Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26g — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-26g
Sec. 22-26g. Noise-making devices used in agriculture to repel wildlife. Permits. Operation. Municipal resolution re undue hardship. Best practical use procedure. Violation. Warning. Revocation. Appeal. Fine.
Status: in_force

(b) The application shall state (1) the type of noise-making device to be used, (2) the location of the farm where such device will be used, (3) the locations on the farm where such device will be used, (4) the animal causing damage, (5) the crops to be protected, (6) the hours and interval of operation, (7) the period for which protection is needed, and (8) the name, address and signature of applicant or landowner, if different.

(c) The commissioner may authorize the use of the following in permits issued under this section: Propane exploders, acetylene exploders, carbide exploders, electronic noisemakers and similar noise-making devices. The use of fire crackers and similar explosives is prohibited. No permit shall be issued for the use of any noise-making device for a property of less than five acres in area or for use within five hundred feet of any dwelling, other than the dwelling of the applicant for such permit, without the written consent of the occupants of such dwelling.

(d) No person may operate or allow the operation of noise-making devices pursuant to this section in excess of 80 dB peak sound pressure level from ten o'clock p.m. to seven o'clock a.m. local time or in excess of 100 dB peak sound pressure level from seven o'clock a.m. to ten o'clock p.m. local time. Such sound level shall be as measured from the property line of any receptor residential property. Any noise-making device authorized pursuant to this section shall be operated in accordance with the recommendations of the manufacturer of such device and any written conditions contained in the permit that the commissioner or the commissioner's designee deems appropriate.

(e) No noise-making device shall be used in any manner or in any location that may endanger public safety. Any noise-making device permitted under this section to repel or scare birds may only be operated from one-half hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. Any such noise-making device used to repel or scare nocturnal or crepuscular marauding wild animals may be operated between sunset and sunrise.

(f) Any noise-making device used pursuant to this section shall bear a weather-resistant tag that shall state the name, address and phone number of the operator of the noise-making device. At all times, such tag shall be securely affixed to the noise-making device and shall be legible.

(g) (1) If the legislative body of any municipality adopts a resolution that states that there is undue hardship on nearby residents as a result of the use of any device permitted under this section, and that requests that the commissioner deny or cancel the right to use such device, or, in the alternative, institute a best practical use procedure described in subdivision (2) of this subsection, the commissioner, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, may deny or cancel a permit to use such device, or, in the alternative, institute a best practical use procedure in accordance with subdivision (2) of this subsection, if the commissioner determines that its use creates, or will create, an undue hardship on nearby residents. In making any such decision, the commissioner may consult with experts in wildlife damage to crops and any county or state-wide advisory group the commissioner deems appropriate. For the purposes of this subsection, “undue hardship” means causing significant injury to the health and comfort of a person, as a result of the use of the permitted device while such person is on his or her own real property and within the curtilage of his or her home.

(2) The commissioner may require the implementation of a best practical use procedure by a permittee in response to a resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection if the commissioner determines that such a best practical use procedure is feasible to limit the excessive use of such permitted device. Any such best practical use procedure shall limit the use of the permitted device to an extent that provides for the least detrimental level of use of such permitted device while enabling such device to be effective. In developing any such best practical use procedure, the commissioner shall assess the permitted device, the accepted trade practices associated with the effective use of such device, the technical feasibility of implementation and use of a best practical use procedure, the nature of the area in which the permitted device is used, the crop that is intended to be protected through use of such device and the wildlife that is intended to be scared or repelled by use of the permitted device. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to authorize any cause of action.

(h) The Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, shall issue a warning notice for each of the first two violations by a permittee of any provision of this section in any twelve-month period. The commissioner shall revoke a permit issued pursuant to this section for not less than one year upon the third violation of this section in any twelve-month period by such permittee. Any person who has his or her permit revoked by the commissioner or the commissioner's designee may appeal such order provided such person requests a hearing, in writing, to the commissioner and such request is received by the commissioner not later than fifteen days after the date of such order. During any such appeal, such order shall remain in effect until a final decision is rendered. The commissioner may appoint a hearing officer to hear such appeal and render a final decision, as the commissioner deems appropriate. In any such appeal, the only consideration shall be whether the violation or violations alleged actually occurred.

(i) Any person who operates a noise-making device without a permit, during an appeal period for a permit revocation, or after a permit is revoked shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offense and three hundred dollars for a second and any subsequent offense. Each noise-making device operated in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26c — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-26c
Sec. 22-26c. Connecticut Farm Wine Development Council.
Status: in_force

(b) The term of one of the initial appointments from the wine production industry shall expire on the last day of July, 1988, the terms of two shall expire on the last day of July, 1989, and the terms of two shall expire on the last day of July, 1990. On or before the first day of July, 1987, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall appoint members to succeed the members whose term expires. Said members shall serve a term of four years. The commissioner shall fill any vacancy by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term vacated.

(c) Members of the council shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. No member shall serve for more than four consecutive terms. A majority of the council shall constitute a quorum.

(d) The Commissioner of Agriculture shall be the chairman of the council.

(e) The council may receive funds from any source and expend such funds as may be necessary to carry out its duties. The council may seek funding and provide financial support to organizations for activities concerned with wine production and related products.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-137a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 430 / Section 22-137a
Sec. 22-137a. Connecticut Milk Promotion Board. Membership. Duties.
Status: in_force

(b) The board shall consist of nine members: (1) One appointed by the majority leader of the Senate, who shall be a Connecticut licensed dairy producer and a member of a dairy cooperative; (2) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who shall be a Connecticut licensed milk producer and a member of a dairy cooperative; (3) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be an independent Connecticut licensed milk producer; (4) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a Connecticut licensed milk producer and a member of a dairy cooperative; (5) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate, who shall be a Connecticut licensed milk producer and a member of a dairy cooperative; (6) one appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who shall be a member of a state-wide health and nutrition organization promoting consumer interests; (7) the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee; and (8) the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to agriculture, who shall be ex-officio members without the right to vote. The board shall elect a chairperson and a vice-chairperson from among its members. Any person absent from (A) three consecutive meetings of the commission, or (B) fifty per cent of such meetings during any calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from the board, effective immediately. Vacancies on the board shall be filled by the appointing authority. Members of the board serve without compensation but shall, within the limits of available funds, be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The board shall meet as often as deemed necessary by the chairperson or a majority of the board.

(c) The board shall: (1) Develop, coordinate and implement promotional, research and other programs designed to promote Connecticut dairy farms and milk consumption; and (2) prepare and submit to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to agriculture an annual report concerning its activities.

(d) The board may use such funds as may be available from federal, state or other sources and may enter into contracts to carry out the purposes of this section. Any money collected by the board pursuant to the provisions of this section shall not be deemed state funds and shall be deposited pursuant to section 4-33 , in a qualified public depository in Connecticut. Such funds shall be expended by the board for expenses incurred in administering the budget recommended by the board.

(e) The board may, subject to the provisions of chapter 67, employ any necessary staff within such available funds or appropriations.

(f) On and after October 1, 2011, the board shall undertake those duties anticipated and required by 7 USC 4504. In performing such duties, the board shall: Assess a fee of ten cents per hundredweight upon milk delivered by Connecticut milk producers, or a fee that is commensurate with the credit allowed for producer contributions to state qualified programs under 7 USC 4504. Such fee shall be collected as follows: (1) Any dealer who purchases milk directly from producers shall withhold from each Connecticut milk producer a fee of ten cents per hundredweight on all milk produced and shall forward such fee to the board not later than the last day of the month following the month in which such milk was produced, and (2) all producer dealers shall pay to the board a fee of ten cents per hundredweight on all milk produced by the producer dealer not later than the last day of the month following the month in which such milk was produced.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-452a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-452a
Sec. 22a-452a. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up or to remove hazardous waste. Notice and hearing.
Status: in_force

(b) A lien pursuant to this section shall not be effective unless (1) a certificate of lien is filed in the land records of each town in which the real estate is located, describing the real estate, the amount of the lien, the name of the owner as grantor, and (2) the commissioner mails a copy of the certificate to the owner of record and to all other persons of record holding an interest in such real estate over which the commissioner's lien is entitled to priority. Upon presentation of a certificate of lien, the town clerk shall endorse thereon his identification and the date and time of receipt and forthwith record it in accordance with section 42a-9-519 .

(c) (1) Before filing a lien under this section, the commissioner shall give the owner of the property on which the lien is to be filed and mortgagees and lienholders of record a notice of his intent to file a certificate of lien, as provided in this subsection.

(2) The notice required under this subsection shall be sent by certified mail or served in the manner for serving civil process and shall provide the following: (A) A statement of the purpose of the lien; (B) a brief description of the property to be affected by the lien; (C) a statement of the sum of the expenses incurred by the commissioner in containing, removing or mitigating the effects of a spill or removing hazardous waste; (D) a brief statement of the facts demonstrating probable cause that the property is the subject of the expenses incurred by the commissioner; and (E) the time period following service during which any recipient of such notice whose legal rights may be affected by the lien may request a hearing before the commissioner. A request for a hearing under this subsection must be received by the commissioner on or before thirty days following the service of the notice of intent to file a certificate of lien. A hearing held pursuant to a request filed under this subsection shall be limited to determining, in a summary manner, probable cause for filing the certificate of lien.

(d) In the absence of a timely request for a hearing, the certificate of lien may be filed on the land records immediately. If a hearing is held, the commissioner may issue a decision authorizing the filing of a certificate of lien on the land records, denying the filing of a certificate of lien or authorizing the filing and modifying the amount of the certificate of lien.

(e) Within thirty days after the filing of the certificate of lien pursuant to this section, any property owner, mortgagee or other lienholder of record who has been served with a copy of the certificate of lien and whose legal rights may be affected by the lien may file with the commissioner a request for a hearing limited to the issues of a reduction in the amount of the lien or a discharge of the lien in its entirety. If requested, the commissioner shall hold a hearing as soon thereafter as practicable. There shall be no stay of a decision by the commissioner authorizing the filing of a certificate of lien unless the party seeking a stay has posted a surety acceptable to the commissioner in an amount sufficient to cover the full amount of the lien plus interest and costs.

(f) Except as provided in subsection (a) of this section, such lien shall take precedence over all transfers and encumbrances recorded on or after June 3, 1985, in any manner affecting such interest in such real estate or any part of it on which the spill occurred or from which the spill emanated, or real estate which has been included, within the preceding three years, in the property description of such real estate and is contiguous to such real estate. This subsection shall not apply to real estate which consists exclusively of residential real estate, including, but not limited to, residential units in any common interest community, as defined in section 47-202 .

(g) In the case of all other real estate, including real estate which consists exclusively of residential real estate, including but not limited to, residential units in any common interest community, as defined in section 47-202 , the lien shall take precedence over any transfer or encumbrance recorded after the commissioner files with the town clerk notice of intent to file a lien on the land records in the town in which the real estate is located.

(h) When any amount with respect to which a lien has been recorded under the provisions of this section has been paid or reduced, the commissioner, upon request of any interested party, shall issue a certificate discharging or partially discharging such lien, which certificate shall be recorded in the same office in which the lien was recorded. The town clerk shall note the recording of the certificate of discharge upon the original notice of lien. Any action for the foreclosure of such lien shall be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the state in the superior court for the judicial district in which the property subject to such lien is situated, or, if such property is located in two or more judicial districts, in the superior court for any one such judicial district, and the court may limit the time for redemption or order the sale of such property or make such other or further decree as it judges equitable.

Cited. 216 C. 419; 226 C. 358; 236 C. 722.

Cited. 30 CA 204.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26dd — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422a / Section 22-26dd
Sec. 22-26dd. Maps of land use in state. To include soil types, crops and use classification.
Status: in_force

(b) Such maps shall include, in addition to any other detail deemed appropriate by said secretary, by use of whatever techniques of map construction as may be required, depiction of the following: (1) Soil types, described in accordance with classifications prescribed by the Commissioner of Agriculture; (2) land classified as farm land, including appropriate designation as to whether the actual use of such land for farming purposes is active or inactive; (3) types of crops in current production on any land classified as farm land; (4) local zoning, to the extent deemed appropriate by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; (5) existing water and sewer lines, and any such lines currently planned in accordance with legislative or administrative action of record in any town; and (6) land classified as forest land and open space.

(c) Such maps shall be completed and delivered for use by the Commissioner of Agriculture and any other use as designated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-483 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-483
Sec. 22a-483. Bond issue for Clean Water Fund projects. General obligation bonds. Revenue bonds.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of any bonds, state bond anticipation notes or state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, shall be deposited in the Clean Water Fund and not less than fifty million dollars of such proceeds shall be deposited in the Long Island Sound clean-up account of said fund.

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said sections, and temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with said section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. None of said bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization, which is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Said bonds issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, may be general obligations of the state and in such case the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on said bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of said bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due. Such general obligation bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such general obligation bonds. The state, acting by and through the State Bond Commission, is hereby authorized to issue from time to time general obligation bonds in such sums as is appropriate and necessary to meet the state's matching requirement for eligibility pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or other similar federal act, provided such sums shall not exceed the aggregate principal amounts of bonds authorized pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. Whenever such bonds are so authorized, the state's obligations shall be issued on such terms and conditions as shall be determined and established by the Treasurer. Such bonds shall bear such rate of interest as the treasurer shall determine, by reference to such open market indices for obligations having similar terms and characteristics as the Treasurer shall determine relevant, in order to arrive at a taxable rate of interest on the obligations of the state issued and sold to the Clean Water Fund. The Treasurer shall deliver such bonds to the Clean Water Fund upon the receipt of evidence from the Environmental Protection Agency evidencing satisfaction by the state of its federal matching requirement pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or other similar federal act.

(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude the State Bond Commission from authorizing the issuance of revenue bonds, in principal amounts not exceeding in the aggregate four billion five hundred eleven million eighty thousand dollars, that are not general obligations of the state of Connecticut to which the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal and interest. Such revenue bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding thirty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such revenue bonds. The revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes authorized to be issued under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, shall be special obligations of the state and shall not be payable from nor charged upon any funds other than the revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, including the repayment of municipal loan obligations; nor shall the state or any political subdivision thereof be subject to any liability thereon except to the extent of such pledged revenues or the receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive. The issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes under the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, shall not directly or indirectly or contingently obligate the state or any political subdivision thereof to levy or to pledge any form of taxation whatever therefor or to make any appropriation for their payment. The revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes shall not constitute a charge, lien or encumbrance, legal or equitable, upon any property of the state or of any political subdivision thereof, except the property mortgaged or otherwise encumbered under the provisions and for the purposes of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive. The substance of such limitation shall be plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond, revenue state bond anticipation note and revenue state grant anticipation note issued pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, shall not be subject to any statutory limitation on the indebtedness of the state and such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, when issued, shall not be included in computing the aggregate indebtedness of the state in respect to and to the extent of any such limitation. As part of the contract of the state with the owners of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes, all amounts necessary for the punctual payment of the debt service requirements with respect to such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes shall be deemed appropriated, but only from the sources pledged pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive. The proceeds of such revenue bonds or notes may be deposited in the Clean Water Fund for use in accordance with the permitted uses of such fund. Any expense incurred in connection with the carrying out of the provisions of this section, including the costs of issuance of revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes and revenue state grant anticipation notes may be paid from the accrued interest and premiums or from any other proceeds of the sale of such revenue bonds, revenue state bond anticipation notes or revenue state grant anticipation notes and in the same manner as other obligations of the state. All provisions of subsections (g), (k), (l), (s) and (u) of section 3-20 or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby which are not inconsistent with the provisions of said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, are hereby adopted and shall apply to all revenue bonds, state revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation notes authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive. For the purposes of subsection (o) of section 3-20 , “bond act” shall be construed to include said sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(e) Any pledge made by the state pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, is a statutory pledge and shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and any revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by the state shall be subject immediately to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract or otherwise against the state, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be recorded. Any pledge made by the state pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, to secure revenue bonds issued to finance eligible water quality projects shall secure only revenue bonds issued for such purpose and any such pledge made by the state to secure revenue bonds issued to finance eligible drinking water projects shall secure only revenue bonds issued for such purpose.

(f) Whenever the General Assembly has authorized the State Bond Commission to authorize bonds of the state for clean water projects and uses and has found that such projects and uses are for any of the purposes set forth in sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, and whenever the State Bond Commission finds that the authorization of such bonds will be in the best interests of the state, the State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of such bonds from time to time in one or more series and in principal amounts not exceeding the aggregate amount authorized by the General Assembly.

