LCO No. 4629 1 of 14 General Assembly Raised Bill No. 1146 January Session, 2023 LCO No. 4629 Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT Introduced by: (ENV) AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO VARIOUS PROGRAMS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Section 26-5 of the general statutes is repealed and the 1 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall 3 appoint such number of conservation officers as may be necessary for 4 the efficient execution of the duties of the department under section 26-5 6. The commissioner may supplement the regular conservation officer 6 force by appointing as special conservation officer any employee of the 7 department or any sworn federal law enforcement officer of the United 8 States Fish and Wildlife Service or National Marine Fisheries Service, 9 provided such federal officer shall not be considered an employee of the 10 state and may only exercise such officer's authority pursuant to section 11 26-6 when working with a full-time conservation officer. The 12 commissioner may also appoint any lake patrolman as a special 13 conservation officer solely for the purpose of enforcing boating laws 14 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 2 of 14 within such patrolman's jurisdiction, provided such patrolman shall not 15 be considered an employee of the state, and further provided that such 16 patrolman has completed a police training course at [the state police 17 training school or an equivalent course approved by the Commissioner 18 of Emergency Services and Public Protection] a Police Officer Standards 19 and Training Council approved training academy. Notwithstanding the 20 provisions of this section, no such lake patrolman shall carry a firearm 21 while in the performance of [his or her] such patrolman's duties as a 22 special conservation officer unless the board of selectmen of the town or 23 towns in which the lake on which the lake patrolman serves is located 24 approves such carrying of a firearm, or in the case of any town having 25 no board of selectmen, the lake patrolman obtains the approval of the 26 legislative body of such town or towns in which the lake is located. Each 27 conservation officer [or special conservation officer] shall [complete a 28 police training course at the state police training school or an equivalent 29 course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency Services and 30 Public Protection] be certified by the Police Officer Standards and 31 Training Council in accordance with the provisions of section 7-294d not 32 later than one year after appointment. Each special conservation officer 33 shall be certified by the Police Officer Standards and Training Council 34 in accordance with the provisions of section 7-294d or complete an 35 equivalent course approved by the Commissioner of Emergency 36 Services and Public Protection. Special conservation officers who are 37 employees of the department shall be entitled to the same benefits to 38 which conservation officers are entitled under the provisions of section 39 5-142, and such an appointment shall be deemed not to be in conflict 40 with any of the provisions of chapter 67. In addition to their salaries, 41 conservation officers and special conservation officers who are 42 employees of the department shall be reimbursed for all expenses 43 incurred in performance of official duty. 44 Sec. 2. Section 26-113 of the general statutes is repealed and the 45 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 46 Notice of such hearing shall be [advertised in one or more 47 newspapers having a general circulation in each of the counties of the 48 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 3 of 14 state or in the locality where such waters are situated] posted on the 49 eRegulations System and on the Department of Energy and 50 Environmental Protection's Internet web site. Such notice shall specify 51 the time, not less than fourteen days thereafter, the agenda and the place 52 designated by the commissioner at which such hearing shall be held, 53 and at which persons having an interest therein will have an 54 opportunity to be heard. The commissioner or [his] the commissioner's 55 designated representative shall conduct such hearing and cause a record 56 thereof to be made. After such notice and hearing the commissioner 57 shall issue [his] such regulations based upon standards of sound 58 fisheries management including the following: (a) Scientific and factual 59 findings of a biological nature; (b) the availability of the species 60 involved; (c) unusual weather conditions and special hazards; (d) the 61 available supply of food and natural cover; (e) the general condition of 62 the waters; (f) the control of the species; (g) the number of permits 63 issued; (h) the area available; (i) the rights and privileges of sportsmen, 64 landowners and the general public; (j) the problem of providing and 65 perpetuating a sound program of fisheries management and a sound 66 recreational program consistent with the availability of the species. 