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Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 255b - Plastic Bottle Coding › Section 22a-255b-3 - Application

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Effective upon the date mandated by
			 Section
			 22a-255b
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, any plastic bottle sold or offered for
			 sale in Connecticut shall have imprinted or molded on its base a code number
			 and acronym as identified in Section
			 22a-255b-2 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. The code number and acronym applied
			 to any plastic bottle shall be subject to verification upon written request of
			 the Commissioner and shall correctly identify the container material
			 composition consistent with the definitions in Section
			 22a-255b-1 of the
			 Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies with the following exceptions:
(1) Polyethylene terephthalate carbonated
			 soft drink bottles with affixed high density polyethylene base cups shall
			 utilize the acronym and code number in Subdivision
			 22a-255b-2(b)
			 (1) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; and
(2) Any plastic bottle where the affixed
			 materials and additives other than the single plastic resin bottle structure
			 exceed ten percent by weight of the total mass, shall be coded with the code
			 number and acronym specified in Subdivision
			 22a-255b-2(b)
			 (7) of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-10 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in sections
				22a-315-11
				to
				22a-315-19,
				inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(1) "Alternate" means a person duly elected
			 pursuant to section
			 22a-315-12
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies as an alternate member of the
			 board of directors of any soil and water conservation district;
(2) "Board of directors" means the board of
			 supervisors of any soil and water conservation district established pursuant to
			 section
			 22a-315
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and section
			 22a-315-12
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, including an alternate who
			 has been duly seated;
(3)
			 "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection;
(4) "Council" means the Council on Soil and
			 Water Conservation established pursuant to subsection (c) of section
			 22a-315
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(5) "Department" means the Department of
			 Environmental Protection;
(6)
			 "Director" means a person duly elected pursuant section
			 22a-315-12
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies as a member or a duly seated
			 alternate of the board of directors of any soil and water conservation
			 district;
(7) "District" means any
			 of the soil and water conservation districts established pursuant to section
			 22a-315
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and
			 22a-315
			 -11 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(8) "Eligible voter" means a person over the
			 age of eighteen (18) years who resides or owns real property within the
			 district for which board of directors or alternates are sought;
(9) "Executive director" means the executive
			 director of the Council on Soil and Water Conservation authorized pursuant to
			 section 22a-315 of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(10) "Independent audit" means an audit of
			 all funds received and expended by a board of directors of any district during
			 the prior state fiscal year which is conducted in accordance with the
			 regulations adopted pursuant to section
			 4-236 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes by an independent auditor, as defined in section
			 4-230 of the
			 Connecticut General Statutes, who is not a director or alternate of such board
			 or a representative of the Council;
(11) "Nominating committee" means a committee
			 appointed by a standing board of directors of any soil and water conservation
			 district to nominate district candidates for director and alternate to such
			 board of directors for the next term of office;
(12) "Person" means a citizen of the United
			 States of America; and
(13) "State
			 fiscal year" means the fiscal year commencing on July 1 of each calendar year
			 and ending on June 30 of the following calendar year.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-11 - Establishment of soil and water conservation districts