(g) Whenever the state has a written commitment to receive a grant-in-aid or similar form of assistance with respect to a project or program for which the issuance of bonds has been authorized pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, the Treasurer may issue state grant anticipation notes in anticipation of the issuance of such a grant-in-aid or other assistance provided (1) the total amount of such notes shall not exceed the amount of the grant commitment which has not been paid to the state and (2) all grant payments with respect to such project or program received by the state, to the extent required, shall be applied promptly toward repayment of such temporary notes as the same shall become due and payable, or shall be deposited in trust for such purpose. Notes evidencing such borrowings shall be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of the Treasurer or his deputy. The principal of and interest on any state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to this subsection may be repaid from the proceeds of renewals thereof, from grants-in-aid or other assistance pledged for the payment thereof, or from the proceeds of a credit facility including, but not limited to, a letter of credit or policy of bond insurance.

(h) Bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, are hereby made securities in which public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, credit unions, building and loan associations, investment companies, banking associations, trust companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and pension, profit-sharing and retirement funds may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds, state bond anticipation notes, state grant anticipation notes or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

(i) The proceedings under which bonds are authorized to be issued may, subject to the provisions of the general statutes, contain any or all of the following: (1) Provisions respecting custody of the proceeds from the sale of the bonds and any bond anticipation notes, including any requirements that such proceeds be held separate from or not be commingled with other funds of the state; (2) provisions for the investment and reinvestment of bond proceeds utilized to pay project costs and for the disposition of any excess bond proceeds or investment earnings thereon; (3) provisions for the execution of reimbursement agreements or similar agreements in connection with credit facilities, including, but not limited to, letters of credit or policies of bond insurance, remarketing agreements and agreements for the purpose of moderating interest rate fluctuations, and of such other agreements entered into pursuant to section 3-20a ; (4) provisions for the collection, custody, investment, reinvestment and use of the pledged revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys pledged therefor as provided in sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive; (5) provisions regarding the establishment and maintenance of reserves, sinking funds and any other funds and accounts as shall be approved by the State Bond Commission in such amounts as may be established by the State Bond Commission, and the regulation and disposition thereof, or the establishment of a reserve fund of the state into which may be deposited any moneys appropriated and made available by the state for such fund, any proceeds of the sale of bonds or notes, to the extent provided in the resolution of the state authorizing the issuance thereof, and any other moneys which may be made available to the state for the purpose of such fund from any source whatever and, in lieu of the deposit of any such moneys, evidence by the state of the satisfaction of a federal matching requirement on the part of the state pursuant to the federal Water Quality Act of 1987 or the federal Safe Drinking Water Act or other related federal act, as applicable, including requirements that any such funds and accounts be held separate from or not be commingled with other funds of the state; (6) covenants for the establishment of pledged revenue coverage requirements for the bonds and state bond anticipation notes; (7) provisions for the issuance of additional bonds on a parity with bonds theretofore issued, including establishment of coverage requirements with respect thereto as herein provided; (8) provisions regarding the rights and remedies available in case of a default to bondowners, noteowners or any trustee under any contract, loan agreement, document, instrument or trust indenture, including the right to appoint a trustee to represent their interests upon occurrence of an event of default, as defined in said proceedings, provided that if any bonds or state bond anticipation notes shall be secured by a trust indenture, the respective owners of such bonds or notes shall have no authority except as set forth in such trust indenture to appoint a separate trustee to represent them; (9) provisions for the payment of rebate amounts; and (10) provisions or covenants of like or different character from the foregoing which are consistent with sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, and which the State Bond Commission determines in such proceedings are necessary, convenient or desirable in order to better secure the bonds or state bond anticipation notes, or will tend to make the bonds or state bond anticipation notes more marketable, and which are in the best interests of the state. Any provision which may be included in proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds hereunder may be included in an indenture of trust duly approved in accordance with sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, which secures the bonds and any notes issued in anticipation thereof, and in such case the provisions of such indenture shall be deemed to be a part of such proceedings as though they were expressly included therein.

(j) Whether or not any bonds, state bond anticipation notes or state grant anticipation notes issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of title 42a, such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all purposes of title 42a, subject only to the provisions of such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes for registration.

(k) The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent owners and transferees of bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes issued by the state pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes, that such bonds, state bond anticipation notes and state grant anticipation notes shall be free at all times from taxes levied by any municipality or political subdivision or special district having taxing powers of the state and the principal and interest of any bonds, state bond anticipation notes and grant anticipation notes issued under the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, their transfer and the income therefrom, including revenues derived from the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state of Connecticut or under its authority, except for estate or succession taxes. The Treasurer is authorized to include this covenant of the state in any agreement with the owner of any such bonds, state bond anticipation notes or state grant anticipation notes.

(l) Pending the use and application of any bond proceeds, such proceeds may be invested by, or at the direction of the State Treasurer, in obligations listed in section 3-20 or in investment agreements rated within the top rating categories of any nationally recognized rating service or in investment agreements secured by obligations, of or guaranteed by, the United States or agencies or instrumentalities of the United States.

(m) Any revenue bonds issued under the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, and at any time outstanding may, at any time and from time to time, be refunded by the state by the issuance of its revenue refunding bonds in such amounts as the State Bond Commission may deem necessary, but not to exceed an amount sufficient to refund the principal of the revenue bonds to be so refunded, to pay any unpaid interest thereon and any premiums and commissions necessary to be paid in connection therewith and to pay costs and expenses which the Treasurer may deem necessary or advantageous in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of refunding bonds. Any such refunding may be effected whether the revenue bonds to be refunded shall have matured or shall thereafter mature. All revenue refunding bonds issued hereunder shall be payable solely from the revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys out of which the revenue bonds to be refunded thereby are payable and shall be subject to and may be secured in accordance with the provisions of this section.

(n) The Treasurer shall have power, out of any funds available therefor, to purchase revenue bonds, state revenue bond anticipation notes and state revenue grant anticipation notes of the state issued pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive. The Treasurer may hold, pledge, cancel or resell such bonds or notes, subject to and in accordance with agreements with bondholders or noteholders, as applicable.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-516 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-516
Sec. 22a-516. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds to be securities and negotiable instruments.
Status: in_force

(b) Whether or not the bonds of an authority created pursuant to sections 22a-500 to 22a-519 , inclusive, are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under article 8 of title 42a, such bonds shall be and are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of said article 8 of title 42a, subject only to the provisions of the bonds for registration.

(c) Any pledge made by a municipality or an authority pursuant to the provisions of sections 22a-500 to 22a-519 , inclusive, shall be valid and binding from the time when the pledge is made, and any revenues or other receipts, funds or moneys so pledged and thereafter received by such municipality or authority shall be subject immediately to the lien of such pledge without any physical delivery thereof, filing or further act. The lien of any such pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the municipality or the authority, irrespective of whether such parties have notice thereof and shall be a statutory lien. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created shall be required to be recorded.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-903 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446z / Section 22a-903
Sec. 22a-903. Chemical Innovations Institute. Established. Duties. Board of directors. Report. Funding.
Status: in_force

(b) The institute shall be overseen by a board of directors. The board of directors shall consist of (1) a member appointed by The University of Connecticut Health Center who shall be an ex-officio member of the board and shall serve as the executive director of the institute, and (2) seven members appointed as follows: (A) One by the Governor, who represents a large Connecticut manufacturer that participates in an international marketplace and that has successfully implemented or is in the process of implementing green chemistry into its manufacturing process; (B) one by the president pro tempore of the Senate, who represents a small Connecticut manufacturer; (C) one by the speaker of the House of Representatives, who represents a state-wide occupational health and safety organization or union health and safety committee; (D) one by the majority leader of the Senate, who has expertise working with businesses to implement sustainable business practices; (E) one by the majority leader of the House of Representatives, who represents a state-wide environmental health nonprofit organization; (F) one by the minority leader of the Senate, who is a health professional or scientist with expertise regarding the health effects of prenatal exposure to chemicals of concern or occupational environmental health; and (G) one by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, who has green chemistry training and expertise.

(c) Initial appointments to the board shall be made on or before August 15, 2010. In the event that an appointing authority fails to appoint an initial board member by August 31, 2010, the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall jointly appoint a board member who meets the applicable qualifications for such appointment and such board member shall serve a full term. The term for the initial board member appointed by the Governor shall be two years. The term for the initial board members appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives shall be three years. The term for the initial board member appointed by the majority and the minority leaders of the Senate and the House of Representatives shall be four years. Any person appointed to the board after such initial appointments shall serve a term of four years.

(d) The board shall appoint two members to serve as the cochairpersons of the board. The board shall meet at the discretion of the cochairpersons provided it shall meet not less than once per year. A quorum of the members of the board shall be required to conduct any business. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum.

(e) The institute shall work with businesses, state agencies, nonprofit organizations, workers, and community groups as a resource for information about chemicals that are of concern to public health and the environment, safe alternatives to such chemicals and emerging state and federal chemical regulations. The institute shall: (1) Research and identify chemicals that are important to the state economy, (2) provide research and technical assistance concerning chemicals that are of concern to the environment and public health, as well as alternatives to such chemicals, (3) coordinate and share information with institutes in other states and the interstate chemicals clearinghouse, as described in section 22a-902 , concerning alternative chemicals and the impact of such alternative chemicals on public health and the environment, (4) offer trainings for businesses regarding chemical regulations and such alternative chemicals, and (5) assist businesses in identifying funding to be used for the implementation of sustainable, chemical-related processes by such businesses.

(f) The board shall review progress in meeting the duties described in subsection (e) of this section. The board shall work to identify potential funding sources that may be utilized to establish and administer the institute.

(g) Not later than January fifteenth of each year and in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , the board shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on the activities of the past year that were performed by the institute in furtherance of the institute's duties. Such report shall include recommendations on options to fund the institute.

(h) The board and The University of Connecticut Health Center shall seek federal funds for the administration of the institute. In addition, the board and The University of Connecticut Health Center may seek funding for the institute from nongovernmental foundations, including, but not limited to, nongovernmental health access foundations, private citizens, corporations and other government entities. In the event that the board determines that adequate funds exist, the institute may establish technical assistance grants to businesses and nonprofit organizations to assist such businesses and nonprofit organizations in transitioning to the use of safer chemical alternatives.

(i) The University of Connecticut Health Center shall not be required to develop, implement and promote the institute described in this section, if federal, state and private funds, as described in subsection (h) of this section, in the aggregate, are insufficient to pay for the initial and ongoing expenses of such institute.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-615 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446m / Section 22a-615
Sec. 22a-615. Notification.
Status: in_force

(b) Any mercury-added product for which federal law preempts state authority over notice requirements is exempt from the requirements of this section.

(c) With the approval of the commissioner, the manufacturer or its designated industrial trade group may supply the information required in subdivisions (1) to (3), inclusive, of subsection (a) of this section for a product category rather than an individual product.

(d) Public disclosure of trade secrets submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 14, the commissioner may provide the regional multistate clearinghouse described in section 22a-614 with copies of such information and the commissioner, in consultation with the clearinghouse, may compile or publish analyses or summaries of such information, provided the analyses or summaries do not identify any manufacturer or reveal any confidential information.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-42a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 440 / Section 22a-42a
Sec. 22a-42a. Establishment of boundaries by regulation. Adoption of regulations. Permits. Filing fee.
Status: repealed

(b) No regulations of an inland wetlands agency including boundaries of inland wetland and watercourse areas shall become effective or be established until after a public hearing in relation thereto is held by the inland wetlands agency. Any such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d . A copy of such proposed regulation or boundary 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, except determinations of boundaries, shall be provided to the commissioner at least thirty-five days before such hearing. Such regulations and inland wetland and watercourse boundaries may be from time to time amended, changed or repealed, by majority vote of the inland wetlands agency, after a public hearing in relation thereto is held by the inland wetlands agency, in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d . Regulations or boundaries or changes therein shall become effective at such time as is fixed by the inland wetlands agency, provided a copy of such regulation, boundary or change shall be filed in the office of the town, city or borough clerk, as the case may be. Whenever an inland wetlands agency makes a change in regulations or boundaries it shall state upon its records the reason why the change was made and shall provide a copy of such regulation, boundary or change to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection no later than ten days after its adoption provided failure to submit such regulation, boundary or change shall not impair the validity of such regulation, boundary or change. All petitions submitted in writing and in a form prescribed by the inland wetlands agency, requesting a change in the regulations or the boundaries of an inland wetland and watercourse area shall be considered at a public hearing held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d . The failure of the inland wetlands agency to act within any time period specified in this subsection, or any extension thereof, shall not be deemed to constitute approval of the petition.

(c) (1) On and after the effective date of the municipal regulations promulgated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, no regulated activity shall be conducted upon any inland wetland or watercourse without a permit. Any person proposing to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or watercourse shall file an application with the inland wetlands agency of the town or towns wherein the wetland or watercourse in question is located. The application shall be in such form and contain such information as the inland wetlands 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 inland wetlands agency shall not hold a public hearing on such application unless the inland wetlands agency determines that the proposed activity may have a significant impact on wetlands or watercourses, a petition signed by at least twenty-five persons who are eighteen years of age or older and who reside in the municipality in which the regulated activity is proposed, requesting a hearing is filed with the agency not later than fourteen days after the date of receipt of such application, or the agency finds that a public hearing regarding such application would be in the public interest. An inland wetlands agency may issue a permit without a public hearing provided no petition provided for in this subsection is filed with the agency on or before the fourteenth day after the date of receipt of the application. Such hearing shall be held in accordance with the provisions of section 8-7d . If the inland wetlands agency, or its agent, fails to act on any application within thirty-five days after the completion of a public hearing or in the absence of a public hearing within sixty-five days from the date of receipt of the application, or within any extension of any such period as provided in section 8-7d , the applicant may file such application with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection who shall review and act on such application in accordance with this section. Any costs incurred by the commissioner in reviewing such application for such inland wetlands agency shall be paid by the municipality that established or authorized the agency. Any fees that would have been paid to such municipality if such application had not been filed with the commissioner shall be paid to the state. The failure of the inland wetlands agency or the commissioner to act within any time period specified in this subsection, or any extension thereof, shall not be deemed to constitute approval of the application.

(2) An inland wetlands agency may delegate to its duly authorized agent the authority to approve or extend an activity that is not located in a wetland or watercourse when such agent finds that the conduct of such activity would result in no greater than a minimal impact on any wetland or watercourse provided such agent has completed the comprehensive training program developed by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-39 . Notwithstanding the provisions for receipt and processing applications prescribed in subdivision (1) of this subsection, such agent may approve or extend such an activity at any time. Any person receiving such approval from such agent shall, within ten days of the date of such approval, publish, at the applicant's expense, notice of the approval in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town wherein the activity is located or will have an effect. Any person may appeal such decision of such agent to the inland wetlands agency within fifteen days after the publication date of the notice and the inland wetlands agency shall consider such appeal at its next regularly scheduled meeting provided such meeting is no earlier than three business days after receipt by such agency or its agent of such appeal. The inland wetlands agency shall, at its discretion, sustain, alter or reject the decision of its agent or require an application for a permit in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (c) of this section.

(d) (1) In granting, denying or limiting any permit for a regulated activity the inland wetlands agency, or its agent, shall consider the factors set forth in section 22a-41 , and such agency, or its agent, shall state upon the record the reason for its decision. In granting a permit the inland wetlands agency, or its agent, may grant the application as filed or grant it upon other terms, conditions, limitations or modifications of the regulated activity which are designed to carry out the policy of sections 22a-36 to 22a-45 , inclusive. Such terms may include any reasonable measures which would mitigate the impacts of the regulated activity and which would (A) prevent or minimize pollution or other environmental damage, (B) maintain or enhance existing environmental quality, or (C) in the following order of priority: Restore, enhance and create productive wetland or watercourse resources. Such terms may include restrictions as to the time of year in which a regulated activity may be conducted, provided the inland wetlands agency, or its agent, determines that such restrictions are necessary to carry out the policy of sections 22a-36 to 22a-45 , inclusive. No person shall conduct any regulated activity within an inland wetland or watercourse 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 warrant 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 applicant shall be notified of the agency's decision by certified mail within fifteen days of the date of the decision and the agency shall cause notice of their order in issuance, denial, revocation or suspension of a permit to be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the town wherein the wetland or watercourse lies. In any case in which such notice is not published within such fifteen-day period, the applicant may provide for the publication of such notice within ten days thereafter.