67 Sec. 3. Section 26-159c of the general statutes is repealed and the 68 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 69 Prior to the adoption of any regulation under subsection (g) of section 70 26-142a or section 26-159a, the commissioner or [his] the commissioner's 71 designated representative shall conduct a public hearing or hearings in 72 those coastal areas where persons substantially affected by such 73 regulation and having an interest therein may be heard. The 74 commissioner shall cause notice of such hearing or hearings to be 75 [published at least once not more than thirty days and not fewer than 76 ten days before the date set for such hearing or hearings in a newspaper 77 or newspapers having general circulation in those areas which may be 78 affected by such regulation] posted on the eRegulations System and on 79 the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Internet web 80 site not fewer than fourteen days prior to the date set for such hearing 81 or hearings. 82 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 4 of 14 Sec. 4. Section 26-102 of the general statutes is repealed and the 83 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 84 The commissioner may establish fish spawning areas and refuges on 85 any waters; and [he] the commissioner may establish closed areas and 86 safety zones on public lands and waters and, with the consent of the 87 owner, on private lands and waters, and close any such area to fishing 88 and trespassing. The commissioner shall have emergency authority to 89 declare a closed season on any regulated species [of fish] threatened 90 with undue depletion from any cause and, the provisions of section 26-91 116, as amended by this act, notwithstanding, if such cause is any 92 person, firm or corporation engaged in commercial fishing activity, the 93 commissioner shall have the additional emergency power to establish 94 prescribed conditions for the operation of such commercial fishing 95 activity, or suspend or prohibit the right of such person, firm or 96 corporation to operate within such waters for such period of time as the 97 commissioner deems necessary. The commissioner may, if [he] the 98 commissioner deems it necessary, close any waters, or portions thereof, 99 in the inland district to fishing for limited periods of time. 100 Sec. 5. Section 26-116 of the general statutes is repealed and the 101 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 102 The provisions of sections [26-102 and] 26-111 to 26-117, inclusive, 103 shall not apply to the taking of fish for commercial purposes and shall 104 not affect any statute regulating fishing in any lake, pond or reservoir 105 used for domestic water supply, nor shall any action be taken under the 106 provisions of said sections which will unreasonably interfere with the 107 proper management of a public water supply system. 108 Sec. 6. Section 26-137 of the general statutes is repealed and the 109 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 110 No person shall take or attempt to take any fish [, with the exception 111 of lamprey eels during the open season for the same,] within two 112 hundred fifty feet of any fishway, except that the commissioner when 113 [he] the commissioner deems necessary may extend or reduce such 114 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 5 of 14 distance and shall indicate such other distance by posting. 115 Sec. 7. Section 26-142b of the general statutes is repealed and the 116 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 117 (a) For the purposes of this section, "active" with regard to a principal 118 commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license or 119 commercial lobster pot fishing license means that the license has been 120 renewed in the current year. 121 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Commissioner 122 of Energy and Environmental Protection may reissue an active principal 123 commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license or 124 commercial lobster pot fishing license in the event the license holder is 125 temporarily incapacitated and unable to operate a vessel or perform 126 other necessary functions associated with commercial fishing or in the 127 event a license holder is unable to conduct commercial fishing due to 128 exigencies related to medical care of an immediate family member. Such 129 temporary license may only be issued to a member of such 130 [incapacitated] license holder's immediate family or to a member of such 131 [incapacitated] license holder's crew, as designated by such license 132 holder, for the duration of such license holder's incapacity or [twelve 133 consecutive months, whichever is the shorter period] exigencies related 134 to medical care of an immediate family member of such license holder. 135 Such temporary license shall be subject to the provisions of section 26-136 142a. Landings during the period of such temporary license reissue may 137 be used to satisfy the requirements for license transfer in subsection (c) 138 of this section provided the license met all such requirements for 139 transfer at the time of such temporary reissue. 