Connecticut 2015 2015 Regular Session

Connecticut House Bill HB05709 Introduced / Bill

Filed 01/20/2015

                    General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 5709
January Session, 2015  LCO No. 1766
 *01766*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist. REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist. REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

General Assembly

Proposed Bill No. 5709 

January Session, 2015

LCO No. 1766

*01766*

Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT 

Introduced by:

REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.

REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.

REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.

REP. MINER, 66th Dist.

REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION'S AUTHORITY TO DESIGNATE ADDITIONAL STORMWATER SEWER SYSTEMS OUTSIDE OF URBAN AREAS.

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

That title 22a of the general statutes be amended to prohibit the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection from designating municipal separate stormwater sewer systems outside of urban areas that are not otherwise required by federal law.

Statement of Purpose: 

To prevent the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection from going beyond what is required under federal law in designating stormwater sewer systems outside of urban areas.