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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion › Section 25-95. - Agreements of state and local authorities.

The state, acting through the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, may enter into agreements with such local authority authorized to contract under section 25-94 for the purpose of constructing projects or systems to prevent, correct and arrest flood damage and impacts of climate change within the boundaries of the state. The plans, specifications, system and construction shall be under the direct control and supervision of the commissioner. The contract shall describe (1) the nature and extent of the system, (2) the amount of the cost to the state, (3) the share to be paid by the district or board, and (4) the method of financing the payment by such local authority, all of which shall be subject to the approval of the commissioner.
(1955, S. 2395d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 27; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 118; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-115, S. 10.)
History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-115 deleted “erosion and” and added “and impacts of climate change”, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion › Section 25-96. - Attorney General to approve agreements. Assistance furnished at local expense.

All contracts and agreements which the state may enter into shall be approved as to form by the Attorney General. The commissioner is authorized to furnish, at the request and expense of such local authority authorized to contract under section 25-94, such technical advice consisting of plans, specifications, surveys, cost estimates, engineering and inspection services as such local authority deems advisable. If such local authority enters into a contract with the commissioner for the construction of a system, such expense shall be deemed part of the cost of construction.
(1955, S. 2396d; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 119.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to water resources commission with references to environmental protection commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion › Section 25-97. - Joint projects of two or more municipalities.

When any such improvement or protection project or system is located within two or more municipalities, such municipalities, acting by their individual or joint flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards, as applicable, are authorized to undertake jointly any such action as is authorized by sections 25-94 and 25-95, and the cost to each board shall be determined by mutual agreement of the municipalities involved.
(1949 Rev., S. 4771; 1955, S. 2397d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 28; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 120; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 21-115, S. 11.)
History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 21-115 added “individual or joint” re boards, changed “flood and erosion control boards” to “flood prevention, climate resilience and erosion control boards”, replaced reference to Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection with mutual agreement of municipalities re determination and made a conforming change, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion › Section 25-98. - Acceptance of gifts.

In carrying out the purposes for which it was established, any local authority authorized to contract under section 25-94 may (1) accept, receive and expend gifts, devises or bequests of money, lands or other properties to be applied and expended in the manner provided herein, and (2) apply for and receive grants from state, federal and private sources.
(1955, S. 2398d; P.A. 21-115, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 21-115 designated existing provision re authority for acceptance, receipt and expenditure of gifts, devises or bequests as Subdiv. (1) and added Subdiv. (2) re authority to apply for and receive grants from state, federal and private sources, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion › Section 25-100. - Commissioners; appointment; terms; vacancy.

There shall be three members of the Connecticut River Valley Flood Control Commission appointed from this state. On or before May first in the odd-numbered years the Governor, with the advice and consent of the senate, shall appoint one member of said commission whose term of office shall be for six years commencing the first day of July following his appointment and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Such appointees shall act as commissioners for the state of Connecticut to execute, with representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts and the states of New Hampshire and Vermont, the Connecticut River Flood Control Compact and shall have the powers and duties provided in the compact. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission from Connecticut shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.
(1949, 1951, S. 1941d.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477 - Flood Control and Beach Erosion › Section 25-102. - Commissioners; appointment; terms; vacancy.

There shall be three members of the Thames River Valley Flood Control Commission appointed from Connecticut who shall act as commissioners for the state of Connecticut to execute, with representatives of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, the Thames River Valley Flood Control Compact and shall have the powers and duties provided in the compact. On or before May first in the even-numbered years the Governor, with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint one member of the commission whose term of office shall be six years, commencing the first day of July following his appointment and until his successor is appointed and has qualified. Any vacancy in the membership of the commission from Connecticut shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term.
(1957, P.A. 559, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102a. - Public interest in lower Connecticut River.

