CHAPTER 474
POLLUTION

PART III
WATER SUPPLIES

      Sec. 25-32. Department of Public Health jurisdiction over and duties concerning water supplies, water companies and operators of water treatment plants and water distribution systems. (a) The Department of Public Health shall have jurisdiction over all matters concerning the purity and adequacy of any water supply source used by any municipality, public institution or water company for obtaining water, the safety of any distributing plant and system for public health purposes, the adequacy of methods used to assure water purity, and such other matters relating to the construction and operation of such distributing plant and system as may affect public health.

      (b) No water company shall sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of or change the use of any watershed lands, except as provided in section 25-43c, without a written permit from the Commissioner of Public Health. The commissioner shall not grant: (1) A permit for the sale of class I land, except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, (2) a permit for the lease of class I land except as provided in subsection (p) of this section, or (3) a permit for a change in use of class I land unless the applicant demonstrates that such change will not have a significant adverse impact upon the present and future purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply and is consistent with any water supply plan filed and approved pursuant to section 25-32d. The commissioner may reclassify class I land only upon determination that such land no longer meets the criteria established by subsection (a) of section 25-37c because of abandonment of a water supply source or a physical change in the watershed boundary. Not more than fifteen days before filing an application for a permit under this section, the applicant shall provide notice of such intent, by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the chief executive officer and the chief elected official of each municipality in which the land is situated.

      (c) The commissioner may grant a permit for the sale, lease, assignment or change in use of any land in class II subject to any conditions or restrictions in use which the commissioner may deem necessary to maintain the purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply, giving due consideration to: (1) The creation and control of point or nonpoint sources of contamination; (2) the disturbance of ground vegetation; (3) the creation and control of subsurface sewage disposal systems; (4) the degree of water treatment provided; (5) the control of watershed land by the applicant through ownership, easements or use restrictions or other water supply source protection measures; (6) the effect of development of any such land; and (7) any other significant potential source of contamination of the public drinking water supply. The commissioner may grant a permit for the sale, lease or assignment of class II land to another water company, municipality or nonprofit land conservation organization provided, as a condition of approval, a permanent conservation easement on the land is entered into to preserve the land in perpetuity predominantly in its natural scenic and open condition for the protection of natural resources and public water supplies while allowing for recreation consistent with such protection and improvements necessary for the protection or provision of safe and adequate potable water. Preservation in perpetuity shall not include permission for the land to be developed for any commercial, residential or industrial uses, nor shall it include permission for recreational purposes requiring intense development, including, but not limited to, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles other than vehicles needed by water companies to carry out their purposes, provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intense development. The commissioner may reclassify class II land only upon determination that such land no longer meets the criteria established by subsection (b) of section 25-37c because of abandonment of a water supply source or a physical change in the watershed boundary.

      (d) The commissioner may grant a permit for (1) the sale of class I or II land to another water company, to a state agency or to a municipality, (2) the sale of class II land or the sale or assignment of a conservation restriction or a public access easement on class I or class II land to a private, nonprofit land-holding conservation organization, or (3) the sale of class I land to a private nonprofit land-holding conservation organization if the water company is denied a permit to abandon a source not in current use or needed by the water company pursuant to subsection (c) of section 25-33k, if the purchasing entity agrees to maintain the land subject to the provisions of this section, any regulations adopted pursuant to this section and the terms of any permit issued pursuant to this section. Such purchasing entity or assignee may not sell, lease or assign any such land or conservation restriction or public access easement or sell, lease, assign or change the use of such land without obtaining a permit pursuant to this section.

      (e) The commissioner shall not grant a permit for the sale, lease, assignment or change in use of any land in class II unless (1) the land in class II is being sold, leased or assigned as part of a larger parcel of land also containing land in class III and use restrictions applicable to the land in class II will prevent the land in class II from being developed, (2) the applicant demonstrates that the proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use will not have a significant adverse impact upon the purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply and that any use restrictions which the commissioner requires as a condition of granting a permit can be enforced against subsequent owners, lessees and assignees, (3) the commissioner determines, after giving effect to any use restrictions which may be required as a condition of granting the permit, that such proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use will not have a significant adverse effect on the public drinking water supply, whether or not similar permits have been granted, and (4) on or after January 1, 2003, as a condition to the sale, lease or assignment of any class II lands, a permanent conservation easement on the land is entered into to preserve the land in perpetuity predominantly in its natural scenic and open condition for the protection of natural resources and public water supplies while allowing for recreation consistent with such protection and improvements necessary for the protection or provision of safe and adequate potable water, except in cases where the class II land is deemed necessary to provide access or egress to a parcel of class III land, as defined in section 25-37c, that is approved for sale. Preservation in perpetuity shall not include permission for the land to be developed for any commercial, residential or industrial uses, nor shall it include permission for recreational purposes requiring intense development, including, but not limited to, golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles other than vehicles needed by water companies to carry out their purposes, provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intense development.