(2) (A) Any permit issued under this section for the development of property for which an approval is required under chapter 124, 124b, 126 or 126a shall (i) not take effect until each such approval, as applicable, granted under such chapter has taken effect, and (ii) be valid until the approval granted under such chapter expires or for ten years, whichever is earlier.

(B) Any permit issued under this section for any activity for which an approval is not required under chapter 124, 124b, 126 or 126a shall be valid for not less than two years and not more than five years. Any such permit shall be renewed upon request of the permit holder unless the agency finds that there has been a substantial change in circumstances which requires a new permit application or an enforcement action has been undertaken with regard to the regulated activity for which the permit was issued, provided no permit may be valid for more than ten years.

(e) The inland wetlands 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 or agency orders.

(f) If a municipal inland wetlands agency regulates activities within areas around wetlands or watercourses, such regulation shall (1) be in accordance with the provisions of the inland wetlands regulations adopted by such agency related to application for, and approval of, activities to be conducted in wetlands or watercourses and (2) apply only to those activities which are likely to impact or affect wetlands or watercourses.

(g) (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, any permit issued under this section prior to July 1, 2011, that has not expired prior to July 12, 2021, shall expire not less than fourteen years after the date of such approval. Any such permit shall be renewed upon request of the permit holder unless the agency finds that there has been a substantial change in circumstances that requires a new permit application or an enforcement action has been undertaken with regard to the regulated activity for which the permit was issued, provided no such permit shall be valid for more than nineteen years.

(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this section, any permit issued under this section on or after July 1, 2011, but prior to June 10, 2021, that did not expire prior to March 10, 2020, shall expire not less than fourteen years after the date of such approval. Any such permit shall be renewed upon request of the permit holder unless the agency finds that there has been a substantial change in circumstances that requires a new permit application or an enforcement action has been undertaken with regard to the regulated activity for which the permit was issued, provided no such permit shall be valid for more than nineteen years.

See Sec. 7-159b re preapplication review of use of property.

Cited. 179 C. 250; 180 C. 421; Id., 692; 186 C. 67; 192 C. 247; 196 C. 218; 203 C. 525; 209 C. 544; Id., 652; 211 C. 416; 212 C. 710; Id., 727; 216 C. 320; 217 C. 164; 218 C. 703; 219 C. 404; 220 C. 362; Id., 476; 222 C. 98; Id., 541; 226 C. 579; 228 C. 95; 229 C. 247; Id., 627; Id., 654; 231 C. 451; 242 C. 335. Site inspection was not a “hearing” requiring stringent notice requirement of statute. 243 C. 266.

Cited. 4 CA 271; 5 CA 70; 6 CA 715; 12 CA 47; 15 CA 336; 18 CA 440; 19 CA 713; 20 CA 309; 21 CA 122; Id., 131; 24 CA 708; 26 CA 564; 27 CA 590; 28 CA 780; 29 CA 12; Id., 105; 30 CA 85; 31 CA 105; Id., 599; judgment reversed, see 229 C. 627; Id., 643; 32 CA 799; 34 CA 385; 36 CA 270; 37 CA 166; 43 CA 227.

Cited. 41 CS 444; 42 CS 57.

Subsec. (c):

Cited. 183 C. 532. Time limits directory not mandatory. 222 C. 269.

Cited. 25 CA 61; Id., 164; 35 CA 317; 41 CA 39; Id., 89; Id., 120. Purpose of hearing under Subdiv. (1); site inspections are not hearings. 49 CA 95.

Subsec. (d):

Requirement of stating upon the record the reason for its decision is met by commission's statement of the factors upon which it relied. 180 C. 692. Trial court on appeal must search record of hearings before commission to determine if an adequate reason exists for its decision. 213 C. 604.

Cited. 19 CA 334; 27 CA 214; 29 CA 469; 41 CA 421; judgment reversed, see 242 C. 550. Subsec. gives commission explicit authority to place conditions, modifications or limitations on the granting of a permit application and does not attempt to limit such conditions in any way; whether proposed use is an “as of right use” under regulations and statutes has no relevance to whether commission may condition approval of a permit application on the posting of a bond. 114 CA 695. Subdiv. (1) requires consideration of the factors enumerated in Sec. 22a-41 when issuing a permit to conduct regulated activities and not when considering an application to modify one condition on a permit that was already approved. 124 CA 489.

Subsec. (f):

Commission may regulate activities impacting the physical characteristics of wetlands and watercourses, but no other aspects, such as wildlife or biodiversity. 266 C. 150.

Inland wetlands commission, under section, must first enact a formal regulation to exercise its authority over upland review areas. 79 CA 710. A regulated activity may include an activity that occurs in nonwetland areas, but that will affect wetland areas. 122 CA 644. Municipal inland wetlands regulations need not explicitly reference stormwater impacts in order for inland wetlands commission to regulate such impacts and related activities affecting adjacent wetlands and watercourses. 148 CA 91.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-475 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-475
Sec. 22a-475. Clean Water Fund: Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Bond anticipation note” means a note issued by a municipality in anticipation of the receipt of the proceeds of a project loan obligation or a grant account loan obligation.

(2) “Clean Water Fund” means the fund created under section 22a-477 .

(3) “Combined sewer projects” means any project undertaken to mitigate pollution due to combined sewer and storm drain systems, including, but not limited to, components of regional water pollution control facilities undertaken to prevent the overflow of untreated wastes due to collection system inflow, provided the state share of the cost of such components is less than the state share of the estimated cost of eliminating such inflow by means of physical separation at the sources of such inflow.

(4) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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

(6) “Disadvantaged communities” means the service area of a public water system that meets affordability criteria established by the Office of Policy and Management in accordance with applicable federal regulations.

(7) “Drinking water federal revolving loan account” means the drinking water federal revolving loan account of the Clean Water Fund created under section 22a-477 .

(8) “Drinking water state account” means the drinking water state account of the Clean Water Fund created under section 22a-477 .

(9) “Eligible drinking water project” means the planning, design, development, construction, repair, extension, improvement, remodeling, alteration, rehabilitation, reconstruction or acquisition of all or a portion of a public water system approved by the Commissioner of Public Health, under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(10) “Eligible project” means an eligible drinking water project or an eligible water quality project, as applicable.

(11) “Eligible water quality project” means the planning, design, development, construction, repair, extension, improvement, remodeling, alteration, rehabilitation, reconstruction or acquisition of a water pollution control facility approved by the commissioner under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(12) “Eligible project costs” means the total costs of an eligible project which are determined by (A) the commissioner, or (B) if the project is an eligible drinking water project, the Commissioner of Public Health, and in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority when the recipient is a water company, as defined in section 16-1 , to be necessary and reasonable. The total costs of a project may include the costs of all labor, materials, machinery and equipment, lands, property rights and easements, interest on project loan obligations and bond anticipation notes, including costs of issuance approved by the commissioner or by the Commissioner of Public Health if the project is an eligible drinking water project, plans and specifications, surveys or estimates of costs and revenues, engineering and legal services, auditing and administrative expenses, and all other expenses approved by the commissioner or by the Commissioner of Public Health if the project is an eligible drinking water project, which are incident to all or part of an eligible project.

(13) “Eligible public water system” means a water company, as defined in section 25-32a , serving twenty-five or more persons or fifteen or more service connections year round and nonprofit noncommunity water systems.

(14) “Grant account loan” means a loan to a municipality by the state from the water pollution control state account of the Clean Water Fund.

(15) “Grant account loan obligation” means bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality to evidence the permanent financing by such municipality of its indebtedness under a project funding agreement with respect to a grant account loan, made payable to the state for the benefit of the water pollution control state account of the Clean Water Fund and containing such terms and conditions and being in such form as may be approved by the commissioner.

(16) “Grant anticipation note” means any note or notes issued in anticipation of the receipt of a project grant.

(17) “Interim funding obligation” means any bonds or notes issued by a recipient in anticipation of the issuance of project loan obligations, grant account loan obligations or the receipt of project grants.

(18) “Intended use plan” means a document if required, prepared by the Commissioner of Public Health, in accordance with section 22a-478 .

(19) “Municipality” means any metropolitan district, town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town and borough, city, borough, village, fire and sewer district, sewer district or public authority and each municipal organization having authority to levy and collect taxes or make charges for its authorized function.

(20) “Pollution abatement facility” means any equipment, plant, treatment works, structure, machinery, apparatus or land, or any combination thereof, which is acquired, used, constructed or operated for the storage, collection, reduction, recycling, reclamation, disposal, separation or treatment of water or wastes, or for the final disposal of residues resulting from the treatment of water or wastes, and includes, but is not limited to: Pumping and ventilating stations, facilities, plants and works; outfall sewers, interceptor sewers and collector sewers; and other real or personal property and appurtenances incident to their use or operation.

(21) “Priority list of eligible drinking water projects” means the priority list of eligible drinking water projects established by the Commissioner of Public Health in accordance with the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(22) “Priority list of eligible projects” means the priority list of eligible drinking water projects or the priority list of eligible water quality projects, as applicable.

(23) “Priority list of eligible water quality projects” means the priority list of eligible water quality projects established by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(24) “Program” means the municipal water quality financial assistance program, including the drinking water financial assistance program, created under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(25) “Project grant” means a grant made to a municipality by the state from the water pollution control state account of the Clean Water Fund or the Long Island Sound clean-up account of the Clean Water Fund.

(26) “Project loan” means a loan made to a recipient by the state from the Clean Water Fund.

(27) “Project funding agreement” means a written agreement between the state, acting by and through the commissioner or, if the project is an eligible drinking water project, acting by and through the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority when the recipient is a water company, as defined in section 16-1 , and a recipient with respect to a project grant, a grant account loan and a project loan as provided under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, and containing such terms and conditions as may be approved by the commissioner or, if the project is an eligible drinking water project, by the Commissioner of Public Health.

(28) “Project obligation” or “project loan obligation” means bonds or other obligations issued by a recipient to evidence the permanent financing by such recipient of its indebtedness under a project funding agreement with respect to a project loan, made payable to the state for the benefit of the water pollution control federal revolving loan account, the drinking water federal revolving loan account or the drinking water state account, as applicable, of the Clean Water Fund and containing such terms and conditions and being in such form as may be approved by the commissioner or, if the project is an eligible drinking water project, by the Commissioner of Public Health.

(29) “Public water system” means a public water system, as defined for purposes of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended or superseded.

(30) “Recipient” means a municipality or eligible public water system, as applicable.

(31) “State bond anticipation note” means any note or notes issued by the state in anticipation of the issuance of bonds.

(32) “State grant anticipation note” means any note or notes issued by the state in anticipation of the receipt of federal grants.

(33) “Water pollution control facility” means a pollution abatement facility which stores, collects, reduces, recycles, reclaims, disposes of, separates or treats sewage, or disposes of residues from the treatment of sewage.

(34) “Water pollution control state account” means the water pollution control state account of the Clean Water Fund created under section 22a-477 .

(35) “Water pollution control federal revolving loan account” means the water pollution control federal revolving loan account of the Clean Water Fund created under section 22a-477 .

(36) “Long Island Sound clean-up account” means the Long Island Sound clean-up account created under section 22a-477 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-130 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-130
Sec. 22a-130. Regulations.
Status: in_force

See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.

Cited. 207 C. 706.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-6h — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-6h
Sec. 22-6h. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Purposes. Administration.
Status: in_force

(b) The program shall be administered by the Commissioner of Agriculture who shall maintain all conditions as outlined in the farmers' market nutrition agreement entered into with USDA-FNS, as amended.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-6hh — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-6hh
Sec. 22a-6hh. Bond authorization. Proceeds used to provide low interest loans for climate resiliency projects.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of such bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection for the purpose of providing low interest loans for climate resiliency projects pursuant to section 22a-6ii .

(c) All provisions of section 3-20 , or the exercise of any right or power granted thereby, that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this section are hereby adopted and shall apply to all bonds authorized by the State Bond Commission pursuant to this section. Temporary notes in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of any such bonds so authorized may be issued in accordance with section 3-20 and from time to time renewed. Such bonds shall mature at such time or times not exceeding twenty years from their respective dates as may be provided in or pursuant to the resolution or resolutions of the State Bond Commission authorizing such bonds. None of such bonds shall be authorized except upon a finding by the State Bond Commission that there has been filed with it a request for such authorization that is signed by or on behalf of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and states such terms and conditions as said commission, in its discretion, may require. Such bonds issued pursuant to this section shall be general obligations of the state and the full faith and credit of the state of Connecticut are pledged for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds as the same become due, and accordingly and as part of the contract of the state with the holders of such bonds, appropriation of all amounts necessary for punctual payment of such principal and interest is hereby made, and the State Treasurer shall pay such principal and interest as the same become due.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-225 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-225
Sec. 22a-225. Orders. Appeals.
Status: in_force

(b) Each order issued under this chapter shall be served by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by service by a state marshal or indifferent person. If the order is served by a state marshal or indifferent person, a true copy of the order shall be served, and the original, with a return of such service endorsed thereon, shall be filed with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The order shall be deemed to be issued upon service or upon deposit in the mail. Any order issued pursuant to this chapter shall state the basis on which it is issued and shall specify a reasonable time for compliance.

(c) Unless a person aggrieved by an order files a written request for a hearing before the commissioner within thirty days after the date of issuance, such order shall become final. If requested, the commissioner shall hold a hearing as soon thereafter as practicable. A request for a hearing shall be a condition precedent to any appeal. The commissioner may, after the hearing or at any time after the issuance of his order, modify such order by agreement or extend the time schedule therefor if he deems such modification or extension advisable or necessary, and any such modification or extension shall be deemed to be a revision of an existing order and shall not constitute a new order. There shall be no hearing subsequent to or any appeal from any such modification or extension.

(d) After hearing, the commissioner shall consider all supporting and rebutting evidence and affirm, modify or revoke such order in his discretion and shall so notify the recipient of the order by certified mail, return receipt requested.

(e) When the commissioner issues an order pursuant to this chapter, he shall cause a certified copy or notice thereof to be filed on the land records in the town wherein the land is located, and such certified copy or notice shall constitute a notice to the owner's heirs, successors and assigns. When the order has been fully complied with or revoked, the commissioner shall issue a certificate showing such compliance or revocation, which certificate the commissioner shall cause to be recorded on the land records in the town wherein the order was previously recorded.

(f) The final order of the commissioner 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 New Britain.

Cited. 215 C. 82.

Cited. 19 CA 216.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-256m — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-256m
Sec. 22a-256m. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

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

(3) “Newsprint” means that class or kind of paper chiefly used for printing newspapers and weighing more than twenty-four and one-half pounds but less than thirty-five pounds for five hundred sheets of paper two feet by three feet in size, on rolls which are not less than thirteen inches wide and twenty-eight inches in diameter and having a brightness of less than sixty.

(4) “Newsprint user” means a person using or distributing more than one hundred tons of newsprint annually in a commercial printing or publishing operation.

(5) “Publisher” means a newsprint user engaged in the business of publishing newspapers in the state.

(6) “Printer” means a newsprint user engaged in the business of commercial printing in the state.

(7) “Runability” means the ability of newsprint to run on the printing press without breaking.

(8) “Recycled fiber” means fiber derived from postconsumer waste paper or waste paper resulting from printing operations.

(9) “Postconsumer waste paper” means discarded paper after it has served its intended end use as a consumer item.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-519 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-519
Sec. 22a-519. Regional water pollution control authorities: Indemnification of officers. Representation of authority by Attorney General. Legal fees of officers.
Status: in_force

(b) The state through the Attorney General shall provide for the defense of any such director, officer or employee in any civil action or proceeding in any state or federal court or alternative dispute resolution proceeding arising out of any alleged act, omission or deprivation which occurred or is alleged to have occurred while the director, officer or employee was acting in the discharge of his duties or in the scope of his employment, except that the state shall not be required to provide for such defense whenever the Attorney General, based on his investigation of the facts and circumstances of the case, determines that it would be inappropriate to do so and he so notifies the director, officer or employee in writing.