Current through July 10, 2024
Ninety (90) days after the effective date of these regulations,
				the following soil and water conservation districts shall exist in Connecticut
				and shall be geographically described as follows:
(1) In southwestern Connecticut a district
			 covering: Ansonia; Beacon Falls; Beth-any; Branford; Bridgeport; Cheshire;
			 Darien; Derby; East Haven; Easton; Fairfield; Greenwich; Guilford; Hamden;
			 Meriden; Middlebury; Milford; Monroe; Naugatuck; New Canaan; New Haven; North
			 Branford; North Haven; Norwalk; Orange; Oxford; Prospect; Redding; Ridgefield;
			 Seymour; Shelton; Southington; Stamford; Stratford; Trumbull; Wallingford;
			 Waterbury; West Haven; Weston; Westport; Wilton; Wolcott, and
			 Woodbridge;
(2) In southcentral
			 Connecticut a district covering: Berlin; Chester; Clinton; Colchester;
			 Cromwell; Deep River; Durham; East Haddam; East Hampton; Essex; Haddam; Hebron;
			 Killingworth; Lyme; Madison; Marlborough; Middlefield; Middletown; Newington;
			 New Britain; Old Lyme; Old Saybrook; Portland; Rocky Hill; Salem;
			 Westbrook;
(3) In northcentral
			 Connecticut a district covering: Avon; Bloomfield; Bolton; Bristol; Burlington;
			 Canton; East Granby; East Hartford; East Windsor; Ellington; Enfield;
			 Farmington; Glastonbury; Granby; Hartford; Manchester; Plainville; Simsbury;
			 Somers; South Windsor; Stafford; Suffield; Tolland; Vernon; West Hartford;
			 Wethersfield; Willington; Windsor, and Windsor Locks;
(4) In northwestern Connecticut a district
			 covering: Barkhamsted; Bethel; Bethlehem; Bridgewater; Brookfield; Canaan;
			 Colebrook; Cornwall; Danbury; Goshen; Hartland; Harwinton; Kent; Litchfield;
			 Morris; New Fairfield; New Hartford; New Milford; Newtown; Norfolk; North
			 Canaan; Plymouth; Roxbury; Salisbury; Sharon; Sherman; Southbury; Thomaston,
			 Torrington; Warren; Washington; Watertown; Winchester; and Woodbury;
			 and
(5) In eastern Connecticut a
			 district covering Andover; Ashford; Bozrah; Brooklyn; Canterbury; Chaplin;
			 Columbia; Coventry; Eastford; East Lyme; Franklin; Griswold; Groton; Hampton;
			 Killingly; Lebanon; Ledyard; Lisbon; Mansfield; Montville; New London; North
			 Stonington; Norwich; Plainfield; Pomfret; Preston; Putnam; Scotland; Sprague;
			 Sterling; Stonington; Thompson; Union; Voluntown; Waterford; Windham, and
			 Woodstock.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-13 - Operating procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Quorum
.
A quorum shall be one (1) more than half of the number of
				directors, including vacancies and any official action of the board must be the
				result of a majority vote of the quorum.
(b)
Regular Meetings.
Each district shall hold regularly scheduled meetings as
				necessary to perform official actions of the board.
(c)
Annual Meeting.
Each district shall hold an annual meeting to conduct elections
				for the expiring terms of directors and alternates and to present the annual
				report. Such annual meeting shall be held in each district within five (5)
				calendar months following the close of the state fiscal year.
(d)
Notice.
(1) Each district shall cause to be published
			 a written notice of the annual meeting and election or special meeting not more
			 than sixty (60) days and not fewer than thirty (30) days before the date of
			 such meeting. Such notice shall appear in one or more newspapers having a
			 general circulation in each town or city for that district.
(2) Each notice shall include:
(A) The name of the district and the name of
			 the towns and cities within the district and the date, time and place of the
			 meeting;
(B) A statement of the
			 purpose of the meeting. For an annual meeting, the purpose of the meeting shall
			 include the election of directors and alternates to the board from and by
			 eligible voters, and to present the annual report;
(C) The names of any persons to be nominated
			 by the nominating committee of each board of directors provided such nominating
			 committee has made such nominations; and
(D) A statement about how additional
			 information about such meeting may be obtained.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-14 - Authorized activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The board of
			 directors of each district shall:
(1) Advise
			 the commissioner on matters of soil and water conservation, erosion and
			 sedimentation;
(2) At the request
			 of the commissioner, assist the Department in the implementation of
			 Departmental programs, projects and policies including, but not limited to,
			 those related to land treatment measures for watershed protection, flood
			 prevention programs, and resource conservation;
(3) Develop annual reports;
(4) Develop long-range goals, objectives and
			 priorities for soil and water conservation, erosion and sedimentation control,
			 and storm water management including water quality and quantity;
(5) Develop written annual plans of operation
			 to implement such objectives and priorities;
(6) Set priorities for activities in each
			 district that are consistent with the approved annual plan of
			 operation;
(7) Implement annual
			 plans of operation and establish, by written policy, written agreement, or
			 written memoranda of understanding programs that may involve technical or other
			 assistance provided by the Council, or any local, regional, state, federal or
			 not for profit organization. Copies of such policies, agreements or memoranda
			 shall be delivered to the commissioner upon request;
(8) Appoint representatives to serve on
			 Department committees as may be required by statute, regulation or written
			 agreement; and
(9) Cooperate with
			 the Connecticut State Forester, the Connecticut Commissioner of Agriculture,
			 the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and other soil and water
			 conservation districts as may be appropriate to carry out the responsibilities
			 authorized in section
			 22a-315
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections
			 22a-315-10 to
			 22a-315-19
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-15 - Establishment of the council on soil and water conservation

