2011 Connecticut Code
Title 22a Environmental Protection
Chapter 439 Environmental Protection Department and State Policy
Sec. 22a-15. Declaration of policy.

      Sec. 22a-15. Declaration of policy. It is hereby found and declared that there is a public trust in the air, water and other natural resources of the state of Connecticut and that each person is entitled to the protection, preservation and enhancement of the same. It is further found and declared that it is in the public interest to provide all persons with an adequate remedy to protect the air, water and other natural resources from unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction.

      (1971, P.A. 96, S. 2.)

      Cited. 170 C. 47. Cited. 175 C. 483. Cited. 184 C. 51. Cited. 192 C. 591. Cited. 197 C. 134. Cited. 204 C. 38. Environmental protection act (Secs. 22a-14-22a-20) cited. Id., 212. Environmental protection act (EPA), Secs. 22a-14 et seq., cited. 212 C. 710; Id., 727. Cited. 215 C. 474. Environmental protection act cited. 218 C. 580. Connecticut environmental protection act Sec. 22a-14-22a-20 cited. 220 C. 54. Environmental protection act Secs. 22a-14-22a-20 cited. 222 C. 98. Environmental protection act, Sec. 22a-14 et seq. cited. 226 C. 205; Id., 579. Cited 233 C. 486. Connecticut Environmental Protection Act, Sec. 22a-14 et seq. cited. 234 C. 488. Cited. 235 C. 448. Environmental Protection Act, Sec. 22-14 et seq. cited. 237 C. 135. Environmental Protection Act Sec. 22a-14 et seq. cited. 239 C. 786.

      Cited. 30 CA 204. Cited. 41 CA 89. Environmental Protection Act (EPA) Sec. 22a-14 et seq. cited. Id. Cited. Id., 120.

      Cited. 35 CS 145. There is a "public trust" in the natural resources of our state and each person is entitled to their "protection, preservation, and enhancement". 48 CS 594.