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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails › Section 23-67. - Appalachian National Scenic Trail. Acquisition of land. Provision of facilities.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is hereby authorized by purchase, gift, eminent domain or otherwise to acquire such land, including but not limited to rights-of-way and easements for the purpose of protecting or enhancing scenic beauty, as may be deemed necessary to establish, protect and maintain the portion of the Appalachian National Scenic Trail between the Massachusetts and New York state lines as designated in the Federal Register or as otherwise altered according to the provisions of Public Law 90-543, and may also provide shelters and other facilities thereon; provided the power of eminent domain shall not be utilized to acquire a strip of land bordering said trail no greater than two hundred feet in overall width.
(1971, P.A. 638, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails › Section 23-68. - Transfer of land from other agencies for Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

Any department or agency of the state or of any political subdivision may transfer to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection lands or rights in land for such purposes on such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, or may enter into an agreement with the commissioner providing for the establishment and protection of said trail.
(1971, P.A. 638, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails › Section 23-69. - Uses of Appalachian National Scenic Trail and land.

As ordered in Public Law 90-543, the Appalachian National Scenic Trail shall be held, developed and administered primarily as a footpath and the natural scenic beauty thereof shall be preserved insofar as it is practicable; provided that other uses of the trail and lands acquired hereunder may be permitted, by the owner of adjoining lands or other, in such manner and in such seasons as will not substantially interfere with the primary use of the trail. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the right of the public to pass over existing public roads which are or may become part of the trail, nor prevent the department from performing such work as is necessary for the purpose of forest fire protection, insect, pest and disease control.
(1971, P.A. 638, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails › Section 23-70. - Maintenance agreements re Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

As stated in Public Law 90-543, the commissioner may enter into cooperative agreements with agencies of the federal government or with private organizations to provide for the maintenance of the trail.
(1971, P.A. 638, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails › Section 23-71. - Liability of grantor of right-of-way re Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

No person who has granted a right-of-way for said trail across his land, or his successor in title, shall be liable to any user of the trail for injuries suffered on said right-of-way unless the injuries are caused by his wilful or wanton misconduct as covered in the provisions of sections 52-557f to 52-557i, inclusive.
(1971, P.A. 638, S. 6; P.A. 73-616, S. 22; P.A. 75-567, S. 71, 80.)
History: P.A. 73-616 replaced reference to Secs. “23-27a through 23-27k” with reference to Secs. “52-557f to 52-557i, inclusive”; P.A. 75-567 deleted words “as they may become amended” following internal section reference.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 452 - Scenic Trails › Section 23-72. - Use of funds for Appalachian National Scenic Trail.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is hereby authorized to use any department funds which may become available to carry out sections 23-66 to 23-72, inclusive. Any available funds from the United States Land and Water Conservation Fund or other federal assistance programs may also be used to accomplish this purpose.
(1971, P.A. 638, S. 7; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-73. - Definitions.

As used in sections 23-74 to 23-80, inclusive:
(1) “Appraised value” means the fair market value of property without the consideration of the effect, if any, of dedication or other preservation related restrictions;
(2) “Acquisition” means the acquiring of real property or any interest therein by the department or its cooperators by purchase, gift or devise;
(3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection;
(4) “Connecticut natural diversity data base” or “data base” means the department's computer-assisted inventory of threatened or endangered species, natural systems and geologic features;
(5) “Cooperating entity” or “cooperator” means a private nonprofit land-holding organization, a municipal conservation commission or any other body deemed by the commissioner as satisfactorily able to assist in the acquisition of land or able to serve as primary manager;
(6) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; and
(7) “Program” means the Connecticut recreation and natural heritage trust program created by this section and sections 23-74 to 23-80, inclusive.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 1, 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 14, 45; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 25, 130; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. 93-1 amended section by deleting former Subdiv. (8) which had defined “trust fund” or “fund”, effective July 1, 1993; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change, effective July 1, 1994; (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference in Subdiv. (3) to “Commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” for consistency with customary statutory usage); 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 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-74. - Recreation and natural heritage trust program. Purpose.

