Bill Text: CT HB05693 | 2015 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Requiring Notice And Contingency Plans Prior To The State Draw Down Of Lakes And Ponds.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-19 - Public Hearing 02/27 [HB05693 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2015-HB05693-Comm_Sub.html
General Assembly |
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January Session, 2015 |
LCO No. 3619 | ||
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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AN ACT REQUIRING NOTICE AND CONTINGENCY PLANS PRIOR TO THE STATE DRAW DOWN OF LAKES AND PONDS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) On and after the effective date of this section, whenever the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection plans to undertake a water level draw down at any lake or pond, the commissioner shall provide not less than thirty days' notice to each owner of property that contains a well that may be affected by such water level draw down. Any such notice shall include, but not be limited to, the name of the body of water where such water level draw down will occur, the reason for such water level draw down, the dates that such water level draw down will begin and be in effect for, information concerning the possible effects that such water level draw down may have on such property owner's well and contact information for the employee of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection who is responsible for responding to contingency plan requests made pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Whenever any affected property owner, as described in subsection (a) of this section, requests the development of a contingency plan by the commissioner for the provision of water to such property owner during any such water level draw down, the commissioner shall determine whether it is more likely than not that such property owner will be left without water as a direct result of such water level draw down. If the commissioner determines that it is not more likely that such property owner will be left without water as a direct result of such water level draw down, the commissioner shall notify such property owner of such determination and any reasons for such determination. In the event that the commissioner determines that it is more likely than not that such property owner will be left without water as a direct result of such water level draw down, the commissioner shall develop a contingency plan that, at a minimum, establishes a means by which such property owner may obtain drinking water for the duration of such water level draw down.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
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Statement of Purpose:
To require notice to potentially affected property owners of state water level draw downs at ponds and lakes and the establishment of certain contingency plans for such affected property owners.
[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.]