      (f) Nothing in this section shall prevent the lease or change in use of water company land to allow for recreational purposes that do not require intense development or improvements for water supply purposes, for leases of existing structures, or for radio towers or telecommunications antennas on existing structures. For purposes of this subsection, intense development includes golf courses, driving ranges, tennis courts, ballfields, swimming pools and uses by motorized vehicles, provided trails or pathways for pedestrians, motorized wheelchairs or nonmotorized vehicles shall not be considered intense development.

      (g) As used in this section, (1) "water supply source" includes all springs, streams, watercourses, brooks, rivers, lakes, ponds, wells or underground waters from which water is taken, and all springs, streams, watercourses, brooks, rivers, lakes, ponds, wells or aquifer protection areas, as defined in section 22a-354h, thereto and all lands drained thereby; and (2) "watershed land" means land from which water drains into a public drinking water supply.

      (h) The commissioner shall adopt and from time to time may amend the following: (1) Physical, chemical, radiological and microbiological standards for the quality of public drinking water; (2) minimum treatment methods, taking into account the costs of such methods, required for all sources of drinking water, including guidelines for the design and operation of treatment works and water sources, which guidelines shall serve as the basis for approval of local water supply plans by the commissioner; (3) minimum standards to assure the long-term purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply to all residents of this state; and (4) classifications of water treatment plants and water distribution systems which treat or supply water used or intended for use by the public. On or after October 1, 1975, any water company which requests approval of any drinking water source shall provide for such treatment methods as specified by the commissioner, provided any water company in operation prior to October 1, 1975, and having such source shall comply with regulations adopted by the commissioner, in accordance with chapter 54, in conformance with The Safe Drinking Water Act, Public Law 93-523, and shall submit on or before February 1, 1976, a statement of intent to provide for treatment methods as specified by the commissioner, to the commissioner for approval. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, requiring water companies to report elevated levels of copper in public drinking water.

      (i) The department may perform the collection and testing of water samples required by regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to this section, in accordance with chapter 54, when requested to do so by a water company. The department shall collect a fee equal to the cost of such collection and testing. Water companies serving one thousand or more persons shall not request routine bacteriological or physical tests under this subsection.

      (j) The condemnation by a state department, institution or agency of any land owned by a water company shall be subject to the provisions of this section.

      (k) The commissioner may issue an order declaring a moratorium on the expansion or addition to any existing public water system that the commissioner deems incapable of providing new services with a pure and adequate water supply.

      (l) The commissioner may issue, modify or revoke orders as needed to carry out the provisions of this part. Except as otherwise provided in this part, such order shall be issued, modified or revoked in accordance with procedures set forth in subsection (b) of section 25-34.

      (m) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to include local health departments in the notification process when a water utility reports a water quality problem.

      (n) (1) On and after the effective date of regulations adopted under this subsection, no person may operate any water treatment plant, water distribution system or small water system that treats or supplies water used or intended for use by the public, test any backflow prevention device, or perform a cross connection survey without a certificate issued by the commissioner under this subsection. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to provide: (A) Standards for the operation of such water treatment plants, water distribution systems and small water systems; (B) standards and procedures for the issuance of certificates to operators of such water treatment plants, water distribution systems and small water systems; (C) procedures for the renewal of such certificates every three years; (D) standards for training required for the issuance or renewal of a certificate; and (E) standards and procedures for the issuance and renewal of certificates to persons who test backflow prevention devices or perform cross connection surveys. Such regulations shall be consistent with applicable federal law and guidelines for operator certification programs promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. For purposes of this subsection, "small water system" means a public water system, as defined in section 25-33d, that serves less than one thousand persons and has no treatment or has only treatment that does not require any chemical treatment, process adjustment, backwashing or media regeneration by an operator.

      (2) The commissioner may take any disciplinary action set forth in section 19a-17, except for the assessment of a civil penalty under subdivision (6) of subsection (a) of section 19a-17, against an operator, a person who tests backflow prevention devices or a person who performs cross connection surveys holding a certificate issued under this subsection for any of the following reasons: (A) Fraud or material deception in procuring a certificate, the renewal of a certificate or the reinstatement of a certificate; (B) fraud or material deception in the performance of the certified operator's professional activities; (C) incompetent, negligent or illegal performance of the certified operator's professional activities; (D) conviction of the certified operator for a felony; or (E) failure of the certified operator to complete the training required under subdivision (1) of this subsection.