There is hereby created the recreation and natural heritage trust program to: (1) Acquire land that represents the ecological diversity of Connecticut, including natural features such as riverine, montane, coastal and geologic systems or other natural areas, on behalf of the state, in order to ensure the preservation and conservation of such land for recreational, scientific, educational, cultural and aesthetic purposes, (2) acquire land of unusual natural interest as additions to the system of parks, forests, wildlife and fishery management areas, natural areas and dedicated natural area preserves in the state for the beneficial use and enjoyment of the public, (3) acquire land identified as essential habitat for endangered and threatened species pursuant to the program established under section 26-305, (4) offset carbon dioxide produced through combustion of fossil fuels by preserving lands that naturally absorb it, and (5) establish a stewardship account to provide for the maintenance, protection and management of lands acquired pursuant to the provisions of sections 23-73 to 23-79, inclusive, and of the species that inhabit them.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 2, 15; P.A. 89-224, S. 13, 22; P.A. 98-157, S. 11, 15.)
History: P.A. 89-224 inserted new Subdiv. (3) re acquisition of land identified as essential habitat for endangered and threatened species, renumbering former Subdiv. (3) as (4); P.A. 98-157 added Subdiv. (4) re acquisition of land to offset carbon dioxide emissions, effective July 1, 1998 (Revisor's note: A reference to Sec. 23-80 was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 23-79, since Sec. 23-80 was repealed by P.A. 98-157).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-76. - Acquisitions list. Stewardship account income.

The department shall maintain and quarterly revise a list of acquisitions made pursuant to sections 23-73 to 23-79, inclusive. Such list shall include the acreage of each acquisition and shall identify the cooperating entity or the section or division of the department which has primary management responsibility or the right to receive income from the stewardship account established pursuant to section 23-79 for such acquisition. The department shall have primary management responsibility and the right to receive stewardship account income for that responsibility except where there are contrary indications in other preservation-related restrictions or agreements controlling the management of a site or where there was a contrary agreement filed with the department when the acquisition was made. The commissioner may name a cooperator to receive income from the stewardship account.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 4, 15.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference to Sec. 23-80 was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 23-79, since Sec. 23-80 repealed by P.A. 98-157).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-77. - Funding sources for program purposes.

(a) Resources from the following sources shall be used by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to effect the purposes of the program: Proceeds from the sale of any bonds authorized for the purposes of sections 23-73 to 23-79, inclusive, and any funds received as contributions from governmental or private sources.
(b) The resources of the program may be applied and expended to: (1) Acquire property or an interest in property; or (2) maintain lands pursuant to a stewardship account authorized under section 23-79. The provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection shall apply to all costs incurred by the commissioner or a cooperating entity that the commissioner determines are directly related to the acquisition of the property.
(c) Payments from program resources may be made to cooperating entities for program acquisitions provided the commissioner has issued to such entity a letter of intent requesting assistance in an acquisition. A cooperating entity may request a letter of intent for a proposed acquisition. Upon submission of a cooperating entity's expenses for acquisition and related costs to the department pursuant to a contract for such acquisition, the commissioner or his designee shall authorize payment of expenses at reasonable intervals during the acquisition process, as determined by the commissioner.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 5, 6, 15; P.A. 87-448, S. 2, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 15, 45; P.A. 94-175, S. 20, 32; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 80, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-448 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize municipal contributions to the fund and amended Subsec. (c) to clarify the eligibility for payment from the fund of any cost related to property acquisition; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended section by deleting references to a recreation and natural heritage trust “fund”, substituting references to “program” and deleted former Subsec. (b) which had required that the fund be used for purposes of the program, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-175 amended Subsec. (a) to delete provisions requiring that fund be held separate from other moneys, that investment earnings be credited to assets, that year-end balances be carried forward and that payments require commissioner's authorization, effective June 2, 1994; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4 and P.A. 95-160 revised effective date of P.A. 94-175 but without affecting this section; (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference to Sec. 23-80 was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 23-79, since Sec. 23-80 was repealed by P.A. 98-157); 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. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-78. - Matching funds.

