use that may be necessary to protect beneficial plant or animal life are not on the label; or (2) any information or statement appears on any package, label, delivery slip, ticket, invoice or advertising matter that is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the quality, analysis, composition or commercial value of the agricultural liming material.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-374 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-374
Sec. 22a-374. Appeals.
Status: in_force

Cited. 28 CA 674. Commissioner may not make threshold determinations of insufficiency of information on an application without a hearing. 71 CA 395.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-466 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-466
Sec. 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person intending to manufacture or continue to manufacture for sale, sell for use or continue to sell for use, use or continue to use an item, product or material containing the compound PCB or intending to use or continue to use the compound PCB after July 1, 1977, for uses other than those exempted pursuant to section 22a-465 , shall file a request for exemption with the commissioner at least six months prior to the date such use is intended to be initiated or continued.

(c) Each request for exemption shall contain a complete description of the intended use or use of the item, product or material containing the compound PCB or the intended use or use of the compound PCB for other purposes, the amounts of the compound PCB which is intended to be used or is used, the reasons a substitute for the compound PCB cannot be used or is not used and the means by which the discharge of the compound PCB will be or is controlled.

(d) In granting an exemption the commissioner may impose such conditions as he deems appropriate to control the discharge or potential discharge of the compound PCB.

(e) All exemptions shall expire annually on July first. Reapplication for an exemption shall be filed with the commissioner on or before January first of the year when the exemption will expire.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-126 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-126
Sec. 22a-126. Use of facility after postclosure period. Disposal Facility Trust Fund.
Status: in_force

(b) A Disposal Facility Trust Fund shall be established and financed by annual assessments levied on the owners or operators of all hazardous waste land disposal facilities and by the owners or operators of hazardous waste nonland disposal facilities in amounts to be determined by the commissioner. Each owner or operator of an assessed facility shall pay an amount fixed by the commissioner based on the volume, type, or weight of hazardous waste processed at such facility. The aggregate paid yearly by all those assessed shall not be more than one million dollars. The assessment imposed on any owner or operator of a hazardous waste facility shall be limited to one per cent of the gross revenues of each facility owned or operated. The method and amount of payment shall be fixed by the commissioner under the provisions of regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54. When the fund balance exceeds ten million dollars, upon determination by the commissioner, no further assessments shall be made. When the balance of the fund is less than ten million dollars, the commissioner may reinstitute imposition and collection of the assessment. The fund shall be used for costs incurred by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for monitoring and maintenance of any hazardous waste facility and for any liability of the state pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The fund shall also be used to cover any liability incurred during the hazardous waste facility operation, closure and postclosure period not covered by the operator's financial responsibility requirements under subsection (d) of section 22a-122 . The fund shall be used only if costs are not paid from funds established in accordance with the provisions of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-510). In determining assessments for the Disposal Facility Trust Fund, the commissioner shall consider assessments levied pursuant to said act and assessments levied pursuant to this section shall be limited to an amount required to meet costs not paid from funds established pursuant to said act. Payments from the fund shall be made by the Treasurer upon authorization of the commissioner.

Cited. 207 C. 706.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-45b — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 440 / Section 22a-45b
Sec. 22a-45b. (Formerly Sec. 19a-93). Elimination of mosquito-breeding places by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Survey of certain lands. Standing water on private property. Public outreach programs.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in coordination with the Commissioner of Public Health and local health departments, shall survey land, tidal wetlands, inland wetlands or watercourses in any municipality with a population over one hundred thousand where there has been a documented death of a human from West Nile virus, to ascertain if mosquitoes breed thereon and may conduct any work, as provided for in subsection (a) of this section, necessary to eliminate mosquito breeding on such land.

(c) No private property, in any municipality with a population over one hundred thousand where there has been a documented death of a human from West Nile virus, may contain standing water that the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health and local health departments, creates a risk of mosquito-borne illness. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall enforce the provisions of this subsection.

(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in coordination with the Commissioner of Public Health and local health departments, shall encourage public outreach programs instructing residents and private property owners of the risks of standing water and the signs and symptoms of West Nile virus.

