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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 961
January Session, 2021
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING CE RTAIN SEWAGE DISPOSA L SYSTEMS
AND ALTERNATIVE SEWA GE TREATMENT SYSTEMS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (g) of section 22a-430 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 2
passage): 3
(g) The commissioner shall, by regulation adopted prior to October 1, 4
[1977] 2021, establish and define categories of discharges which 5
constitute household and small commercial subsurface sewage disposal 6
systems for which he shall delegate to the Commissioner of Public 7
Health the authority to issue permits or approvals and to hold public 8
hearings in accordance with this section, on and after said date. The 9
Commissioner of Public Health shall, pursuant to section 19a-36, 10
establish minimum requirements for household and small commercial 11
subsurface sewage disposal systems and procedures for the issuance of 12
such permits or approvals by the local director of health or a sanitarian 13
registered pursuant to chapter 395. As used in this subsection, 14
household and small commercial disposal systems shall include those 15 Raised Bill No. 961
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subsurface sewage disposal systems with a capacity of [seven thousand 16
five hundred] ten thousand gallons per day or less. Notwithstanding 17
any provision of the general statutes or regulations of Connecticut state 18
agencies, the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this 19
subsection that are in effect as of [July 1, 2017] October 1, 2021, shall 20
apply to household and small commercial subsurface sewage disposal 21
systems with a capacity of [seven thousand five hundred] ten thousand 22
gallons per day or less. Any permit denied by the Commissioner of 23
Public Health, or a director of health or registered sanitarian shall be 24
subject to hearing and appeal in the manner provided in section 19a-229. 25
Any permit granted by [said] the Commissioner of Public Health, or a 26
director of health or registered sanitarian on or after October 1, 1977, 27
shall be deemed equivalent to a permit issued under subsection (b) of 28
this section. 29
Sec. 2. Subsection (a) of section 19a-35a of the general statutes is 30
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 31
passage): 32
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 439 and sections 22a-33
430, as amended by this act, and 22a-430b, the Commissioner of Public 34
Health shall, within available appropriations, by regulation adopted 35
prior to October 1, 2021, and pursuant to section 19a-36, establish and 36
define categories of discharge that constitute alternative on-site sewage 37
treatment systems with capacities of [five] ten thousand gallons or less 38
per day. After the establishment of such categories, said commissioner 39
shall have jurisdiction, within available appropriations, to issue or deny 40
permits and approvals for such systems and for all discharges of 41
domestic sewage to the groundwaters of the state from such systems. 42
Said commissioner shall, pursuant to section 19a-36, and within 43
available appropriations, establish minimum requirements for 44
alternative on-site sewage treatment systems under said commissioner's 45
jurisdiction, including, but not limited to: (1) Requirements related to 46
activities that may occur on the property; (2) changes that may occur to 47
the property or to buildings on the property that may affect the 48
installation or operation of such systems; and (3) procedures for the 49 Raised Bill No. 961
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issuance of permits or approvals by said commissioner, a local director 50
of health, or a sanitarian licensed pursuant to chapter 395. A permit or 51
approval granted by said commissioner, such local director of health or 52
such sanitarian for an alternative on-site sewage treatment system 53
pursuant to this section shall: (A) Not be inconsistent with the 54
requirements of the federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 USC 1251 et 55
seq., the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC 300f et seq., and the 56
standards of water quality adopted pursuant to section 22a-426, as such 57
laws and standards may be amended from time to time, (B) not be 58
construed or deemed to be an approval for any other purpose, 59
including, but not limited to, any planning and zoning or municipal 60
inland wetlands and watercourses requirement, and (C) be in lieu of a 61
permit issued under section 22a-430, as amended by this act, or 22a-62
430b. For purposes of this section, "alternative on-site sewage treatment 63
system" means a sewage treatment system serving one or more 64
buildings on a single parcel of property that utilizes a method of 65
treatment other than a subsurface sewage disposal system and that 66
involves a discharge of domestic sewage to the groundwaters of the 67
state. 68
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 22a-430(g)
Sec. 2 from passage 19a-35a(a)
Statement of Purpose:
To increase to ten thousand gallons per day the maximum capacity of
certain subsurface sewage disposal systems and alternative on-site
sewage treatment systems over which the Department of Public Health
has jurisdiction.
[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.]