      (3) The commissioner may issue an initial certificate to perform a function set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection upon receipt of a completed application, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, together with an application fee as follows: (A) For a water treatment plant, water distribution system or small water system operator certificate, two hundred twenty-four dollars; (B) for a backflow prevention device tester certificate, one hundred fifty-four dollars; and (C) for a cross-connection survey inspector certificate, one hundred fifty-four dollars. A certificate issued pursuant to this subdivision shall expire three years from the date of issuance unless renewed by the certificate holder prior to such expiration date. The commissioner may renew a certificate for an additional three years upon receipt of a completed renewal application, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, together with a renewal application fee as follows: (i) For a water treatment plant, water distribution system or small water system operator certificate, ninety-eight dollars; (ii) for a backflow prevention device tester certificate, sixty-nine dollars; and (iii) for a cross-connection survey inspector certificate, sixty-nine dollars.

      (o) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, that incorporate by reference the provisions of the federal National Primary Drinking Water Regulations in 40 C.F.R. Parts 141 and 142, promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, provided such regulations (1) are consistent with other regulations adopted pursuant to this section, and (2) explicitly incorporate any future amendments to said federal regulations.

      (p) The commissioner may grant a permit for the lease of class I land associated with a groundwater source for use for public drinking water purposes to another water company that serves one thousand or more persons or two hundred fifty or more customers and maintains an approved water supply plan pursuant to section 25-32d, provided a water company acquiring such interest in the property demonstrates that such lease will improve conditions for the existing public drinking water system and will not have a significant adverse impact upon the present and future purity and adequacy of the public drinking water supply. Any water company requesting a permit under this subsection may be required to convey an easement that provides for the protection of the public water supply source and shall submit such easement and any provisions of the lease that pertain to the protection of the public water supply to the commissioner for approval.

      (1949 Rev., S. 4015; 1967, P.A. 691, S. 2; P.A. 74-303, S. 1; P.A. 75-513, S. 1, 5; P.A. 76-268; P.A. 77-606, S. 4, 10; 77-614, S. 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 71, 85, 136; P.A. 79-192; 79-522, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-472, S. 139, 159; P.A. 85-336, S. 1, 6; P.A. 88-172, S. 3; 88-354, S. 4; P.A. 89-301, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-211, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 95-329, S. 1, 31; P.A. 96-100, S. 2; P.A. 97-304, S. 21, 31; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2, S. 63; P.A. 00-90, S. 1, 3; 00-203, S. 7, 11; P.A. 01-204, S. 4, 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 73, 131; P.A. 03-252, S. 15; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 45; P.A. 06-53, S. 3; P.A. 09-232, S. 47, 48; P.A. 11-242, S. 71.)

