General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5709
January Session, 2015 LCO No. 3917
*03917HB05709ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
General Assembly
Committee Bill No. 5709
January Session, 2015
LCO No. 3917
*03917HB05709ENV*
Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
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:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On and after the effective date of this section, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not require any municipality to comply with the requirements of a permit issued pursuant to section 22a-430 or 22a-430b of the general statutes for the discharge of stormwater if such municipality is not: (1) Required to comply with the requirements of such a permit as of the effective date of this section, or (2) located in an urban area, as described in subsection (c) of section 22a-497 of the general statutes, and such a requirement is not otherwise prescribed by federal law.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
from passage
New section
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.
[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.]
Co-Sponsors: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. MINER, 66th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
Co-Sponsors:
REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist.
REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. MINER, 66th Dist.
REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.
H.B. 5709