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The commissioner hereby establishes a
			 Council, as authorized by subsection
			 22a-315(c)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, that shall be known as the Council on Soil
			 and Water Conservation.
(b) The
			 Council shall have the powers and duties as set forth in Section
			 22a-315
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-16 - Membership

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Council shall consist of nine (9)
			 members. Members shall be selected in accordance with subsection
			 22a-315(c)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. Each member shall have one vote.
(b) Five directors elected by their
			 respective soil and water conservation districts shall serve for a term of two
			 (2) years, except members selected following the initial election of each
			 district's board of directors may serve a portion of the third year until that
			 year's annual meeting. Each term of office shall begin on the first day of the
			 calendar month next succeeding the election of each representative for
			 membership on the Council. The initial selection of directors to a Council
			 shall be elected as follows: within thirty (30) days after the initial election
			 of each district's board of directors, each board shall elect a director as its
			 representative member to the Council. Another director shall be similarly
			 selected as such board's alternate representative.
(c) The Council shall include ex-officio
			 members as set forth in subsection
			 22a-315(c)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(d) In the event a Council member
			 representing a district is absent, an alternate Council member from such
			 district shall be seated by majority vote of the Council members
			 present.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-17 - Council officers and their duties

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The officers of
			 the Council shall be a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer, each
			 of whom shall be elected.
(b)
			 Members of the Council shall elect officers each year during the regular
			 meeting held in April of each calendar year. Officers shall serve for a term of
			 one (1) year commencing July 1 next following their election. In the event
			 elections are delayed, a Council member shall continue to serve until a
			 successor is elected. A vacancy in the offices of the Council shall be filled
			 by a vote of the Council at the next regular or special meeting.
(c) The chairman shall prepare for the
			 approval and adoption of the Council at the regular October meeting of the
			 Council: a draft annual plan and budget; and an annual report for the time
			 period corresponding to the state fiscal year that just ended. The chairman
			 shall also be responsible for preparation of agendas and for presiding over
			 meetings. The chairman may exercise other duties, consistent with chapter 446h
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes and sections
			 22a-315-10 through
			 22a-315-19
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, as voted upon by the
			 Council.
(d) The vice-chairman
			 shall, in the absence of the chair perform the duties of the chairman and may
			 exercise other duties, consistent with chapter 446h of the Connecticut General
			 Statutes and sections
			 22a-315-10 through
			 22a-315-19
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, as voted upon by the
			 Council.
(e) The recording
			 secretary shall be responsible for notice of all meetings, taking of minutes
			 and certifying official actions taken by the Council. The recording secretary
			 may exercise other duties, consistent with chapter 446h of the Connecticut
			 General Statutes and sections
			 22a-315-10 through
			 22a-315-19
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, as voted upon by the
			 Council.
(f) The treasurer shall be
			 responsible for maintaining financial records for the Council, preparing an
			 annual financial report and preparation of financial reports as may be
			 requested by the Council.
(g) A
			 member shall excuse himself or herself from discussions and voting on any
			 matter before the Council in which he or she, or his or her spouse, children,
			 or employer has a direct or indirect personal financial interest.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-18 - Council meetings

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Regular
			 meetings
.
The Council shall meet at least quarterly. Such meetings shall
				occur on the third Thursday of January, April, July and October of each
				calendar year or as the Council may decide. The Council shall notify the
				Secretary of the State of the date, time and place of each regular meeting as
				required by the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b)
Notice of Regular Meeting
Written notice of each regular meeting, including an agenda,
				shall be sent to the members and the ex-officio members at least two weeks
				prior to such meeting. The agenda shall be posted at least twenty-four hours
				prior to the meeting in the office of the Secretary of the State or at the
				regular office of the Council.
(c)
Action on Items not Included in the
			 Regular Agenda
.
The Council may vote to consider and act upon any business not
				included in such filed agenda.
(d)
Special meetings
.
A special meeting may be called by the Council chairman or
				commissioner, at the Council chairman's or commissioner's discretion, or upon
				the written request of one-third (1/3) of the members of the Council. The
				chairman or commissioner, as appropriate, shall notify all Council members and
				ex-officio members of such special meeting by written notice. Such written
				notice shall be mailed seven (7) days prior to such meeting via the United
				States Postal Service, certified or registered mail, return receipt requested.
				Written notice of a special meeting shall be sent to the office of the
				Secretary of the State not less than twenty-four (24) hours prior to such
				meeting. Such written notice shall specify the time, place, and the business to
				be transacted at such meeting. No business shall be considered at a special
				meeting other than that which is so specified in the written notice.
(e)
Annual Report, Annual
			 Plan and Budget.
An annual report and an annual plan and budget shall be
				prepared in accordance with section
				22a-315-17(c)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to support the goals and
				objectives of the Council.
(f)
Quorum.
Five (5) members of the Council shall constitute a quorum and
				any official action of the Council must be the result of a majority vote of the
				quorum.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 315 - Soil and Water Conservation District and Council on Soil and Water Conservation › Section 22a-315-19 - Additional procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The Council may
			 adopt by-laws, provided such by-laws are not inconsistent with these
			 regulations and Chapter 446h of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) Not later than one (1) year after the
			 effective date of these regulations, each board of directors shall submit any
			 by-laws adopted by such board to the commissioner. If any changes to the
			 by-laws are subsequently made, they shall be submitted to the commissioner
			 within 30 days of their adoption.
(c) Robert's Rules of Order, as amended,
			 shall be followed for procedures not covered by section
			 22a-315-10 to
			 22a-315-19 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, chapter 446h of
			 the Connecticut General Statutes or the by-laws adopted by the
			 Council.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 339d - Grants to Municipalities and Lake Associations to Improve the Water Quality of Recreational Lakes › Section 22a-339d-2 - Requirements for grant applications