Any moneys authorized for the program may be expended with matching funds from: (1) Private contributions of cash or securities, in an amount not less than fifteen per cent; (2) moneys from a federal matching program, subject to the limitations of applicable federal and state laws, in an amount authorized by said federal program; (3) contributions of real property, or interest therein, that serves recreational and natural heritage land acquisition needs of the department as determined by the commissioner; (4) municipal contributions of cash or securities, in an amount not less than fifteen per cent, provided contributions from municipalities, nonprofit entities and water companies shall be derived from a source other than state grant moneys obtained from the open space and watershed land acquisition grant program; or (5) any combination thereof. Contributions of land or interest in land shall be valued, for purposes of this section, in the amount of their appraised value.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 7, 15; P.A. 87-448, S. 3, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 16, 45; P.A. 98-157, S. 1, 15.)
History: P.A. 87-448 deleted the 50% matching contribution requirement and made expenditures from the fund discretionary rather than mandatory, amended Subdiv. (1) to require matching contributions from private entities of 20%, added Subdiv. (4) concerning municipal contributions and renumbered the remaining Subdiv. accordingly; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended section by substituting references to “program” for references to “fund”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 98-157 reduced matching fund requirements for private and municipal contributions to 15% and added condition that certain matching funds not be derived from the open space and watershed land acquisition grant program, effective July 1, 1998.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-79. - Stewardship account.

To ensure the proper management of land acquired pursuant to sections 23-73 to 23-79, inclusive, concurrent with each land acquisition, an amount not to exceed twenty per cent of the appraised value of the land may be allocated from the proceeds of bonds authorized for the purposes of this program to be used for the management of acquisitions or to be deposited in a stewardship account which shall be established by the Comptroller as a separate nonlapsing account within the General Fund. Income derived from the investment of such account shall be credited to such account and such account shall be used for the management of acquisitions. The commissioner may name a cooperator as primary manager of the land and on such nomination may authorize, at reasonable times and in reasonable amounts, payments to the primary manager for expenses incurred in the management of program acquisitions. A cooperator shall not be required to provide matching funds for any expenditure from a stewardship account. Said account shall also receive any other funds, as required by law or any contributions from others.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 8, 15; P.A. 87-448, S. 4, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1, S. 17, 45; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1, S. 26, 130; P.A. 14-98, S. 59.)
History: P.A. 87-448 added provision that cooperators shall not be required to match stewardship account expenditures; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 93-1 amended section by deleting references to “fund” and authorized use of bond proceeds for management of acquisitions, effective July 1, 1993; May 25 Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-1 made technical change, effective July 1, 1994; (Revisor's note: In 1999 a reference to Sec. 23-80 was changed editorially by the Revisors to Sec. 23-79, since Sec. 23-80 was repealed by P.A. 98-157); P.A. 14-98 added provision re receipt of other funds or contributions, effective May 22, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-80. - Advisory board. Annual report.

Section 23-80 is repealed, effective July 1, 1998.
(P.A. 86-406, S. 9, 15; P.A. 87-448, S. 5, 6; P.A. 91-405, S. 3; P.A. 96-180, S. 91, 166; P.A. 98-157, S. 14, 15.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-81. - “Connecticut Heritage Area” defined. State planning consideration and project partnering.

(a) As used in this section, section 23-81a and section 16a-27, “Connecticut Heritage Area” means a place within the state that has been identified by the General Assembly as having significant historic, recreational, cultural, natural and scenic resources that form an important part of the state's heritage.
(b) Each state agency, department, board and commission (1) shall consider Connecticut Heritage Areas when developing planning documents and processes, and (2) may partner with the managing entities of such areas on projects concerning, but not limited to, environmental protection, heritage resource preservation, recreation, tourism and trail development.
(P.A. 09-221, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 09-221 effective July 8, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 453 - Recreation and Natural Heritage Trust Program. Connecticut Heritage Areas › Section 23-81a. - Recognized Connecticut Heritage Areas.

The General Assembly recognizes two Connecticut Heritage Areas: (1) The Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor, and (2) the Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area.
(P.A. 09-221, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 09-221 effective July 8, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 454 - Greenways and Bikeways › Section 23-100. - Definitions.

As used in sections 23-101, 23-102, 32-9qq, 32-327 and 32-228, “greenway” means a corridor of open space that (1) may protect natural resources, preserve scenic landscapes and historical resources or offer opportunities for recreation or nonmotorized transportation, (2) may connect existing protected areas and provide access to the outdoors, (3) may be located along a defining natural feature, such as a waterway, along a man-made corridor, including an unused right-of-way, traditional trail routes or historic barge canals or (4) may be a greenspace along a highway or around a village.
(P.A. 95-335, S. 1, 26; P.A. 21-193, S. 22.)
History: P.A. 95-335 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 21-193 deleted reference to Sec. 32-6a, effective July 13, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 23 - Parks, Forests and Public Shade Trees › Chapter 454 - Greenways and Bikeways › Section 23-101. - Greenways capital grant program. Greenways small grants program. Regulations.