(c) Legal fees and costs incurred as a result of the retention by such director, officer or employee of an attorney to defend his interests in any civil action or proceeding shall be paid by the state in those cases where (1) the Attorney General has stated in writing to the director, officer or employee pursuant to this subsection, that the state shall not provide an attorney to defend the interests of such director, officer or employee and (2) the director, officer or employee is found to have acted in the discharge of his duties or within the scope of his employment and not to have acted wantonly, recklessly, wilfully or maliciously. Such legal fees and costs incurred by such director, officer or employee shall be paid to such director, officer or employee only after the final disposition of the suit, claim, demand or alternative dispute resolution proceeding and only in such amounts as determined by the Attorney General to be reasonable. In determining whether such amounts are reasonable, the Attorney General may consider whether it was appropriate for a group of directors, officers or employees to be represented by the same attorney.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-167 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 430 / Section 22-167
Sec. 22-167. Local regulations for the sale of milk.
Status: in_force

Cited. 67 C. 550; 73 C. 407. Local ordinance requiring milk to be sold in sealed bottles valid. 91 C. 69. Ordinance of town prohibiting sale of raw milk in conflict with statute held invalid. 111 C. 433.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134ss — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445b / Section 22a-134ss
Sec. 22a-134ss. Orders. Hearing. Violations. Action by Attorney General. Penalties. Cease and desist order.
Status: in_force

(2) Any person who receives an order pursuant to this section shall have the right to a hearing. Unless a person who receives an order files a written request for a hearing before the commissioner within thirty days after the date of issuance, such order shall become final. A request for a hearing shall be a condition precedent to any appeal of such order.

(3) The provisions of section 22a-434 regarding filing an order on the land records, notice and a certificate of compliance or revocation shall apply to any order that becomes final under this subsection.

(b) If two or more persons are issued the same order pursuant to subsection (a) of this section or are responsible for a violation of any provision of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, or any regulation or order adopted or issued under sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, such persons shall be jointly and severally liable under this subsection.

(c) If any person violates any provision of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, or any regulation or order adopted or issued under sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enjoin such person from such violation and to order remedial measures to prevent, control or abate such violation. All actions brought by the Attorney General pursuant to the provisions of this section shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191 .

(d) Any person who violates any provision of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, shall be liable for the penalties provided in section 22a-438 , provided any provisions of said section concerning a continuing violation shall not apply to a person or municipality during the time when a hearing on an order issued pursuant to this section or an appeal is pending. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty.

(e) Any person who violates any provision of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, shall be liable for the penalties provided in subsections (b) and (c) of section 22a-438 .

(f) The commissioner may, pursuant to section 22a-6b , adopt a schedule for administrative civil penalties for violations of the provisions of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive.

(g) Whenever the commissioner finds, after investigation, that any person is creating or maintaining a release to the land and waters of the state in violation of the requirements of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134tt , inclusive, and such violations are substantial and continuous and it appears prejudicial to the interest of the people of the state to delay action, the commissioner may, without prior hearing, issue a cease and desist order, in writing, to such person to discontinue creating or maintaining such release. The provisions of subsections (b) to (d), inclusive, of section 22a-7 shall apply to any order issued pursuant to this subsection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-139 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 430 / Section 22-139
Sec. 22-139. Tests to be made by licensed tester.
Status: in_force

(b) Each licensed tester shall post his license in plain view in the testing room in which he is employed.

(c) The commissioner may suspend or revoke such license for failure to post it as required under this section. Each such license which has been revoked shall be returned to the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-26i — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-26i
Sec. 22-26i. Maintenance, repair and improvement account.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any moneys received by the Department of Agriculture pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be deposited in the General Fund and credited to the maintenance, repair and improvement account. The account shall be available to the Commissioner of Agriculture for maintaining, making improvements to, erecting structures on or repairing any property owned by the department, including houses and other buildings. Nothing in this section shall prevent the commissioner from obtaining or using funds from sources other than the account for maintaining, making improvements to, erecting structures on or repairing any property owned by the department, including houses and other buildings.

(c) The commissioner shall annually report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations concerning the activities and status of the maintenance, repair and improvement account.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-72 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 442 / Section 22a-72
Sec. 22a-72. Cooperation of state agencies, review of regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) State agencies shall cooperate with the commissioner in a state program of noise regulation developed and maintained under this chapter.

(c) Each department, agency or instrumentality of the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the government of this state, (1) having jurisdiction over any property or facility, or (2) engaged in any activity resulting, or which may result in the emission of noise, shall comply with federal and state requirements respecting control and abatement of environmental noise.

(d) Each state agency shall consult with the commissioner in prescribing standards or regulations respecting noise. If at any time the commissioner has reason to believe that a standard or regulation or any proposed standard or regulation, of any agency respecting noise does not protect the public health and welfare to the extent he believes to be required and feasible, he may request such agency to review and report to him on the advisability of revising such standard or regulation to provide such protection. Such agency shall complete the requested review and report to the commissioner within such time as the commissioner specifies, but such time specified may not be less than forty-five days from the date the request was made.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-118r — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 428a / Section 22-118r
Sec. 22-118r. Inspection of commercial feed facilities.
Status: in_force

(b) Any inspection conducted pursuant to this chapter shall be commenced and completed with reasonable promptness. Upon completion of the inspection, the person in charge of the facility or vehicle shall be so notified.

(c) Whenever the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent has obtained a sample in the course of the inspection, upon completion of the inspection and prior to leaving the premises, the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent shall give to the owner, operator or agent in charge a receipt describing the samples obtained.

(d) If the owner of any factory, warehouse or establishment described in subsection (a) of this section, or such owner's agent, refuses to admit the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent to inspect in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the commissioner shall apply to the Superior Court for a warrant directing such owner or such owner's agent to submit the premises described in such warrant.

(e) Sampling and analysis shall be conducted in accordance with methods published by the Association of Official Analytical Chemists International, or in accordance with other generally recognized methods approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the commissioner. The report issued by any accredited laboratory acceptable to the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent shall be prima facie evidence of the components and constituents of any sample collected and submitted by the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent. When requested by a registrant, the commissioner or the commissioner's designated agent shall prepare and leave a duplicate sample with the registrant at the location a sample is taken.

(f) The commissioner, in determining for administrative purposes whether a commercial feed is deficient in any component, shall be guided by the official sample, as defined in section 22-118k , and obtained and analyzed as provided in this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-111cc — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 427b / Section 22-111cc
Sec. 22-111cc. Labeling.
Status: in_force

(b) In the case of bulk shipments, the information required in subsection (a) of this section may be in handwritten or printed form, shall accompany delivery and shall be supplied to the purchaser at the time of delivery.

(c) No information or statement may appear on any package, label delivery slip or advertising matter that is false or misleading to the purchaser as to the use, value, quality, analysis, type or composition of the soil amendment.

(d) The commissioner may require proof of claims made for any soil amendment. If no claims are made, the commissioner may require proof of usefulness and value of the soil amendment. For evidence of proof the commissioner may rely on experimental data, evaluations or advice supplied from such sources as the director if design of the experiment is related to conditions in this state under which the product is to be used. The commissioner may accept or reject other sources of proof deemed to be reliable as additional evidence in evaluating soil amendments.

(e) No soil amending ingredient may be listed on labels or labeling of soil amendments without the permission of the commissioner. The commissioner may allow a soil amending ingredient to be listed on the label or labeling if satisfactory supportive data is provided to substantiate the value and usefulness of the soil amending ingredients. The commissioner may rely on authoritative sources, including, but not limited to, the director, for assistance in evaluating any such data submitted. When a soil amending ingredient is permitted to be listed, the presence of such ingredient in such amendment shall be detectable by laboratory methods and shall be subject to inspection and analysis. The director may prescribe methods and procedures of inspection and analysis of the soil amending ingredient.

(f) The commissioner may allow labeling to include listing proportions of ingredients in soil amendments by volume rather than by weight.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-342 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-342
Sec. 22-342. Local kennel licenses. Certain breeders to be licensed. Inspection of kennel facilities. Penalties.
Status: in_force

(b) The fee for each local kennel license, when no more than ten dogs are kept in the kennel, shall be fifty dollars, and for a local kennel license for a kennel containing more than ten dogs, the fee shall be one hundred dollars, except that in the case of a kennel started after the first day of July, the local kennel license fee for the remainder of the year shall be a proportional part of the fee charged for one year. If the owner or keeper of any kennel fails to obtain the local kennel license on or before June thirtieth, such owner or keeper shall pay one dollar for each dog kept therein, in addition to the regular local kennel license fee. All local kennel license fees shall be used only by towns for the compensation of municipal animal control officers, license certificates, tags, the construction and maintenance of dog pounds, the detention and care of impounded animals in accordance with section 22-336 , municipal animal control officer's equipment, animal supplies and such veterinary fees, as are provided for by the general statutes or the regulations of Connecticut state agencies and shall not be used for any other purpose. No fee paid into the treasury of any town for a local kennel license fee shall be returned or paid back to the person from whom such fee was collected.

(c) The commissioner, the Chief Animal Control Officer or any state animal control officer may at any time inspect any kennel including all facilities of any kennel in which dogs are bred or housed or cause it to be inspected by a Connecticut licensed veterinarian appointed by the commissioner. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, such kennel is not being maintained in good repair and in a sanitary and humane manner or if the commissioner finds that communicable or infectious disease or other unsatisfactory conditions exist in the kennel, he may issue such orders as he deems necessary for the correction of such conditions and may quarantine the premises and animals. If the owner or keeper of such kennel fails to comply with such orders, the commissioner shall revoke or suspend the kennel license of such owner or keeper. On or after July 1, 2023, each such kennel may be inspected annually by an animal control officer appointed pursuant to section 22-331 or 22-331a with jurisdiction in the municipality in which such kennel is located, or upon receipt of any complaint about such kennel. Such inspection shall include an evaluation of: (1) The sanitary conditions in which the dogs are kept, (2) the dogs' access to proper and wholesome food, potable water, exercise and veterinary care when necessary, including rabies vaccinations, and (3) records of veterinary care and records of the transfer of dogs or puppies to new owners. Any crate or other enclosure in which any dog is kept for more than four hours shall be clean and in good repair, such that the crate or enclosure does not pose a hazard to the dog, and shall be of sufficient size as to allow the dogs to stand, sit, lie down, turn around and make normal postural movements. If any animal control officer finds conditions exist in such kennel that may adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of any dog, such animal control officer may issue such orders as are necessary for the correction of such conditions. If such animal control officer suspects a communicable or infectious disease is present, such officer may order the licensee to consult a Connecticut licensed veterinarian at such licensee's expense to address the suspected health condition. The licensee shall implement any order of the animal control officer to correct any condition that may adversely affect the health, safety or welfare of any such dog, and shall follow any recommendation of such veterinarian, as applicable. A municipality may suspend, revoke or refuse to issue any local kennel license under this section for cause.

(d) Any person aggrieved by any order issued under the provisions of this section may appeal to the Superior Court of the judicial district in which such municipality is located, provided such appeal is made not later than fifteen days after the date of such order and is otherwise made in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183 .

(e) Any person maintaining a kennel after such license has been revoked or suspended as herein provided shall be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

(f) Any owner or keeper of a kennel who breeds more than five litters of dogs annually and (1) fails to apply for a local kennel license as required in subsection (a) of this section, (2) fails to allow an inspection of such facility as required in subsection (c) of this section, or (3) fails to comply with any order issued pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, shall, for a first offense, have committed an infraction, and for a second or subsequent offense be guilty of a class D misdemeanor.

(g) No person found guilty of violating section 53-247 , 53-248 or 53-249 shall be eligible to hold a local kennel license issued pursuant to this section. No business entity that has a person with a controlling interest in such entity who has been found guilty of violating section 53-247 , 53-248 or 53-249 shall be eligible to hold a local license issued pursuant to this section.

“Kennel” defined; defects in license; license may be issued after May 1st; keeping dogs at different places. 84 C. 640. Cited. 127 C. 73; 218 C. 757.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-904 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446z / Section 22a-904
Sec. 22a-904. Paint stewardship program. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Architectural paint” means interior and exterior architectural coatings sold in containers of five gallons or less. “Architectural paint” does not include industrial, original equipment or specialty coatings.

(2) “Distributor” means a company that has a contractual relationship with one or more producers to market and sell architectural paint to retailers in this state.

(3) “Environmentally sound management practices” means procedures for the collection, storage, transportation, reuse, recycling and disposal of architectural paint, to be implemented by the representative organization or such representative organization's contracted partners to ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws, regulations and ordinances and the protection of human health and the environment. “Environmentally sound management practices” include, but are not limited to, record keeping, the tracking and documenting of the fate of postconsumer paint in and outside of this state, and environmental liability coverage for professional services and for the operations of the contractors working on behalf of the representative organization.

(4) “Energy recovery” means the process by which all or a portion of solid waste materials are processed or combusted in order to utilize the heat content or other forms of energy derived from such solid waste materials.

(5) “Paint stewardship assessment” means the amount added to the purchase price of architectural paint sold in this state that is necessary to cover the cost of collecting, transporting and processing postconsumer paint by the representative organization pursuant to the paint stewardship program.

(6) “Postconsumer paint” means architectural paint that is not used and that is no longer wanted by a purchaser of architectural paint.

(7) “Producer” means a manufacturer of architectural paint who sells, offers for sale, distributes or contracts to distribute architectural paint in this state.

(8) “Recycling” means any process by which discarded products, components and by-products are transformed into new, usable or marketable materials in a manner in which the original products may lose their identity. “Recycling” does not include energy recovery.

(9) “Retailer” means any person who offers architectural paint for sale at retail in this state.

(10) “Reuse” means the return of a product into the economic stream for use in the same kind of application as the product was originally intended to be used, without a change in the product's identity.

(11) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(12) “Sell” or “sale” means any transfer of title for consideration including, but not limited to, remote sales conducted through sales outlets, catalogues, the Internet or any other similar electronic means.

(13) “Representative organization” means the nonprofit organization created by producers to implement the paint stewardship program described in section 22a-904a .

(14) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-16a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-16a
Sec. 22a-16a. Supplemental environmental projects or financial contributions in lieu of penalty for environmental violations.
Status: in_force

Trial court properly concluded that corporate officer was personally liable for cutting trees. 275 C. 105.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-6p — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-6p
Sec. 22-6p. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Assurances. Vouchers.
Status: in_force

(b) All applications shall be submitted no later than one month preceding the last date in which vouchers may be used by participants at authorized farmers' markets.

(c) Vouchers shall be valid from the time of issue through the season ending date as designated by the department. Such date shall be clearly printed on the voucher face. Voucher usage shall be null and void after expiration date.

(d) All vouchers accepted by a certified vendor shall be deposited on or before thirty days following the date of expiration for voucher usage by participants. Such date shall be clearly printed on the front of vouchers. Any claim to voucher payment beyond the voucher reimbursement expiration date is not valid and shall be denied.

(e) Deadlines for submission of records, reports, survey instruments and undistributed vouchers by local agencies shall be established by the department and specified in the agreement entered into with the local agency.

(f) The department shall develop and submit a completed operations report in January in a manner prescribed by USDA-FNS which summarizes the CFM/WIC operations for the previous year.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134g — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-134g
Sec. 22a-134g. Termination of operations at certain hazardous waste facilities. Procedures. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than the date of termination of all business or other activities at any facility involved in regulated activities, the owner or operator of such facility shall file a notice with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection which shall include information regarding a person employed by the business who may be contacted for information regarding compliance with this section.

(c) Not later than ninety days after such termination, such owner or operator shall (1) submit to the commissioner a list of all regulated substances located at the facility and all stationary storage vessels, (2) drain, remove or otherwise dispose of all regulated substances in accordance with any applicable law, (3) post warning signs around any area of land where the soil is contaminated with a regulated substance, and (4) submit a certification to said commissioner with regard to whether regulated substances have been removed and disposed of in accordance with applicable law.

(d) Following receipt of the certification required under subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner shall conduct an inspection of such facility to determine compliance with this section.

(e) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section. The commissioner shall give notice of the requirements of this section to any person issued a permit on or after October 1, 1999, for the production, use, storage or handling of a regulated substance, and to any person who has any such permit renewed on or after said date.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-61b — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 424 / Section 22-61b
Sec. 22-61b. Definitions.
Status: in_force

(1) “Advertisement” means all representations, other than those on a label, disseminated in any manner or by any means, relating to seed, as described in sections 22-61c to 22-61j , inclusive.

(2) “Agricultural seed” means any kind of crop seed commonly recognized within this state as agriculture seeds, lawn seeds or combinations of such seeds, including, but not limited to, any grass, forage, cereal, oil or fiber seed. “Agriculture seed” includes any noxious weed seed when the Seed Control Officer determines that such seed is used as an agriculture seed.

(3) “Blend” means seed consisting of more than one variety of a kind, each in excess of five per cent by weight of the whole.

(4) “Brand” means a word, name, symbol, number or design used to identify seed of one person and distinguish it from seed of another person.