See Sec. 19a-213 re duties of local health authorities re mosquito-breeding places.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-48a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 423 / Section 22-48a
Sec. 22-48a. Registration of egg grading plants and egg distributors. Fees. List of sources and accounts. Registration refusal, suspension or revocation. Hearing. Final order. Appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) Each person, firm or corporation operating an egg grading plant in this state shall register with the Commissioner of Agriculture in a manner and on forms prescribed and furnished by the commissioner. Such registration shall be renewed annually during the month of October. Each location where eggs are washed, graded or packed in the final container shall be registered separately. No person, firm or corporation shall receive, distribute, process or offer eggs for sale without a registration.

(c) Each person, firm or corporation distributing eggs in this state shall register with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection in a manner and on forms prescribed and furnished by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection. No person, firm or corporation shall receive, distribute, process or offer eggs for sale in this state without a registration.

(d) Each registration for an egg grading plant or an egg distributor shall be renewed annually during the month of October. The annual registration and renewal fee for an egg grading plant or an egg distributor shall be fixed as follows: (1) For firms processing or handling six thousand dozen eggs or less per year, twenty dollars; (2) for firms processing or handling more than six thousand and thirty thousand dozen eggs or less per year, one hundred dollars; (3) for firms processing or handling more than thirty thousand and less than one hundred fifty thousand dozen eggs per year, three hundred dollars; or (4) for firms processing or handling one hundred fifty thousand dozen eggs or more per year, four hundred dollars.

(e) Each person registered pursuant to this section shall, at all times, keep on file a list of all sources from which eggs are received and a list of all accounts to which eggs are sold. Such lists shall be subject to inspection and shall be provided to the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, as applicable, or such commissioners' respective designated agent upon request.

(f) Any application for registration or registration issued pursuant to this section may be refused, suspended or revoked for cause. In refusing to register or, in suspending or revoking any registration, the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, as applicable, shall give due consideration to the applicant's or registrant's, as applicable, history of compliance with any written orders or notices of violation issued for any violation of this part or for any written violation of the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies concerning food storage, food handling, food sanitation, food safety, egg room sanitation, egg disinfection, egg holding, egg packing, egg storage or egg cooling requirements. All registrations issued pursuant to this section shall be nontransferable.

(g) Any person aggrieved by an order of the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, as applicable, or such commissioners' respective designated agent may appeal such order and request an administrative hearing, provided such appeal is in writing and received by the commissioner of the issuing agency not later than ten days after the date such person received such order. Such administrative hearing, if properly requested, shall be held not later than forty-five days after the date of such request. Any appeal made pursuant to this section shall be limited to whether or not the conditions or violations cited in such order existed. The Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, as applicable, or such commissioners' respective designated hearing officer shall render a final decision based upon all the evidence introduced, applying all pertinent provisions of law and regulations. Any final order of the Commissioner of Agriculture or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, or such commissioners' respective designated hearing officer shall be subject to appeal, as set forth in sections 4-183 and 4-184 , except that any such appeal shall be taken to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-1i — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-1i
Sec. 22a-1i. Environmental contamination risk assessment by Department of Public Health.
Status: in_force

(1) “Dose-response assessment” means the quantitative determination of the potency of the toxic agent under study and the incidence of biological effects and disease in humans and biological models.

(2) “Exposure assessment” means the determination of what exposures to the toxic agent under study are anticipated or experienced by the population under study.

(3) “Hazard identification” means the quantitative determination of whether the toxic agent under study can cause adverse effects in individuals or populations under study.

(4) “Risk assessment” means the use of various databases to estimate the human health effects of exposure of individuals or populations to various hazardous substances and situations. The risk assessment process includes, but is not limited to, hazard identification, dose response assessment, exposure assessment and risk characterization. Risk assessment shall not include normal day-to-day activities conducted by state agencies mandated under federal or state laws or regulations. Specifically, activities such as environmental permitting shall not be considered to constitute a risk assessment activity, unless otherwise defined as such in state or federal regulation.

(5) “Risk characterization” means the determination of the estimated population incidence of the adverse effect anticipated following exposure to the toxic agent under study.

(b) The Department of Public Health shall be the lead agency responsible for the risk assessment of human health regarding toxic substances identified in all environmental media, including, but not limited to, food, drinking water, soil and air.