(a) There is established a greenways capital grant program that shall be administered by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. Grants may be made to municipalities and other organizations for the purpose of providing matching funds to develop greenways, including, but not limited to, transportation-related greenways supported by the federal Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century, as amended from time to time. The amount of any grant shall be as follows: (1) For transportation greenways projects that are part of interstate greenways, not more than twenty per cent of the project cost; (2) for transportation greenways projects that are local spurs from interstate greenways or that are intertown greenways projects, not more than ten per cent of the project cost; and (3) for greenways that are not transportation greenways, not more than half of the capital costs of the project.
(b) There is established a greenways small grants program which shall be administered by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commissioner may, within available appropriations, make a grant to any municipality or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, and nongovernmental organizations for planning, design and implementation of greenway projects. Any grant shall be not more than five thousand dollars and the total amount of all grants under this subsection shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars in any fiscal year. Land acquisition costs shall not be eligible for reimbursement with grants under this section.
(c) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 to implement this section.
(P.A. 95-335, S. 2, 26; P.A. 00-148, S. 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 301.)
History: P.A. 95-335 effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 00-148 amended Subsec. (a) by changing “Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991” to “Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century” and by making a technical change; 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; P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and changing “government” to “governments”, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 24 - State Geological and Natural History Survey. Weather Control Board › Chapter 462 - State Geological and Natural History Survey › Section 24-2. - Objects of survey.

The state geological and natural history survey shall be under the direction of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Said survey shall have for its objects: (1) An examination of the geological formation of the state, with special reference to such economic products as building stones, clays, ores and other mineral substances; (2) an examination of the animal and plant life of the state, with special reference to its economic and educational value; (3) the preparation of special maps to illustrate the resources of the state; (4) the preparation of special reports, with necessary illustrations and maps, which shall embrace both a general and detailed description of the geology and natural history of the state.
(1949 Rev., S. 3543; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 434; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act placed geological survey under environmental protection commissioner's direction; 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 24 - State Geological and Natural History Survey. Weather Control Board › Chapter 462 - State Geological and Natural History Survey › Section 24-2a. - Disclosure of the location of rare, threatened or endangered species.

Section 24-2a is repealed.
(P.A. 84-283, S. 1; P.A. 89-224, S. 21, 22.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 24 - State Geological and Natural History Survey. Weather Control Board › Chapter 462 - State Geological and Natural History Survey › Section 24-3. - Distribution of survey reports. Sales and publication account.

(a) Said commissioner shall cause to be prepared a report to the General Assembly before each regular session of the same in the odd-numbered years, showing the progress and condition of the survey, together with such other information as he deems useful or as the General Assembly requires. The regular and special reports of the survey, with illustrations and maps, shall be produced for public use and shall be distributed or sold by the commissioner as the interests of the state and of science may demand.
(b) There is established a separate account within the General Fund, to be known as the state geological and natural history survey sales and publication account, for the purpose of providing moneys for production of environmental publications and purchase, for resale, of related materials and products. All moneys obtained from the sale of such publications, materials and products shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to said account and the commissioner may expend moneys of said account for the production and distribution of such publications and the purchase, for resale, of such materials and products.
(1949 Rev., S. 3544; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 435; P.A. 80-426, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-312, S. 11, 21; P.A. 88-168, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-256, S. 3, 6.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to commissioners, presumably members of a commission consisting of governor and representatives of various colleges in the state but having no specific title, which was abolished by same act, with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 80-426 added Subsec. (b) establishing geological and natural history survey sales and publication fund; P.A. 86-312 changed sales and publication “fund” from a revolving fund to a separate “account” within the general fund; P.A. 88-168 amended Subsec. (b) to authorize expenditures for editing and to increase the amount authorized to remain in the fund at the end of the fiscal year from $10,000 to $30,000; P.A. 93-256 expanded authority for production of reports under this section and removed cap on fees retained in account, effective July 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 24 - State Geological and Natural History Survey. Weather Control Board › Chapter 462 - State Geological and Natural History Survey › Section 24-4. - Disposition of material collected.