140 (c) The commissioner may authorize the transfer of an active 141 principal commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license 142 or commercial lobster pot fishing license, issued pursuant to subsection 143 (f) of section 26-142a, provided: (1) For purposes of an active resident-144 held principal or general commercial fishing license or commercial 145 lobster pot fishing license: (A) The person receiving the license in such 146 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 6 of 14 transfer is a resident of this state, and (B) the person transferring the 147 license held the license and landed regulated species or owned a vessel 148 that landed regulated species under the privilege of a quota-managed 149 species endorsement associated with the license in at least five of the 150 eight calendar years preceding the transfer request and [reported] such 151 landings were reported to the commissioner, pursuant to section 26-152 157b, for not less than thirty fishing days in each year, or (2) for purposes 153 of an active nonresident-held principal or general commercial fishing 154 license or commercial lobster pot fishing license: The person 155 transferring the license held the license and landed regulated species or 156 owned a vessel that landed regulated species under the privilege of a 157 quota-managed species endorsement associated with the license in at 158 least five of the eight calendar years preceding the transfer request and 159 [reported] such landings were reported to the commissioner, pursuant 160 to section 26-157b, for not less than thirty fishing days in each year. Such 161 landings shall be verified by seafood dealer reports submitted pursuant 162 to section 26-157b. The recipient of a transferred commercial lobster pot 163 fishing license or principal commercial fishing license shall be limited to 164 the number of lobster pots allocated to such license, except a transferee 165 who currently holds a commercial lobster pot fishing license, issued 166 pursuant to subsection (f) of section 26-142a, shall be limited to the 167 number of pots allocated to such person's currently held commercial 168 lobster pot fishing license or principal commercial fishing license or to 169 the transferred license, whichever is greater. The length of any 170 commercial fishing vessel used by the recipient of a transferred license 171 to fish with a trawl net in the waters of this state shall be not more than 172 [ten] twenty per cent greater than the length of the largest vessel used 173 by the person transferring the license during such qualifying period. 174 (d) (1) In the event of the death of the holder of an active principal 175 commercial fishing license, general commercial fishing license or 176 commercial lobster pot fishing license, the commissioner may authorize 177 the transfer of such license pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, for 178 a period of two years from the date of death of such license holder. 179 (2) If the deceased license holder held such license for a period of less 180 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 7 of 14 than five complete calendar years, the commissioner may authorize the 181 transfer of said license (A) subject to the provisions of this section, and 182 (B) provided the deceased license holder landed regulated species or 183 owned a vessel that landed regulated species under the privilege of a 184 quota-managed species endorsement associated with the license in each 185 calendar year during which the deceased license holder held the license 186 for six months or longer, and (C) provided such landings were reported 187 to the commissioner by the deceased license holder, pursuant to section 188 26-157b, for not less than thirty fishing days in each year. 189 (e) Upon transfer of a license, the original license holder shall become 190 ineligible to obtain a renewal of that license. Such original license holder 191 may acquire a new license through a subsequent license transfer. 192 (f) A transfer of a license under this section shall not be made while a 193 commercial fishery license, registration or vessel permit held by the 194 transferor or transferee is under suspension and a transfer shall not be 195 authorized for any transferee who has had a commercial fishery license, 196 registration or vessel permit revoked or suspended within the preceding 197 twelve months. 198 Sec. 8. Subsection (a) of section 22a-6g of the general statutes is 199 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 200 passage): 201 (a) Any person who submits an application to the Commissioner of 202 Energy and Environmental Protection for any permit or other license 203 pursuant to section 22a-32, 22a-39, 22a-174, 22a-208a, 22a-342, 22a-361, 204 22a-368, 22a-403 or 22a-430, subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-449, 205 section 22a-454 or Section 401 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act 206 (33 USC 466 et seq.), except an application for authorization under a 207 general permit shall: (1) Publish notice of such application in a 208 newspaper of general circulation in the affected area or on the Internet 209 web site used for local land use decisions in the municipality where such 210 property is located. Such notice shall also be published on the Internet 211 web site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) 212 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 8 of 14 notify the chief elected official of the municipality in which the 213 regulated activity is proposed; and (3) include with such application a 214 copy of such notice as it appeared in the newspaper or municipal land 215 use Internet web site and a signed statement certifying that the applicant 216 