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Level of
			 State Assistance
.
(1) The grant to an
			 applicant for a diagnostic feasibility study shall be seventy five percent of
			 the allowable costs. If federal funds are available under the Federal Act in
			 the amount of seventy per cent of the costs, the state grant shall be twenty
			 per cent of the costs. The combined federal and state grant shall not exceed
			 ninety percent of the costs.
(2)
			 The grant to an applicant for a eutrophication abatement program shall be fifty
			 per cent of the costs. If federal funds are available under the Federal Act in
			 the amount of fifty percent of the costs, the state grant shall be twenty five
			 percent of the costs. The combined federal and state grant shall not exceed
			 seventy five percent of the costs.
(3) At least thirty percent of the available
			 funds shall be allocated to diagnostic feasibility studies, unless a sufficient
			 number of applications is not received to utilize this allocation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 339d - Grants to Municipalities and Lake Associations to Improve the Water Quality of Recreational Lakes › Section 22a-339d-4 - Administrative program elements

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Allowable
			 Project Costs.
The following costs associated with diagnostic
			 feasibility studies and eutrophication abatement programs are eligible for
			 funding assistance:
(1) costs of salaries,
			 benefits and expendable materials the applicant incurs for the project, except
			 as provided for in subdivision (b) (6) of this section;
(2) diagnostic feasibility study report costs
			 directly related to the development of a eutrophication abatement
			 program;
(3) professional,
			 consultant, and contractor services;
(4) preparation of construction drawings,
			 specifications, estimates, and construction contract documents;
(5) costs under approved construction
			 contracts;
(6) costs of complying
			 with sections
			 22a-1 to
			 22a-1h,
			 inclusive of the General Statutes;
(7) equipment, instruments, supplies, and
			 chemicals to operate and maintain lake management systems and to conduct post
			 implementation water quality monitoring;
(8) start-up services of new lake management
			 systems including training of the applicant's employees;
(9) costs of complying with the procurement
			 requirements of these regulations;
(10) costs of operation, maintenance, and
			 monitoring of lake sediment removal projects;
(11) costs for controlling agricultural
			 sources of nutrients and sediments if reviewed and recommended by the County
			 Soil and Water Conservation District;
(12) weed harvesting equipment and weed
			 harvesting disposal plans.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-2 - Delineation of aquifer protection area boundaries

