Connecticut Administrative Code › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › 6b - Assessment of Civil Penalties › Administrative Civil Penalty › Section 22a-6b-3 - Definitions

Current through July 10, 2024
As used in the department's Administrative Civil Penalty
				  Regulations,
(1) "100-Year Floodplain"
				means that area that is identified as the 100-year flood limit or the 100-year
				flood boundary or the special flood hazard areas inundated by the 100-year
				flood on a map developed by FEMA and adopted by the municipality wherein the
				area is located;
(2)
				"Administrative civil penalty" means a penalty calculated in accordance with
				the department's Administrative Civil Penalty Regulations;
(3) "Approval" means an approval issued by
				the commissioner of any document or action required or allowed by a permit or
				order issued by him, or of any document or action required by regulation or
				statute;
(4) "Coastal resources"
				means "coastal resources" as defined in section
				22a-93 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes;
(5)
				"Commissioner" means "commissioner" as defined in subsection (b) of section
				22a-2
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(6) "Connecticut natural diversity data base"
				means the data base defined in section
				23-73 of
				the Connecticut General Statutes;
(7) "Consumptive use" means any withdrawal
				from or removal of the waters of the state;
(8) "Department" means the Connecticut
				Department of Environmental Protection;
(9) "Diversion" means diversion as defined in
				section
				22a-367 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes;
(10)
				"FEMA" means the Federal Emergency Management Agency;
(11) "Flood fringe" means any portion of the
				100-year floodplain that is not located within the floodway;
(12) "Floodway" means that area that is
				identified as the floodway on a map developed by FEMA and adopted by the
				municipality wherein the area is located;
(13) "General permit" means a general permit
				issued by the commissioner under section
				22a-45a,
				22a-208a,
				22a-349a,
				22a-361,
				22a-378a
				or
				22a-411
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(14) "Hearing officer" means "hearing
				officer" as defined in section
				4-166 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes;
(15)
				"Inland water resources" means those wetlands and water resources that are
				regulated under sections
				22a-36
				through
				22a-45a,
				sections
				22a-342
				through
				22a-349a,
				sections
				22a-365
				through
				22a-379,
				and sections
				22a-401
				through
				22a-411
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(16) "Inland wetlands" means "wetlands" as
				defined in section
				22a-38 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes;
(17)
				"Legal requirement" means any provision of a statute, regulation, license,
				order or approval issued, entered, adopted or administered by the
				commissioner;
(18) "License" means
				"license" as defined in section
				4-166 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes;
(19)
				"Order" means "order" as defined in section
				22a-3a-2 of the
				Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and includes a penalty
				notice;
(20) "Penalty notice" means
				a notice issued by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (c) of section
				22a-6b
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, and includes an amended penalty
				notice;
(21) "Permit" means a
				permit issued by the commissioner under Chapter 439, 440, 441, 446i, or 446j of
				the Connecticut General Statutes and includes a certificate of permission, a
				certificate of approval pursuant to section
				22a-405
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, a temporary authorization or emergency
				authorization pursuant to section
				22a-6k
				of the Connecticut General Statutes, and a general permit;
(22) "Person" means "person" as defined in
				section
				22a-2
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(23) "Rare, threatened or endangered species"
				means any species determined by the commissioner in regulations adopted under
				section
				26-306
				of the Connecticut General Statutes to be endangered, threatened, or species of
				special concern;
(24) "Referee"
				means an individual appointed by the Director of the Office of Adjudications to
				conduct a settlement conference in a department proceeding. Such individual may
				be an employee of the department;
(25) "Respondent" means a person to whom or
				which an order is issued;
(26)
				"Staff" means "staff" as defined in section
				22a-3a-2(a)
				of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies;
(27) "Tidal wetlands" mean "wetland" as
				defined in section
				22a-29
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(28) "Violation" means a failure to comply
				with a legal requirement;
(29)
				"Waters" means "waters" as defined in section
				22a-423
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(30) "Water Quality Standards" means the
				standards of water quality adopted or amended by the commissioner under section
				22a-426
				of the Connecticut General Statutes;
(31) "Watercourses" means "watercourses" as
				defined in section
				22a-38 of the
				Connecticut General Statutes; and
(32) "Wetlands" means "inland wetlands" and
				"tidal wetlands".