notified the chief elected official of the municipality in which such 217 regulated activity is proposed. Such notices shall include: (A) The name 218 and mailing address of the applicant and the address of the location at 219 which the proposed activity will take place; (B) the application number, 220 if available; (C) the type of permit sought, including a reference to the 221 applicable statute or regulation; (D) a description of the activity for 222 which a permit is sought; (E) a description of the location of the 223 proposed activity and any natural resources affected thereby; (F) the 224 name, address and telephone number of any agent of the applicant from 225 whom interested persons may obtain copies of the application; and (G) 226 a statement that the application is available for inspection at the office 227 of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. The 228 commissioner shall not process an application until the applicant has 229 submitted to the commissioner a copy of the notice and the signed 230 statement required by this section. Any person who submits an 231 application pursuant to section 22a-32 or 22a-361 shall additionally mail 232 such notice to any land owner of record for any property that is located 233 five hundred feet or less from the property line of the property on which 234 such proposed activity will occur. The provisions of this section shall 235 not apply to discharges exempted from the notice requirement by the 236 commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-430, to 237 hazardous waste transporter permits issued pursuant to section 22a-454 238 or to special waste authorizations issued pursuant to section 22a-209 239 and regulations adopted thereunder. 240 Sec. 9. Subsection (a) of section 22a-6h of the general statutes is 241 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 242 passage): 243 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, at 244 least thirty days before approving or denying an application under 245 section 22a-32, 22a-39, 22a-174, 22a-208a, 22a-342, 22a-361, 22a-368, 22a-246 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 9 of 14 403 or 22a-430, subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-449, section 22a-454 or 247 Section 401 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 466 et 248 seq.), shall publish or cause to be published, at the applicant's expense, 249 once in a newspaper having a substantial circulation in the affected area 250 or, if such application pertains to a single-family residential property, 251 on the Internet web site used for local land use decisions in the 252 municipality where such property is located and on the Internet web 253 site of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection notice 254 of the commissioner's tentative determination regarding such 255 application. Such notice shall include: (1) The name and mailing address 256 of the applicant and the address of the location of the proposed activity; 257 (2) the application number; (3) the tentative decision regarding the 258 application; (4) the type of permit or other authorization sought, 259 including a reference to the applicable statute or regulation; (5) a 260 description of the location of the proposed activity and any natural 261 resources affected thereby; (6) the name, address and telephone number 262 of any agent of the applicant from whom interested persons may obtain 263 copies of the application; (7) a brief description of all opportunities for 264 public participation provided by statute or regulation, including the 265 length of time available for submission of public comments to the 266 commissioner on the application; and (8) such additional information as 267 the commissioner deems necessary to comply with any provision of this 268 title or regulations adopted hereunder, or with the federal Clean Air 269 Act, federal Clean Water Act or federal Resource Conservation and 270 Recovery Act. The commissioner shall further give notice of such 271 determination to the chief elected official of the municipality in which 272 the regulated activity is proposed. Nothing in this section shall preclude 273 the commissioner from giving such additional notice as may be required 274 by any other provision of this title or regulations adopted hereunder, or 275 by the federal Clean Air Act, federal Clean Water Act or federal 276 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The provisions of this section 277 shall not apply to discharges exempted from the notice requirement by 278 the commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of section 22a-430, to 279 hazardous waste transporter permits issued pursuant to section 22a-454 280 or to special waste authorizations issued pursuant to section 22a-209 281 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 10 of 14 and regulations adopted thereunder. 