All material collected, after having served the purposes of the survey, shall be distributed by the commissioner to the educational institutions of the state in such manner as to be of the greatest advantage to the educational interests of the state, or, if deemed advisable by said commissioner, the whole or any part of such material shall be put on permanent exhibition.
(1949 Rev., S. 3545; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 436.)
History: 1971 act replaced reference to commissioners, members of a commission consisting of governor and representatives of various colleges in the state but having no specific title, which was abolished by the same act, with references to environmental protection commissioner.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 24 - State Geological and Natural History Survey. Weather Control Board › Chapter 463 - Weather Control Board (Repealed) › Section 24-5 to 24-8. - Weather Control Board.

Sections 24-5 to 24-8, inclusive, are repealed.
(1959, P.A. 668, S. 1–4; 1961, P.A. 16; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 206; P.A. 77-614, S. 609, 610.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 473 - Water Resources › Section 25-1. - Appointment and qualifications of commission.

Section 25-1 is repealed.
(1949, Rev., S. 3565, 4041; 1955, S. 1956d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 2, 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 157.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 473 - Water Resources › Section 25-3a. - Conduct of hearings.

Section 25-3a is repealed.
(1961, P.A. 273, S. 1; 1967, P.A. 57, S. 33; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 157.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 473 - Water Resources › Section 25-8a to 25-8e. - Diversion of river waters for public or domestic use. Action on application for permit. Revocation or modification of permit. Appeal. Committee to determine and award damages.

Sections 25-8a to 25-8e, inclusive, are repealed.
(1967, P.A. 792, S. 1–5; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 78; 872, S. 62–66; P.A. 75-486, S. 58, 69; P.A. 76-436, S. 467, 681; P.A. 77-603, S. 107, 125; 77-614, S. 162, 323, 610; P.A. 80-482, S. 182, 348; P.A. 82-402, S. 15, 16.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 473 - Water Resources › Section 25-9. - Registration of well drillers. Permit. Report.

Section 25-9 is repealed.
(1955, S. 2118d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 15; 1959, P.A. 378, S. 1; 1963, P.A. 187; 1967, P.A. 735; 1969, P.A. 659, S. 13.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-19 to 25-24. - Pollution of waters.

Sections 25-19 to 25-24, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4040, 4042–4046; 1949, S. 2114d; 1953, S. 2115d; 1955, S. 2116d; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 11, 13, 36; 1961, P.A. 273, S. 4; 343; February, 1965, P.A. 489, S. 1–4; 1967, P.A. 57, S. 36.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-28 to 25-31. - Orders of state department; appeals. Failure to comply with orders. Rights not to vest. Penalty.

Sections 25-28 to 25-31, inclusive, are repealed.
(1949 Rev., S. 4035, 4037–4039; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 79; 872, S. 76, 77; P.A. 73-555, S. 9, 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32a. - “Consumer” and “water company” defined.

As used in sections 25-32, 25-33 and 25-34, “consumer” means any private dwelling, hotel, motel, boardinghouse, apartment, store, office building, institution, mechanical or manufacturing establishment or other place of business or industry to which water is supplied by a water company; “water company” means any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipality or other entity, or the lessee thereof, who or which owns, maintains, operates, manages, controls or employs any pond, lake, reservoir, well, stream or distributing plant or system that supplies water to two or more consumers or to twenty-five or more persons on a regular basis provided if any individual, partnership, association, corporation, municipality or other entity or lessee owns or controls eighty per cent of the equity value of more than one such system or company, the number of consumers or persons supplied by all such systems so controlled shall be considered as owned by one company for the purposes of this definition.
(1967, P.A. 691, S. 3; P.A. 75-70; P.A. 95-329, S. 4, 31.)
History: P.A. 75-70 added to definition of “water company” to include those supplying water to twenty-five or more persons on a regular basis; P.A. 95-329 changed “for the purpose of supplying” to “that supplies” in the definition of water company, effective July 1, 1995.
See Sec. 25-32n re exclusion of municipality with well water service to a school administration building from consideration as a water company.
Trial court properly construed term “municipality” under section to include the town, rather than limiting it to town's water division as a separate entity, thus subjecting town to department's jurisdiction. 262 C. 758.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32c. - Civil penalty.