(5) “Certifying agency” means (A) any agency authorized under the laws of any state, territory or possession of the United States to officially certify seed and that has standards and procedures approved by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to assure the genetic purity and identity of the seed certified, or (B) an agency of a foreign country determined by the United States Secretary of Agriculture to adhere to procedures and standards for seed certification comparable to those adhered to, generally, by agencies described in subparagraph (A) of this subdivision.

(6) “Complete record” means any and all information that relates to the origin, treatment, germination, purity, kind or variety of each lot of agricultural seed sold in this state, or that relates to the treatment, germination, kind or variety of each lot of vegetable or flower seed sold in this state, including, but not limited to, seed samples and records of declarations, labels, purchases, sales, conditioning, bulking, treatment, handling, storage, analyses, tests or examinations.

(7) “Conditioning” means drying, cleaning, scarifying and other operations that could change the purity or germination of a seed and that requires the seed lot to be retested to determine the label information.

(8) “Dormant” means viable seed, excluding hard seed, that fail to germinate when provided the specified germination conditions for the kind of seed in question.

(9) “Flower seeds” means seeds of herbaceous plants grown for their blooms, ornamental foliage or other ornamental parts and commonly known and sold under the name of “flower” or “wildflower” seeds in this state.

(10) “Genuine grower declaration” means a statement signed by the grower that provides for each lot of seed: (A) The lot number, (B) kind, (C) variety, if known, (D) origin, (E) weight, (F) year of production, (G) date of shipment, and (H) to whom such shipment was made.

(11) “Germination” means the emergence and development from the seed embryo of essential structures that, for the kind of seed in question, are indicative of the ability to produce a normal plant under favorable conditions.

(12) “Hard seeds” means seeds which remain hard at the end of the prescribed test period because they have not absorbed water due to an impermeable seed coat.

(13) “Hybrid” means the first generation seed of a cross produced by controlling the pollination and by combining (A) two or more inbred lines; (B) one inbred or a single cross with an open pollinated variety; or (C) two varieties or species, except open-pollinated varieties of corn, (Zea mays) and for which designations are treated as variety names. “Hybrid” does not include the second generation of subsequent generations from such crosses.

(14) “Inert matter” means all matter that is not seed, including, but not limited to, broken seeds, sterile florets, chaff, fungus bodies and stones as determined by methods defined by rule as adopted by the Association of American Seed Control Officials, effective October 1, 1978, and amended from time to time.

(15) “Introduced wildflower” means kinds or the types and varieties derived from those kinds that are not indigenous to North America.

(16) “Kind” means one or more related species or subspecies that singly or collectively is known by one common name, including, but not limited to, corn, oats, alfalfa and timothy.

(17) “Labeling” means a tag or other device attached to or written, stamped or printed on any container or accompanying any lot of bulk seeds purporting to set forth the information required on the seed label and includes any other information relating to the labeled seed.

(18) “Lot” means a definite quantity of seed identified by a unique lot number or other mark, every portion or bag of which is uniform within recognized tolerances for the factors that appear in the labeling.

(19) “Mixture”, “mix” or “mixed” means seed consisting of more than one kind, each in excess of five per cent by weight of the whole.

(20) “Mulch” means a protective covering of any suitable substance placed with seed that acts to retain sufficient moisture to support seed germination, sustain early seedling growth and aid in the prevention of the evaporation of soil moisture, the control of weeds and the prevention of erosion.

(21) “Native wildflower” means kinds or the types and varieties derived from those kinds of flowers that are indigenous to North America.

(22) “Prohibited noxious weed seeds” means any weed seed that is prohibited from being present in agricultural, vegetable, flower, tree or shrub seed and that is highly destructive and difficult to control by good cultural practices and the use of herbicides.

(23) “Restricted noxious weed seeds” means any weed seed that is objectionable in agricultural crops, lawns or gardens of this state and that can be controlled by good cultural practices or the use of herbicides.

(24) “Undesirable grass seeds” means seeds of grass species declared to be restricted noxious weed seed when found in lawn and turf seed.

(25) “Off type” means any seed or plant not a part of the variety in that it deviates in one or more characteristics from the variety as described. “Off type” includes: (A) A seed or plant of another variety; (B) a seed or plant not necessarily of any variety; (C) a seed or plant resulting from cross-pollination by another kind or variety; (D) a seed or plant resulting from uncontrolled self-pollination during production of hybrid seed; or (E) segregates from any of the aforementioned.

(26) “Origin” means the area in which the trees are growing for an indigenous stand of trees or the place from which the seeds or plants were originally introduced for a nonindigenous stand of trees.

(27) “Other crop seed” means seeds of plants grown as crops, other than the kind or variety included in the pure seed, as determined by methods defined by rule as adopted by the Association of American Seed Control Officials, effective October 1, 1978, and amended from time to time.

(28) “Private hearing” means any discussion of facts between the person charged and the Seed Control Officer.

(29) “Pure live seed” means the product of the per cent of germination plus hard or dormant seed multiplied by the per cent of pure seed divided by one hundred with the result expressed as a whole number.

(30) “Pure seed” means seed exclusive of inert matter and all other seeds not of the seed being considered, as determined by methods defined by rule, as adopted by the Association of American Seed Control Officials, effective October 1, 1978, and amended from time to time.

(31) “Seizure” means any legal process carried out by court order against a definite amount of seed.

(32) “Stop sale” means an administrative order restraining the sale, use, disposition or movement of a definite amount of seed.

(33) “Total viable” means the sum of percentage germination plus dormant plus hard seeds.

(34) “Treated” means any seed that receives an application of a substance, or that was subjected to a process for which a claim is made.

(35) “Tree or shrub seed” means seeds of woody plants commonly known and sold as tree or shrub seeds in this state.

(36) “Tree seed collector's declaration” means a statement signed by a grower or person having knowledge of the place of collection giving, for a lot of seed, the lot number, common or scientific name of the species and subspecies, if appropriate, origin, elevation and quantity of tree and shrub seed.

(37) “Type” means a group of varieties so nearly similar that the individual varieties cannot be clearly differentiated except under special conditions.

(38) “Variant” means any seed or plant that (A) is distinct within the variety but occurs naturally in the variety, (B) is stable and predictable with a degree of reliability comparable to other varieties of the same kind, within recognized tolerances, when the variety is reproduced or reconstituted, and (C) was originally a part of the variety as released. “Variant” does not include any off type.

(39) “Variety” means a subdivision of a kind that is distinct, uniform and stable.

(40) “Distinct” means capable of being differentiated by one or more identifiable morphological, physiological or other characteristics from all other varieties of public knowledge.

(41) “Uniform” means that variations in essential and distinctive characteristics are describable.

(42) “Stable” means that the variety will remain unchanged in its essential and distinctive characteristics and its uniformity when reproduced or reconstituted as required by the different categories of varieties.

(43) “Vegetable seeds” means the seeds of any crop that is grown in gardens or on truck farms and that are generally known and sold under the name of “vegetable” or “herb” seeds in this state.

(44) “Weed seed” means the seed of all plants generally recognized as weeds within this state, as determined by methods defined by rule, as adopted by the Association of American Seed Control Officials, effective October 1, 1978, and amended from time to time, and includes prohibited and restricted noxious weed seeds.

(45) “Seed control officer” means the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designee.

(46) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, company, association, receiver, trustee or agent.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-200b — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446c / Section 22a-200b
Sec. 22a-200b. Greenhouse gas emissions: Inventory, modeling scenarios, recommendations, schedule. Regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Nothing in section 4a-67h , 22a-200 or 22a-200a or this section shall limit a state agency from adopting any regulation within its authority in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-452b — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-452b
Sec. 22a-452b. Exemptions.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-451 , the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may enter into an agreement with any person or the estate of any person, as applicable, who died or sustained serious bodily injury and for which the commissioner incurred expenses to contain, remove or mitigate the human bodily effects of such death or serious bodily injury on any land or waters of the state. Any such agreement may provide for the payment of less than all: (1) Costs and expenses incurred in containing, removing or mitigating such effects, and (2) legal expenses and court costs incurred by the department in seeking such recovery of costs and expenses. The commissioner shall not seek the recovery of any such costs and expenses from any person or the estate of any person, as applicable, who dies or sustains serious bodily injury, on or after June 6, 2014, and for which the commissioner incurs expenses to contain, remove or mitigate only the human bodily effects of such death or serious bodily injury on any land or waters of the state.

Cited. 226 C. 358.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-16 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-16
Sec. 22a-16. Action for declaratory and equitable relief against unreasonable pollution.
Status: in_force

Cited. 170 C. 47; 175 C. 483; 179 C. 541; 184 C. 51; 192 C. 247. Section did not provide plaintiffs with standing under any statute other than the Environmental Protection Act itself. Id., 591. Cited. 197 C. 134; 204 C. 38; Id., 212; 212 C. 710; Id., 727; 215 C. 474; 218 C. 580; 220 C. 54; 222 C. 98; Id., 280; 226 C. 205; Id., 579; 227 C. 175; 229 C. 479; 234 C. 488; 237 C. 135; 239 C. 786. Plaintiff lacked standing to bring action pursuant to section and litigate permitting claims that are governed by Sec. 22a-430 and are within exclusive domain of department. 254 C. 21. All that is required to invoke jurisdiction of Superior Court under section is a colorable claim by “any person” against “any person” of conduct resulting in harm to one or more natural resources of this state and in this case, plaintiff has standing under section but has not alleged factual allegations sufficient to support plaintiff's claims against defendant because section does not expand jurisdiction of the town agency to consider environmental matters not otherwise within its jurisdiction; plaintiff's claim against city based on a statutory duty is within scope of statute; plaintiff also has standing against permit applicant on grounds that its proposed demolition activities will result in unreasonable harm to state's natural resources. 262 C. 480. Plaintiff failed to establish statutory standing under section because plaintiff's complaint fell short of articulating a colorable claim of unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction of the environment. 265 C. 423. Plaintiff lacked standing to bring action pursuant to section where the area in question is expressly placed within exclusive domain of commissioner. 267 C. 116. Trial court properly determined airport defendants should not be required to restore land to its original condition and properly determined amount of monetary penalties. 275 C. 105. Commissioner had standing to make claim that clear-cutting of trees by airport defendant constituted unreasonable pollution. Id., 161. Plaintiff made a colorable claim of unreasonable harm to the environment sufficient to establish standing to seek relief; action should have been brought in judicial district of Hartford, but plaintiff's failure to do so did not implicate trial court's subject matter jurisdiction; the case should be transferred to judicial district of Hartford. 282 C. 791. Section authorizes “any person” to bring an action for enforcement of provisions and plaintiffs had standing to bring action upon allegation that development had resulted in destruction of wetlands and was likely to cause irreparable harm to surrounding ecosystem and watercourses. 284 C. 268. Plaintiff has standing under section to claim that existing permit renewal process is inadequate to protect rights recognized by Environmental Protection Act. 291 C. 789. Plaintiff failed to establish standing under section because complaint re increased power generation at nuclear power station did not allege substantive violations giving rise to unreasonable pollution. 300 C. 542. Issuance of a renewal permit did not render present action moot because it did not resolve or terminate the controversies because the trial court could determine that the permit renewal proceeding was inadequate to protect against unreasonable pollution. 323 C. 668.

Cited. 4 CA 621; 30 CA 204; 40 CA 75; 41 CA 89; Id., 120. Wetlands constitute a natural resource of this state and the purpose for enacting section was to prevent their unreasonable “pollution, impairment or destruction”; plaintiff had standing to bring action pursuant to section where complaint alleged defendant developer's construction activities were unlawfully impairing or destroying wetlands because of failure to follow procedures established by Sec. 22a-42a(b) and inland wetland regulations. 49 CA 684. Section imposed a standard of care on defendants, the violation of which constituted negligence per se, because plaintiff, who alleged damage to his pond caused by erosion, turbidity and siltation from nonfunctioning erosion and sediment control measures, was within the class of persons protected by section and the alleged injury is of the type section intended to prevent. 122 CA 555. Plaintiff could not prevail on claim that trial court improperly relied on Sec. 26-92 governing wild birds as the standard for determining whether defendant's conduct was an unreasonable impairment because Sec. 26-92 addresses the parakeets by name, identifies when they are exempt from protections, governs the conduct in question and provides the standard by which the court is to judge the evidence. 124 CA 823. Although plaintiff does not facially challenge the validity of permit to run cooling system for nuclear power plant on environmental grounds, that is the essence of her claim, and the court properly concluded that plaintiff did not have standing to pursue her claim under the act. 129 CA 203. The mere allegation that defendant has failed to comply with a certain technical or procedural requirement of a statute imposing environmental standards does not, in and of itself, give rise to a colorable claim of unreasonable pollution under section. 140 CA 155.

Commissioner does not have right to act directly under statute to seek declaratory or equitable relief; he is limited under Inland Wetlands and Water Courses Act to promulgating regulations and appealing decisions of municipal commissions. 35 CS 145. Section is example of a legislative enactment of what has been described as expanding doctrine of “private attorney generals”, who are empowered to institute proceedings to vindicate the public interest; by utilizing this procedure, legislature expanded the number of potential guardians of the public interest in the environment into the millions, instead of relying exclusively on limited resources of a particular agency. 48 CS 594. Plaintiff cannot claim standing under section on the basis that there are now and will be mandatory plans for the development of the property when the complaint sets forth no allegations of proposed or adopted plans for such future development. 51 CS 590.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-328 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-328
Sec. 22-328. Enforcement. Animal control officers. Expenses. Training of animal control officers. Reimbursement. Training program curriculum. Issuance of certificate. Continuing education requirement.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall appoint, as provided by chapter 67: (1) A Chief State Animal Control Officer; (2) an Assistant Chief State Animal Control Officer, who shall perform all the duties of the Chief State Animal Control Officer in such officer's absence or inability, or at such officer's direction; and (3) not more than twelve state animal control officers and as many regional animal control officers and assistants as may be deemed necessary to insure, subject to the commissioner's direction, the enforcement of the provisions of this chapter and chapters 436 and 436a and the enforcement of regulations adopted by the commissioner. The expenses incurred in the administration of this chapter and chapters 436 and 436a shall be paid from dog funds in the custody of the State Treasurer which have been received from the several municipalities and from the commissioner for the same fiscal year as the expenses are incurred.

(c) No person may begin serving in the position of state, regional or municipal animal control officer on or after July 1, 2012, unless such person (1) has completed a training program that meets the requirements of subsection (d) of this section and received a certificate of such completion from the commissioner pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, or (2) submits an affidavit to the commissioner agreeing to complete such a training program not later than one year after beginning such position. The commissioner shall reimburse each person completing such a training program for the costs of the program, from the animal population control account established in section 22-380g .

(d) Not later than July 1, 2012, the commissioner shall prescribe the standards and curriculum for a training program for persons interested in serving in the position of animal control officer or appointed on or after July 1, 2012, to such position. Such training program shall consist of eighty or more hours of instruction. The curriculum for such program shall include the following topics:

(1) Animal identification;

(2) State laws governing animal control and protection and animal cruelty;

(3) Animal health and disease recognition, control and prevention;

(4) The humane care and treatment of animals;

(5) Standards for care and control of animals in an animal shelter;

(6) Standards and procedures for the transportation of animals;

(7) Principles and procedures for capturing and handling stray domestic animals and wildlife, including principles and procedures to be followed with respect to an instrument used specifically for deterring the bite of an animal;

(8) First aid for injured animals;

(9) Documentation of animal cruelty evidence and courtroom procedures;

(10) Animal shelter operations and administration;

(11) Spaying and neutering, microchipping and adoption;

(12) Communications and public relations;

(13) Search warrants and affidavits;

(14) Civil liability for the animal control officer;

(15) Crisis intervention and officer safety; and

(16) Any other topics pertinent to animal control and animal shelter personnel.

(e) Upon satisfactorily completing such training program, a person shall submit evidence of such completion to the commissioner, and the commissioner shall issue a certificate to such person. The certificate shall contain the person's name, the name of the training program and the date of completion. The commissioner may charge a reasonable fee to cover the cost of issuance of such certificate. The commissioner shall maintain records to document compliance with subsection (c) of this section.

(f) Each animal control officer shall complete a minimum of six hours of continuing education related to the duties of an animal control officer in each calendar year. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, concerning the implementation of such continuing education requirement.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-66 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 441 / Section 22a-66
Sec. 22a-66. Commissioner's powers, hearings, regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner may exempt from the requirements of this part, subsection (a) of section 23-61a and section 23-61b , by regulation any pesticide which the commissioner determines to be adequately regulated by another state or federal agency, in order to carry out the purposes of this part, said subsection and said section.

