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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1065
January Session, 2021
LCO No. 5458
Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND
DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
(PD)
AN ACT CONCERNING A STUDY OF MUNICIPALITIES AND
HOMEOWNERS WITH WELL WATER CONTAMINATED WITH
URANIUM.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) (a) The Commissioner of Public 1
Health and the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall 2
jointly conduct a study of municipalities in the state where the 3
commissioner reasonably believes that the groundwater is 4
contaminated with uranium. Such study shall include, but not be 5
limited to, an examination of (1) the levels of uranium in such 6
groundwater, (2) the number of private residential wells affected by the 7
presence of uranium, and (3) the available resources of the Department 8
of Public Health, local health departments and municipalities to provide 9
assistance to homeowners and other individuals who use such wells. 10
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the commissioner and the secretary 11
shall submit to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly 12
having cognizance of matters relating to public health and planning and 13 Raised Bill No. 1065
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development, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the 14
general statutes, (1) a report on the findings of such study, and (2) 15
recommendations for legislation to address potential concerns 16
identified in such study regarding groundwater contaminated with 17
uranium, including, but not limited to, any program that may be 18
established to provide grants, low-interest loans and other forms of 19
financial assistance to municipalities and homeowners affected by such 20
contamination. 21
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
PD Joint Favorable