Connecticut 2019 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB01013 Compare Versions

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5	5	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1013
6	6	January Session, 2019
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10	10	Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
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13	13	Introduced by:
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18	18	AN ACT CONCERNING CE RTAIN SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
19	19	AND ALTERNATIVE SEWA GE TREATMENT SYSTEMS .
20	20	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
21	21	Assembly convened:
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23	23	Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 22a-430 of the general statutes is 1
24	24	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
25	25	passage): 3
26	26	(g) The commissioner shall, by regulation adopted prior to October 4
27	27	1, [1977] 2019, establish and define categories of discharges which 5
28	28	constitute household and small commercial subsurface sewage 6
29	29	disposal systems for which he shall delegate to the Commissioner of 7
30	30	Public Health the authority to issue permits or approvals and to hold 8
31	31	public hearings in accordance with this section, on and after said date. 9
32	32	The Commissioner of Public Health shall, pursuant to section 19a-36, 10
33	33	establish minimum requirements for household and small commercial 11
34	34	subsurface sewage disposal systems and procedures for the issuance of 12
35	35	such permits or approvals by the local director of health or a sanitarian 13
36	36	registered pursuant to chapter 395. As used in this subsection, 14
37	37	household and small commercial disposal systems shall include those 15
38	38	subsurface sewage disposal systems with a capacity of [seven 16 Raised Bill No. 1013
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44	44	thousand five hundred] ten thousand gallons per day or less. 17
45	45	Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or regulations 18
46	46	of Connecticut state agencies, the regulations adopted by the 19
47	47	commissioner pursuant to this subsection that are in effect as of [July 1, 20
48	48	2017] October 1, 2019, shall apply to household and small commercial 21
49	49	subsurface sewage disposal systems with a capacity of [seven 22
50	50	thousand five hundred] ten thousand gallons per day or less. Any 23
51	51	permit denied by the Commissioner of Public Health, or a director of 24
52	52	health or registered sanitarian shall be subject to hearing and appeal in 25
53	53	the manner provided in section 19a-229. Any permit granted by said 26
54	54	Commissioner of Public Health, or a director of health or registered 27
55	55	sanitarian on or after October 1, 1977, shall be deemed equivalent to a 28
56	56	permit issued under subsection (b) of this section. 29
57	57	Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 19a-35a of the general statutes is 30
58	58	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 31
59	59	passage): 32
60	60	(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 439 and sections 22a-33
61	61	430, as amended by this act, and 22a-430b, the Commissioner of Public 34
62	62	Health shall, [within available appropriations,] by regulation adopted 35
63	63	prior to October 1, 2019, and pursuant to section 19a-36, establish and 36
64	64	define categories of discharge that constitute alternative on-site sewage 37
65	65	treatment systems with capacities of [five] ten thousand gallons or less 38
66	66	per day. After the establishment of such categories, said commissioner 39
67	67	shall have jurisdiction [, within available appropriations,] to issue or 40
68	68	deny permits and approvals for such systems and for all discharges of 41
69	69	domestic sewage to the groundwaters of the state from such systems. 42
70	70	Said commissioner shall, pursuant to section 19a-36, [and within 43
71	71	available appropriations,] establish minimum requirements for 44
72	72	alternative on-site sewage treatment systems under said 45
73	73	commissioner's jurisdiction, including, but not limited to: (1) 46
74	74	Requirements related to activities that may occur on the property; (2) 47
75	75	changes that may occur to the property or to buildings on the property 48
76	76	that may affect the installation or operation of such systems; and (3) 49
77	77	procedures for the issuance of permits or approvals by said 50 Raised Bill No. 1013
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83	83	commissioner, a local director of health, or a sanitarian licensed 51
84	84	pursuant to chapter 395. A permit or approval granted by said 52
85	85	commissioner, such local director of health or such sanitarian for an 53
86	86	alternative on-site sewage treatment system pursuant to this section 54
87	87	shall: (A) Not be inconsistent with the requirements of the federal 55
88	88	Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC 1251 et seq., the federal Safe 56
89	89	Drinking Water Act, 42 USC 300f et seq., and the standards of water 57
90	90	quality adopted pursuant to section 22a-426, as such laws and 58
91	91	standards may be amended from time to time, (B) not be construed or 59
92	92	deemed to be an approval for any other purpose, including, but not 60
93	93	limited to, any planning and zoning or municipal inland wetlands and 61
94	94	watercourses requirement, and (C) be in lieu of a permit issued under 62
95	95	section 22a-430, as amended by this act, or 22a-430b. For purposes of 63
96	96	this section, "alternative on-site sewage treatment system" means a 64
97	97	sewage treatment system serving one or more buildings on a single 65
98	98	parcel of property that utilizes a method of treatment other than a 66
99	99	subsurface sewage disposal system and that involves a discharge of 67
100	100	domestic sewage to the groundwaters of the state. 68
101	101	This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
102	102	sections:
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104	104	Section 1 from passage 22a-430(g)
105	105	Sec. 2 from passage 19a-35a(a)
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107	107	Statement of Purpose:
108	108	To (1) increase, from a maximum capacity of seven thousand five
109	109	hundred gallons per day to a maximum capacity of ten thousand
110	110	gallons per day, the size of certain subsurface sewage disposal systems
111	111	and alternative on-site sewage treatment systems over which the
112	112	Department of Public Health has jurisdiction, and (2) no longer
113	113	constrain by available appropriations the duty of the Commissioner of
114	114	Public Health to regulate certain aspects of alternative on-site sewage
115	115	treatment systems.
116	116	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
117	117	except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
118	118	not underlined.]
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