Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 446h · 16 active provisions
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may (a) make or cause to be made surveys, investigations and research concerning the problems of soil and water erosion and its control and soil health and publish his findings and disseminate information concerning the subject; (b) cooperate with or enter into ag…
(a) In order to assist the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in identifying and remedying the problems of soil and water erosion, the commissioner shall, by regulation, establish soil and water conservation districts and boards. Such boards shall advise the commissioner on matters of soil and water co…
There shall continue to be maintained from the income received in administering section 22a-314, an equipment account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account, for the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commissioner may use said account for the purchase and maintenance of equipment, provided…
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide, within available appropriations, an annual grant to each of the eight county soil and water conservation districts and thereafter to the soil and water conservation districts established pursuant to section 22a-315 upon approval of regulations establi…
As used in sections 22a-318 to 22a-322, inclusive, “works of improvement” means any undertaking for: (a) Flood prevention, including structural, nonstructural and land-treatment measures, (b) the conservation, development, utilization and disposal of water, including fish and wildlife or recreational developments, or (…
The legislative body of any town or city may vote to request the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for advice and assistance in initiating a United States Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, watershed protection and flood prevention project for the watershed or subwatershed area in w…
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may (a) acquire, by purchase, lease or gift, or by eminent domain in the manner provided by part I of chapter 835, such land, easements or rights-of-way as will be needed in connection with works of improvement under sections 22a-318 to 22a-322, inclusive, provide…
Whenever the construction of any works of improvement, as defined in section 22a-318, for which the state has agreed to provide the necessary land, easements and rights-of-way, requires the readjustment, relocation or removal of any public service facility, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall…
The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, with the approval of the Governor, negotiate and contract, in the name of the state, with any commission appointed by, or any soil and water conservation district located in, another state, or with any authorized agent thereof, concerning the planning, constr…
Any town, city or borough may acquire, by purchase, lease or gift, land which has been fixed upon as a site for works of improvement as provided for in sections 22a-318 to 22a-322, inclusive, together with adjoining land for access, all of which land shall be used for municipal park and recreation purposes.
(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the advice and consent of the Commissioner of Administrative Services, the State Properties Review Board and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may sell, lease and convey in the name of the state, or otherwise dispose of, or enter into…
Sections 22a-325 to 22a-329, inclusive, shall be known and may be cited as the “Soil Erosion and Sediment Control Act”.
The General Assembly finds that soil erosion on land being developed is a serious problem in Connecticut, that sediment is a source of pollution, that rapid changes in land use from agricultural and rural to nonagricultural and urban and the construction of residential, industrial and commercial development and land-di…
As used in sections 22a-325 to 22a-329, inclusive: (1) “Council” means the Council on Soil and Water Conservation established under subsection (c) of section 22a-315; (2) “Disturbed area” means an area where the cover is destroyed or removed leaving the land subject to accelerated erosion; (3) “Erosion” means the detac…
The council shall develop guidelines for soil erosion and sediment control on land being developed and improving and preserving soil health. The guidelines shall outline methods and techniques for minimizing erosion and sedimentation based on the best currently available technology. Such guidelines shall include, but n…
(a) The regulations adopted by a municipality pursuant to sections 8-2 and 8-25, on and after July 1, 1985, shall require that: (1) Proper provision be made for soil erosion and sediment control; (2) a soil erosion and sediment control plan be submitted with any application for development when the disturbed area of su…