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 municipal zoning, planning, or planning and zoning commission shall complete
			 the following not later than one hundred twenty (120) days after being notified
			 by the Commissioner that one or more level A mapping boundaries are located
			 entirely or partially within such municipality:
(1) Delineate such boundaries on the
			 municipal zoning map adopted pursuant to section
			 8-3
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, or on the municipal inland wetlands and
			 watercourses map adopted pursuant to section
			 22a-42a
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes if such zoning map does not
			 exist;
(2) designate such
			 delineated areas as aquifer protection areas; and
(3) publish notice of such delineation in a
			 newspaper having substantial circulation in the area of such
			 delineation.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-3 - Adoption of municipal regulations; commissioner's approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Not later than six (6) months after a
			 municipality receives notice from the Commissioner that a level A mapping
			 boundary is located in such municipality, the municipal aquifer protection
			 agency thereof shall adopt regulations pursuant to section
			 22a-354p
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(b) The Commissioner shall submit written
			 notification of approval or disapproval of such regulations to the municipal
			 aquifer protection agency pursuant to section
			 22a-354p(f)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. If the Commissioner disapproves a
			 municipal regulation, the municipal aquifer protection agency shall, not later
			 than ninety (90) days after such disapproval, adopt and submit a revision that
			 corrects and addresses the deficiencies identified by the Commissioner. The
			 Commissioner shall consider such revised regulation in the same manner he
			 considers a regulation submitted under this section.
(c) Once a regulation becomes effective
			 pursuant to section
			 22a-354p(f)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, any amendments thereto shall only become
			 effective when the Commissioner determines, in writing, that the amended
			 regulation is reasonably related to ground water protection and is not
			 inconsistent with the state aquifer protection regulations.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-4 - Extension of aquifer protection area boundaries for administrative purposes; approval

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) A municipal
			 aquifer protection agency may submit a written request to the Commissioner to
			 extend an aquifer protection area boundary adopted under section
			 22a-354i-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies to coincide with the nearest
			 property line, municipal boundary or topographic feature. Such proposed
			 extension shall, at a minimum, fully encompass the aquifer protection areas
			 bounded by the approved level A mapping but shall not exceed the distance
			 necessary to clarify the location of the aquifer protection area or to
			 facilitate the administration of regulations pertaining thereto. An aquifer
			 protection area boundary may not be extended without prior written approval of
			 the Commissioner.
(b) Any request
			 by a municipal aquifer protection agency to the Commissioner for extension of
			 an aquifer protection area boundary under subsection (a) of this section shall
			 include at least the following:
(1) A map to
			 scale delineating (A) the level A mapping boundary proposed to be extended
			 within such municipality, and (B) the proposed extension of the aquifer
			 protection area boundary;
(2) a
			 certification by the chairperson of the requesting municipal aquifer protection
			 agency that such agency has provided notice of such request to all owners of
			 property within the proposed extended aquifer protection area and all affected
			 water companies in accordance with the following:
(A) Such notice shall include at least the
			 following:
(i) A map showing the aquifer
			 protection area boundaries and the proposed extension of such
			 boundaries,
(ii) the name, address,
			 and telephone number of a representative of the municipal aquifer protection
			 agency who may be contacted for further information, and
(iii) a statement that any person may, not
			 later than thirty (30) days after said notification, submit to the municipal
			 aquifer protection agency written comments on such proposed boundary
			 extension;
(B) Such
			 notice shall be effectuated by the following:
(i) Delivery of notice by certified mail to
			 those individuals and entities identified in subdivision (2) of this
			 subsection, or
(ii) the publication
			 of a notice in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the affected area;
			 and posting of notice near the proposed boundaries of the subject aquifer
			 protection area of at least four signs each of which must be at least four
			 square feet in size; and
(3) a summary of all comments received by
			 such agency regarding the proposed extension and its response to each
			 comment.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-5 - Prohibited and regulated activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) All regulated
			 activities are prohibited in aquifer protection areas, except as specified in
			 subsection (b) of this section.
(b)
			 The following regulated activities are not prohibited in aquifer protection
			 areas:
(1) A registered regulated activity
			 which is conducted in compliance with section
			 22a-354i-9
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; and
(2) a regulated activity which has received a
			 permit issued pursuant to section
			 22a-354i-8 of
			 the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-7 - Registration of regulated activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) The
			 Commissioner shall process registrations for those regulated activities
			 specified in section
			 22a-354p(g)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes. The municipal aquifer protection agency
			 shall process registrations for all other regulated activities.
(b) Any person engaged in a regulated
			 activity which substantially commenced, or was in active operation within the
			 past five (5) years, or with respect to which a municipal building permit was
			 issued, either (A) before the effective date of the state aquifer protection
			 regulations, or (B) before the date an applicable aquifer protection area is
			 designated on a municipal zoning district map or inland wetland map, whichever
			 occurs later, shall register the activity on a form prescribed by the
			 Commissioner in accordance with this section unless such person has pending an
			 application for an exemption pursuant to section
			 22a-354i-6
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(1) If the regulated activity is specified in
			 section
			 22a-354p(g)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the person engaged in such activity shall
			 submit a registration to the Commissioner not later than one hundred eighty
			 (180) days, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the commissioner, after
			 adoption of regulations pursuant to section
			 22a-354p
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes; or the designation the aquifer protection
			 area pursuant to section
			 22a-354i-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, whichever occurs later. Said
			 person shall simultaneously file a copy of the registration with the municipal
			 aquifer protection agency, Commissioner of Public Health and the affected water
			 company.
(2) If the regulated
			 activity is not specified in section
			 22a-354p(g)
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, the person engaged in such activity shall
			 submit a registration to the municipal aquifer protection agency not later than
			 one hundred eighty (180) days, unless otherwise authorized in writing by the
			 commissioner, after adoption of regulations pursuant to section
			 22a-354p
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes; or the designation the aquifer protection
			 area pursuant to section
			 22a-354i-2
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; whichever occurs later. Said
			 person shall simultaneously file a copy of the registration with the
			 Commissioner, Commissioner of Public Health and the affected water
			 company.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-9 - Best management practices for regulated activities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Every regulated activity shall be
			 conducted in accordance with the following:
(1) Hazardous materials may be stored above
			 ground within an aquifer protection area only in accordance with the following
			 conditions:
(A) hazardous material shall be
			 stored in a building or under a roof that minimizes storm water entry to the
			 hazardous material storage area, except that a roof is not required for a bulk
			 storage facility as defined in section
			 22a-354i-1(6)
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies,
(B) floors within a building or under a roof
			 where hazardous material may be stored shall be constructed or treated to
			 protect the surface of the floor from deterioration due to spillage of any such
			 material,
(C) a structure which may
			 be used for storage or transfer of hazardous material shall be protected from
			 storm water run-on, and ground water intrusion,
(D) hazardous material shall be stored within
			 an impermeable containment area which is capable of containing at least the
			 volume of the largest container of such hazardous material present in such
			 area, or 10% of the total volume of all such containers in such area, whichever
			 is larger, without overflow of released hazardous material from the containment
			 area,
(E) hazardous material shall
			 not be stored with other hazardous materials that are incompatible and may
			 create a hazard of fire, explosion or generation of toxic substances,
(F) hazardous material shall be stored only
			 in a container that has been certified by a state or federal agency or the
			 American Society of Testing Materials as suitable for the transport or storage
			 of such material,
(G) hazardous
			 material shall be stored only in an area that is secured against unauthorized
			 entry by the public, and
(H) the
			 requirements of this subdivision are intended to supplement, and not to
			 supersede, any other applicable requirements of federal, state, or local law,
			 including applicable requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
			 of 1976, as amended;
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 354i - Aquifer Protection Areas-Land Use Controls › Section 22a-354i-10 - Other state, federal and local laws

