CGS § 22a-42f. Notice of application to water company and Department of Public Health re conduct of regulated activities within watershed of water company.

When an application is filed to conduct or cause to be conducted a regulated activity upon an inland wetland or watercourse, any portion of which is within the watershed of a water company as defined in section 25-32a, the applicant shall: (1) Provide written notice of the application to the water company and the Department of Public Health; and (2) determine if the project is within the watershed of a water company by consulting the maps posted on said department's Internet web site showing the boundaries of the watershed. Such applicant shall send such notice to the water company by certified mail, return receipt requested, and to said department by electronic mail to the electronic mail address designated by the department on its Internet web site for receipt of such notice. Such applicant shall mail such notice not later than seven days after the date of the application. The water company and the Commissioner of Public Health, through a representative, may appear and be heard at any hearing on the application.

Short History

(P.A. 89-301, S. 1; P.A. 90-230, S. 72, 101; P.A. 91-300, S. 2; P.A. 06-53, S. 2; P.A. 21-121, S. 4; P.A. 22-92, S. 20.)

Long History

History: P.A. 90-230 corrected an omission; P.A. 91-300 changed the statutory definition of water company by changing the statutory definition reference from Sec. 16-1 to Sec. 25-32a; P.A. 06-53 required Commissioner of Public Health to receive notice of proposed regulated activity upon an inland wetland or watercourse within water company watershed, gave commissioner right to appear and be heard at hearing on any such proposed regulated activity and made technical changes; P.A. 21-121 designated existing provision requiring applicant to provide written notice as Subdiv. (1) and amended same to delete provisions re format of written notice and filing of map showing watershed boundaries, added Subdiv. (2) requiring applicant to determine if project is within watershed of water company by consulting maps on department's Internet web site, added provision requiring notice be sent to department by electronic mail and made technical and conforming changes; P.A. 22-92 made technical changes, effective May 24, 2022.

Citations

Cited. 217 C. 164; 218 C. 703; 219 C. 404; 220 C. 362; Id., 476; 226 C. 579; 228 C. 95; 229 C. 247; Id., 627; Id., 654; 242 C. 355.

Cited. 26 CA 564; 27 CA 590; 28 CA 780; 29 CA 12; Id., 105; 30 CA 85; 31 CA 105; Id., 599; judgment reversed, see 229 C. 627; 32 CA 799; 34 CA 385; 36 CA 270; 37 CA 166.

Cited. 42 CS 57.