(c) The commissioner, after notice and opportunity for hearing, is authorized:

(1) To declare a pest any form of plant or animal life, other than man and other bacteria, virus and other microorganisms on or in living man or other living animals, which is injurious to health or the environment;

(2) To determine any pesticide which contains any substance or substances in quantities highly toxic to man;

(3) To prescribe regulations requiring any pesticide to be colored or discolored if the commissioner determines that such requirement is feasible and is necessary for the protection of health and the environment. Such regulations shall be consistent with Section 25(c) of FIFRA and regulations promulgated thereunder;

(4) To prohibit the use of any pesticides by officials of towns, cities or boroughs or their agents when such use would result in unreasonable adverse effects on the environment;

(5) To prescribe regulations concerning the time, place, manner, methods, materials and amounts and concentrations, in connection with the application of pesticides in designated areas during specified periods of time and shall encompass all reasonable factors which the commissioner deems necessary to prevent damage or injury by drift or misapplication to:

(i) Plants including forage plants, or adjacent or nearby lands;

(ii) Wildlife in adjoining or nearby areas;

(iii) Fish and other aquatic life in waters in reasonable proximity to the area to be treated;

(iv) Beneficial insects, animals or man.

(d) The commissioner is authorized to exercise all incidental powers including prescribing regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to comply with FIFRA.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-208bb — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-208bb
Sec. 22a-208bb. Determination of need for ash residue disposal area operated by state quasi-public agencies. Timing. Submission of information.
Status: in_force

(b) (1) Any waste-to-energy facility that seeks a written determination from the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall submit such information as the commissioner deems necessary, including, but not limited to, (A) the name of the resources recovery facilities or municipalities to be served by the disposal area; (B) the transportation system needed to serve the disposal area; and (C) the available capacity of other disposal areas for ash residue or mixed municipal solid waste in the state that have obtained all necessary permits to construct.

(2) In making the determination required under this section, the commissioner shall consider the information submitted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and any other information the commissioner deems pertinent.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-524 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-524
Sec. 22a-524. Nitrogen credit exchange program.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner, in consultation with the Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board, shall:

(1) Establish a schedule and monitor all nitrogen removal construction projects;

(2) Establish an equivalency factor for each publicly-owned treatment works, which may be revised at the commissioner's discretion consistent with the total maximum daily load. The equivalency factor and any proposed revisions shall be made available for public comment at least thirty days prior to being implemented in the nitrogen credit exchange program;

(3) Establish the individual waste load allocation for each publicly-owned treatment works utilizing the equivalency factors and taking into consideration the schedule for nitrogen removal construction projects;

(4) Monitor annual progress in meeting the fifteen-year implementation schedule in the total maximum daily load;

(5) Propose modifications, as may be necessary, to the general permit for nitrogen discharges;

(6) Oversee and execute all equivalent nitrogen credit exchanges;

(7) Maintain a separate account of state-owned equivalent nitrogen credits;

(8) Not later than August 14, 2015, purchase all equivalent nitrogen credits created through December 31, 2014, by publicly-owned treatment works at the annually established value. Not later than August 14, 2016, purchase all equivalent nitrogen credits created through December 31, 2015, by publicly-owned treatment works at the annually established value. On or after August 15, 2016, purchase the equivalent nitrogen credits created by publicly-owned treatment works that are necessary to meet the nitrogen limits specified in the general permit for nitrogen discharges, issued pursuant to section 22a-522 , at the annually established value;

(9) Sell available state-owned equivalent nitrogen credits including nitrogen credits purchased from publicly-owned treatment works at the annually established value to enable publicly-owned treatment works to meet nitrogen limits specified in the general permit for nitrogen discharges;

(10) Whenever practicable, sell remaining state-owned equivalent nitrogen credits to any other public or private entity;

(11) Establish accounts of funds created from the purchase and sale of equivalent nitrogen credits to be used for administration of the nitrogen credit exchange program and which may be used for nitrogen removal projects, habitat restoration projects and research;

(12) Establish any other policies or procedures the commissioner may deem necessary to carry out the nitrogen credit exchange program; and

(13) Establish a technical assistance program to educate and assist municipalities in implementing the nitrogen credit exchange program.

(c) (1) Not later than March thirty-first, annually, the commissioner shall audit the performance of each publicly-owned treatment works operating from January first to December thirty-first of the preceding year and shall (A) determine the number of equivalent nitrogen credits for sale and the number of equivalent nitrogen credits to be purchased, (B) publish the annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits as determined by the procedure established in section 22a-527 , and (C) notify each publicly-owned treatment works of its equivalent nitrogen credit balance.

(2) Not later than July thirty-first, annually, each publicly-owned treatment works shall purchase equivalent nitrogen credits necessary to meet its nitrogen limits. Such purchase shall be paid by check, or money order or other form of payment acceptable to the Treasurer made payable to the “nitrogen credit exchange program”. The check, or money order or other such form of payment shall state on its face “nitrogen credit purchase”.

(3) Not later than August fourteenth, annually, until August 14, 2016, the commissioner shall purchase all available equivalent nitrogen credits. On or after August 15, 2016, annually, the commissioner shall purchase the equivalent nitrogen credits created by publicly-owned treatment works that are necessary to meet the nitrogen limits specified in the general permit for nitrogen discharges, issued pursuant to section 22a-522 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134uu — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445b / Section 22a-134uu
Sec. 22a-134uu. Auditing of verifications. Report.
Status: in_force

(b) Beginning two years after the date regulations are first adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt , and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall provide to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and commerce a report regarding the auditing of verifications submitted during the previous year pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt . Such report shall also be published on the department's Internet web site. Any such report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of releases reported, the number of verifications submitted, the number of audits conducted, the results of the audits conducted and any recommendations for improving the auditing of verifications. Such recommendations may include, but need not be limited to, staffing levels or the adequacy of such audits.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-416 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 438b / Section 22-416
Sec. 22-416. Definitions. Policy.
Status: in_force

(b) Connecticut's aquaculture is an integral part of the environmental resources of the state and provides an irreplaceable economic and recreational asset to the state's citizens. It is therefore declared to be the policy of the state to protect, to the maximum extent reasonable, the state's valuable aquaculture resources.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-54s — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 423 / Section 22-54s
Sec. 22-54s. Apple Marketing Advisory Board.
Status: in_force

(b) The advisory board shall prepare and submit to the Commissioner of Agriculture for the commissioner's review and consideration: (1) Recommendations concerning the apple market order described in section 22-54q and for a publicity program to maintain and enhance existing apple markets and create new apple markets; (2) a proposed budget for the implementation of the apple market order and the program created pursuant to such order; (3) marketing research proposals that are beneficial to the apple industry in the state; (4) recommendations for the collection of the assessment imposed pursuant to section 22-54r ; and (5) recommendations for revisions to the apple market order. Any publicity program described in subdivision (1) of this subsection shall not refer to any particular brand or trade name or disparage the quality, value, sale or use of any other agricultural commodity.

(c) Each apple producer shall file with the advisory board, on forms provided by the advisory board, information on the harvested crop of such producer, including the number of first sale units and the disposition of such units at fresh markets, cold storage or other destinations. The advisory board shall provide the commissioner with such information as the commissioner deems necessary to fulfill the purposes of sections 22-54p to 22-54t , inclusive.

See Sec. 4-38f for definition of “administrative purposes only”.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-133l — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-133l
Sec. 22a-133l. Grants to clean up landfills where hazardous waste was disposed of.
Status: in_force

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-339b — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-339b
Sec. 22-339b. Rabies vaccination required for dogs and cats. Exemption from rabies vaccination. Rabies vaccination exemption certificate. Veterinarian appeal. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) The State Veterinarian or the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, may grant an exemption from vaccination against rabies for a dog or cat if a licensed veterinarian has examined such animal and determined that a rabies vaccination would endanger the animal's life due to disease or other medical considerations. Such exemption may be granted for an individual animal only after the veterinarian has consulted with the State Veterinarian, the Commissioner of Agriculture, or the commissioner's designee, and completed and submitted to the department an application for exemption from rabies vaccination on a form approved by the Department of Agriculture. After approval of such exemption, the department shall issue a rabies vaccination exemption certificate, copies of which shall be provided to the veterinarian, the owner of the dog or cat exempted from rabies vaccination and the animal control officer of the municipality in which the owner of the dog or cat resides. Certification that a dog or cat is exempt from rabies vaccination shall be valid for one year, after which time the animal shall be vaccinated against rabies or the application for exemption shall be renewed.

(c) Any veterinarian aggrieved by a denial of a request for an exemption from rabies vaccination by the State Veterinarian, the Commissioner of Agriculture or the commissioner's designee may appeal such denial as provided in the Uniform Administrative Procedure Act, sections 4-166 to 4-189 , inclusive.

(d) Any violation of this section shall be an infraction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-350a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-350a
Sec. 22-350a. Tethering dog to stationary object or mobile device. Prohibited means. Confining or tethering dogs for unreasonable period of time. Adequate shelter. Retention of other protections afforded dogs. Fines.
Status: in_force

(b) When either a weather advisory or warning is issued by the National Weather Service, or outdoor environmental conditions, including, but not limited to, extreme heat, cold, wind, rain, snow or hail, pose an adverse risk to the health or safety of a dog based on such dog's breed, size, age, thickness of coat or physical condition, no person shall (1) tether such dog outdoors to a stationary object or mobile device, including, but not limited to, a trolley or pulley, unless such tethering is for a duration of not more than fifteen minutes, or (2) fail to provide such dog adequate shelter for a duration of more than fifteen minutes, unless such person is in the presence of such dog and outdoors during such advisory or warning or exposed to such outdoor environmental conditions.

(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect any protection afforded to any dog pursuant to any other provision of the general statutes, regulations of the Connecticut state agencies, local ordinance or local regulation.

(d) Any person who confines or tethers a dog for an unreasonable period of time or in violation of the provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be fined one hundred dollars for the first offense, two hundred dollars for a second offense, and not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars for a third or subsequent offense.

(e) For the purposes of this section, “adequate shelter” means a structure that (1) provides natural or artificial light during daylight hours; (2) offers space adequate for a dog to sit, lie down and turn; (3) is soundly constructed, maintained in good repair and free from accumulated animal waste, debris and moisture, including, but not limited to, standing water and mud, inside and in the immediate vicinity of such shelter; (4) permits a dog access to potable water at least twice in each twenty-four-hour period; (5) during cold outdoor environmental conditions described in subsection (b) of this section, (A) is enclosed and insulated to an extent sufficient to permit a dog to maintain normal body temperature, (B) features a solid roof, solid walls and wind-protected opening for entry and exit, (C) is raised two or more inches off the ground, and (D) contains dry bedding; (6) during extreme heat outdoor weather environmental conditions described in subsection (b) of this section, provides shade and ventilation sufficient to permit a dog to maintain normal body temperature; (7) does not contain a space heater or wood or fuel burning equipment utilized for space heating; (8) is not located under exterior stairs or underneath or inside a motor vehicle; and (9) if the floor of such structure is constructed using wire or metal chain links, such links are appropriately sized so that a dog's paws will not become caught in such links.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-165 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 430 / Section 22-165
Sec. 22-165. Samples of milk, cream and milk products; analysis. Fees.
Status: in_force

(b) The commissioner shall collect from the dairy plant, producer, retail raw milk producer or milk dealer permittee a fee or fees established by the commissioner pursuant to section 22-128a , sufficient to cover the actual cost of bio-assays and chemical tests made on samples of milk and milk products. Such fees shall be deposited in the General Fund. The dairy plant, producer, retail raw milk producer or milk dealer permittee shall only be required to pay fees for samples taken to verify product safety when required routine testing has shown the product to be in violation of this chapter. The commissioner may suspend any license or permit issued pursuant to this chapter or chapter 431 to any dairy plant, producer, retail raw milk producer, cheese or yogurt manufacturer, dry milk manufacturer or dealer who fails to pay such fees within sixty days after being billed by the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-417 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-417
Sec. 22a-417. (Formerly Sec. 25-26a). Discharge of sewage into tributaries of water supply impoundments or Salmon River.
Status: in_force

(b) No person or municipality shall discharge into the Salmon River or any of its tributaries any sewage or any other effluent which is less than tertiary treated.

Cited. 21 CA 91.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-111m — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 427a / Section 22-111m
Sec. 22-111m. Stop sale, use or removal orders.
Status: repealed

*Note: Public act 09-229 is entitled “An Act Concerning Milk Producers, Milk and Milk Products, Agricultural Not-For-Profit Organizations and the Modernization of Connecticut Fertilizer Law”. (See Reference Table captioned “Public Acts of 2009” in Volume 16 which lists the sections amended, created or repealed by the act.)
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-372 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-372
Sec. 22a-372. Commencement of hearing. Application and documents available for public inspection. Parties to proceedings. Regulations. Fees.
Status: in_force

(b) The application and all other documents related to the proceedings shall be available for inspection by the public at the commissioner's office during any business day prior to the close of the hearing.

(c) The parties to the proceedings shall include: (1) The applicant; (2) each person receiving notice pursuant to subsection (d) of section 22a-371 , and (3) such other persons or municipalities as the commissioner or the commissioner's designated hearing officer may deem appropriate at any time prior to the close of the hearing.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 establishing rules of practice and procedures for hearings held pursuant to this section.

(e) Each application for a permit shall be accompanied by a fee as follows: (1) Withdrawal for consumptive use of more than fifty thousand gallons but less than five hundred thousand gallons in any twenty-four-hour period, two thousand fifty dollars; (2) five hundred thousand gallons or more but less than two million gallons in any twenty-four-hour period, four thousand dollars; (3) two million gallons or more in any twenty-four-hour period, six thousand two hundred fifty dollars; (4) for nonconsumptive uses where the tributary watershed area above the point of diversion is one-half square mile or smaller, two thousand fifty dollars; (5) for nonconsumptive uses where the tributary watershed area above the point of diversion is larger than one-half square mile but smaller than two square miles, four thousand dollars; and (6) for nonconsumptive uses where the tributary watershed area above the point of diversion is two square miles or larger, six thousand two hundred fifty dollars.

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

Cited. 28 CA 674.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-66a — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 441 / Section 22a-66a
Sec. 22a-66a. Notification of the application of pesticides. Registry. Regulations. Railroad company requirements. Penalty.
Status: in_force

(b) On or after the adoption of regulations pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, a pesticide application business, prior to applying a pesticide within one hundred yards of any property line, shall provide notice of the time and date of the application to any owner or tenant who abuts the property to be treated and who requests notification. Notification may be requested by submitting a form prescribed by the commissioner to the pesticide application business or the commissioner. The form shall include the name, address and telephone number of the person requesting notification and the best time for notification and the name, address and telephone number, if listed in the directory, of any person whose property abuts the property of the person requesting notification. Each pesticide application business shall submit requests for notification to the commissioner who shall maintain a registry of persons requesting notification. A pesticide application business shall make not less than two attempts to notify any owner or tenant who requests notification. Such attempts shall be made as early as practicable but not later than twenty-four hours before the application. Notice may be by any method, including telephone, mail or personal notification. If attempts at notification by the applicator fail, an emergency application is necessary or best management practices of integrated pest management, as defined in section 22-11a , recommend an immediate pesticide application to reduce the amount of pesticides that would otherwise be necessary, the pesticide application business shall attempt to notify the owner or tenant in person immediately prior to the application. Notice of the application and attempts at notification shall be placed on the door of the person requesting notification if all notification attempts fail. Any person who provides notice of an aircraft application of a pesticide pursuant to regulations adopted under section 22a-66 shall not be required to provide notice under this subsection.