(c) Risk assessments shall be conducted or reviewed by the Department of Public Health after the need for such risk assessments has been established by the state agency responsible for regulation of the given contamination. Such decisions on the need for risk assessments shall be made in consultation with the Department of Public Health. Nothing contained in this section shall hinder or dictate the authority of any state agency to decide when a risk assessment is required.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-363 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-363
Sec. 22a-363. (Formerly Sec. 25-7f). Penalty for violation.
Status: in_force

Annotations to former section 25-7f:

Cited. 157 C. 536; 162 C. 89.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 215 C 616.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-349 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-349
Sec. 22a-349. (Formerly Sec. 25-4h). Permitted agricultural or farming uses. Permitted uses within stream channel encroachment lines.
Status: in_force

(b) The following operations and uses shall be permitted within stream channel encroachment lines, as of right: (1) Lawns, gardens or vegetative plantings, (2) split rail fences, (3) open decks attached to residential structures, properly anchored in accordance with the State Building Code, (4) construction of minor structures to an existing facility for the purpose of providing handicap accessibility pursuant to the State Building Code, (5) temporary greenhouses or hoophouses constructed without permanent foundations and anchored pursuant to the State Building Code, (6) placement of fish habitat enhancement devices performed by or approved by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, (7) demolition of an existing structure, (8) backfilling of foundations, (9) flood-proofing of existing structures, including, but not limited to, elevating structures in accordance with Federal Emergency Management Agency standards, (10) repair or installation of septic systems, (11) construction of irrigation systems, (12) installation of water monitoring structures performed by or approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, (13) installation of dry hydrants, (14) driveway and roadway repair and maintenance that does not raise the existing road grade more than three inches, or (15) patios or walkways constructed at grade.

Cited. 215 C. 616; 239 C. 124.

Cited. 24 CA 163.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-45a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 440 / Section 22a-45a
Sec. 22a-45a. General permits for minor activities. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any other procedures in said sections 22a-36 to 22a-45 , inclusive, any regulations adopted thereunder, and chapter 54, the commissioner may issue, revoke, suspend or modify a general permit in accordance with the following procedures: (1) The commissioner shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area or areas notice of intent to issue a general permit; (2) the commissioner shall allow a comment period of thirty days following publication of such notice during which interested persons may submit written comments concerning the permit to the commissioner and the commissioner shall hold a public hearing if, within said comment period, he receives a petition signed by at least twenty-five persons; (3) the commissioner may not issue the general permit until after the comment period; and (4) the commissioner shall publish notice of any permit issued in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the affected area or areas. Any person may request that the commissioner issue, modify or revoke a general permit in accordance with this subsection.

(c) Subsequent to the issuance of a general permit, the commissioner may require any state department, agency or instrumentality, other than a regional or local board of education, to apply for an individual permit under the provisions of said sections 22a-36 to 22a-45 , inclusive, for all or any portion of the activities covered by the general permit, if in the commissioner's judgment the purposes and policies of such sections would be best served by requiring an application for an individual permit. The commissioner may require an individual permit under this subsection only if the affected state department, agency or instrumentality has been notified in writing that an individual permit is required. The notice shall include a brief statement of the reasons for the decision and a statement that upon the date of issuance of such notice the general permit as it applies to the individual activity will terminate.

(d) Any general permit issued under this section shall require that any state agency, department or instrumentality other than a regional or local board of education, intending to conduct an activity covered by such general permit give written notice of such intention to the inland wetlands agency, zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission and conservation commission of any municipality which will or may be affected by such activity and to the department which shall make such notices available to the public. The general permit shall specify the information which shall be contained in the notice.

(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.

Cited. 226 C. 579; 228 C. 95; 229 C. 247; Id., 627; Id., 654; 242 C. 355.

Cited. 30 CA 85; 31 CA 105; Id., 599; judgment reversed, see 229 C. 627; 32 CA 799; 34 CA 385; 36 CA 270; 37 CA 166.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-255j — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-255j
Sec. 22a-255j. Exempt packages and packaging components.
Status: in_force

(1) A package or packaging component which was manufactured prior to October 1, 1990, and displays a code indicating the date it was manufactured;

(2) A package or packaging component that would not exceed any maximum concentration set forth in subsection (c) of section 22a-255i but for the addition or use of recycled materials; provided the provisions of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m , inclusive, shall apply to such packages on and after January 1, 2010;

