Permission to discharge sewage

* § 17-1725. Permission to discharge sewage. 1. Upon application duly made to the commissioner by the public authorities having by law the charge of the sewer system of any municipality, the commissioner shall have power to consider the case of a sewer system otherwise prohibited by section 17-1701 from discharging sewage into any of the waters of the state, and whenever in his opinion the general interests of the public health would not be endangered thereby he may issue a permit for the discharge of sewage from any such sewer system into any of the waters of the state, and may stipulate in the permit, modification, regulations and conditions on which such discharge may be permitted. 2. Such application must be made in a form required by the commissioner. The plans for the construction of any sewer system or sewage disposal plant for the extension, reconstruction or modification of sewers, sewer systems or sewage disposal plants the permit for the discharge from which is requested from the commissioner as provided in this section shall be submitted to and approved by the department before such permit becomes effective. 3. Such permit before being operative shall be recorded in the county clerk's office of the county wherein the outlet of the said sewer system is located, and a copy of the permit shall be transmitted by the commissioner to the board of health of the municipality wherein the outlet of said sewer system is located. * NB Expired September 1, 1973