282 Sec. 10. Section 7-131g of the general statutes is repealed and the 283 following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 284 (a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may 285 make grants under the open space and watershed land acquisition 286 program to: (1) Municipalities for acquisition of land for open space 287 under subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of subsection (b) of section 7-288 131d in an amount not to exceed sixty-five per cent of the fair market 289 value of a parcel of land or interest in land proposed to be acquired; (2) 290 municipalities for acquisition of land for class I and class II water supply 291 protection under subdivision (5) of subsection (b) of said section 7-131d, 292 in an amount not to exceed sixty-five per cent of such value; (3) 293 nonprofit land conservation organizations for acquisition of land for 294 open space or watershed protection under subdivisions (1) to (6), 295 inclusive, of subsection (b) of said section 7-131d, in an amount not to 296 exceed sixty-five per cent of such value; (4) water companies for 297 acquisition of land under subdivision (7) of subsection (b) of said section 298 7-131d, in an amount not to exceed sixty-five per cent of such value 299 provided if such a company proposes in a grant application that it 300 intends to allow access to such land for recreational uses, such company 301 shall seek approval of the Commissioner of Public Health for such 302 access; and (5) distressed municipalities or targeted investment 303 communities, as defined in section 32-9p, or, with the approval of the 304 chief elected official or governing legislative body of such a municipality 305 or community, to a nonprofit land conservation organization or water 306 company, for acquisition of land within that municipality or 307 community, for open space under subdivisions (1) to (6), inclusive, of 308 subsection (b) of said section 7-131d, in an amount not to exceed 309 seventy-five per cent of such value or for performance of work in the 310 restoration, enhancement or protection of resources in an amount not to 311 exceed fifty per cent of the cost of such work. Applicants for grants 312 under the program shall provide a copy of the application to the 313 chairperson of the review board established under section 7-131e. The 314 board shall provide comments to the commissioner on pending 315 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 11 of 14 applications as it deems necessary. 316 (b) For purposes of this subsection, the fair market value of land or 317 interest in land shall be determined by one or more appraisals 318 satisfactory to the commissioner and shall not include incidental costs, 319 including, but not limited to, surveying, development or closing costs. 320 The commissioner may consider a portion of the fair market value of a 321 donation of land by an entity receiving a grant as a portion of the 322 matching funds required under this subsection. A grantee may use 323 funds made available by the state, pursuant to subsection (a) of this 324 section, and the federal government to fund not more than ninety per 325 cent of the fair market value of any project funded under the program, 326 except the commissioner may authorize a grantee to use such state funds 327 provided pursuant to subsection (a) of this section and any funds made 328 available by the federal government to fund one hundred per cent of the 329 fair market value of any project funded under said program if the 330 commissioner determines that any of the following conditions exist: (1) 331 The grantee committed or expended significant resources, including, 332 but not limited to, payment of such incidental costs, toward the 333 acquisition and preservation in perpetuity of such land; (2) that the 334 grantee committed or expended significant resources for the care, 335 maintenance or preservation of such land that was consistent with the 336 intent of the open space and watershed land acquisition program, as 337 described in section 7-131d, as amended by this act; (3) that such project 338 will provide a significant recreational opportunity or natural resource 339 protection for the state and is consistent with: (A) The criteria of 340 subsections (b) and (c) of section 7-131d, as amended by this act; (B) the 341 additional considerations set forth in subsection (a) of section 7-131e; 342 and (C) any written guidelines developed by the commissioner 343 pursuant to said subsection; or (4) that such project is located in an area 344 of the state with a limited amount of land available for such recreational 345 opportunity or natural resource protection and is consistent with: (A) 346 The criteria of subsections (b) and (c) of section 7-131d, as amended by 347 this act; (B) the additional considerations set forth in subsection (a) of 348 section 7-131e, except equitable geographic distribution of such grants; 349 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 12 of 14 and (C) any written guidelines developed by the commissioner 350 pursuant to said subsection. 