      History: 1967 act gave health department jurisdiction over adequacy of water and ice supplies, safety of distributing plants and systems, adequacy of methods used to assure water purity, etc.; P.A. 74-303 made previous provisions Subsecs. (a) and (c), added new Subsec. (b) re disposition or change in use of any watershed land and defined the term "watershed land" in Subsec. (c); P.A. 75-513 added Subsec. (d) re physical, chemical and bacteriological standards for drinking water supplies; P.A. 76-268 added Subsec. (e) authorizing health department to collect and test water samples; P.A. 77-606 amended Subsec. (b) to specifically require "written permit" rather than "prior approval" and to replace provisions detailing procedure for disposition or use change with provisions for such disposition or use change of Class I land, inserted new Subsecs. (c) and (d) re provision for disposition or use change of Class II land, relettering remaining Subsecs. accordingly and added Subsec. (f)(3) (formerly Subsec. (d)), requiring standards to assure long-term adequacy of drinking water supplies; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner and department of health with commissioner and department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 78-303 deleted references to abolished public health council in Subsec. (f), substituting commissioner of health services; P.A. 79-192 added Subsec. (h) re condemnation of land; P.A. 79-522 rephrased reference to water treatment plants and distribution systems and added reference to regulations adopted by commissioner in accordance with chapter 54 under Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (f)(4) requiring classification of treatment plants and distribution systems; P.A. 81-472 made technical changes; P.A. 85-336 amended Subsec. (b) by authorizing reclassification of class I land, amended Subsec. (c) by authorizing reclassification of class II land, inserted new Subsec. (d) to require a permit for the sale of class I or II land and relettered the remaining subsections; P.A. 88-172 added Subsec. (j) re moratoriums; P.A. 88-354 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring applicant to provide notice to municipal officials not more than 15 days before filing an application; P.A. 89-301 added Subsec. (c)(5) requiring commissioner to consider the incremental effect of development in his decision and renumbering the remaining Subdiv. accordingly and amended Subsec. (e) to require determination that public drinking water supply would suffer no harm from sale, lease, assignment or change in use of land; P.A. 93-381 replaced department and commissioner of health services with department and commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-211 added new Subsec. (c)(5) re control of watershed land, relettering remaining Subdivs. accordingly and deleting in Subdiv. (6) the requirement that the effect of development be "incremental", added new Subsec. (e)(1) re class II and III land, renumbering the remaining Subdivs. and adding to Subdiv. (3) the requirement that the commissioner give effect to any use restrictions that may be required as a condition of granting the permit and replacing "harm" with "have a significant adverse effect on"; 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. 95-329 added Subsec. (k) re orders by the commissioner, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 96-100 added Subsec. (l) concerning regulations re local health department notification; P.A. 97-304 amended Subsec. (d) to allow commissioner to grant a permit for the sale of class I or II land to a state agency, effective July 1, 1997; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 99-2 deleted reference to ice, added "aquifer protection areas" and made technical changes; P.A. 00-90 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a), (b), (c), (f), (g), (h), (k) and (l), amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provisions re qualifications of operators of water treatment plants and water distribution systems, amended Subsec. (g) by adding provisions requiring regulations re the reporting of elevated levels of copper in public drinking water, and added new Subsec. (m) re operators of water treatment plants and water distribution systems, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 00-203 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision re sale, lease or assignment of class II land to another water company, municipality or nonprofit land conservation organization, added Subsec. (e)(4) re sale, lease or assignment of class II land on or after January 1, 2003, and made articles separating Subdivs. "and" instead of "or", inserted new Subsec. (f) re using land for recreational purposes, and redesignated former Subsecs. (f) to (m), inclusive, as Subsecs. (g) to (n), inclusive, effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-204 amended Subsec. (d) to allow the commissioner to grant a permit for the sale of class II land or the sale or assignment of a conservation restriction or a public access easement on class I or class II land to a private, nonprofit land-holding conservation organization, and to prohibit such purchasing entity or assignee from selling, leasing, or assigning any such land or conservation restriction or public access easement or from selling, leasing, assigning or changing the use of such land without obtaining a permit pursuant to the section, effective July 11, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of P.A. 01-204 but without affecting this section; P.A. 03-252 amended Subsec. (n) by adding provisions re jurisdiction over persons who test backflow prevention devices or perform cross connection surveys and making a technical change; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 added Subsec. (d)(3) re sale of land to a private nonprofit land-holding conservation organization; P.A. 06-53 added Subsec. (o) authorizing Commissioner of Public Health to adopt regulations that incorporate by reference federal drinking water regulations; P.A. 09-232 amended Subsec. (b) by redesignating existing language as Subdivs. (1) to (3), deleting provision re permit for assignment of class I land and adding reference to Subsec. (p) and added Subsec. (p) re commissioner's authority to grant permit for lease of class I land, effective July 8, 2009; P.A. 11-242 amended Subsec. (n) by adding provisions re small water system and deleting provision re adoption of regulations by February 1, 2001, in Subdiv. (1) and by adding Subdiv. (3) re issuance of initial and renewal certificates and fees therefor, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-32b. Public drinking water supply emergency. The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, may declare a public drinking water supply emergency upon receipt of information that a public water supply emergency exists or is imminent. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes or regulations adopted thereunder, or special act or municipal ordinance, the Commissioner of Public Health may authorize or order the sale, supply or taking of any waters, including waters into which sewage is discharged, or the temporary interconnection of water mains for the sale or transfer of water among water companies. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall determine the terms of the sale of any water sold pursuant to this section if the water companies that are party to the sale cannot determine such terms or if one of such water companies is regulated by the authority. The authorization or order may be implemented prior to such determination. Any authorization or order shall be for an initial period of not more than thirty days but may be extended for additional periods of thirty days up to one hundred fifty days, consistent with the contingency procedures for a public drinking water supply emergency in the plan approved pursuant to section 25-32d to the extent the Commissioner of Public Health deems appropriate. Upon request by the Commissioner of Public Health, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, pursuant to section 22a-378, shall suspend a permit issued pursuant to section 22a-368 or impose conditions on a permit held pursuant to said section. The time for such suspension or conditions shall be established in accordance with subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of section 22a-378. As used in this section and section 22a-378, "public drinking water supply emergency" includes the contamination of water, the failure of a water supply system or the shortage of water.

      (P.A. 84-281, S. 1, 4; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 73.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; 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. 11-80 changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and changed "Public Utilities Control Authority" to "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-32d. Water supply plans. (a) Each water company, as defined in section 25-32a, and supplying water to one thousand or more persons or two hundred fifty or more consumers and any other water company as defined in said section requested by the Commissioner of Public Health shall submit a water supply plan to the Commissioner of Public Health for approval in accordance with the requirements of this section and with the concurrence of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The concurrence of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall be required for approval of a plan submitted by a water company regulated by the authority. The Commissioner of Public Health shall consider the comments of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority on any plan which may impact any water company regulated by the authority. The Commissioner of Public Health shall distribute a copy of the plan to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. A copy of the plan shall be sent to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for information and comment. A plan shall be revised at such time as the water company filing the plan or the Commissioner of Public Health determines, or at intervals of not less than six years or more than nine years after the date of the most recently approved plan. Unless the Commissioner of Public Health requests otherwise, any water company that fails to meet public drinking water supply quality and quantity obligations, as prescribed in state law or regulation, shall be required to file plan revisions six years after the date of the most recently approved plan. On and after October 1, 2009, upon the approval of a water supply plan, any subsequent revisions to such plan shall minimally consist of updates to those elements described in subsection (b) of this section that have changed after the date of the most recently approved plan provided the Commissioner of Public Health has not otherwise requested submission of an entire water supply plan.