Current through July 10, 2024
Nothing in any exemption issued under section
				22a-354i-6
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, any registration submitted
				under section
				22a-354i-7
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, or any regulated activity
				permitted under section
				22a-354i-8 of
				the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies shall relieve any person of any
				other obligations under any local, state, or federal law.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 372 - Water Diversion › Section 22a-372-1 - Public hearings under the Connecticut water diversion policy act

Current through July 10, 2024
Public hearings on applications for permits under sections
				22a-365
				to
				22a-378,
				inclusive, of the General Statutes shall be conducted in accordance with
				section
				22a-3a-1 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and chapter 54 of the General
				Statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 377(b) - Water Diversion › Section 22a-377(b)-1 - Exemptions from the Connecticut water diversion policy act

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) In addition to those diversions exempted
			 in section
			 22a-377
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and subject to the conditions set out in
			 subsections (b) and (c) of this section, the following diversions are exempt
			 from the provisions of sections
			 22a-365
			 to
			 22a-378,
			 inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes:
(1) Diversion of surface waters caused by
			 activities which are incidental to construction, including, but not limited to
			 dredging or filling for site development, stream bank stabilization, erosion
			 and sedimentation control, construction or use of coffer dams, and dewatering
			 of below grade structures, provided:
(A) there
			 is no permanent change in the location of the natural bed of any perennial
			 brook, stream or river;
(B) no
			 perennial brook, stream or river is channelized;
(C) the diversion structure allows the
			 continuous passage of existing watercourses; and
(D) any permit or approval required by
			 sections
			 22a-32,
			 22a-39,
			 22a-42a
			 or
			 22a-361
			 of the Connecticut General Statutes is obtained.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 377(c) - Water Diversion › Section 22a-377(c)-1 - Regulated activities and registered diversions under the Connecticut water diversion policy act