It is found that the lower Connecticut River and the towns abutting the river possess unique scenic, ecological, scientific and historic value contributing to public enjoyment, inspiration and scientific study, that it is in the public interest that the provisions of this chapter be adopted to preserve such values and to prevent deterioration of the natural and traditional riverway scene for the enjoyment of present and future generations of Connecticut citizens and that the powers of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, conferred by the provisions of section 22a-25, should be exercised in the furtherance of the purposes hereof in conformity with his general responsibility to preserve the natural resources of the state.
(P.A. 73-349, S. 1, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102b. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, “conservation zone” means the zone described in section 25-102c; “development rights” means the rights of the owner of property to improve such property, including the right to change the terrain, remove natural vegetation and construct buildings thereon; “land coverage” means that portion of a given plot of land on which construction is permitted; “scenic easement” means a less than fee interest in property acquired for the purpose of maintaining the existing condition of the property or of preserving an unobstructed view.
(P.A. 73-349, S. 2, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102f. - Acquisition of land and water interests by the state.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, with the approval of said commission and in the manner provided in section 22a-25, acquire in the name of the state interests less than fee in lands and waters, including scenic easements and development rights, necessary and applicable to the preservation of the Connecticut River as provided in section 25-102a within the area encompassed by the towns of Old Saybrook, Essex, Deep River, Chester, Haddam, East Haddam, Lyme and Old Lyme, provided he shall not so acquire the title to scenic easement and development rights with respect to more than twenty-five hundred acres and provided interests in lands and waters held by trusts for conservation purposes or municipally owned lands and waters shall not be subject to condemnation. The commissioner shall be guided in making such acquisitions by the recommendations of the committee made under subsection (a) of section 25-102d and by any modifications which the commission may make to such recommendations. Funds for such acquisitions shall be made available from the proceeds of bonds authorized under subdivision (9) of subsection (b) of section 2 of special act 73-74. Interests less than fee acquired by the commissioner by gift or devise shall not be applied against the twenty-five hundred acres referred to in this section. Interests acquired by purchase, at less than fair market value, as determined by the appraisal of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, shall be applied against said twenty-five hundred acre limitation to the extent of the percentage of purchase price to fair market value.
(P.A. 73-349, S. 10, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 7, 10; P.A. 75-370, S. 2, 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 74-103 specified that “interests less than fee acquired by the commissioner by gift or devise shall not be applied against the 2,500 acres referred to in this section”; P.A. 75-370 required that commissioner be guided by modifications to recommendations made by Commission and specified that interests acquired by purchase at less than fair market value “shall be applied against said twenty-five hundred acre limitation to the extent of the percentage of purchase price to fair market value”; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102h. - Action on applications to zoning boards of appeals referred to Connecticut River Gateway Commission.

Whenever any zoning board of appeals of a town which has voted to be governed by the provisions of this section and sections 25-102g and 25-102j receives an application with respect to land within the conservation zone, such board shall submit a copy of such application to the Connecticut River Gateway Commission and the conservation commission of the town within which such land is located not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing on such application. Said commission shall review such application to determine if the action requested in such application is adverse to the protection and development of the conservation zone in accordance with the purposes of this chapter and the standards set forth in section 25-102d. In addition to its other powers and duties, the zoning board of appeals shall determine if the action requested in such application is consistent with the purposes of this chapter and the standards set forth in subsection (b) of section 25-102g. Said commission and such conservation commission shall be deemed aggrieved parties at any hearing on any such application before the zoning board of appeals and for the purpose of taking an appeal pursuant to section 8-8.
(P.A. 73-349, S. 7, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 5, 10; P.A. 79-319, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 74-103 replaced previous provisions re discretionary submission of matters by zoning board of appeals to Commission for advisory opinions with provisions requiring zoning board of appeals to submit applications received concerning land within conservation zone to town conservation commission and Gateway Commission before hearing and setting out role of those commissions in application proceedings; P.A. 79-319 authorized zoning board of appeals to determine if request contained in the application is consistent with purposes of the chapter and standards under Sec. 25-102g.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102i. - Appeals from zoning boards of appeals to commission.

Section 25-102i is repealed.
(P.A. 73-349, S. 8, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 9, 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102j. - Withdrawal of town by referendum. Reinstatement by referendum.