(3) A package or packaging component to which lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been added in the manufacturing or distribution process in order to comply with health or safety requirements of federal law, provided the manufacturer of such a package or packaging component has demonstrated to the commissioner that such package or packaging component is entitled to an exemption under this subdivision and the commissioner grants such exemption. The exemption shall be effective for up to two years and may be extended if circumstances warrant an extension. An extension may be granted for up to two years;

(4) Any alcoholic liquor bottled prior to October 1, 1992;

(5) A package or packaging component to which lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium has been added in the manufacturing, forming, printing or distribution process for which there is no feasible alternative to the use of lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium provided the manufacturer of such a package or packaging component has demonstrated to the commissioner that such package or packaging component is entitled to an exemption under this subdivision and the commissioner grants such exemption. The exemption shall be effective for two years and may be extended if circumstances warrant an extension. An extension may be granted for up to two years. For purposes of this subdivision, a use for which there is no feasible alternative is one which is essential to the protection, safe handling or function of the package's contents and for which technical constraints preclude the substitution of other materials. For purposes of this subdivision, a use for which there is no feasible alternative shall not include the use of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium for the purpose of marketing;

(6) A package or packaging component that is reused but exceeds contaminant levels set forth in subsection (c) of section 22a-255i , provided (A) the product being conveyed by such package or packaging component is regulated under federal or state health or safety requirements; (B) the transportation of such package or packaging component is regulated under federal or state transportation requirements; (C) the disposal of the package or packaging component is performed according to federal or state radioactive or hazardous waste disposal requirements; and (D) the manufacturer of such package or packaging component has demonstrated to the commissioner that such package or packaging component is entitled to an exemption under this subdivision and the commissioner grants such exemption. Any exemption granted under this subdivision shall expire on January 1, 2010;

(7) A package or packaging component which is reusable and has a controlled distribution and reuse but which exceeds the contaminant levels set forth in subsection (c) of section 22a-255i , provided the manufacturer or distributor of such package or packaging component petitions the commissioner for an exemption and the commissioner grants such exemption. A manufacturer or distributor petitioning the commissioner for such an exemption shall (A) satisfactorily demonstrate that the environmental benefit of the reusable packaging or packaging component is significantly greater as compared to the same package or packaging component manufactured in compliance with the contaminant levels set forth in subsection (c) of section 22a-255i , and (B) submit a written plan including, at a minimum, the following elements: (i) A means of identifying in a permanent and visible manner those reusable packages or packaging components containing regulated metals for which the exemption is sought; (ii) a method of regulatory and financial accountability such that a specified percentage of such reusable packaging or packaging components manufactured and distributed to other persons are not discarded by those persons after use, but are returned to the manufacturer or his designee; (iii) a system of inventory and record maintenance to account for the reusable packaging or packaging components placed in and removed from service; (iv) a means of transforming returned packaging or packaging components that are no longer reusable into recycled materials for manufacturing or into manufacturing wastes which are subject to existing federal or state laws or regulations to ensure that these wastes do not enter the commercial or municipal waste stream; and (v) a system for annually reporting to the commissioner any changes to the system or changes regarding the manufacturer's designee. Any exemption granted under this subdivision shall expire on January 1, 2010;

(8) A glass or ceramic package or packaging component that has a vitrified label which, when prepared according to the American Society for Testing and Materials specification C1606-04 and when tested in accordance with the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedures of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Test Method and Publication SW 846, third edition, “Test Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste”, does not exceed one part per million for cadmium, five parts per million for hexavalent chromium and five parts per million for lead.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-1f — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-1f
Sec. 22a-1f. Exceptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Environmental impact evaluations shall not be required for the extension of the project otherwise known as the Connecticut River Interceptor Sewer Project, or a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c , which involves the conversion of an existing structure for educational rather than office or commercial use.

(c) A constituent unit of the state system of higher education may provide for environmental impact evaluations for any priority higher education facility project, as defined in section 4b-55 , or for any higher education project involving an expenditure of not more than two million dollars, by (1) reviewing and filing the evaluation for such project with the Office of Policy and Management for its review pursuant to section 22a-1e , or (2) including such project in a cumulative environmental impact evaluation approved by the Office of Policy and Management.

(d) Notwithstanding section 22a-1b , any environmental impact evaluation completed for proposed improvements for the Rentschler Field Development shall be deemed to include any industrial reinvestment project, as defined in subdivision (8) of subsection (a) of section 32-4m , including, but not limited to, any such planned or proposed project, any segment of such project and any state-certified industrial reinvestment project, as defined in subdivision (12) of subsection (a) of section 32-4m .

