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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6540
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT REQUIRING A STUDY OF MUNICIPAL SEPARATE STORM
SEWER SYSTEM STORMWA TER SAMPLING REQUIREMENT S.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Energy and 1
Environmental Protection shall conduct a study of all statutory and 2
regulatory requirements related to stormwater sampling and analysis 3
made pursuant to the municipal separate storm sewer system 4
permitting process and of permit holders, to determine the feasibility of 5
modifying such requirements to ease financial burdens on permit 6
applicants and holders while maintaining environmental safeguards. 7
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and 8
Environmental Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with the 9
provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing 10
committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 11
relating to municipalities and the environment. Such report shall 12
include a summary of the requirements described in subsection (a) of 13
this section and any recommendations for modifying such 14
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This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Statement of Purpose:
To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection
to conduct a study of municipal separate storm sewer system
stormwater sampling requirements.
[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.]