(c) On or after the adoption of regulations pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, any person making an outdoor application of a pesticide within one hundred yards of any property line shall at the time of application post a sign notifying the public of the application at any conspicuous point of entry. A commercial pesticide applicator making an application shall post a sign every one hundred fifty feet of road frontage of treated property notifying the public of such application. Any sign posted pursuant to this subsection shall comply with the requirements adopted pursuant to subsection (g) of this section. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to (1) noncommercial applications to an area less than one hundred square feet or to a fenced area, or (2) applications on land that produces agricultural commodities from which gross sales in excess of one thousand dollars were realized or can reasonably be expected to be realized during any calendar year.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (c) of this section, any person making an outdoor application of a restricted use pesticide on land which produces agricultural commodities shall post a sign notifying the public of such application (1) at each conspicuous point of entry and (2) at every one hundred fifty feet of road frontage of treated property if the application is within one hundred yards of any public road. If the application is more than twenty-five feet from a public road, such person shall be exempt from the requirements of subdivision (2) of this subsection for up to five hundred square feet of an application. Any sign posted pursuant to this subsection may be posted on a seasonal basis from the date of first application until the reentry period established under FIFRA, as amended from time to time, has lapsed for the last pesticide used or may be placed on an application-specific basis from the date of application until the reentry period established under FIFRA has lapsed for such application. Any such sign shall be maintained by the person making application in a readable manner provided such person shall not be responsible for acts of vandalism to such sign. Any sign posted pursuant to this subsection shall be not less than eight and one-half inches by eleven inches in size and shall be in form substantially as follows:

ATTENTION RESTRICTED USE PESTICIDES ARE IN USE PLEASE AVOID THIS AREA

The use of these products is in compliance with state and federal law. This notice is required by section 22a-66a of the general statutes.

The word “attention” shall be in letters at least one and one-half inches high, the words “restricted use pesticides are in use, please avoid this area” shall be in letters at least three-fourths of an inch high and any other wording on the sign shall be one-quarter of an inch or smaller.

(e) On or after the adoption of regulations pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, a pesticide application business or any other person authorized to apply a pesticide, prior to applying a pesticide on a golf course, shall post a sign at the clubhouse and at the first tee notifying the public of the application. Such sign shall comply with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to said subsection (g).

(f) On or after the adoption of regulations pursuant to subsection (g) of this section, any wholesaler or distributor selling pesticides to retail establishments shall make available to the owners of such retail establishments signs for notification of a pesticide application. Such owner shall provide a sign to any purchaser of a pesticide requiring the posting of a sign pursuant to subsection (c) of this section and shall display, at the point of sale, notice of the requirements for signs pursuant to subsection (c) of this section.

(g) On or before October 1, 1989, the commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing (1) specifications for signs required pursuant to subsections (c) and (e) of this section and provisions for posting of signs in retail establishments, and (2) procedures for compilation and maintenance of the registry required pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(h) (1) Any pesticide application business or department, agency or institution of the state or municipality prior to making a pesticide application in any lake or pond with any public access owned by the state or municipality shall cause to be published notice of the application in a newspaper of general circulation in each municipality in which the lake or pond is located and shall post a sign notifying the public of the application at each place of public access. Such sign shall comply with regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.

(2) Any pesticide application business prior to making a pesticide application on any private lake or pond with more than one owner of shoreline property shall provide notice of the date of the application to any owner or tenant of such shoreline property that abuts the lake or pond to be treated. In determining whether a property abuts a lake or pond, any setback shall not be considered, provided the owner of such setback shall additionally be provided with any such notice. A pesticide application business shall make not less than two attempts to notify any such owner or tenant, provided the second such attempt shall occur twenty-four hours or more after the first attempt. Such attempts shall be made as early as practicable but not less than twenty-four hours before the application. Notice shall be made by telephone, mail, personal notification or by leaving a conspicuous notice on an entry door of the home located on such abutting property. If attempts at notification by the applicator fail, an emergency application is necessary or best management practices of integrated pest management, as defined in section 22-11a , recommend an immediate pesticide application to reduce the amount of pesticides that would otherwise be necessary, the applicator shall attempt to notify each such owner or tenant in person immediately prior to the application. Any person who provides notice of an aircraft application of a pesticide pursuant to regulations adopted under section 22a-66 shall not be required to provide notice under this subdivision.

(3) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide any public official who makes inquiry concerning any application scheduled or made pursuant to this section with any and all information known to the department concerning such scheduled or made application.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, neither the state nor any municipality nor any pesticide application business or public service company shall be required to provide notice of any pesticide application made to rights-of-way, distribution lines and roadsides, including guardrails, except that an electric public service company shall be required to comply with regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-66k concerning the on-site posting of a notice of pesticide application.

(j) (1) Any railroad company that makes any pesticide application to any rights-of-way shall, not later than twenty-one days prior to such pesticide application, provide notice of such pesticide application to the Department of Transportation and the chief elected official or board of selectmen of each municipality in which such application will be made. Not later than February first of each year, each railroad company that makes any pesticide application to any rights-of-way shall file a vegetation management plan with the Department of Transportation and each municipality in which such pesticide application will be made that identifies target vegetation and management methods for the forthcoming calendar year. Not later than thirty days after receipt of any such vegetation management plan each such municipality shall post such vegetation management plan on such municipality's Internet web site, if such web site is available.

(2) Any vegetation management plan submitted on or after February 1, 2025, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall identify the: (A) Target vegetation, (B) intended methods of vegetation management, (C) equipment proposed for use in such vegetation management, (D) timing of any such herbicide applications, (E) alternative control procedures to be utilized, if any, (F) qualifications of individuals developing and submitting an integrated pest management plan to the Department of Transportation and the chief elected official or board of selectmen of such municipality, as applicable, concomitantly with the submission of a vegetation management plan pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection, and (G) contents of such integrated pest management plan that indicates how such plan will minimize the amount and frequency of herbicide application.

(3) Any railroad company that makes any pesticide application, as described in subdivision (1) of this subsection, shall develop a yearly operational plan that consists of: (A) Maps that locate the railroad's rights-of-way and sensitive areas that are not readily identifiable in the field, (B) herbicides proposed to be used during such year and the Environmental Protection Agency registration numbers for such herbicides, the anticipated application rates, carriers and adjuvants, (C) the herbicide application techniques and alternative control procedures proposed, (D) the name, address and phone number of the company that will perform any such herbicide treatment, (E) identification of target vegetation, (F) description of methods used to designate sensitive areas in the rights-of-way, and (G) all applicable herbicide fact sheets. Each railroad company shall provide for a forty-five-day public comment period when developing a yearly operational plan and shall submit such yearly operational plan concomitantly with the vegetation management plan and integrated pest management plan described in this subsection.

(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of any vegetation management plan, integrated pest management plan or yearly operation plan submitted pursuant to this subsection, no railroad company or agent of any such railroad company within any rights-of-way shall: (A) Apply any pesticide at an exceedance of the minimum labeled rate appropriate for the site, pest and application, (B) apply herbicides when, due to the wind velocity, there is a likelihood of drift off target or if there is measurable precipitation, (C) apply herbicides that have been identified as a potential groundwater contaminant by either the Environmental Protection Agency or the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (D) engage in a foliar application of a herbicide if such vegetation is greater than twelve feet in height, except for side trimming, (E) for any area determined by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to be a sensitive area: (i) Mix a herbicide within one hundred feet of such sensitive area, (ii) fail to make readily visible the perimeter of such sensitive area prior to application of any herbicide, or (iii) fail to use a low pressure method on foliar, basal or cut-stump applications when mechanical control in sensitive areas is not possible, (F) in water supply areas: (i) Apply any herbicide within one hundred feet of a Class A public surface water source, (ii) apply any herbicide within one hundred feet of any tributary or associated surface water body located within the Zone A of a Class A public surface water source, or within ten feet of any tributary or associated surface water body located outside of the Zone A of the Class A public surface water source, (iii) apply herbicides within a lateral distance of one hundred feet for a span of four hundred feet upstream of any Class B drinking water intake, (iv) apply any herbicide within a distance of between one hundred feet from any Class A surface water source and the outer boundary of any Zone A, (v) apply any herbicide within a distance of between ten feet and the outer boundary of any Zone A for any tributary or associated surface water body located outside of the Zone A of a Class A surface water source, or (vi) apply any herbicide within a lateral distance of between one hundred and two hundred feet for a span of four hundred feet upstream of a Class B drinking water intake, unless a minimum of twenty-four months has elapsed since the last application to the site and herbicides are applied selectively by low pressure using foliar techniques or basal or cut-stump applications, (G) apply any herbicide within a distance of fifty feet of any private well, (H) apply any herbicide within a distance of between fifty feet and one hundred feet of any private well, unless a minimum of twenty-four months has elapsed since the last application to the site and such herbicides are applied selectively by low pressure, using foliar techniques or basal or cut-stump applications, (I) apply herbicides within ten feet of any wetland, the mean annual high-water line of any river or any vernal pool, (J) apply any herbicide between ten feet and one hundred feet of any wetland, within ten feet from the mean annual high-water line of any river and the outer boundary of any riverfront area or within a distance of ten feet from any certified vernal pool and the outer boundary of any certified vernal pool habitat, or (K) apply any foliar herbicide within one hundred feet of an inhabited area or agricultural area unless a minimum of twelve months has elapsed since the last site application and such herbicide is applied selectively by low pressure, using foliar techniques or basal or cut-stump applications. The Commissioners of Transportation and Energy and Environmental Protection may enforce the provisions of this subdivision within available resources.

(k) The Commissioner of Public Health, prior to spraying a seasonal larvicide for mosquito control, shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the spraying notice of such spraying. The Commissioner of Public Health or any municipal or district health department, prior to adulticide spraying for mosquito control, shall post a sign in the area of such spraying notifying the public of the spraying.

(l) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-63 , any person who violates any provision of this section shall be fined not more than ninety dollars.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-102 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 444 / Section 22a-102
Sec. 22a-102. Municipal plan of development. Proposed municipal land use regulations.
Status: in_force

(b) In adopting any proposed municipal plan of conservation and development, zoning regulations or changes thereto or other municipal coastal regulations listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (b) of section 22a-101 or changes thereto, the following criteria shall also be considered: (1) The character and distribution of the coastal resources defined in section 22a-93 within its coastal boundary, the capacity of and limitations on such resources to support development, and the types and methods of development compatible with the wise use, protection and enhancement of such resources; (2) the nature and pattern of existing development; and (3) the need for public services.

(c) The municipal planning commission may revise its municipal plan of conservation and development by making such changes as: Modifications of land use categories, changes in the density and intensity of land use, alteration in plan policies; modifications in growth strategies, changes in acquisition priorities, and alterations in public infrastructure, highway and other capital improvement projects.

(d) The municipal planning commission shall submit its proposed revisions to the municipal plan of conservation and development prepared in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) of this section and section 22a-101 to the commissioner and the regional council of governments for review and comment prior to the final adoption of such revisions in accordance with section 8-23 . Upon receipt of such proposed revisions the commissioner and the regional council of governments shall review them for consistency with requirements and criteria listed in subsections (a) and (b) of this section and said section 22a-101 and shall within ninety days notify the municipality in writing of any suggested modifications to the proposed revisions. Upon receipt of such comments or ninety days after receipt by the commissioner of proposed revisions, the municipal planning commission may modify and adopt the proposed revisions in accordance with said section 8-23 .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-6ff — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-6ff
Sec. 22a-6ff. Permit preapplication meetings.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than thirty days after receiving a request for a preapplication meeting in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make reasonable efforts to schedule a meeting with the requesting business, identify the information required to process the applications that are the subject of the preapplication meeting and provide such business with an estimated timeframe in which the commissioner would anticipate issuing a final decision on such applications.

(c) The commissioner shall survey each business that requested a preapplication meeting in accordance with subsection (a) of this section following the final decision on the applications that were the subject of such meeting. The survey shall collect information concerning the experience of each such business with the preapplication and permitting process. A summary of the information collected from such surveys and the average time for processing applications that were the subject of preapplication meetings shall be included in the annual report required by section 22a-6r .
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134h — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-134h
Sec. 22a-134h. Transfer of hazardous waste establishments: Submission prior to October 1, 2001. Withdrawal of forms.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who has submitted a Form I, Form II, Form III or Form IV to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-134a may petition the commissioner to withdraw such form. Such petitioner shall notify the transferor, the transferee and the certifying party by certified mail. The petitioner shall make every reasonable effort to identify the address of such transferor, transferee and certifying party. The transferor, transferee and certifying party shall have thirty days to submit to the commissioner written objections to such petition. The commissioner may approve the petition if it demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that the property or business was not an establishment or the transaction was not a transfer at the time the form was submitted. If the commissioner approves the petition, no further action is required by the certifying party with respect to its obligations under the form, but the form and the fee shall not be returned.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-33 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 440 / Section 22a-33
Sec. 22a-33. (Formerly Sec. 22-7m). Issuance or denial of permit.
Status: in_force

Cited. 183 C. 532; 209 C. 544.

Cited. 32 CS 104; 43 CS 386.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-351a — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-351a
Sec. 22-351a. Liability for intentionally killing or injuring companion animal.
Status: in_force

(b) Any person who intentionally kills or injures a companion animal, except in defense of such person or another person or as otherwise authorized by law, shall be liable to the owner of such companion animal for economic damages sustained by such owner including, but not limited to, expenses of veterinary care, the fair monetary value of the companion animal and burial expenses for the companion animal.

(c) In addition to any economic damages awarded pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the court may award punitive damages in an amount not to exceed the jurisdictional monetary limit established by subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of section 51-15 , together with a reasonable attorney's fee.

(d) The court shall not assess punitive damages and a reasonable attorney's fee pursuant to subsection (c) of this section against: (1) A veterinarian licensed pursuant to chapter 384 while following accepted standards of practice of the profession, (2) the state or any political subdivision of the state or any employee, officer or agent thereof while acting within the scope of such employee's, officer's or agent's employment or official duties, or (3) an employee of or volunteer for a nonprofit organization or nonprofit corporation organized and operated exclusively for the prevention of cruelty to animals or the protection of stray, abandoned or mistreated animals while acting within the scope of such employee's or volunteer's employment or duties.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-9 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-9
Sec. 22a-9. Commissioner as agent of state and political subdivisions.
Status: in_force

Cited. 204 C. 38; Id., 212.

Cited. 32 CA 340.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-124 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 445 / Section 22a-124
Sec. 22a-124. Exclusive jurisdiction of council. Municipal regulation of proposed location. Appeal of zoning decision.
Status: in_force

(b) A proposed hazardous waste facility may be regulated and restricted by any town, city or borough pursuant to chapters 124 and 126 and by any municipality pursuant to sections 22a-42 and 22a-42a . The applicant shall apply for any permits required by such agencies at the same time as the filing of the application with the council. Such local bodies may make all decisions necessary to the exercise of such power to regulate and restrict, which decisions shall be made within one hundred thirty days of any application notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary and shall be in writing and recorded in the records of their respective communities, and written notice of any decision shall be given to each party affected thereby. Each such decision shall be subject to the right of appeal within thirty days after the giving of such notice by any party aggrieved to the council, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction, in the course of any proceeding on an application for a certificate or otherwise, to affirm, modify or revoke such order to make any decision in substitution thereof by a vote of eight of the members of the council. Appeal of a local zoning decision to the council shall be in lieu of any other appeal authorized by the general statutes.

Cited. 207 C. 706.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-131b — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 430 / Section 22-131b
Sec. 22-131b. Milk Regulation Board study of state dairy industry. Report to General Assembly.
Status: in_force

(b) Not later than January 1, 2006, the Milk Regulation Board shall complete the study and report the results of such study, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a , to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-6 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 439 / Section 22a-6
Sec. 22a-6. Commissioner to establish environmental standards, regulations and fees, to make contracts and studies and to issue permits. Complaints. Hearings. Bonds. Notice of contested cases. Fee waivers. Public notices on department's Internet web site.
Status: in_force

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section no municipality shall be required to pay more than fifty per cent of any fee established by the commissioner pursuant to said subsection.

(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing a separate fee schedule for the payment of fees by municipalities. The schedule of fees paid by municipalities pursuant to section 22a-430 shall be graduated and reflect the sum of the average daily flows of wastewater in a municipality applying for a permit.

(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall provide notice of any proceeding involving a specific site if any decision by the commissioner concerning such site is contested. The notice shall be sent to the chief executive officer of the municipality in which such site is located and to each member of the legislature in whose district such site is located. A copy of such notice shall be made a part of the record of any other proceeding before the commissioner on such site.

(e) Whenever the commissioner issues an order to enforce any statute, regulation, permit or order administered or issued by him, any person or municipality aggrieved by such order may, except as otherwise provided by law, request a hearing before the commissioner within thirty days from the date such order is sent. Such hearing shall be conducted in accordance with the procedures provided by chapter 54.

(f) The provisions of sections 22a-45a and 22a-174 , subsection (r) of section 22a-208a , sections 22a-349a , 22a-354p , 22a-378a , 22a-411 and 22a-430b and subsection (d) of section 22a-454 which authorize the issuance of general permits shall not affect the authority of the commissioner, under any statute or regulation, to abate pollution or to enforce the laws under his jurisdiction, including the authority to institute legal proceedings. Such proceedings may include summary suspension in accordance with subsection (c) of section 4-182 . The commissioner may reissue, modify, revoke or suspend any general permit in accordance with the procedures set forth for the issuance of such permit.