(e) Environmental impact evaluations shall not be required for actions in furtherance of the implementation of any approved program, as defined in 15 CFR Part 700, for the construction of nuclear submarines if such approved program has been given the priority rating of DX in accordance with said part on or before the effective date of this section under the United States Department of Defense Defense Priorities and Allocations System.

Cited. 184 C. 51; 204 C. 38; Id., 212.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-449d — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-449d
Sec. 22a-449d. Payment and reimbursement from the program. Guidelines for reasonable cost determinations. Payment to registered contractors.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall establish guidelines for determining what costs are reasonable for payment under sections 22a-449 l and 22a-449n and shall establish requirements for financial assurance, training and performance standards for registered contractors, as defined in said sections 22a-449 l and 22a-449n . The commissioner shall make payment pursuant to section 22a-449n to the owner at a rate not to exceed one hundred fifty-seven dollars per ton of contaminated soil removed which shall be considered as full payment for all eligible costs for remediation. For any claim filed pursuant to section 22a-449n where no contaminated soil is removed the commissioner shall reimburse eligible costs in accordance with the guidelines pursuant to this section.

(c) To the extent that funds are available, the commissioner may order payment to registered contractors for reimbursement of eligible costs for services associated with the remediation of a residential underground heating oil storage tank system prior to July 1, 2001, to owners of such systems for payment for eligible costs incurred after July 1, 2001. No such payment shall be authorized unless the commissioner deems the costs reasonable based on the guidelines established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, if the commissioner determines that the owner may not receive reimbursement payment from the contractor, the commissioner may, if reimbursement has not been sent to the contractor, directly reimburse the owner of such system for eligible costs incurred by the owner and paid to the registered contractor for services associated with a remediation of a system prior to July 1, 2001.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-514 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-514
Sec. 22a-514. Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption.
Status: in_force

(b) Any real or personal property leased by the authority in connection with the operation of a wastewater system under the provisions of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519 , inclusive, which would otherwise be subject to taxation under chapter 203 shall be exempt from the assessment of property taxes permitted and required under said chapter if such real or personal property is the subject of an agreement to make payments in lieu of taxes with respect to such property between the authority or the lessee of such system and the municipality in which such system is located. Any lessee or operator of such system from such authority who has made any payment of taxes due under such agreement shall not be required to make any payment of taxes of which a payment in lieu thereof has been made to the municipality.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-321 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446h / Section 22a-321
Sec. 22a-321. (Formerly Sec. 25-108a). Reimbursement of public service companies for relocation of facilities.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 25-83a re reimbursement for flood control projects.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-378a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-378a
Sec. 22a-378a. General permits for minor activities. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any other procedures specified in said sections 22a-365 to 22a-378 , inclusive, any regulations adopted thereunder, and chapter 54, the following procedures shall apply to the issuance, renewal, modification and revocation or suspension of a general permit: (1) The commissioner shall publish in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area or areas notice of intent to issue a general permit; (2) the commissioner shall allow a comment period of thirty days following publication of such notice during which interested persons may submit written comments concerning the permit to the commissioner and the commissioner shall hold a public hearing if, within said comment period, he receives a petition signed by at least twenty-five persons; (3) the commissioner may not issue the general permit until after the comment period; and (4) the commissioner shall publish notice of any issued permits in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the affected area or areas. Any person may request that the commissioner issue, modify or revoke a general permit in accordance with this subsection.

(c) Subsequent to the issuance of a general permit, the commissioner may require any person or municipality to apply for an individual permit under the provisions of said sections 22a-365 to 22a-378 , inclusive, for all or any portion of the activities covered by the general permit, if in the commissioner's judgment the purposes and policies of said sections would be best served by requiring an application for an individual permit. The commissioner may require an individual permit under this subsection only if the affected person or municipality has been notified in writing that an individual permit is required. The notice shall include a brief statement of the reasons for the decision and a statement that upon the date of issuance of such notice the general permit as it applies to the individual activity will terminate.

(d) Any general permit issued under subsection (a) of this section may require that any person or municipality intending to conduct an activity covered by such general permit give written notice of such intention to the inland wetlands agency, zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission, and conservation commission of any municipality which will or may be affected by such activity. The general permit shall specify the information which must be contained in the notice.