Any person who violates any provision of an authorization or order issued pursuant to section 25-32b, shall pay a civil fine not to exceed five thousand dollars per day, to be fixed by the Superior Court, commencing from the date compliance to the authorization or order was required. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the Commissioner of Public Health, shall institute a civil action to recover such fine.
(P.A. 84-281, S. 2, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32f. - Testimony by commissioner on municipal actions. Appeals.

The Commissioner of Public Health or his designee may submit written testimony to any municipal board or commission and may appear by right as a party to any hearing before such municipal board or commission concerning any proposed municipal plan of conservation and development or zoning regulations or changes thereto affecting a public water supply or a municipal approval, permit or license for a building, use or structure affecting a public water supply and said commissioner may appeal, or appear as a party to any appeal of, a municipal decision concerning such matters whether or not he has appeared as a party before the municipal board or commission. If the decision of such board or commission is upheld by a court of competent jurisdiction, the state shall reimburse the municipality within three months for all costs incurred in defending the appeal.
(P.A. 85-279, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-335, S. 23, 26.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-335 amended section to change “plan of development” to “plan of conservation and development”, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32g. - Orders to correct immediate threats to public water supplies.

If the Commissioner of Public Health finds after investigation that any person is causing, engaging in or maintaining, or is about to cause, engage in or maintain, any condition or activity which violates any provision of sections 19a-36 to 19a-39, inclusive, or sections 25-32 to 25-53, inclusive, or any regulation or permit adopted or issued thereunder and constitutes an immediate threat to the quality or adequacy of any source of water supply, the commissioner may, without prior hearing, issue an order in writing to such person to discontinue, abate, alleviate or correct such condition or activity. Upon receipt of such an order such person shall immediately discontinue, abate, alleviate or correct such condition or activity. The commissioner shall, within ten days after such order, hold a hearing to provide the person an opportunity to be heard and show that such condition, activity or violation does not exist. The local director of health in the municipality or municipalities in which such violation occurred or that utilize such water shall have the right to be heard in such proceeding. Such order shall remain in effect until ten days after the hearing within which time a new decision based on the hearing shall be made.
(P.A. 85-279, S. 2; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58, 95-329, S. 9, 31; P.A. 01-185, S. 2; P.A. 02-89, S. 69.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-329 replaced reference to “imminent” water supply damage with reference to specific statutory violations constituting an “immediate” threat, allowed orders to “correct” a condition and made technical changes, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 01-185 made technical changes for purposes of gender neutrality and granted the local director of health in the municipality or municipalities in which such violation occurred or that utilize such water the right to be heard in the hearing on the order; P.A. 02-89 replaced reference to Sec. 25-54 with reference to Sec. 25-53, reflecting repeal of Sec. 25-54 by the same public act.
See Sec. 52-473a re court order enjoining or restraining enforcement of commissioner's cease and desist order.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32h. - Residential retrofit program, civil penalty.

Section 25-32h is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 89-266, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-144, S. 1, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32i. - Residential Water-Saving Advisory Board.

Section 25-32i is repealed, effective July 1, 2013.
(P.A. 89-266, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-144, S. 5, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 75; P.A. 13-299, S. 95.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32j. - Installation of reduced-pressure-principle backflow preventers, when required.

Section 25-32j is repealed.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-14, S. 8, 11; P.A. 95-110.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32k. - Provision of educational materials to water company customers addressing water conservation, water supply source protection, and the health effects and sources of lead and copper. Civil penalty.

