General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5841
January Session, 2013 LCO No. 2468
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SAWYER, 55th Dist. REP. HURLBURT, 53rd Dist. REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist. REP. DIMINICO, 13th Dist. REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist. REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist. SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
General Assembly
Proposed Bill No. 5841
January Session, 2013
LCO No. 2468
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. SAWYER, 55th Dist.
REP. HURLBURT, 53rd Dist.
REP. LUXENBERG, 12th Dist.
REP. DIMINICO, 13th Dist.
REP. ACKERT, 8th Dist.
REP. ROJAS, 9th Dist.
SEN. CASSANO, 4th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING LOWER AND MIDDLE BOLTON LAKES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to require the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to restore the waters of the Middle and Lower Bolton Lakes in order to remediate the severe algae and aquatic plant infestation and to make corrective inter-lake drainage alterations, if necessary.
Statement of Purpose:
To assist the towns of Bolton and Vernon with expertise in clearing the Bolton lakes of toxic algae and other invasive weeds and to evaluate and alter the inter-lake drainage system if necessary.