(a) Any town which has voted to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-102g, 25-102h and this section may, by referendum, vote not to be so governed and, effective six months thereafter, the provisions of said sections shall not apply to such town. Upon the filing of a petition of not less than ten per cent of the voters of such town circulated as provided in section 7-9 and section 7-9a, such referendum shall be held, subject to the provisions of section 7-9b and section 7-9c, at a regular or special town meeting to be held within sixty days after such filing.
(b) Notwithstanding any decision of a town not to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-102g, 25-102h and this section, taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such town may vote to again be so governed by petition and referendum as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 73-349, S. 9, 11; P.A. 74-103, S. 6, 10.)
History: P.A. 74-103 added Subsec. (b) re subsequent votes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477a - Lower Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102m. - Standards and criteria for private residential docks and piers and management of scenic resources and visual impacts.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall select two harbor management commissions, established pursuant to section 22a-113k, from the member towns of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission, established pursuant to section 25-102e, to jointly recommend standards and criteria for the construction and location of private residential docks and piers and standards and criteria for the management of scenic resources and visual impacts within the limits of navigable waters, as defined in subsection (b) of section 15-3a.
(b) The standards and criteria recommended pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be jointly submitted for approval to the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Transportation. The commissioners shall approve or reject each recommendation not more than one hundred twenty days after submission.
(c) A harbor management commission established pursuant to section 22a-113k from a member town of the Connecticut River Gateway Commission established pursuant to section 25-102e may adopt any standard or criterion approved pursuant to subsection (b) of this section as part of its harbor management plan adopted pursuant to chapter 444a.
(P.A. 04-183, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 81.)
History: P.A. 04-183 effective June 1, 2004; P.A. 11-80 changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477b - Oil Spill Containment › Section 25-102t. - Oil spill containment and removal within lower Connecticut River area.

(a) As used in this section, “oil” means floating oil of any kind or in any form including but not limited to fuel oil, sludge, oil refuse and oil mixed with other matter; “lower Connecticut River” means the river and lands downstream of Middletown and East Hampton to Long Island Sound; “adjacent shoreline” means the land between, and including, the towns of Guilford and Waterford, and the waters of Long Island Sound extending outwards from these towns to the demarcation line between Connecticut and New York.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall (1) provide and maintain necessary equipment and train adequate emergency response personnel for the purpose of oil spill containment and removal within the lower Connecticut River and adjacent shoreline area; and (2) assist in and coordinate the development of oil spill containment and removal contingency plans for the towns located within the lower Connecticut River and adjacent shoreline area.
(P.A. 79-319, S. 1, 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 22a-449 re water pollution control powers of the commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102aa. - Legislative finding.

It is found that the upper Connecticut River and the towns abutting the river possess unique scenic, hydrologic, ecological, agricultural, recreational and historical value contributing to public enjoyment, inspiration and well being. Furthermore, it is found that it is in the public interest that the provisions of this chapter be adopted to preserve such values for the enjoyment of present and future generations of Connecticut citizens and to accomplish the following: (1) The protection and improvement of the water quality of the Connecticut River; (2) the preservation of the flood storage capacity of the Connecticut River; (3) the preservation of unique natural historic and scenic areas and the natural topography of riverfront land; (4) the preservation and encouragement of agricultural land uses which conserve the area's soil and water resources and maintain and increase the area's long-term food producing capacity; (5) the promotion of the area's recreational potential consistent with the ability of the land and the river to support such use; (6) the influencing of the visual impact of riverfront development; and (7) the encouragement of preservation and rehabilitation of the Connecticut River greenbelt.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 1, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102bb. - Definitions.

As used in this chapter, “conservation zone” means the zone described in section 25-102cc; “development rights” means the rights of the owner of property to improve such property, including the right to change the terrain, remove natural vegetation and construct buildings thereon; “scenic easement” means a less than fee interest in property acquired for the purpose of maintaining the existing condition of the property or of preserving an unobstructed view.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 2, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102dd. - Connecticut River Assembly. Membership. Withdrawal.