(a) Each water company, as defined in section 25-32a, serving one thousand or more persons or two hundred fifty or more consumers, as defined in section 25-32a, shall annually provide to residential customers, without charge, educational materials or information on (1) water conservation, (2) water supply source protection methods, including methods to reduce contamination, and (3) on or before July 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, information developed by the Commissioner of Public Health, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, on the health effects and sources of lead and copper. Every year each public water company shall provide a copy of these educational materials to the Commissioner of Public Health.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Health shall, within available resources, develop, in consultation with public water suppliers, public education materials on health effects and sources of lead and copper, which shall be distributed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Health may impose a civil penalty on any water company that violates the provisions of this section. In imposing such civil penalty, the commissioner shall comply with the procedures set forth in section 25-32e, except that the amount shall not exceed five thousand dollars per violation. Each year the company fails to offer educational materials or information on water conservation shall be deemed to be a separate violation.
(P.A. 94-144, S. 2, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-329, S. 7, 31; P.A. 96-100, S. 1; P.A. 01-185, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 94-144 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-329 limited water companies referred to in Subsec. (a) to those serving 1,000 or more persons or 250 or more consumers, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-100 required that information on water supply source protection methods be disclosed to residential customers; P.A. 01-185 amended Subsec. (a) to provide that each water company shall, on or before July 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, provide to its customers information developed by the commissioner on the health effects and sources of lead and copper, added a new Subsec. (b) to require the commissioner to develop, in consultation with public water suppliers, such information, and designated the existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32l. - Inclusion of educational materials on water conservation may be required in water supply plans.

The Commissioner of Public Health may require in a water supply plan, prepared pursuant to section 25-32d, the inclusion of a description of a water company's program to provide educational material or information on water conservation to residential customers.
(P.A. 94-144, S. 3, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 94-144 effective July 1, 1994; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32m. - Sale of bottled water by water company or municipality.

(a) Any water company, as defined in section 25-32a, may engage in the sale of bottled water or establish an entity under chapter 601 for the purpose of engaging in the sale of bottled water within or outside of its franchise area. The costs and expenses of a water company associated with the sale of bottled water shall be exclusive of the costs and expenses associated with the establishment of rates and charges for the use of the waterworks system pursuant to section 7-239.
(b) Any municipality may exercise the authority provided for in subsection (a) of this section notwithstanding the provisions of any special act, municipal charter or home rule ordinance. A municipality shall establish such entity upon approval of the chief executive officer of the municipality and by adoption of an ordinance approved by a vote of two-thirds of the members present at a meeting of the legislative body of the municipality or the board of selectmen or city or town council, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting.
(P.A. 99-188, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-32n. - Water service to a school administration building from a well.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the general statutes, a municipality with a population between thirty-eight thousand and forty-three thousand persons, as enumerated in the 2000 federal decennial census, that, as of June 26, 2003, has a well that provides water service to a school administration building having less than seventy-five employees shall not be considered a water company for purposes of title 16 and this title. Nothing in this section shall relieve such municipality from testing the water in such well where testing is required by law.
(P.A. 03-175, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 03-175 effective June 26, 2003.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-33b. - Regulations re loans and grants to water companies.

The Commissioner of Economic and Community Development shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 which specify the terms and conditions of low-interest loans and grants to water companies and any additional requirements necessary to carry out the purposes of section 12-76.
(P.A. 78-273, S. 4, 5; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6.)
History: P.A. 78-273 effective June 1, 1978, and applicable to the 1978 assessment list in any town; P.A. 95-250 and P.A. 96-211 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-33c. - Legislative finding.

The General Assembly finds that an adequate supply of potable water for domestic, commercial and industrial use is vital to the health and well-being of the people of the state. Readily available water for use in public water systems is limited and should be developed with a minimum of loss and waste. In order to maximize efficient and effective development of the state's public water supply systems and to promote public health, safety and welfare, the Department of Public Health shall administer a procedure to coordinate the planning of public water supply systems.
(P.A. 85-535, S. 1, 13; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 25 - Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control › Chapter 474 - Pollution › Section 25-33d. - Definitions.

As used in sections 25-33c to 25-33j, inclusive:
(a) “Public water system” means any private, municipal or regional utility supplying water to fifteen or more service connections or twenty-five or more persons;
(b) “Public water supply management area” means a region determined by the Commissioner of Public Health to have similar water supply problems and characteristics;
(c) “Exclusive service area” means an area where public water is supplied by one system;
(d) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Public Health;
(e) “Satellite management” means management of a public water supply system by another water company;
(f) “Coordinated water system plan” means (1) the individual water system plans of each public water system within a public water supply management area, filed pursuant to section 25-32d, and (2) an area-wide supplement to such plans developed pursuant to section 25-33h which addresses water system concerns pertaining to the public water supply management area as a whole.
(P.A. 85-535, S. 2, 13; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.