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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 7247
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7247
6	6		January Session, 2025
	7	+	LCO No. 6422
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
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	13	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING SEWAGE DISPOSAL REQUIREMENTS AND
13	20		THEIR IMPACT ON HOUSING DEVELOPMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND
14	21		THE ENVIRONMENT.
15	22		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
16	23		Assembly convened:
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18	25		Section 1. (Effective from passage) The majority leaders' roundtable 1
19	26		group on affordable housing, established pursuant to section 36 of 2
20	27		public act 23-207, shall convene a working group to assess and provide 3
21	28		recommendations regarding (1) regulatory requirements concerning 4
22	29		sewage disposal, including, but not limited to, nitrogen discharge limits 5
23	30		and their impact on the development of housing, public health and the 6
24	31		environment, and (2) balancing the costs associated with the 7
25	32		development of housing and a risk-based approach to protecting public 8
26	33		health and the environment. The working group shall include, but need 9
27	34		not be limited to, the Commissioners of Public Health, Energy and 10
28	35		Environmental Protection and Housing, or said commissioners' 11
29		-	designees, and subject matter experts, including, but not limited to, one 12
30		-	representative each from (A) a residential construction trade association 13
31		-	in the state, (B) an association representing municipal planners in the 14
32		-	state, (C) an association representing municipal directors of health in the 15
33		-	state, (D) an association representing septic system installers in the state, 16
34		-	and (E) an association representing professional engineers and soil 17
35		-	scientists in the state. Not later than February 1, 2026, the working group 18 Substitute Bill No. 7247
	36	+	designees, and subject matter experts. Not later than February 1, 2026, 12
	37	+	the working group shall submit a report to the joint standing 13
	38	+	committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters 14
	39	+	relating to public health, the environment and housing regarding such 15
	40	+	Raised Bill No. 7247
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40		-	shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Public Health and the joint 19
41		-	standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of 20
42		-	matters relating to public health, the environment and housing 21
43		-	regarding such assessment and recommendations. 22
44		-	Sec. 2. Subsection (g) of section 22a-430 of the general statutes is 23
45		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 24
46		-	passage): 25
47		-	(g) The commissioner shall, by regulation adopted prior to October 1, 26
48		-	1977, establish and define categories of discharges that constitute 27
49		-	household and small commercial subsurface sewage disposal systems 28
50		-	for which the commissioner shall delegate to the Commissioner of 29
51		-	Public Health the authority to issue permits or approvals and to hold 30
52		-	public hearings in accordance with this section, on and after said date. 31
53		-	Not later than July 1, [2025] 2026, but only after consultation with the 32
54		-	working group convened pursuant to section 1 of this act and 33
55		-	consideration of the recommendations provided by such working group 34
56		-	pursuant to said section, the commissioner shall post a notice of intent 35
57		-	to amend such regulations on the eRegulations System to establish and 36
58		-	define categories of discharges that constitute small community 37
59		-	sewerage systems and household and small commercial subsurface 38
60		-	sewage disposal systems. The Commissioner of Public Health shall, 39
61		-	pursuant to section 19a-36, establish minimum requirements for small 40
62		-	community sewerage systems and household and small commercial 41
63		-	subsurface sewage disposal systems and procedures for the issuance of 42
64		-	such permits or approvals by the local director of health or an 43
65		-	environmental health specialist registered pursuant to chapter 395. As 44
66		-	used in this subsection, small community sewerage systems and 45
67		-	household and small commercial disposal systems shall include those 46
68		-	subsurface sewage disposal systems with a capacity of ten thousand 47
69		-	gallons per day or less. Notwithstanding any provision of the general 48
70		-	statutes (1) the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to 49
71		-	this subsection that are in effect as of July 1, 2017, shall apply to 50
72		-	household and small commercial subsurface sewage disposal systems 51
73		-	with a capacity of seven thousand five hundred gallons per day or less, 52 Substitute Bill No. 7247
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78		-	and (2) the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this 53
79		-	subsection that are in effect [as of] on or after July 1, [2025] 2026, shall 54
80		-	apply to small community sewerage systems, household systems and 55
81		-	small commercial subsurface sewerage disposal systems with a capacity 56
82		-	of ten thousand gallons per day or less. Any permit denied by the 57
83		-	Commissioner of Public Health, or a director of health or registered 58
84		-	environmental health specialist shall be subject to hearing and appeal in 59
85		-	the manner provided in section 19a-229. Any permit granted by the 60
86		-	Commissioner of Public Health, or a director of health or registered 61
87		-	environmental health specialist on or after October 1, 1977, shall be 62
88		-	deemed equivalent to a permit issued under subsection (b) of this 63
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90	47		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
91	48		sections:
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93	50		Section 1 from passage New section
94		-	Sec. 2 from passage 22a-430(g)
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96		-	PH Joint Favorable Subst.
	52	+	Statement of Purpose:
	53	+	To require an evaluation of sewage disposal requirements and their
	54	+	impact on housing development, public health and the environment.
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	56	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	57	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	58	+	underlined.]
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