2009 Connecticut Code
Title 22a Environmental Protection
Chapter 446k Water Pollution Control

• Sec. 22a-416. (Formerly Sec. 25-26). Pollution of waterways. Qualifications of operators. Delegation of authority.
• Sec. 22a-417. (Formerly Sec. 25-26a). Discharge of sewage into tributaries of water supply impoundments or Salmon River.
• Sec. 22a-418. (Formerly Sec. 25-27). Complaints concerning pollution of waters; investigation; orders.
• Secs. 22a-419 to 22a-421.
• Sec. 22a-422. (Formerly Sec. 25-54a). Declaration of policy.
• Sec. 22a-423. (Formerly Sec. 25-54b). Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-424. (Formerly Sec. 25-54c). Powers and duties of commissioner.
• Sec. 22a-425. (Formerly Sec. 25-54d). Records.
• Sec. 22a-426. (Formerly Sec. 25-54e). Standards of water quality.
• Sec. 22a-427. (Formerly Sec. 25-54f). Pollution or discharge of wastes prohibited.
• Sec. 22a-428. (Formerly Sec. 25-54g). Orders to municipalities to abate pollution.
• Sec. 22a-429. (Formerly Sec. 25-54h). Order to person to abate pollution.
• Sec. 22a-430. (Formerly Sec. 25-54i). Permit for new discharge. Regulations. Renewal. Special category permits or approvals. Limited delegation. General permits.
• Sec. 22a-430a. Delegation of authority to issue certain permits to municipal water pollution control authorities.
• Sec. 22a-430b. General permits. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-430c. Annual inventory of persons and municipalities in significant noncompliance.
• Sec. 22a-431. (Formerly Sec. 25-54j). Periodic investigation of discharges. Order to abate or submit information.
• Sec. 22a-432. (Formerly Sec. 25-54k). Order to correct potential sources of pollution.
• Sec. 22a-433. (Formerly Sec. 25-54l). Order to landowner.
• Sec. 22a-434. (Formerly Sec. 25-54m). Filing of order on land records.
• Sec. 22a-434a. Notice of contaminated wells; abatement of contamination or abandonment of well to be on land records.
• Sec. 22a-435. (Formerly Sec. 25-54n). Injunction.
• Sec. 22a-436. (Formerly Sec. 25-54o). Hearing on order to abate.
• Sec. 22a-437. (Formerly Sec. 25-54p). Appeal.
• Sec. 22a-438. (Formerly Sec. 25-54q). Forfeiture for violations. Penalties.
• Sec. 22a-439. (Formerly Sec. 25-54r). State grant for sewers and pollution abatement facilities. Commissioner to adopt regulations.
• Sec. 22a-439a. Funds for construction of facilities by state agencies.
• Sec. 22a-439b. Southeastern Connecticut Water Authority may acquire and operate sewerage systems.
• Sec. 22a-440. (Formerly Sec. 25-54s). Grants for storm and sanitary sewer separation programs, pollution abatement facilities.
• Sec. 22a-441. (Formerly Sec. 25-54t). Grants for prior construction.
• Sec. 22a-442. (Formerly Sec. 25-54u). State advances in anticipation of federal funds for construction of facility.
• Sec. 22a-443. (Formerly Sec. 25-54v). State advance in anticipation of federal funds for contract plans and specifications.
• Sec. 22a-444. (Formerly Sec. 25-54x). Commissioner of Environmental Protection to administer funds.
• Sec. 22a-445. (Formerly Sec. 25-54y). Commissioner to accept federal aid. Cooperation with other agencies, municipalities, states.
• Sec. 22a-446. (Formerly Sec. 25-54z). Bond issue.
• Sec. 22a-446a. Uniform tipping fee at facilities disposing of septic tank pumpings.
• Sec. 22a-447. (Formerly Sec. 25-54aa). Prior orders, directives and decisions continued in force.
• Sec. 22a-448. (Formerly Sec. 25-54bb). Pollution by chemical liquid, hazardous waste, oil or petroleum, waste oil or solid, liquid or gaseous products: Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-449. (Formerly Sec. 25-54cc). Duties and powers of commissioner re sources of potential pollution or damage. Licenses. Regulations. Nonresidential underground storage tank systems.
• Sec. 22a-449a. Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-449b. Portion of petroleum products gross earnings tax credited to underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account.