(e) The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-4c — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-4c
Sec. 22-4c. Powers of commissioner. Recording and transcription of hearings. Payment of related costs or expenses.
Status: in_force

(b) In any hearing held on or after October 1, 1995, on an application for any license issued by the commissioner, (1) the applicant shall pay all costs of recording and transcribing the hearing if a transcript is required by law, and (2) any applicant who requests a copy of a transcript of a hearing for which a transcript is not required by law shall pay to the department any expenses incurred by the department in having such transcript prepared. In any proceeding held on or after October 1, 1995, on a department order to enforce any statute, regulation, permit or order administered or issued by the commissioner, the respondent or other person taking an appeal from a final decision of the commissioner shall pay all costs of recording and transcribing the hearing if a transcript is required by law. Upon a showing of indigency by such respondent or person, the court may require the commissioner to pay such costs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-631 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446n / Section 22a-631
Sec. 22a-631. State-wide electronics recycling program. Allocation of cost. Municipal participation. Covered electronic recyclers. Orphan devices. Penalty for nonpayment. Reimbursement. Private programs.
Status: in_force

(b) On and after July 1, 2009, each municipality shall provide for the recycling of CEDs generated within its boundaries by participating in the state-wide electronics recycling program. Municipalities that participate in a regional recycling program may elect to participate in the state-wide electronics program through such regional authority. Each municipality or regional authority shall (1) provide for the collection of CEDs from residents within such municipality or region, (2) arrange for the transportation of collected CEDs to a covered electronic recycler, and (3) make information readily available to residents of the municipality or region of the time and location of the collection of CEDs. In providing collection and recycling opportunities to its residents each municipality shall give priority to convenience and accessibility.

(c) On and after July 1, 2009, each covered electronic recycler shall (1) cooperate with any municipality or regional authority to provide for the collection and transportation of CEDs, (2) reimburse a municipality or regional authority for such municipality's or such authority's qualified costs of transportation, (3) recycle all collected CEDs in accordance with the minimum standards established in section 22a-632 , (4) (A) for CEDs other than CRT-based televisions and non-CRT-based televisions, maintain a written log that identifies responsible manufacturers by recording the brand and weight of each CED delivered to a covered electronic recycler and identified upon receipt as generated by a household in the state, and (B) for CRT-based televisions and non-CRT-based televisions, maintain a written log of the total weight of such televisions delivered each month to a covered electronic recycler and identified upon receipt as generated by a household in the state, (5) report to the commissioner any manufacturer that is in arrears for more than ninety days, (6) file a plan for carrying out the provisions of this section on a form approved by the commissioner, and (7) invoice manufacturers quarterly for the reasonable costs of transporting and recycling that the manufacturer is responsible for under this section, with such costs calculated (A) for CRT-based and non-CRT-based televisions, on a sliding scale basis that is representative of the manufacturer's market share of such televisions in the state multiplied by the total pounds recycled, (B) for CEDs other than CRT-based televisions and non-CRT-based televisions on a per pound basis on separate invoices, and (C) for both subparagraphs (A) and (B) of this subdivision, not to exceed fifty cents per pound or an amount determined by the commissioner in regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-638 . Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit a registered manufacturer from entering into a cooperative agreement with a covered electronic recycler to return such manufacturer's CEDs for subsequent recycling by the manufacturer provided the manufacturer certifies to the commissioner that such CEDs have been recycled in accordance with subsection (e) of this section and the manufacturer reimburses the covered electronic recycler for such recycler's qualified costs, as determined by the commissioner.

(d) On and after July 1, 2009, each manufacturer shall pay the reasonable costs of transportation and recycling incurred by a covered electronic recycler for the CEDs attributed to such manufacturer and the manufacturer's pro rata share of orphan devices processed by a covered electronic recycler. A manufacturer's pro rata share of orphan devices shall be calculated as a manufacturer's market share for the preceding calendar year divided by the total market share of all registered manufacturers for the same year multiplied by the total, in pounds, of orphan devices returned. The commissioner may suspend the registration of any manufacturer in arrears for more than ninety days. A manufacturer that has had such manufacturer's registration suspended in accordance with this subsection shall demonstrate that all past due payments and a penalty equivalent to ten per cent of such past due payments has been paid to the commissioner prior to seeking reinstatement of such registration.

