Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 1a - Connecticut Environmental Policy Act › Section 22a-1a-1 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in Sections 22a-1a-1 to
				22a-1a-12,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "
Act
" means the Connecticut
			 Environmental Policy Act, Sections 22a-1 to 22a-1h, inclusive, of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes.
(2)
			 "
Action
" means an individual activity or a sequence of planned
			 activities initiated or proposed to be undertaken by an agency or agencies, or
			 funded in whole or in part by the state. "Actions" include, but are not limited
			 to, capital improvements, alterations, or additions to the real property of the
			 state; acquisition of real property for the purpose of capital improvements;
			 lease/purchase agreements; grants-in-aid or financial assistance for housing,
			 business, industry, restoration or demonstration projects; or other proposed
			 activity for which an agency exercises judgment or discretion as to the
			 propriety of that action.
(3)
			 "
Action which may significantly affect the environment
" has the
			 same meaning as provided in section 22a-1c of the Act.
(4) "
CEPA regulations
" means
			 sections 22a-1a-1 to
			 22a-1a-12,
			 inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(5) "
Environment
" means the
			 physical, biological, social, and economic surroundings and conditions which
			 exist within an area which may be affected by an action including, but not
			 limited to, land, air, water, soils, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, objects of
			 historic or aesthetic significance and community or neighborhood
			 characteristics.
(6)
			 "
Environmental classification document
" means a document created
			 in accordance with section
			 22a-1a-4
			 of the CEPA regulations.
(7)
			 "
Environmental Impact Evaluation
" means a detailed written
			 document describing and evaluating the environmental impacts of an action
			 prepared in accordance with section
			 22a-1a-8
			 of the CEPA regulations.
(8)
			 "
Environmental Monitor
" means an electronic publication maintained
			 and published in accordance with section 22a-1b of the Act.
(9) "
Environmental review
			 checklist
" means the form established by the Commissioner of Energy and
			 Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of
			 Policy and Management, used to determine whether an action or category of
			 action requires public scoping or to record an agency's initial assessment of
			 the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental effects of an action at the
			 completion of public scoping.
(10)
			 "
Environmental review document
" means any document prepared by, or
			 under the direct supervision of, a sponsoring agency and published in the
			 Environmental Monitor in accordance with section 22a-1b(d)(1) of the
			 Act.
(11) "
Post-scoping
			 notice
" means the environmental review document prepared by a sponsoring
			 agency in accordance with section
			 22a-1a-7
			 of the CEPA regulations.
(12)
			 "
Public scoping
" means the process for soliciting public and
			 agency comments on a state agency action or the proposed site of such action,
			 on alternatives to the action or the proposed site of such action, and on the
			 scope of issues to be addressed in an environmental impact evaluation of an
			 action if such an evaluation is determined to be necessary by the sponsoring
			 agency.
(13)"
Significant
			 environmental effect
" means consequences of an action determined to have
			 or potentially have a major impact on the environment in accordance with
			 section
			 22a-1a-3
			 of the CEPA regulations.