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| 1 | - | Substitute Senate Bill No. 265 | |
| 1 | + | General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 265 | |
| 2 | + | February Session, 2018 *_____SB00265CE____032618____* | |
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| 4 | + | General Assembly | |
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| 5 | - | AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCEDURES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR BUSINESS INITIATION, EXPANSION OR NEW PRODUCTION AND ANNUAL REPORTING ON THE NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL VIOLATIONS RESOLVED WITHOUT FINANCIAL PENALTY. | |
| 6 | + | Substitute Bill No. 265 | |
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| 8 | + | February Session, 2018 | |
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| 10 | + | *_____SB00265CE____032618____* | |
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| 12 | + | AN ACT CONCERNING EXPEDITED PERMITTING PROCEDURES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR BUSINESS INITIATION, EXPANSION OR NEW PRODUCTION. | |
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| 7 | 14 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: | |
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| 9 | - | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) | |
| 16 | + | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective October 1, 2018) (a) Each form, hard copy and electronic, associated with the application for a permit or permit renewal from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall include a check box, displayed prominently, for applicants to designate whether such application is required for the initiation of a new business, physical expansion of an existing business or production of a new product. | |
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| 11 | - | (b) Not later than thirty days after receiving | |
| 18 | + | (b) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, not later than thirty days after receiving an application for a permit or permit renewal designated by the applicant as being required for the initiation of a new business, physical expansion of an existing business or production of a new product, the commissioner shall make all reasonable efforts to schedule a meeting with the applicant, identify any additional information required to process such application and provide the applicant with an estimated date by which the commissioner anticipates the issuing of a final decision on such application. | |
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| 13 | - | (c) The commissioner shall | |
| 20 | + | (c) Not later than February 15, 2019, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and commerce. Such report shall include (1) the number of applications received in the previous year designated by applicants as being required for the initiation of a new business, physical expansion of an existing business or production of a new product; (2) the average estimated time provided to applicants pursuant to subsection (b) of this section; and (3) the average actual time for a final decision on such applications. | |
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| 15 | - | Sec. 2. | |
| 22 | + | Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) Not later than October 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall modify all forms, hard copy and electronic, associated with the application for a permit or permit renewal from the commissioner, in accordance with section 1 of this act. | |
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| 17 | - | On or before July 1, 1997, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall submit to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to environment and the Department of Economic and Community Development a report on the permitting efforts of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in the preceding state fiscal year. Such report shall include, but not be limited to: An identification of revenues received from permit application fees and any revenues derived from the processing of such applications as set forth in this chapter and the department's appropriation from the General Fund for permitting activities; the number and amount of permit applications received; the number of permit decisions issued and the number of permits pending; the number and amount of permit application fees refunded; the number of permit applications requiring alternative timely action schedules pursuant to section 22a-6q; [and] a summary of the significant improvements the department has made in its permitting programs; a summary of the information collected in surveys of permit applicants that requested preapplication meetings in accordance with section 1 of this act and the average time for processing applications that were the subject of such preapplication meetings; and the number of violations investigated by the department's environmental quality division in the preceding state fiscal year and the number of such violations resolved by the division without the levy of a fine. | |
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| 27 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
| 28 | + | Section 1 October 1, 2018 New section | |
| 29 | + | Sec. 2 from passage New section | |
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| 31 | + | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | |
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| 33 | + | Section 1 | |
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| 35 | + | October 1, 2018 | |
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| 37 | + | New section | |
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| 39 | + | Sec. 2 | |
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| 41 | + | from passage | |
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| 43 | + | New section | |
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| 47 | + | CE Joint Favorable Subst. | |
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| 49 | + | CE | |
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| 51 | + | Joint Favorable Subst. |