(e) Any private program for the collection, transportation and recycling of CEDs shall comply with the standards established in section 22a-632 . Any manufacturer participating in a private program shall file a description of such program with such manufacturer's annual registration, including: (1) The methods that will be used to collect the covered electronic devices, including, but not limited to, the name and locations of all collection and consolidation points; (2) the processes and methods that will be used to recycle recovered covered electronic devices, including a description of the disassembly and physical recovery operation such as crushing, shredding, grinding, glass-to-glass recycling or other operations that will be used; (3) the name and location of all facilities to be utilized; (4) documentation of audits of each processor used in the plan and compliance with processing standards established in section 22a-632 ; (5) a description of the means that will be utilized to publicize the collection opportunities; and (6) the total weight of CEDs collected, transported and recycled the previous year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-349f — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-349f
Sec. 22a-349f. Producers of aggregate. Testing of course aggregate. Report. Sale or provision of course aggregate. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, not later than July 1, 2024, and not less than annually thereafter, any producer of aggregate in possession of coarse aggregate that is (1) intended for use in a residential or commercial concrete foundation, and (2) from a source other than a quarry required to prepare and provide a geological source report pursuant to section 22a-349c , shall, prior to selling or providing such coarse aggregate for such use, submit a written report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the State Geologist, containing the results of a third-party test of such coarse aggregate described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 22a-349d .

(c) If the results of such test reveal that the total sulfur content of such sample in per cent mass is less than one-tenth per cent, such producer (1) may sell or provide such coarse aggregate for use in a residential or commercial concrete foundation for a period of four years beginning on the date of receipt of such test results, and (2) shall not be required to submit a further report concerning such coarse aggregate pursuant to subsection (b) of this section during such period.

(d) If the results of such test reveal that the total sulfur content of the sample in per cent mass is equal to or greater than one per cent, such producer shall not sell or provide such coarse aggregate for use in a residential or commercial concrete foundation.

(e) If the results of such test reveal that the total sulfur content of the sample in per cent mass is less than one per cent and equal or greater than one-tenth per cent and (1) no pyrrhotite is present, such producer may sell or provide such coarse aggregate for use in a residential or commercial concrete foundation for a period of one year beginning on the date of receipt of such test results, or (2) pyrrhotite is present, such producer shall not sell or provide such coarse aggregate in a manner inconsistent with the acceptance and use indicated by the results of a petrographic analysis or any requirement or restriction established by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection (f) of this section.

(f) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the State Geologist, may, if the results of the test performed pursuant to this section reveal that the total sulfur content of the sample in per cent by mass is less than one per cent and equal to or greater than one-tenth per cent and pyrrhotite is present, (1) require such producer to conduct additional petrographic and materials testing, and (2) implement restrictions on such producer's sale or provision of coarse aggregate.

(g) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-351 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-351
Sec. 22a-351. (Formerly Sec. 25-5a). Inventory of groundwater and surface water resources. Study of water policy needs.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner is authorized to carry out a program of studies and investigations necessary to establish a complete inventory of surface water resources of the entire state and shall collect, utilize and coordinate the data and activities of any other state or federal agency or municipal or private utility or corporation.

(c) The commissioner may negotiate with any property owner such terms, agreements or contracts as may be necessary or convenient in connection with carrying out the duties required by this section.

Cited. 215 C. 616.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-34 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 440 / Section 22a-34
Sec. 22a-34. (Formerly Sec. 22-7n). Appeal.
Status: in_force

(b) Such appeal shall be brought in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 , except that venue for such appeal shall be in the judicial district of New Britain. Such appeal shall have precedence in the order of trial. The proceedings of the court in the appeal may be stayed by agreement of the parties when a mediation conducted pursuant to section 8-8a commences. Any such stay shall terminate upon conclusion of the mediation.

(c) When the persons who should otherwise be made parties to such appeal are so numerous that it would be impracticable or unreasonably expensive to make them all parties by personal service, the court to which such appeal is taken, or, if said court is not in session, any judge of said court, may order notice of such appeal to be given, by some method other than by personal service, to such of the parties as said court or such judge deems just and equitable, and notice so given shall operate to bind the interests of such parties on such appeal as fully as if personal service had been made upon such parties.