Current through July 10, 2024
(a) Any diversion
			 as defined in section
			 22a-367(2)
			 of the General Statutes, including construction of structures and facilities,
			 is subject to the provisions of this section and section
			 22a-377(c)
			 -2 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies and sections
			 22a-365
			 through
			 22a-378,
			 inclusive, of the General Statutes unless registered pursuant to section
			 22a-368
			 of the General Statutes or exempted by section
			 22a-377
			 of the General Statutes or section
			 22a-377(b)
			 -1 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies. Such diversions include
			 but are not limited to:
(1) withdrawal of
			 groundwater from one or more wells joined in one system whose combined maximum
			 withdrawal exceeds fifty thousand (50,000) gallons of water during any
			 twenty-four hour period, and withdrawal of surface waters in excess of fifty
			 thousand (50,000) gallons during any twenty-four hour period;
(2) collection and discharge of runoff,
			 including storm water drainage or skimming flood flows, from a watershed area
			 of 100 acres or greater;
(3)
			 relocation, retention, detention, bypass, channelization, piping, culverting,
			 ditching, or damming of waters where the drainage area tributary to such waters
			 is 100 acres or greater; and
(4)
			 transfer of water from one distribution system to another where the combined
			 maximum withdrawal from any source supplying the system or interconnected
			 systems exceeds fifty thousand (50,000) gallons during any twenty-four hour
			 period.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 377(c) - Water Diversion › Section 22a-377(c)-2 - Permits under the Connecticut water diversion policy act

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
(1) An
			 application for a permit to divert water shall be made on a form available from
			 the Commissioner and shall provide the information described in section
			 22a-369(1)
			 to
			 22a-369(10),
			 inclusive, of the general statutes. If the proposed diversion involves a
			 withdrawal of ground water and can reasonably be expected to change the
			 boundaries of an area of contribution or recharge areas of a well field as
			 delineated on a Level A Map approved under section
			 22a-354d
			 of the general statutes, the applicant shall submit a revised Level A Map
			 prepared in accordance with section
			 22a-354b-1
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.
(2) For purposes of section
			 22a-369(7)
			 of the general statutes, the effect of the proposed diversion shall be
			 evaluated using stream flows, where applicable, with the following recurrence
			 intervals:
(A) for low flows: seven-day
			 ten-year, seven-day two-year, thirty-day two-year, and annual average flows;
(B) for high flows: peak flows
			 corresponding to the probable maximum flood, half probable maximum flood, and
			 500-year, 100-year, 50-year, 10-year, and 2-year flood events and average
			 annual flows; and
(C) a critical
			 dry period with a 1 in 100 year chance of occurrence. For purposes of this
			 subsection and section
			 22a-369
			 of the general statutes, "drought" and "critical dry period" shall include low
			 flows or water shortages whether resulting from meteorological conditions or
			 human use.
(3) If at any
			 time during review of an application the Commissioner, pursuant to section
			 22a-371(a)
			 of the general statutes, requests additional information from the applicant,
			 the applicant shall provide such information within four months of the request.
			 Unless the information is provided within such time the Commissioner shall
			 return the application to the applicant in accordance with section
			 22a-371(b)
			 of the general statutes.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 409 - Dams and Similar Structures › Section 22a-409-2 - Dam safety inspection and classification

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Classification of Dams.
(1) The
			 commissioner shall assign each dam to one of five classes according to the
			 potential impacts of a dam failure. The factors used to evaluate and assign a
			 hazard potential are the physical characteristics of the dam, such as the dam
			 height and capacity of the impoundment, the location of the dam, the areas
			 impacted by a failure of the dam, and potential damage to property,
			 infrastructure, or threat to human life as described below:
(A) A Class AA dam is a negligible hazard
			 potential dam which, if it were to fail, would result in the following:
(i) no measurable damage to
			 roadways;
(ii) no measurable damage
			 to land and structures; and
(iii)
			 negligible economic loss.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 411a - Dams and Similar Structures › Section 22a-411a-2 - Requirements for Emergency Action Plans (EAPs)