(a) The municipalities of Middletown, East Hampton, Portland, Cromwell, Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, Wethersfield, Hartford, East Hartford, Windsor, South Windsor, Windsor Locks, East Windsor, Suffield and Enfield shall comply with the provisions of this chapter.
(b) There shall be a Connecticut River Assembly consisting of: The Governor or his designee and one alternate member; one member and one alternate member of each municipality listed in subsection (a) of this section, appointed by the legislative body of such municipality; one member and one alternate member of the Capitol Region Council of Governments appointed by said council; one member and one alternate member of the Mid-State Regional Planning Agency appointed by said agency. Within sixty days after October 1, 1982, members and alternates shall be appointed who shall serve for a term of three years or until a successor is appointed and has qualified. An alternate member may vote on matters before the assembly in the absence of the member for whom he is an alternate. The initial terms of members shall commence when eight of the municipalities listed in subsection (a) of this section have appointed a member and an alternate member and the initial terms of members for municipalities which appoint a member and an alternate member at a later date shall be concurrent with the terms of those already members of the assembly. Any vacancy on the assembly shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment and shall be for a period of three years. No member shall receive any compensation for service on said assembly. Said assembly shall elect from its members a chairman and such other officers as it deems necessary and shall establish its own rules of procedure.
(c) Any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body, withdraw from the assembly and, one year after such vote, the provisions of this chapter shall not apply to such municipality. A vote for withdrawal shall not be taken until after a public hearing on a proposed withdrawal at which parties in interest and citizens shall have an opportunity to be heard. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given in a newspaper or newspapers having a substantial circulation in such municipality at least fifteen days before such hearing. The findings and recommendations of the assembly and the conservation zone prepared pursuant to special act 79-77, as amended by special act 81-1, shall be filed for public inspection in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipality holding said hearing at least ten days before such hearing.
(d) A municipality which has withdrawn from membership on the assembly may again become a member by a vote taken in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 4, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102ee. - Staff. Funds. Termination.

The assembly may employ expert and such other assistants as it deems necessary and may accept funds from any source. The assembly shall work in cooperation with state and municipal agencies. The assembly shall report to the General Assembly, on or before February fifteenth, annually, on its activities and finances of the preceding year. The existence of the assembly shall terminate at such time as all of its member municipalities have withdrawn or it is abolished by the General Assembly.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 5, 11.)
History: P.A. 82-296, S. 5, effective October 1, 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102gg. - Local zoning within the conservation zone. Revision of standards.

(a) The planning commission and the zoning commission or the combined planning and zoning commission of each assembly municipality shall, within one year after October 1, 1983, revise the zoning regulations and subdivision regulations relating to land within the conservation zone of such municipality, to meet the minimum standards established pursuant to special act 79-77, as amended by special act 81-1, and thereafter shall promptly make further revisions to meet any revised standards adopted by the assembly pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The assembly shall, from time to time, review, and may, after public hearing of which at least fifteen days' notice has been given in a newspaper or newspapers having a circulation in the conservation zone, revise the standards established pursuant to special act 79-77, as amended by special act 81-1. Such revisions shall be consistent with the state plan of conservation and development adopted pursuant to part I of chapter 297 and the purposes of this chapter. A copy of the proposed revisions shall be furnished at least fifteen days prior thereto to the conservation commission, zoning commission, the planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of the municipalities to be affected thereby and shall be filed at least ten days prior to the hearing in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipalities affected thereby.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 7, 11; P.A. 22-23, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 82-296, S. 7, effective October 1, 1983; P.A. 22-23 made technical changes in Subsec. (b).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102hh. - Revision of zone boundary.

The assembly may revise the zone boundary established by section 25-102bb by a two-thirds vote of all of the members of the assembly and after public hearing of which at least fifteen days notice has been given in a newspaper or newspapers having a circulation in the conservation zone. Any revision shall be approved by the members of the assembly representing the town or towns impacted by such revision. A copy of the proposed revision to be presented at such public hearing shall be furnished at least fifteen days prior thereto to the conservation commission, zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of the assembly municipalities and shall be filed at least ten days prior thereto in the office of the town or city clerk of the municipalities.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 8, 11.)
History: P.A. 82-296, S. 8, effective October 1, 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102ii. - Comment on acquisition of land and water interests by the state.

In making fee and less than fee acquisitions in lands and waters, including scenic easements and development rights, applicable to the preservation of the Connecticut River as provided in section 25-102aa within the area encompassed by the conservation zone defined in section 25-102cc, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall invite comments from the assembly. The commissioner shall consider the recommendations of the assembly and any modifications to such recommendations.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 9, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-296, S. 9, effective October 1, 1983; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477c - Upper Connecticut River Conservation Zone › Section 25-102jj. - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act not applicable.