• Sec. 22a-449c. Underground storage tank petroleum clean-up account. Residential underground heating oil storage tank system clean-up subaccount. Applications for payment or reimbursement.
• Sec. 22a-449d. Underground Storage Tank Petroleum Clean-Up Account Review Board.
• Sec. 22a-449e. Regulations. Schedule for maximum or range of amounts to be paid from the account. Use of seal.
• Sec. 22a-449f. Application for reimbursement for claims resulting from release of petroleum.
• Sec. 22a-449g. Appeals.
• Sec. 22a-449h. Extension of time to replace school underground storage tank systems.
• Sec. 22a-449i. Authority of Commissioners of Environmental Protection and Public Health unaffected.
• Sec. 22a-449j. Immunity from liability to the state for certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems.
• Sec. 22a-449k. Residential underground heating oil storage tank replacement contractors. Registration. Fees.
• Sec. 22a-449l. Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment from subaccount for services commenced prior to July 1, 2001. Procedures.
• Sec. 22a-449m. Standards for remediation of soil and replacement of residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-449n. Remediation costs of removal or replacement of certain residential underground heating oil storage tank systems. Payment from subaccount for services commenced on or after July 1, 2001. Procedures.
• Sec. 22a-449o. Requirement for double-walled underground storage tanks.
• Sec. 22a-449p. Milestones for investigation and remediation of a release.
• Sec. 22a-449q. Storage of underground storage tank system records.
• Sec. 22a-450. (Formerly Sec. 25-54dd). Report of discharge, spill, loss, seepage or filtration.
• Sec. 22a-450a. Elimination of MTBE as gasoline additive.
• Sec. 22a-451. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ee). Liability for pollution, contamination or emergency. Emergency spill response account.
• Sec. 22a-451a. Annual report.
• Sec. 22a-451b. Expenditures by agencies paid from emergency spill response account.
• Sec. 22a-452. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ff). Reimbursement for containment or removal costs. Liability for certain acts or omissions.
• Sec. 22a-452a. State lien against real estate as security for amounts paid to clean up or to remove hazardous waste. Notice and hearing.
• Sec. 22a-452b. Exemption.
• Sec. 22a-452c. Definition of "spill".
• Sec. 22a-452d. Limitation on liability of innocent landowners: Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-452e. Limitation on liability of innocent landowners.
• Sec. 22a-452f. Exemption from liability for certain lenders.
• Sec. 22a-453. (Formerly Sec. 25-54gg). Coordination of activities with other agencies. Contracts for services.
• Sec. 22a-453a. Oil spill contingency planning and coordination.
• Sec. 22a-454. (Formerly Sec. 25-54hh). Permit for collection, storage or treatment, containment, removal or disposal of certain substances, materials or wastes: Suspension or revocation. Prohibition of disposal of certain hazardous wastes in a land disposal facility. Status changes.
• Sec. 22a-454a. Closure plans. Fees. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-454b. Groundwater monitoring. Fees. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-454c. Annual fees. Generators of acutely hazardous waste. Facilities.
• Secs. 22a-455 to 22a-457. (Formerly Secs. 25-54ii to 25-54kk). Vessel operator to post bond. Other evidence of financial responsibility. Penalty.
• Sec. 22a-457a. Floating boom retention devices required, when. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-457b. Limited immunity for certain persons responding to oil spills.
• Sec. 22a-458. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ll). Water pollution control authority, mandatory establishment by municipality.
• Secs. 22a-458a and 22a-458b. Water pollution control authority; reports. Submission of municipal assessment to commissioner.
• Sec. 22a-459. (Formerly Sec. 25-54mm). Failure to establish water pollution control authority, violation. Penalties.
• Sec. 22a-460. (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). Detergents: Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-461. (Formerly Sec. 25-54oo). Labeling of detergents. Restrictions on sale or use. Certain sewage system additives prohibited. Penalty.
• Sec. 22a-462. (Formerly Sec. 25-54pp). Sale of certain detergents prohibited: Excepted uses. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-463. (Formerly Sec. 25-54rr). Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-464. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ss). Restrictions on manufacture, sale or use of PCB.
• Sec. 22a-465. (Formerly Sec. 25-54tt). Use of PCB in closed systems. Incidental amounts of PCB permitted.
• Sec. 22a-466. (Formerly Sec. 25-54uu). Exemptions.
• Sec. 22a-467. (Formerly Sec. 25-54vv). Disposition of PCB regulated.