(g) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, establishing a schedule of subscription fees to cover the reasonable cost to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection of responding to requests for notices of applications for permits and other licenses and tentative determinations thereon issued by the commissioner.

(h) The commissioner may adopt regulations pertaining to activities for which the federal government has adopted standards or procedures. All provisions of such regulations which differ from federal standards or procedures shall be clearly distinguishable from such standards or procedures either on the face of the proposed regulation or through supplemental documentation accompanying the proposed regulation at the time of the notice concerning such regulation required under section 4-168 . An explanation for all such provisions shall be included in the regulation-making record required under chapter 54 and shall be publicly available at the time of the notice concerning the regulation required under section 4-168 . This subsection shall apply to any regulation for which a notice of intent to adopt is published on and after July 1, 1999.

(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no person shall be required to pay any fee established by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-133x , 22a-133aa , 22a-134a or 22a-134e for any new or pending application, provided such person has received financial assistance from any department, institution, agency or authority of the state for the purpose of investigation or remediation, or both, of a brownfield, as defined in section 32-760 , and such activity would otherwise require a fee to be paid to the commissioner for the activity conducted with such financial assistance.

(j) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no department, institution, agency or authority of the state or the state system of higher education shall be required to pay any fee established by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-133x , 22a-133aa , 22a-134a or 22a-134e for any new or pending application, provided such division of the state is conducting an investigation or remediation, or both, of a brownfield, as defined in section 32-760 , and siting a state facility on such brownfield site.

(k) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, no person shall be required to pay any fee associated with a brownfield, as defined in section 32-760 , due to the commissioner resulting from the actions of another party prior to their acquisition of such brownfield, provided such person intends to investigate and remediate such brownfield.

(l) Notwithstanding any provision of this title, for any required newspaper publication of public notice concerning a tentative determination on a permit, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide such public notice on the Internet web site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection provided: (1) Such public notice shall remain posted on such Internet web site for the duration of the entire applicable public notice period, and (2) the applicable date and time and nature of the opportunity for public participation shall concomitantly be published with a minimum one-sixteenth page advertisement in a newspaper having a general circulation in the area affected. Such advertisement shall include the Internet web site address where the details of the public notification can be ascertained.

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

Cited. 192 C. 591; 204 C. 38; Id., 212; 215 C. 82; 227 C. 545; 229 C. 654; 237 C. 135; 239 C. 124.

Cited. 19 CA 216; 41 CA 120.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-354c — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446i / Section 22a-354c
Sec. 22a-354c. Mapping of well fields by water companies.
Status: in_force

(b) Each public or private water company serving ten thousand or more persons shall map all areas of contribution and recharge areas for potential wells that are located within stratified drift aquifers identified as future sources of water supply to meet their needs in accordance with the plan submitted pursuant to section 25-33h at level B not more than two years after the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection requests such mapping. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall identify and make recommendations for mapping, or shall map, all remaining significant areas of contribution and recharge areas for potential wells located in stratified drift aquifers not identified by a public or private water company as a potential source of water supply within the region of an approved plan. Mapping of any other area of contribution and recharge areas for potential wells located in stratified drift aquifers by the commissioner shall be completed at a time determined by the commissioner.

Cited. 215 C. 616.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-6m — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 422 / Section 22-6m
Sec. 22-6m. Connecticut Farmers' Market/Women, Infants and Children Program: Responsibilities of vendors.
Status: in_force

(b) A certified vendor shall (1) prominently display a certified vendor identification sign as outlined in the certified vendor handbook, (2) provide Connecticut-grown fresh produce to participants upon receipt of a valid and properly completed voucher, which is signed by the WIC client, (3) handle transactions with WIC participants in the same manner as transactions with all other customers, (4) not collect state or local taxes on purchases involving vouchers, (5) charge participants a price for Connecticut-grown fresh produce that is equal to or less than the current price charged to nonparticipant customers, (6) not levy a surcharge based on the use of vouchers by participants, (7) return no cash or issue credit in any form to participants during sales transactions that involve vouchers only and in the event of a single transaction in which a participant presents a combination of cash and vouchers for the purchase of Connecticut-grown fresh produce, cash or credit up to the value of the cash portion of the payment shall be given to the participant, (8) participate in training as the department deems necessary to carry out the intent of CFM/WIC, (9) cooperate with the department in the evaluation of each season by completely and accurately responding to a survey, with resubmission to the department in a specified and timely manner, (10) immediately inform the department in the event of loss, destruction, or theft of either the certified vendor endorsement stamp or certified vendor identification sign so that a replacement may be issued, and (11) comply with all procedures and rules as herein outlined and as delineated in the department-vendor agreement, the certified vendor handbook and official written notices of clarification issued by the department to the vendor.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-350 — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 435 / Section 22-350
Sec. 22-350. Dogs as personal property. Tax exemption. Theft.
Status: in_force

Action for negligent killing of a dog implicit in statute. 127 C. 692. Right to maintain an action at common law for wilfully, wantonly or negligently injuring or destroying a dog is implicit in section. 139 C. 622.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22-38d — Connecticut Code / Title 22 / Chapter 423 / Section 22-38d
Sec. 22-38d. Farm to school program. Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids Week.
Status: in_force

(b) The Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, school food service directors and interested farming organizations, shall (1) establish a week-long promotional event, to be known as Connecticut-Grown for Connecticut Kids Week, in late September or early October each year, that will promote Connecticut agriculture and foods to children through school meal and classroom programs, at farms, farmers' markets and other locations in the community, (2) encourage and solicit school districts, individual schools and other educational institutions under its jurisdiction to purchase Connecticut-grown farm products, (3) provide outreach, guidance and training to districts, parent and teacher organizations, schools and school food service directors concerning the value of and procedure for purchasing and incorporating into their regular menus Connecticut-grown farm products, (4) in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, arrange for local, regional and state-wide events where potential purchasers and farmers can interact, and (5) provide technical assistance and support for schools to arrange for interaction between students and farmers, including field trips to farms and in-school presentations by farmers.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-255m — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446d / Section 22a-255m
Sec. 22a-255m. Report. Recommendations by department.
Status: in_force

(b) For the purpose of gathering information for the review and report described in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may inspect and copy the records of any person (1) engaged in the manufacture or distribution of packages or packaging components if such records pertain to the processes by which such packages or packaging components are manufactured, including the nature and amounts of substances utilized, and (2) who produces or supplies materials for the manufacture of packages or packaging components, if such records pertain to the nature and amount of substances in such materials or the identities or locations of purchasers or recipients of such materials. Upon request of the commissioner, any such person shall allow the commissioner to inspect and copy such records or shall provide copies of such records to the commissioner.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-402 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446j / Section 22a-402
Sec. 22a-402. (Formerly Sec. 25-111). Inspection of dams and other structures. Repair or removal. Notification to owner. Inspection by municipal chief elected official. Inspection of hydroelectric power generating facility owned by a water company. Water company notification. Inspection reports. Exemption for dams licensed by Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Order following investigation or civil preparedness state of emergency proclamation. Liability for costs and expenses. Civil action for cost and expense recovery.
Status: in_force

(b) The chief executive official of a municipality or such official's designee may inspect a dam that is: (1) Under the jurisdiction of the commissioner, and (2) located within the boundaries of such municipality when such official or designee reasonably believes that a public safety concern exists. Inspection of any such dam owned or operated by a water company or of a dam that is a hydroelectric generating facility shall be controlled by the provisions of subsection (c) of this section. Such official or designee shall have the right to enter private property, within constitutional limits, to undertake such inspection provided such official or designee shall: (A) Notify the commissioner prior to conducting such inspection, (B) make a reasonable attempt to notify the owner of the dam prior to such inspection, and (C) file a report with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of this section.

(c) When the chief executive official of a municipality or such official's designee reasonably believes that a public safety concern exists with a dam that is a hydroelectric power generating facility or is owned or controlled by a water company, such official shall immediately notify the commissioner and shall notify the water company in accordance with subsection (e) of this section. Such official shall not inspect a dam that is a hydroelectric power generating facility or is owned or operated by a water company unless: (1) (A) Such official has reason to believe there is public safety concerning such a dam, (B) such official has notified the commissioner and has reasonably attempted to notify the water company or the owner of the hydroelectric power generating facility pursuant to subsection (e) of this section, and (C) a representative of the water company is not available; (2) a water company official or representative of the hydroelectric power generating facility accompanies such chief executive official or such official's designee; or (3) the water company has granted permission to such official. A report of the inspection shall be filed with the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of this section.

(d) No provision of subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall restrict the right of a chief elected official or such official's designee to enter upon or inspect water company dams, appurtenances or land under the control or ownership of such municipality.

(e) When notifying a water company or owner of a hydroelectric power generating facility pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, the chief executive official of a municipality or such official's designee shall call the contact number that such water company or facility identifies in any emergency operation plan for such dam on file with the municipality. In the event a water company or hydroelectric power generating facility has not prepared an emergency operation plan for a dam under the ownership or control of such water company or facility, such water company or facility may file an emergency notification contact form with such municipality. Not later than October 1, 2008, the commissioner shall develop such an emergency notification contact form. When such form is filed with the municipality such municipal official shall use the information provided in the form to contact the water company or hydroelectric power generating facility pursuant to this section.

(f) A report of any inspection performed pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section shall be filed with the commissioner within seven days of such inspection, except when an immediate threat to public safety is discovered in which case such report shall be filed with the commissioner immediately.

(g) The provisions of subsections (b) to (f), inclusive, of this section shall not apply to a dam licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

(h) After an investigation, whenever the commissioner finds that a dam is causing, or is about to cause, any condition that, in the commissioner's judgment, will result in, or is likely to result in, an imminent and substantial threat to public safety or the environment, or whenever the Governor proclaims a civil preparedness state of emergency pursuant to section 28-9 regarding a dam, the commissioner may, without prior hearing, issue an order in writing to the owner or person having care of such dam to discontinue, abate or alleviate such condition or issue, provided the commissioner finds there is either a threat to human life or to property that is property other than the property of the dam owner. Such written order may indicate that the commissioner will immediately act to discontinue, abate or alleviate such condition. The commissioner may discontinue, abate or alleviate such condition by means that include, but are not limited to, the temporary or permanent stabilization or repair of the dam or any other actions necessary to place the dam in a safe condition and may retain any contractor or consultant necessary to perform such actions. The commissioner shall serve any order issued pursuant to this subsection in accordance with the provisions of section 52-57 . The commissioner may cause a copy of such order to be posted upon the property that is the subject of such order and no action for trespass shall lie for such posting. Any order issued pursuant to this subsection shall be binding upon all persons against whom it is issued, their agents and any independent contractor engaged by such persons. Upon receipt of such order, such person shall immediately comply with such order. The commissioner shall, not later than ten days after the date of receipt of such order by all persons served with such order, hold a hearing to provide any such person an opportunity to be heard and show that such condition does not exist. All briefs or legal memoranda to be presented in connection with such hearing shall be filed not later than ten days after such hearing. Such order shall remain in effect until fifteen days after such hearing, during which time the commissioner shall issue a decision based on such hearing.

(i) Any owner or person having care of a dam who is issued an order pursuant to subsection (h) of this section shall be liable for all costs and expenses incurred by the commissioner to investigate, contain, abate, remove, monitor or mitigate any threat to public safety and the environment caused by such dam. If the dam subject to an order issued pursuant to subsection (h) of this section is not in compliance with the requirements of this chapter, such owner or person having care of the dam shall be liable to the commissioner for damages equal to two times the costs and expenses incurred by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (h) of this section. Upon request of the commissioner, the Attorney General shall bring a civil action to recover all such costs and expenses.

Annotation to former section 25-111:

Cited. 183 C. 481.

Annotation to present section:

Cited. 197 C. 134. Inspections required to ensure safety and integrity of dams; responsible corporate officer doctrine may be used to hold corporate officers liable under section. 282 C. 645.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-62 — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 441 / Section 22a-62
Sec. 22a-62. Stop sale order; seizure, condemnation; reprocessing. Costs and fees. Court orders.
Status: in_force

(b) Any pesticide distributed, sold, offered for sale or delivered for transportation or transported into or within the state for the purpose of sale shall be subject to seizure and condemnation upon application of the commissioner to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford:

(1) In the case of a pesticide, if:

(A) It is adulterated or misbranded;

(B) It is not registered pursuant to the provisions of this part;

(C) Its labeling fails to bear the information required by the federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (P.L. 92-516), as may be amended from time to time;

(D) It is not colored or discolored and such coloring or discoloring is required under this part; or

(E) Any of the claims for it or any of the directions for its use differ in substance from the representations made in connection with its registration;

(2) In the case of a device, it is misbranded; or

(3) In the case of a pesticide or device, when used in accordance with the requirements imposed under this part, subsection (a) of section 23-61a or section 23-61b , and as directed by the labeling, it nevertheless causes unreasonable adverse effects on the environment;

(4) In the case of a plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant, used in accordance with the label claims and recommendations, physical or physiological effects on plants or parts thereof shall not be deemed to be injurious, when such effects are the purpose for which the plant regulator, defoliant or desiccant was applied.

(c) If a pesticide is condemned, it shall be disposed of by destruction or sale, as the court may direct. If such article is sold, the proceeds shall revert to the General Fund but no article shall be sold which does not comply with the provisions of this part. Upon payments of costs and execution and delivery of a good and sufficient bond, which is conditioned upon the guarantee that the article shall not be disposed of unlawfully, the court may direct that the article be delivered to the owner thereof for relabeling or reprocessing, as the case may be. When any article is ordered condemned, court costs, legal fees and storage and other proper expenses shall be awarded against the person, if any, who intervenes as claimant of the article or who is responsible for the condition which leads to its condemnation.

(d) Whenever, in the judgment of the commissioner, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any acts or practices which constitute, or will constitute, a violation of any provision of sections 22a-46 to 22a-66 , inclusive, section 22a-66z or any other applicable statute, regulation or order issued thereunder, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to make application to the appropriate court for an order enjoining such acts or practices or for an order directing compliance with such statutes, regulations or orders.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-483f — Connecticut Code / Title 22a / Chapter 446k / Section 22a-483f
Sec. 22a-483f. Public water system improvement program.
Status: in_force

(b) The proceeds of the sale of said bonds, to the extent of the amount stated in subsection (a) of this section, shall be used by the Department of Public Health for the purpose of providing grants-in-aid, which may be provided in the form of principal forgiveness, to eligible public water systems for eligible drinking water projects for which a project funding agreement is made on or after July 1, 2014, between the Commissioner of Public Health and the eligible public water system pursuant to sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, under the public water system improvement program established in subsection (c) of this section.

(c) (1) For purposes of the public water system improvement program established pursuant to this section:

(A) “Eligible drinking water project” has the same meaning as provided in section 22a-475 ;

(B) “Eligible project costs” has the same meaning as provided in section 22a-475 ;

(C) “Eligible public water system” has the same meaning as provided in section 22a-475 ; and

(D) “Public service company” has the same meaning as provided in section 16-1 .

(2) All provisions applicable to drinking water projects under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, shall be applicable to the public water system improvement program, including eligibility of public water systems, eligible project costs, application procedures for financial assistance, and procedures for approving and awarding such financial assistance. The department shall comply with all allocation goals for smaller eligible public water systems and with the priorities for awarding financial assistance, as provided in sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive.

(3) An eligible public water system applying for financial assistance pursuant to this section shall submit to the department, along with the application submitted under sections 22a-475 to 22a-483 , inclusive, a fiscal and asset management plan. The department shall provide financial assistance as follows:

(A) An eligible public water system that serves ten thousand or fewer persons may receive financial assistance pursuant to this section for up to fifty per cent of eligible project costs;

(B) An eligible public water system that serves more than ten thousand persons may receive financial assistance pursuant to this section for up to thirty per cent of eligible project costs;

(C) An eligible public water system that is a for-profit company, other than a for-profit company that is a public service company, may not receive additional financial assistance pursuant to this section; and

(D) An eligible public water system that is a public service company may not receive financial assistance pursuant to this section unless (i) such financial assistance is for eligible project costs of an eligible drinking water project, (ii) such financial assistance is used by the public service company for such eligible drinking water project, and (iii) the department has consulted with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority regarding the public service company's receipt of such financial assistance.

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