The provisions of chapter 54 shall not apply to any procedures to be followed or actions taken pursuant to the provisions of this chapter.
(P.A. 82-296, S. 10, 11.)
History: P.A. 82-296, S. 10, effective October 1, 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477d - River Protection › Section 25-102pp. - Definition.

As used in sections 25-102pp and 25-102qq, “protected river corridor” means any river, river segment and adjacent lands deemed worthy of permanent protection, preservation and resource management because of environmental, historic, hydrologic, ecologic, agricultural or recreational qualities.
(P.A. 84-522, S. 1, 8; P.A. 95-333, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 95-333 deleted references to repealed sections.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477d - River Protection › Section 25-102rr to 25-102vv. - River protection commissions. Powers and duties of commission. Designation of protected river corridor; factors to be considered by commissioner; periodic review. Recording of map and filing of plan; action on applications to agencies referred to river protection commissions; exemptions. Considerations in certain permit decisions.

Sections 25-102rr to 25-102vv, inclusive, are repealed.
(P.A. 84-522, S. 3–8; P.A. 85-158; P.A. 86-403, S. 58, 132; P.A. 91-394, S. 2; P.A. 95-333, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477d - River Protection › Section 25-102ww. - Applications affecting Shepaug River and Bantam River.

The Shepaug Bantam River Protection Commission shall review and comment on all applications affecting the Shepaug River or the Bantam River, or both, which are received by the inland wetlands agencies of the towns of Litchfield, Morris, Roxbury, Warren and Washington.
(P.A. 90-341, S. 9; P.A. 95-333, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 95-333 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 25-102uu.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 477d - River Protection › Section 25-102xx. - Model river protection ordinance.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the River Protection Advisory Committee, shall prepare a model river protection ordinance which may be used by any municipality in this state in adopting ordinances or regulations for the protection of rivers. Such model ordinance may include, but need not be limited to, recommendations for the modification of municipal plans of development and zoning, subdivision, site plan and wetlands regulations as necessary to allow implementation of a river protection ordinance or regulation. Such recommendations may concern tourism, navigation, utility and transportation rights-of-way and water-dependent recreational, industrial, commercial, agricultural and other uses, as well as proposals for specific setbacks from the river, dimensions of new lots and buildings, restrictions on cutting of vegetation, restrictions on earth-moving for mining or other purposes, prohibited activities and regulation of paving and other forms of impervious ground cover. Such plan may also include recommendations for incentives for property owners to protect lands within the river corridor and to develop such lands in a manner that is compatible with resource protection. Such incentives may include tax credits for donation to appropriate parties of open space easements or land development rights and incentives for cluster development.
(P.A. 98-105, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 110; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical correction; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478 - Soil Conservation (See Chapter 446h) › Section 25-103. - Soil Conservation Advisory Committee.

Section 25-103 is repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 3061; 1953, S. 1702d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 121.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109c. - Definitions.

As used in sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive, “conservation zone” means the zone described in section 25-109d; “development rights” means the rights of the owner of property to improve such property, including the right to change the terrain, remove natural vegetation and construct buildings thereon; “land coverage” means that portion of a given plot of land on which construction is permitted; “scenic easement” means a less than fee interest in property acquired for the purpose of maintaining the existing condition of the property or of preserving an unobstructed view.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109d. - Conservation zone designated.

All of the following parcels of land are hereby designated as a conservation zone: (1) A parcel of land located west of the Niantic River, beginning at a point 1000 feet to the southeast of the highway limits of Interstate Route 95 and 1500 feet to the west of the mean high water line of the Niantic River and proceeding southerly in a direct line for a distance of 5000 feet to a point 2000 feet to the west of the mean high water line of the Niantic River, thence due east along a line to the intersection of said line with the mean high water line of the Niantic River, thence northerly along said mean high water line to a point 750 feet southerly of U.S. Route 1, thence westerly to the point of beginning and (2) a parcel of land located east of the Niantic River, 100 feet landward of the mean high water line of the Niantic River, from the Golden Spur Ridge to Sandy Point.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 2; P.A. 88-364, S. 102, 123.)
History: P.A. 88-364 amended description of conservation zone boundaries.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109e. - Niantic River Gateway Commission established.