• Sec. 22a-468. (Formerly Sec. 25-54ww). Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-469. (Formerly Sec. 25-54xx). Penalty.
• Sec. 22a-469a. Incineration of PCB by public service companies.
• Sec. 22a-470. (Formerly Sec. 25-54yy). Relocation or removal of public service facilities as necessary for construction of municipal sewer or pollution abatement facilities.
• Sec. 22a-471. Pollution of groundwaters. Orders to provide potable drinking water. Grants to municipalities. Hearing on order to abate. Appeal. Injunction. Forfeiture for violations. Orders to persons engaged in agriculture for contamination of groundwater by pesticides.
• Sec. 22a-471a. Exemption from potable drinking water orders for persons engaged in agriculture.
• Sec. 22a-471b. "Person engaged in agriculture" defined.
• Sec. 22a-472. Oil and gas exploration. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-473. Exploratory drilling for oil or gas restricted.
• Sec. 22a-474. Regulations re storage of road salt.
• Sec. 22a-475. Clean Water Fund: Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-476. Legislative finding.
• Sec. 22a-477. Clean Water Fund.
• Sec. 22a-478. Eligible water quality projects. Eligible drinking water projects. Project grants. Grant account loans.
• Sec. 22a-479. Municipal approval of project funding agreements and obligations. Municipal bonds.
• Sec. 22a-480. Construction of provisions.
• Sec. 22a-481. Projects with prior funding.
• Sec. 22a-482. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-483. Bond issue for Clean Water Fund projects. General obligation bonds. Revenue bonds.
• Sec. 22a-484. Evaluation of improvements to secondary clarifier operations.
• Sec. 22a-485. Plan required for maintenance of oxygen levels in Long Island Sound.
• Secs. 22a-486 to 22a-496.
• Sec. 22a-497. Municipal stormwater authority pilot program. Priority municipalities. Application. Selection criteria. Grants.
• Sec. 22a-498. Creation of stormwater authority. Members. Purposes. Powers.
• Sec. 22a-499. Joint report re pilot program.
• Sec. 22a-500. Regional water pollution control authorities: Definitions. Authorization. Directors. Membership. Termination.
• Sec. 22a-501. Regional water pollution control authorities: Powers.
• Sec. 22a-502. Regional water pollution control authorities: Budgets.
• Sec. 22a-503. Regional water pollution control authorities: Employees. Benefits.
• Sec. 22a-504. Regional water pollution control authorities: Acquisition of property. Construction of system. Notice. Hearing.
• Sec. 22a-505. Regional water pollution control authorities: Determination of compensation for taking of real property.
• Sec. 22a-506. Regional water pollution control authorities: Assessments, rates, fees, charges and penalties.
• Sec. 22a-507. Regional water pollution control authorities: Issuance of bonds. Use of proceeds.
• Sec. 22a-508. Regional water pollution control authorities: Sale of bonds.
• Sec. 22a-509. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonding obligations.
• Sec. 22a-510. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds or notes executed by former officers.
• Sec. 22a-511. Regional water pollution control authorities: Execution, delivery and maturation of bonds.
• Sec. 22a-512. Regional water pollution control authorities: Effect of bonds on municipal indebtedness.
• Sec. 22a-513. Regional water pollution control authorities: State not to impair obligations of authorities.
• Sec. 22a-514. Regional water pollution control authorities: Tax exemption.
• Sec. 22a-515. Regional water pollution control authorities: Other municipal powers not affected.
• Sec. 22a-516. Regional water pollution control authorities: Bonds to be securities and negotiable instruments.
• Sec. 22a-517. Regional water pollution control authorities: Receipt of Clean Water Fund disbursements.
• Sec. 22a-518. Regional water pollution control authorities: Jurisdiction.
• Sec. 22a-519. Regional water pollution control authorities: Indemnification of officers. Representation of authority by Attorney General. Legal fees of officers.
• Sec. 22a-520.
• Sec. 22a-521. Nitrogen reduction in state waters: Definitions.
• Sec. 22a-522. General permit establishing effluent units for nitrogen.
• Sec. 22a-523. Nitrogen Credit Advisory Board.
• Sec. 22a-524. Nitrogen credit exchange program.
• Sec. 22a-525. Audit of annual operating data.
• Sec. 22a-526. Regulations.
• Sec. 22a-527. Annual value of equivalent nitrogen credits.
• Secs. 22a-528 to 22a-599.