      (b) Any water supply plan submitted pursuant to this section shall evaluate the water supply needs in the service area of the water company submitting the plan and propose a strategy to meet such needs. The plan shall include: (1) A description of existing water supply systems; (2) an analysis of future water supply demands; (3) an assessment of alternative water supply sources which may include sources receiving sewage and sources located on state land; (4) contingency procedures for public drinking water supply emergencies, including emergencies concerning the contamination of water, the failure of a water supply system or the shortage of water; (5) a recommendation for new water system development; (6) a forecast of any future land sales, an identification which includes the acreage and location of any land proposed to be sold, sources of public water supply to be abandoned and any land owned by the company which it has designated, or plans to designate, as class III land; (7) provisions for strategic groundwater monitoring; (8) an analysis of the impact of water conservation practices and a strategy for implementing supply and demand management measures; (9) on and after January 1, 2004, an evaluation of source water protection measures for all sources of the water supply, based on the identification of critical lands to be protected and incompatible land use activities with the potential to contaminate a public drinking water source; and (10) a brief summary of the water company's underground infrastructure replacement practices, which may include current and future infrastructure needs, methods by which projects are identified and prioritized for rehabilitation and replacement and funding needs.

      (c) For security and safety reasons, procedures for sabotage prevention and response shall be provided separately from the water supply plan as a confidential document to the Department of Public Health. Such procedures shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200. Additionally, procedures for sabotage prevention and response that are established by municipally owned water companies shall not be subject to disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200.

      (d) The Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Such regulations shall include a method for calculating safe yield, the contents of emergency contingency plans and water conservation plans, the contents of an evaluation of source water protection measures, a process for approval, modification or rejection of plans submitted pursuant to this section, a schedule for submission of the plans and a mechanism for determining the completeness of the plan. The plan shall be deemed complete if the commissioner does not request additional information within ninety days after the date on which the plan was submitted or, in the event that additional information has been requested, within forty-five days after the submission of such information, except that the commissioner may request an additional thirty days beyond the time in which the application is deemed complete to further determine completeness. In determining whether the water supply plan is complete, the commissioner may request only information that is specifically required by regulation. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, in the case of any plan which may impact any water company regulated by that agency, shall have ninety days upon notice that a plan is deemed complete to comment on the plan.

      (e) Any water company, when submitting any plan or revision or amendment of a plan after July 1, 1998, which involves a forecast of land sales, abandonment of any water supply source, sale of any lands, or land reclassification, shall provide notice, return receipt requested, to the chief elected official of each municipality in which the land or source is located, the Nature Conservancy, the Trust for Public Land and the Land Trust Service Bureau and any organization on the list prepared under subsection (b) of section 16-50c. Such notice shall specify any proposed abandonment of a source of water supply, any proposed changes to land sales forecasts or any land to be designated as class III land in such plan. Such notice shall specify the location and acreage proposed for sale or reclassification as class III land and identify sources to be abandoned and shall be provided no later than the date of submission of such plan or revision. Such notice shall indicate that public comment on such plan or revision shall be received by the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection not later than sixty days after the date of notice. The Commissioner of Public Health shall take such comment into consideration in making any determination or approval under this section.

      (P.A. 84-502, S. 1, 3; P.A. 88-354, S. 5; P.A. 89-305, S. 21, 32; 89-327, S. 6, 7; P.A. 90-271, S. 17, 24; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-124, S. 1, 3; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-180, S. 92, 166; P.A. 97-314, S. 3; P.A. 98-157, S. 7, 15; P.A. 02-102, S. 1; P.A. 03-278, S. 85; P.A. 09-220, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 74.)