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Emergency Action Plans.
Each owner of a Class C or Class B dam
			 shall prepare an emergency action plan (EAP) for each Class C or Class B dam
			 that he or she owns. The owner shall coordinate with the agencies responsible
			 for providing emergency services when developing the plan. The owner shall
			 update the EAP a minimum of every two years, or more frequently as necessary to
			 reflect significant changes. Copies shall be filed with the commissioner and
			 the chief executive officer and the emergency management officer of any
			 municipality that would potentially be affected in the event of an emergency
			 involving the dam for which the EAP has been prepared.
(b)
Emergency Action Plan
			 Components.
A complete EAP shall include the following components:
(1) An inundation map prepared by a
			 professional engineer who uses all elevations based on a reference to Geodetic
			 North American Vertical Datum (NAVD88).
(A)
			 The map shall show, at minimum, the following features:
(i) The name and address or location of the
			 dam,
(ii) Pertinent downstream
			 features such as buildings, homes, railroads, bridges, schools, hospitals, camp
			 grounds, other dams, and any other significant facilities, etc.,
(iii) The inundation zone for wet weather
			 with arrows indicating the direction of the flood wave,
(iv) A north arrow and bar scale,
			 and
(v) Pertinent downstream cross
			 sections, such as roads (identify the road names).
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 416 - Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator Certification › Section 22a-416-3 - Classification of wastewater treatment facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Classes of wastewater treatment facilities
There shall be four classes of wastewater treatment facilities:
				Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV.
(b)
Determination of class
The commissioner classifies each wastewater treatment facility
				in Connecticut by calculating points therefore in accordance with appendix A
				and applying the following chart:
Facility Class
I
II
III
IV
Points
30 or less
31-55
56-75
76 or more
(c)
List of wastewater treatment facilities by class.
The commissioner maintains a list of wastewater treatment
				facilities in Connecticut which identifies the class of each such
				facility.
(d)
Notification of a change in class
The commissioner shall notify the owner of a wastewater
				treatment facility in writing if the commissioner determines under subsection
				(b) of this section that the class of such facility should be revised as a
				result of equipment or treatment process modifications thereat. Within 30 days
				of receiving such notice, the owner may request in writing a consultation with
				the commissioner concerning the proposed change of class. Within 45 days of
				such consultation the commissioner will provide the owner with a written
				decision as to whether he or she will retain the existing facility class or
				revise it in accordance with the commissioner's prior notice.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 416 - Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator Certification › Section 22a-416-5 - Application and certification procedures

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Applications
(1) An application
			 shall be made on a form furnished by the commissioner. Unless a completed
			 application is received by the commissioner no later than 45 days before the
			 date of a scheduled examination, the applicant shall not take that
			 examination.
(2) Unless by no later
			 than 45 days before a scheduled examination the applicant has satisfied either
			 (A) the minimum experience and education requirements for the operator
			 certification sought, or (B) the minimum requirements for operator-in-training
			 status for such classification under subparagraph (c)(5)(A) of section
			 22a-416-4
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, he or she shall not take that
			 examination.
(3) Unless on the date
			 he or she submits the application the applicant is actually employed as an
			 operator at a Connecticut wastewater treatment facility or meets the minimum
			 requirements for operator-in-training status under subparagraph (c)(5)(A) of
			 section
			 22a-416-4
			 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, he or she shall not take an
			 examination for any class of certification; provided, if the applicant is not
			 so employed at a Connecticut wastewater treatment facility at such time, the
			 commissioner may allow him or her to take the next scheduled examination for
			 operator certification if the owner of a Connecticut wastewater treatment
			 facility (A) intends to hire such applicant as an operator when he or she
			 succeeds in obtaining such certification, and (B) notifies the commissioner in
			 writing of such intent no later than 45 days before such examination.
(4) Each application shall be accompanied by
			 an application fee of $95. Any application submitted without such fee shall be
			 considered incomplete and shall not be processed until such fee has been paid
			 in full. Such fee shall be paid by certified bank check, money order or
			 personal check made payable to the "Department of Environmental Protection".
			 The check or money order shall state on its face "Wastewater Operator
			 Certification Examination".
(5) The
			 application fee is non-refundable, provided, if an applicant pays such fee but
			 fails to take the next scheduled examination, the commissioner will apply such
			 fee toward a future application which such applicant may file.
Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 416 - Wastewater Treatment Facility Operator Certification › Section 22a-416-6 - Requirements for owners of wastewater treatment facilities

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
General
(1) Upon the commissioner's request, the
			 owner of a wastewater treatment facility shall provide in writing to the
			 commissioner the name of each chief operator, shift operator, and process
			 control operator employed at such facility.
(2) The owner of a wastewater treatment
			 facility shall notify the commissioner in writing prior to any additions or
			 deletions of unit processes or unit operations listed in appendix A.