(a) The towns of East Lyme and Waterford may by ordinance establish a Niantic River Gateway Commission. The ordinance shall set forth the number of members of the commission, their method of selection, terms of office and procedure for filling any vacancy. The commission may employ expert and such other assistants as it judges necessary and may accept funds from any source. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, funds appropriated to the commission, or received by the commission from any other source, shall be held in the custody of the commission and expended by the commission for the purposes set forth in sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the commission may: (1) Acquire or convey by purchase, gift, lease, devise, exchange or otherwise, any land or interest therein including, but not limited to, conservation easements, located wholly or partly in the conservation zone, provided such acquisition does not utilize funds furnished by the state; (2) transfer, with the approval of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, any land or interest therein to the state with or without consideration, provided any funds received therefor shall not be deemed funds furnished by the state for the purposes of this section; and (3) contribute or transfer funds to, and enter into agreements with, land trusts or other conservation organizations, to carry out the purposes of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive. The commission shall report to the General Assembly, on or before February fifteenth, annually, on its activities of the preceding year and on its finances. The existence of the commission shall terminate at such time as each of its member towns has withdrawn or it is abolished by the General Assembly.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109f. - Standards for preservation.

(a) Within ninety days after establishment, the commission shall: (1) Hold public hearings for the purpose of developing minimum standards to preserve the area within the conservation zone as hereinafter provided; (2) using as guidelines whatever standards may be applicable, including those set down for estuarine sanctuaries by the Department of Commerce under the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972, (P.L. 92-583), prepare minimum standards for the regulation of the usage of property within the conservation zone consistent with the purposes of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive, and for the protection and development, for purposes of said sections, of such property by means of land coverage, frontage, setback, design and building height and the regulation of the cutting of timber, burning of undergrowth, removal of soil or other earth materials and the dumping or storing of refuse to prevent deterioration of the natural or traditional riverway scene, provided such standards shall not discourage constructive development and uses of such property, which are consistent with the purposes of said sections; (3) present such standards, with relevant findings as to whether the plan of development and zoning ordinances and planning and subdivision regulations, relating to land within the conservation zone of each town conform with such standards and, if not, specifying the particulars in which they do not conform, to the conservation commissions, zoning commissions, planning commissions and planning and zoning commissions of each town.
(b) The commissions of each town referred to in subsection (a) of this section shall study the standards established and shall, within ninety days of such submission, submit to its legislative body, recommendations as to whether the town should vote to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive. Failure of a commission to make such recommendations within the time limited therefor shall be deemed a recommendation that the town should vote to be so governed. Such legislative body shall vote as to whether the town shall be governed by the provisions of said sections.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 4; P.A. 05-288, S. 115.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 13, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109h. - Action on applications to zoning boards of appeals referred to Niantic River Gateway Commission.

Whenever any zoning board of appeals of a town which has voted to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive, receives an application with respect to land within the conservation zone, such board shall submit a copy of such application to the Niantic River Gateway Commission and the conservation commission of the town within which such land is located not less than ten days prior to the date set for the hearing on such application. Said commission shall review such application to determine if the action requested in such application is adverse to the protection and development of the conservation zone in accordance with the purposes of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive, and the standards set forth in section 25-109f. In addition to its other powers and duties, the zoning board of appeals shall determine if the action requested in such application is consistent with the purposes of said sections and the standards set forth in subsection (b) of section 25-109g. Said commission and such conservation commission shall be deemed aggrieved parties at any hearing on any such application before the zoning board of appeals and for the purpose of taking an appeal pursuant to section 8-8.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109i. - Withdrawal of town by referendum. Reinstatement by referendum.

(a) Any town which has voted to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive, may, by referendum, vote not to be so governed and, effective six months thereafter, the provisions of said sections shall not apply to such town. Upon the filing of a petition of not less than ten per cent of the voters of such town circulated as provided in sections 7-9 and 7-9a, such referendum shall be held, subject to the provisions of sections 7-9b and 7-9c, at a regular or special town meeting to be held within sixty days after such filing.
(b) Notwithstanding any decision of a town not to be governed by the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive, taken pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, such town may vote to again be so governed by petition and referendum as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478a - Niantic River Gateway Commission › Section 25-109j. - Uniform Administrative Procedure Act not applicable.