351 (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (3) of subsection 352 (c) of section 7-131d, as amended by this act, for land that is the subject 353 of the execution or recording of a conservation easement or restriction 354 that resulted from a federally funded land conservation program, 355 municipal conservation grant program or a private conservation grant 356 program, prior to the recording of a permanent conservation easement 357 described in subsection (e) of section 7-131d, shall not be construed to 358 constitute land that has already been committed for public use, 359 provided: 360 (1) Such prior conservation easement or restriction is executed after 361 the execution of the grant agreement for a grant to preserve such land 362 under the provisions of this section, (2) at the time of the recording of 363 the permanent conservation easement required pursuant to subsection 364 (e) of section 7-131d, any nonfederal holder of any such prior easement 365 subordinates such holder's interests in the land to the interests of the 366 state, (3) such other federal funds, municipal grant funds or private 367 grant funds are used as matching funds for a grant issued under this 368 section, and (4) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 369 Protection determines, based on all pertinent circumstances, that the 370 conveyance of such other conservation easement or restriction, in 371 combination with the acquisition of the state's interest under this 372 section, constitutes one concurrent acquisition of property or interests 373 therein. 374 [(c)] (d) To the extent there is a balance of bonds authorized but not 375 allocated by the State Bond Commission on or after July 1, 1998, 376 pursuant to any bond act for the purposes of (1) the recreation and 377 natural heritage trust program established under sections 23-73 to 23-378 79, inclusive, and (2) the municipal open space grant program 379 established under sections 7-131c to 7-131g, inclusive, as amended by 380 this act, the State Bond Commission shall authorize the issuance of such 381 balance only for the purposes described in section 23-74 and sections 23-382 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 13 of 14 75 and 7-131d, as amended by this act, and in two substantially equal 383 installments one in each half of the fiscal year commencing with the 384 fiscal year ending June 30, 1999. 385 Sec. 11. Subsection (c) of section 7-131d of the general statutes is 386 repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 387 passage): 388 (c) No grant may be made under the protected open space and 389 watershed land acquisition grant program established under subsection 390 (a) of this section or under the Charter Oak open space grant program 391 established under section 7-131t for: (1) Land to be used for commercial 392 purposes or for recreational purposes requiring intensive development, 393 including, but not limited to, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, 394 ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles other than 395 vehicles needed by water companies to carry out their purposes, 396 provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or 397 nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intensive development; 398 (2) land with environmental contamination over a significant portion of 399 the property provided grants for land requiring remediation of 400 environmental contamination may be made if remediation will be 401 completed before acquisition of the land or any interest in the land and 402 an environmental assessment approved by the Commissioner of Energy 403 and Environmental Protection has been completed and no 404 environmental use restriction applies to the land; (3) land which has 405 already been committed for public use, except as provided in subsection 406 (c) of section 7-131g, as amended by this act; (4) development costs, 407 including, but not limited to, construction of ballfields, tennis courts, 408 parking lots or roadways; (5) land to be acquired by eminent domain; or 409 (6) reimbursement of in-kind services or incidental expenses associated 410 with the acquisition of land. This subsection shall not prohibit the 411 continuation of agricultural activity, the activities of a water company 412 for public water supply purposes or the selling of timber incidental to 413 management of the land which management is in accordance with 414 approved forest management practices provided any proceeds of such 415 timber sales shall be used for management of the land. In the case of 416 Raised Bill No. 1146 LCO No. 4629 14 of 14 land acquired under this section which is designated as a state park, any 417 fees charged by the state for use of such land shall be used by the state 418 in accordance with the provisions of title 23. 419 Sec. 12. Section 22a-185a of the general statutes is repealed. (Effective 420 from passage) 421 This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 from passage 26-5 Sec. 2 from passage 26-113 Sec. 3 from passage 26-159c Sec. 4 from passage 26-102 Sec. 5 from passage 26-116 Sec. 6 from passage 26-137 Sec. 7 from passage 26-142b Sec. 8 from passage 22a-6g(a) Sec. 9 from passage 22a-6h(a) Sec. 10 from passage 7-131g Sec. 11 from passage 7-131d(c) Sec. 12 from passage Repealer section Statement of Purpose: To revise training standard requirements for conservation officers, change notice publication requirements for certain fishing regulations, authorize the transfer of certain commercial fishing licenses, alter the location for the publication of notice for numerous permit applications submitted to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, authorize state open space grants for certain lands that are the subject of other federally funded, municipally funded or privately funded conservation easements or restrictions and repeal the Cricket Valley Energy Center air monitoring equipment technical assistance and support obligation of the department. 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