      History: P.A. 88-354 added Subsec. (b)(7) re forecasts of future land sales; P.A. 89-305 amended Subsec. (b)(3) by adding requirement that plans include an assessment of sources located on state land and by adding new Subdiv. re strategic groundwater monitoring; P.A. 89-327 amended Subsec. (b) by making technical changes to numeration and adding new Subdiv. re analysis of water conservation practices and requirement that provisions of the plan under Subdivs. (4) and (9) be prepared in accordance with the memorandum of understanding; P.A. 90-271 corrected an internal reference in Subsec. (b); P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-124 deleted Subsec. (b)(9), which required a water plan to include information deemed necessary by the Commissioners of Public Health and Environmental Protection or Public Utilities Control Authority, deleted the words "but not be limited to" in Subsec. (b) before the list of what the plan must include and in Subsec. (c) before what the regulations must include, amended Subsec. (c) to require that the regulations include a method for calculating safe yield, the contents of emergency and conservation plans and a mechanism for determining completeness of the plan and to require that plan be deemed complete under specified circumstances and time frames; 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. 96-180 amended Subsec. (c) to authorize the commissioner to request information required by regulation in reviewing water supply plans, deleting a former limitation re only regulations required by this subsection, effective June 3, 1996; P.A. 97-314 amended Subsec. (a) to require notice of revisions of water supply plans to be sent to certain private, nonprofit, land-holding organizations; P.A. 98-157 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting notice requirements re revision of water supply plan, Subsec. (b)(6) to require that plan identify the acreage and location of land proposed to be sold, sources of public water supply to be abandoned, and any land owned by the company which it has designated, or plans to designate, as class III land, Subsec. (c) by adding that Departments of Environmental Protection and Public Utility Control, in the case of any plan which may impact any water company regulated by the agency, shall have 90 days upon notice that a plan is deemed complete to comment on the plan, and by adding a new Subsec. (d) setting out notice requirements when any water company submits a plan or revision or amendment of a plan after July 1, 1998, and requiring the Commissioner of Public Health to take into consideration any public comments when making any determination or approval under this section, effective July 1, 1998; P.A. 02-102 amended Subsec. (a) by making a technical change, added Subsec. (b)(9) re evaluations of source water protection measures on and after January 1, 2004, added new Subsec. (c) re sabotage prevention and response procedures, redesignated existing Subsecs. (c) and (d) as Subsecs. (d) and (e) and amended redesignated Subsec. (d) re requirement for regulations to include "the contents of an evaluation of source water protection measures"; P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (e), effective July 9, 2003; P.A. 09-220 amended Subsec. (a) by changing time frame re filing revised water supply plan to not less than 6 or more than 9 years after date of most recently approved plan, by requiring water companies that fail to adhere to drinking water standards to file revised plans 6 years after date of most recently approved plan, by requiring that plan revisions shall minimally consist of updates to elements that have changed since date of most recently approved plan and by making technical changes, and added Subsec. (b)(10) re brief summary of the water company's underground infrastructure replacement practices; P.A. 11-80 changed "Department of Public Utility Control" and "Public Utilities Control Authority" to "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and changed "Department of Environmental Protection" to "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection", effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, a reference to "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" was changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-32i. Residential Water-Saving Advisory Board. There is created a Residential Water-Saving Advisory Board to advise the Commissioner of Public Health on educational materials or information on water conservation. The board shall consist of eight members as follows: The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, the chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, and the Consumer Counsel, or their respective designees; a representative of a small investor-owned water company, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the Senate; a representative of a large investor-owned water company, who shall be appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives; and a representative of a municipal or regional water authority, who shall be jointly appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate and the speaker of the House of Representatives. The Governor shall designate the chairman of the board.

      (P.A. 89-266, S. 3; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 94-144, S. 5, 6; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 75.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 94-144 removed reference to Sec. 25-32h program and added requirement to provide educational materials to customers, effective July 1, 1994; 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. 11-80 changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and changed "Public Utilities Control Authority" to "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-33g. Assessment of water supply conditions and problems. Exclusive service area boundaries. (a) Each water utility coordinating committee, in consultation with the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, shall develop a preliminary assessment of water supply conditions and problems within the public water supply management area. The committee shall solicit comments on the preliminary assessment from municipalities, regional planning agencies, state agencies and other interested parties and respond to any comment received. The committee shall thereafter prepare a final assessment.

      (b) The committee shall establish preliminary exclusive service area boundaries, based on the final assessment, for each public water system within the management area, and may change such boundaries. In establishing exclusive service area boundaries the committee shall solicit comments on such boundaries from municipalities, regional planning agencies, the Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and other interested persons within the management area and respond to any comment received. If there is no agreement by the committee on such boundaries, or on a change to such boundaries, the committee shall consult with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. If there is no agreement by the committee after such consultation, the Commissioner of Public Health shall establish or may change such exclusive service area boundaries taking into consideration any water company rights established by statute, special act or administrative decisions. In establishing such boundaries, the commissioner shall maintain existing service areas and consider the orderly and efficient development of public water supplies. In considering any change to exclusive service area boundaries, the commissioner shall maintain existing service areas, consider established exclusive service areas, and consider the orderly and efficient development of public water supplies.

      (P.A. 85-535, S. 5, 13; P.A. 86-403, S. 60, 132; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 02-139, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 78.)