The provisions of chapter 54 shall not apply to any procedures to be followed or actions taken pursuant to the provisions of sections 25-109c to 25-109k, inclusive.
(P.A. 87-512, S. 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 478b - Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers National Heritage Corridor (Repealed) › Section 25-109q. - Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers National Heritage Corridor Advisory Council.

Section 25-109q is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 95-180; 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 210(e); P.A. 04-20, S. 3; 04-205, S. 5; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 30; P.A. 11-48, S. 171; 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 480 - Northeastern Water and Related Land Resources Compact › Section 25-121. - Appointment of commission member.

On or before May 1, 1975, and quadrennially thereafter, the Governor shall appoint one person from this state to serve on the Northeastern Resources Commission and the term of such office shall commence on the first day of July following the appointment. A commission member shall serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified, and any vacancy in such office shall be filled by the Governor for the unexpired portion of the term. Such commission member shall serve as the representative of the state of Connecticut on said commission and shall have the powers and duties provided in section 25-120.
(1959, P.A. 641, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 481 - Interstate Water Compact (Repealed) › Section 25-122 to 25-125. - Authority to enter compact. Assistance to Governor. Connecticut Interstate Water Compact Commission. Appropriation.

Sections 25-122 to 25-125, inclusive, are repealed.
(February, 1965, P.A. 626, S. 1–4; P.A. 80-187.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 482 - Well Drilling › Section 25-126. - Definitions.

For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) “Well” means an artificial excavation or opening in the ground, by which groundwater can be obtained or through which it flows under natural pressure or is artificially withdrawn;
(2) “Abandoned well” means a well whose use has been permanently discontinued;
(3) “Groundwater” means subsurface water;
(4) “Well drilling” means and includes the industry, procedure and all operations engaged in by any person, full time or part time, for compensation or otherwise, to obtain water from a well or wells by drilling, or other methods, for any purpose or use;
(5) “Well driller” means a person who engages in well drilling;
(6) “Person” includes an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, association or organization, or any combination thereof;
(7) “Board” means the examining board for plumbing and piping work;
(8) “Water-supply well” means a well constructed for the purpose of obtaining or providing water for drinking or other domestic, industrial, commercial, agricultural or recreational use;
(9) “Non-water-supply well” means any well other than a water-supply well.
(1969, P.A. 659, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 30, 55; P.A. 95-79, S. 104, 189; P.A. 96-17, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12 in Subdiv. (7) changed Connecticut well drilling board to examining board for plumbing and piping work; P.A. 95-79 redefined “person” to include a limited liability company, effective May 31, 1995; P.A. 96-17 added definitions of “water-supply well” and “non-water-supply well”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 482 - Well Drilling › Section 25-127. - Connecticut Well Drilling Board.

Section 25-127 is repealed.
(1969, P.A. 659, S. 2; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 139; P.A. 77-614, S. 179, 323, 610; P.A. 80-184; Nov. Sp. Sess. P.A. 81-11, S. 14, 19; P.A. 82-431, S. 1, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-12, S. 54, 55.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 482 - Well Drilling › Section 25-130. - Permit to drill.

Before commencing work on any water-supply well, the registered well driller shall apply to the board for a permit to drill such well. A fee of five dollars shall accompany such application. If the water-supply well conforms to the Well Drilling Code, as from time to time amended, the board shall issue such permit which shall contain the name and address of the well driller, the date of issuance and the specific location of the well. The driller shall then submit the permit with a fee to be determined by the legislative body of a town, city or borough or the board of a district department of health, as the case may be, to the local director of health or his agent who shall sign such permit if said proposed water-supply well conforms to the Public Health Code. No water-supply well shall be drilled until such a permit is issued and countersigned and until the driller has informed his client, in writing, that well drilling is subject to regulation by the Department of Consumer Protection and that complaints may be directed to that department.
(1969, P.A. 659, S. 5; P.A. 82-431, S. 3, 6; P.A. 83-207; P.A. 89-251, S. 160, 203; P.A. 96-17, S. 4; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 82-431 required permit to show “specific” rather than “approximate” location of well and well driller to inform client, in writing, that complaints may be made to the department; P.A. 83-207 provided that the permit fee, formerly $1, should be set by the local authority; P.A. 89-251 increased the application fee from $4 to $5; P.A. 96-17 changed references to “wells” to “water-supply wells”; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.