Annotation to former section 22-7n:

Cited. 161 C. 24.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 168 C. 349; 183 C. 532; 209 C. 544; 232 C. 401.

Cited. 25 CA 572.

Cited. 32 CS 104; 43 CS 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-303 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 433 / Section 22-303
Sec. 22-303. Brucellosis vaccination.
Status: in_force

(b) The state shall not be liable for any damages incurred or alleged to have been incurred by the use of any vaccine.

(c) No person, firm or corporation, and no agent or employee of any corporation, shall possess any brucellosis vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms unless written permission has been obtained from the commissioner.

(d) No female bovine animal over the maximum vaccination age, as established by the commissioner in accordance with the uniform methods and rules for brucellosis eradication of the United States Department of Agriculture, shall be vaccinated with Brucella abortus vaccine. Brucellosis vaccine or any product containing any Brucella organisms shall not be shipped into the state except upon written permission of the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-200d — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446c / Section 22a-200d
Sec. 22a-200d. State action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Assessment of low-carbon fuel standards, transportation system, cap and trade programs.
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall monitor the development of low-carbon fuel standards in other states or jurisdictions, evaluate the potential of any such standard to achieve net carbon reductions, and assess whether the analytical framework used to determine the carbon benefit measures the full lifecycle of greenhouse gas emissions, including direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gas caused by changes in land use or other factors. Such assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the modeling tools developed by the California Air Resources Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The analytical framework used to measure actual lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for fuel shall include all stages of fuel and feedstock production, delivery and use of the finished fuel to the ultimate consumer, and shall adjust the mass values for all greenhouse gas emissions relative to such emissions' relative global warming potential.

(2) The Department of Transportation shall, within available appropriations, continue to investigate the potential for improvements to the state's transportation system that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and coordinate with the northeastern states on regional strategies to incorporate greenhouse gas emission reductions into regional transportation planning, including, but not limited to, high speed rail, light-rail passenger service and freight rail service within the northeast region.

(3) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may work with interested states and Canadian provinces to develop and implement market-based compliance mechanisms to achieve the greenhouse gas levels and limits established by section 22a-200a , including, but not limited to, cap and trade programs.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-452d — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-452d
Sec. 22a-452d. Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Innocent landowner” means: (A) A person holding an interest in real estate, other than a security interest, that, while owned by that person, is subject to a spill or discharge if the spill or discharge is caused solely by any one of or any combination of the following: (i) An act of God; (ii) an act of war; (iii) an act or omission of a third party other than an employee, agent or lessee of the landowner or other than one whose act or omission occurs in connection with a contractual relationship, existing directly or indirectly, with the landowner, unless there was a reasonably foreseeable threat of pollution or the landowner knew or had reason to know of the act or omission and failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the spill or discharge, or (iv) an act or omission occurring in connection with a contractual arrangement arising from a published tariff and acceptance for carriage by a common carrier by rail, unless there was a reasonably foreseeable threat of pollution or the landowner knew, or had reason to know, of the act or omission and failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the spill or discharge; or (B) a person who acquires an interest in real estate, other than a security interest, after the date of a spill or discharge if the person is not otherwise liable for the spill or discharge as the result of actions taken before the acquisition and, at the time of acquisition, the person (i) does not know and has no reason to know of the spill or discharge, and inquires, consistent with good commercial or customary practices, into the previous uses of the property; (ii) is a government entity; (iii) acquires the interest in real estate by inheritance or bequest; or (iv) acquires the interest in real estate as an executor or administrator of a decedent's estate.

(2) “Discharge” means a discharge causing pollution, as those terms are defined in section 22a-423 .

(3) “Spill” means a spill as defined in section 22a-452c .

Cited. 236 C. 722.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-344f — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-344f
Sec. 22-344f. Veterinarian examination of cat or dog imported into state by animal importer or person operating or maintaining animal shelter. Records of veterinary services rendered. Fines.
Status: in_force

(b) Each animal importer and each person who operates or maintains an animal shelter shall maintain a record of the veterinary services rendered to each dog or cat imported into this state by such animal importer or person. Such record shall be maintained by such animal importer or person for a period of three years. Any animal importer or such person who violates the provisions of this subsection shall be fined two hundred fifty dollars for a first violation and five hundred dollars for any subsequent violation.