      History: P.A. 86-403 made technical change in Subsec. (a); P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; 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. 02-139 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provisions re authority of committee and commissioner to change exclusive service area boundaries; P.A. 11-80 changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and changed "Department of Public Utility Control" to "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-33h. Coordinated water system plan. Regulations. (a) Each water utility coordinating committee shall prepare a coordinated water system plan in the public water supply management area. Such plan shall be submitted to the Commissioner of Public Health for his approval not more than two years after the first meeting of the committee. The plan shall promote cooperation among public water systems and include, but not be limited to, provisions for (1) integration of public water systems, consistent with the protection and enhancement of public health and well-being; (2) integration of water company plans; (3) exclusive service areas; (4) joint management or ownership of services; (5) satellite management services; (6) interconnections between public water systems; (7) integration of land use and water system plans; (8) minimum design standards; (9) water conservation; (10) the impact on other uses of water resources; and (11) acquisition of land surrounding wells proposed to be located in stratified drifts.

      (b) The plan shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this section. The committee shall prepare a draft of the plan and solicit comments thereon from the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and any municipality, regional planning agency or other interested party within the management area. The municipalities and regional planning agencies shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the consistency of the plan with local and regional land use plans and policies. The Public Utilities Regulatory Authority shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the cost-effectiveness of the plan. The Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the consistency of the plan with state policies. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the availability of water for any proposed diversion. The Commissioner of Public Health shall comment on, but shall not be limited to commenting on, the availability of pure and adequate water supplies, potential conflicts over the use of such supplies, and consistency with the goals of sections 25-33c to 25-33j, inclusive.

      (c) The Commissioner of Public Health shall adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 establishing the contents of a plan and a procedure for approval or amendment to the plan.

      (P.A. 85-535, S. 6, 13; P.A. 89-305, S. 24, 32; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-84; P.A. 02-139, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 79.)

      History: P.A. 89-305 amended Subsec. (a) by adding Subdiv. (10), concerning acquisition of land surrounding wells proposed to be located in stratified drifts, as component of plan; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; 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. 97-84 added new Subsec. (a)(9) re water conservation, renumbering remaining Subdivs. accordingly; P.A. 02-139 amended Subsec. (c) by requiring the commissioner to adopt regulations re amendment to the plan; P.A. 11-80 changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and changed "Department of Public Utility Control" to "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-33k. Abandonment of source of water supply. Definition. Application and notification to municipalities. Basis for commissioner's decision. (a) For purposes of this section, "safe yield" means the maximum dependable quantity of water per unit of time that may flow or be pumped continuously from a source of supply during a critical dry period without consideration of available water limitations.

      (b) No source of water supply shall be abandoned by a water company or other entity without a permit from the Commissioner of Public Health. A water company or other entity shall apply for such permit in the manner prescribed by the commissioner. Not later than thirty days before filing an application for such permit, the applicant shall notify the chief elected official of any municipality and any local health department or district in which such source of supply is located. Not later than sixty days after receipt of such notification, the municipality or municipalities and local health departments or districts receiving such notice, and any water company as defined in section 25-32a, may submit comments on such application to the commissioner. The commissioner shall take such comments into consideration when reviewing the application.

      (c) (1) In determining whether to approve an application, the commissioner shall (A) consider the water supply needs of the water company, the state and any comments submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, and (B) consult with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management and the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority. The Commissioner of Public Health shall not be required to make a consultation pursuant to subparagraph (B) of this subdivision if the commissioner determines the source of water supply to be abandoned is a groundwater source with a safe yield of less than ten gallons per minute and is of poor water quality.

      (2) The Commissioner of Public Health shall grant a permit upon a finding that any groundwater source with a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir with a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir system with a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, or any individual source within a reservoir system when such system has a safe yield of less than 0.75 millions of gallons per day will not be needed by such water company for present or future water supply and, in the case of a water company required to file a water supply plan under section 25-32d, that such abandonment is consistent with a water supply plan filed and approved pursuant to said section. No permit shall be granted if the commissioner determines that the source would be necessary for water supply by the company owning such source in an emergency or the proposed abandonment would impair the ability of such company to provide a pure, adequate and reliable water supply for present and projected future customers. As used in this section, a future source of water supply shall be considered to be any source of water supply necessary to serve areas reasonably expected to require service by the water company owning such source for a period of not more than fifty years after the date of the application for a permit under this section.

      (3) The Commissioner of Public Health shall grant a permit upon a finding that any groundwater source with a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir with a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, any reservoir system with a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day, or any individual source within a reservoir system when such system has a safe yield of more than 0.75 millions of gallons per day is of a size or condition that makes it unsuitable for present or future use as a drinking water supply by the water company, other entity or the state. In making a decision, the commissioner shall consider the general utility of the source and the viability for use to meet water supply needs. The commissioner shall consider any public water supply plans filed and approved pursuant to sections 25-32d and 25-33h, and any other water system plan approved by the commissioner, and the efficient and effective development of public water supply in the state. In assessing the general utility of the source, the commissioner shall consider factors including, but not limited to, (A) the safe yield of the source, (B) the location of the source relative to other public water supply systems, (C) the water quality of the source and the potential for treatment, (D) water quality compatibility between systems and interconnections, (E) extent of water company-owned lands for source protection of the supply, (F) types of land uses and land use controls in the aquifer protection area or watershed and their potential impact on water quality of the source, and (G) physical limitations to water service, system hydraulics and topography.

