Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 2a - Delegation of Authority › Section 22a-2a-2 - Delegation of authority for the abatement of water pollution

Current through July 10, 2024
(a)
Definitions
For purposes of this section:
"Blowdown from Heating and Cooling Equipment" means wastewaters
				generated by heating and cooling equipment that recycles water.
"Building Floor Drain Wastewaters" means wastewaters generated
				from periodic washdown of floors.
"Commercial laundry wastewaters" means wastewaters generated by
				laundromats and commercial laundries.
"Cooling Water (Non-Contact)" means wastewater which has been
				used for cooling purposes which does not come into direct contact with a
				product or process.
"Designee" means a Director of Health who has entered into a
				memorandum of agreement under this section.
"Director of Health" means a local or district director of
				health appointed under the provisions of sections
				19a-200,
				19a-201a, or
				19a-242
				of the General Statutes.
"District Department of Health" means a district department of
				health established in accordance with section
				19a-241
				of the General Statutes.
"Domestic Sewage" means sewage that consists of water and human
				excretions or other waterborne wastes incidental to the occupancy of a
				residential building or a non-residential building but not including
				manufacturing process water, cooling water, wastewater from water softening
				equipment, commercial laundry wastewater, blowdown from heating or cooling
				equipment, water from cellar or floor drains or surface water from roofs, paved
				surface or yard drains.
"Investigation" means observation, inquiry, the collection of
				samples for analysis or the recording of any pertinent facts relative to any
				existing or potential source of pollution of the waters of the state which may
				or may not be operating under a permit issued by the commissioner.
"Stormwater" means wastewater consisting of precipitation
				runoff generated by residential, commercial, or industrial land use.
"Swimming Pool Backwash" means wastewaters generated from the
				back-washing of swimming pool filters.
"Water Production Wastewater" means wastewater generated by the
				treatment of raw water for potable, industrial process, or commercial process
				use.
(b)
Scope of
			 delegation
(1) The commissioner may by
			 memorandum of agreement made pursuant to these regulations delegate all or part
			 of the authority to investigate all points of existing or potential waste
			 discharges as provided for in Section
			 22a-416
			 of the General Statutes to any Director of Health. Delegation of such authority
			 shall be limited to the following categories of waste material sources: (1)
			 Sewerage systems for the treatment of domestic sewage which are owned by a
			 person as defined in section
			 22a-423
			 of the General Statutes (2) Agriculture as defined in section 1-1q of the
			 General Statutes. (3) Blowdown from heating and cooling equipment, building
			 floor drains, commercial laundry wastewater, cooling water (non-contact),
			 stormwater, swimming pool backwash, and water production wastewater. No
			 authority to investigate any existing or potential source of pollution
			 originating from a facility or property owned by the state or any
			 instrumentality of the state shall be granted by these regulations.
(2) Within fifteen days of the detection of a
			 suspected violation originating from a source that the designee has been
			 authorized to investigate he or she shall submit a report to the commissioner
			 describing the violation and recommending actions which the commissioner should
			 take to abate the existing or potential pollution, as provided for in Chapter
			 446k of the General Statutes. The designee shall provide the facility owner
			 with a copy of any investigation report and recommendation, and shall discuss
			 any suspected violation with the facility operator in an effort to gain
			 voluntary compliance. Within thirty days of the receipt of such an
			 investigative report the commissioner shall send written notice to the designee
			 describing the course of action which he or she deems appropriate to abate the
			 actual or potential source of pollution or stating why no action is necessary.
			 In the event that further investigation by the department is required, the
			 commissioner shall so notify the designee and shall, at the completion of the
			 investigation, inform the designee in writing of his or her intended
			 action.
(3) For the purposes set
			 forth in these regulations, any designee shall be considered an agent of the
			 commissioner.