General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6327 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4661 *04661HB06327ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) General Assembly Committee Bill No. 6327 January Session, 2017 LCO No. 4661 *04661HB06327ENV* Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) AN ACT CONCERNING THE PROCESS FOR THE ISSUANCE OF CERTAIN GENERAL PERMITS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2017) Notwithstanding any provision of title 22a of the general statutes, any general permit issued by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection that covers the operations of twenty-five or more businesses in the state shall not go into effect until the provisions of such permit are adopted as a regulation of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of the general statutes. This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 October 1, 2017 New section Statement of Purpose: To establish a procedure for the issuance of certain general permits by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. [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. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist. Co-Sponsors: REP. KLARIDES, 114th Dist.; REP. CANDELORA, 86th Dist. REP. HOYDICK, 120th Dist.; REP. O'DEA, 125th Dist. REP. O'NEILL, 69th Dist.; REP. SRINIVASAN, 31st Dist. REP. D'AMELIO, 71st Dist. H.B. 6327