Table of Contents Sec. 25-102pp. Definition. As used in sections 25-102pp and 25-102qq, "protected river corridor" means any river, river segment and adjacent lands deemed worthy
of permanent protection, preservation and resource management because of environmental, historic, hydrologic, ecologic, agricultural or recreational qualities. Sec. 25-102qq. Powers and duties of the commissioner. River management
and protection program. Advisory committee. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall be responsible for state-wide river policy and comprehensive
protection of rivers. The commissioner shall: (1) Identify rivers or river segments to be
protected, (2) designate protected river corridors and (3) approve, reject or modify river
corridor maps and management plans submitted pursuant to sections 25-205 and 25-235. Secs. 25-102rr to 25-102vv. River protection commissions. Powers and duties
of commission. Designation of protected river corridor; factors to be considered
by commissioner; periodic review. Recording of map and filing of plan; action
on applications to agencies referred to river protection commissions; exemptions.
Considerations in certain permit decisions. Sections 25-102rr to 25-102vv, inclusive,
are repealed. Sec. 25-102ww. Applications affecting Shepaug River and Bantam River. The
Shepaug Bantam River Protection Commission shall review and comment on all applications affecting the Shepaug River or the Bantam River, or both, which are received
by the inland wetlands agencies of the towns of Litchfield, Morris, Roxbury, Warren
and Washington.
Sec. 25-102pp. Definition.
Sec. 25-102qq. Powers and duties of the commissioner. River management and protection
program. Advisory committee.
Secs. 25-102rr to 25-102vv. River protection commissions. Powers and duties of commission. Designation of protected river corridor; factors to be considered by commissioner;
periodic review. Recording of map and filing of plan; action on applications to agencies
referred to river protection commissions; exemptions. Considerations in certain permit decisions.
Sec. 25-102ww. Applications affecting Shepaug River and Bantam River.
Sec. 25-102xx. Model river protection ordinance.
(P.A. 84-522, S. 1, 8; P.A. 95-333, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 95-333 deleted references to repealed sections.
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(b) The commissioner may establish a river management and protection program
designed to improve the management and protection of the state's rivers.
(c) If the commissioner undertakes to establish such a program, he shall establish
a River Protection Advisory Committee to assist him in developing the river protection
program. The committee shall consist of the following members whose terms shall
expire on October 1, 1992: (1) The Commissioners of Public Health, Transportation,
Economic and Community Development and Agriculture, the Secretary of the Office
of Policy and Management, the director of the Connecticut Historical Commission,
and the State Archaeologist, or their designees; and (2) two members representing the
business community, two members representing public service companies, seven members representing environmental and recreational organizations, four members representing river protection organizations, one member representing municipalities with a
river or river segment within their borders, two members representing regional planning
agencies, three members representing related professional practices and one member
representing the public, which members shall be appointed by the commissioner. On
and after October 1, 1992, the committee's membership shall consist of: (1) The Commissioners of Public Health, Transportation, Economic and Community Development
and Agriculture, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the director of
the Connecticut Historical Commission, and the State Archaeologist, or their designees;
and (2) one member representing the business community, and one member representing
a related professional practice appointed by the Governor; one member representing an
environmental or recreational organization, one member representing a river protection
organization and one member representing a related professional practice appointed by
the president pro tempore of the Senate; one member representing an environmental or
recreational organization, one member representing a river protection organization and
one member representing a related professional practice appointed by the speaker of the
House of Representatives; one member representing an environmental or recreational
organization, one member representing a municipality with a river or river segment
within its borders and one member representing the business community appointed
by the majority leader of the Senate; two members representing an environmental or
recreational organization, one member representing a river protection organization and
one member representing a public service company appointed by the minority leader
of the Senate; one member representing an environmental or recreational organization,
one member representing a public service company and one member representing a
regional planning agency appointed by the majority leader of the House of Representatives; one member representing an environmental or recreational organization, one
member representing a river protection organization, one member of the public and one
member representing a regional planning agency appointed by the minority leader of
the House of Representatives.
(d) In developing the river protection program, the commissioner, with the assistance of the River Protection Advisory Committee, may: (1) Develop a proposal for a
state-wide river management and protection program, which shall include but not be
limited to: (A) The coordination of existing protective state authorities as a means of
improving river management and protection; (B) the development of any statutory modifications to provide effective regional and interstate cooperation for the development
of river management plans; (C) the development of recommendations for river protection for use in regulations of local land use agencies and (D) the development of any
other needed protection or management of the state's rivers, as determined by the commissioner; (2) define the river resources to be inventoried and assessed; (3) conduct a
state-wide inventory and assessment of the state's rivers; (4) develop a state-wide data
base of river resource information to facilitate environmental planning, regulatory and
management decisions; (5) develop a river classification system; (6) develop criteria for
identifying rivers or river segments for designation as protected rivers and recommended
priorities for the management of the rivers or river segments; and (7) develop a program
to educate the public on river protection issues and ensure public involvement in the
development and implementation of the river protection program.
(P.A. 84-522, S. 2, 8; P.A. 91-394, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-250, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-333, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 91-394 added Subsecs. (b), (c) and (d) concerning the river management and protection program and
advisory committee; in 1993 "and (2)" was inserted editorially following the second reference to state officials or their
designees for consistency; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and
addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-250 replaced Commissioner and Department of Economic Development
with Commissioner and Department of Economic and Community Development; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner
and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective
July 1, 1995; P.A. 95-333 amended Subsec. (a) to add provisions re the commissioner's involvement in the protection of
rivers program and the multiple use rivers program.
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(P.A. 84-522, S. 3−8; P.A. 85-158; P.A. 86-403, S. 58, 132; P.A. 91-394, S. 2; P.A. 95-333, S. 14.)
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(P.A. 90-341, S. 9; P.A. 95-333, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 95-333 deleted reference to repealed Sec. 25-102uu.
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