Bill Text: CT HB05421 | 2014 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5421 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: An Act Authorizing The Use Of Alternative Sewage Treatment Plants In Certain Wastewater Management Districts.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Public Hearing 03/07 [HB05421 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2014-HB05421-Introduced.html


General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5421*
*February Session, 2014*		LCO No. 1916
		01916_______ENV
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)

AN ACT AUTHORIZING THE USE OF ALTERNATIVE SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS IN CERTAIN WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Subsection (f) of section 22a-430 of the 2014 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2014):

(f) The commissioner may, by regulation, establish and define categories of discharges, including but not limited to, residential swimming pools, small community sewerage systems, alternative sewage treatment systems used in wastewater management districts established pursuant to section 7-247, household and small commercial disposal systems and clean water discharges, for which [he] the commissioner may delegate authority to any other state agency, water pollution control authority, municipal building official or municipal or district director of health to issue permits or approvals in accordance with this section or to issue orders pursuant to sections 22a-428, 22a-431, 22a-432 and 22a-436. In establishing such categories the commissioner shall consider (1) whether each discharge in such category, because of size and character, is likely to cause significant pollution to the waters of the state; (2) whether knowledge and training concerning disposal systems for each discharge in such category is within the expertise of such agency, authority, official or director; (3) whether the source of each discharge in such category is likely to be within the jurisdiction of such agency, authority, official or director for other matters. The commissioner shall establish, by regulation, minimum requirements for disposal systems for discharges in such categories. Any permit denied or order issued by any such agency, authority, official or director shall be subject to hearing and appeal in the manner provided in sections 22a-436 and 22a-437, provided such agency, authority, official or director has been duly delegated authority by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection. Any permit granted by any such agency, authority, official or director to which the commissioner has delegated authority pursuant to this subsection shall thereafter be deemed equivalent to a permit issued under subsection (b) of this section.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	October 1, 2014	22a-430(f)

Statement of Purpose:

To authorize the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to delegate authority for discharges from certain alternative sewage treatment systems to municipal water pollution control authorities.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]