      (P.A. 85-336, S. 2, 6; P.A. 93-381, S. 9. 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 98-157, S. 12, 15; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2, S. 44; P.A. 07-217, S. 119; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; 11-242, S. 70.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; 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. 98-157 added provision requiring consideration of potential impairment of present and future water supply for granting permit to abandon a source, effective July 1, 1998; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 04-2 divided existing provisions into Subsecs. (b), (c)(1) and (c)(2), added Subsec. (a) defining "safe yield", added provisions in Subsec. (b) re procedure for permit and notification to municipality, amended Subsec. (c)(1) by adding requirement for commissioner to consider water supply needs of state and comments received from municipalities, amended Subsec. (c)(2) to provide basis for commissioner's decision on application for abandonment of smaller sources of water supply, added Subsec. (c)(3) re basis for commissioner's decision on application for abandonment of larger sources of water supply, and made conforming and technical changes; P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c)(3), effective July 12, 2007; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" and "Department of Public Utility Control" were changed editorially by the Revisors to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection" and "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", respectively, in Subsec. (c)(1), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 11-242 amended Subsec. (b) by requiring notice to local health department or district, by allowing local health department or district to comment on the application and by making technical changes and amended Subsec. (c)(1) by designating existing provisions re consideration and consultation as Subparas. (A) and (B), by adding provision re exception to consultation requirement when water supply source to be abandoned has a safe yield of less than 10 gallons per minute and is of poor water quality and by making technical changes.

      Sec. 25-33o. Water Planning Council: Composition, duties, advisory group, report. (a) The chairperson of the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, or the chairperson's designee, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, or the commissioner's designee, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, or the secretary's designee, and the Commissioner of Public Health, or the commissioner's designee, shall constitute a Water Planning Council to address issues involving the water companies, water resources and state policies regarding the future of the state's drinking water supply. On or after July 1, 2007, and each year thereafter, the chairperson of the Water Planning Council shall be elected by the members of the Water Planning Council.

      (b) The Water Planning Council shall conduct a study, in consultation with representatives of water companies, municipalities, agricultural groups, environmental groups and other water users, that shall include the following issues: (1) The financial viability, market structure, reliability of customer service and managerial competence of water companies; (2) fair and reasonable water rates; (3) protection and appropriate allocation of the state's water resources while providing for public water supply needs; (4) the adequacy and quality of the state's drinking water supplies to meet current and future needs; (5) an inventory of land and land use by water companies; (6) the status of current withdrawals, projected withdrawals, river flows and the future needs of water users; (7) methods for measurement and estimations of natural flows in Connecticut waterways in order to determine standards for stream flows that will protect the ecology of the state's rivers and streams; (8) the status of river flows and available data for measuring river flows; (9) the streamlining of the water diversion permit process; (10) coordination between the Departments of Energy and Environmental Protection and Public Health in review of applications for water diversion; and (11) the procedure for coordination of planning of public water supply systems established in sections 25-33c to 25-33j, inclusive. Such study shall be conducted on both a regional and state-wide level.

      (c) The council may establish an advisory group that shall serve at the pleasure of the council. The advisory group shall be balanced between consumptive and nonconsumptive interests. The advisory group may include representatives of (1) regional and municipal water utilities, (2) investor-owned water utilities, (3) a wastewater system, (4) agricultural interests, (5) electric power generation interests, (6) business and industry interests, (7) environmental land protection interests, (8) environmental river protection interests, (9) boating interests, (10) fisheries interests, (11) recreational interests, (12) endangered species protection interests, and (13) members of academia with expertise in stream flow, public health and ecology.

      (d) The council shall, not later than January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, report its preliminary findings and any proposed legislative changes to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to public health, the environment and public utilities in accordance with section 11-4a, except that not later than February 1, 2004, the council shall report its recommendations in accordance with this subsection with regard to (1) a water allocation plan based on water budgets for each watershed, (2) funding for water budget planning, giving priority to the most highly stressed watersheds, and (3) the feasibility of merging the data collection and regulatory functions of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's inland water resources program and the Department of Public Health's water supplies section.

      (P.A. 01-177; P.A. 02-76, S. 4; P.A. 03-141, S. 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4, S. 2; P.A. 10-32, S. 164; P.A. 11-80, S. 1, 76.)

      History: P.A. 02-76 amended Subsec. (c) to add "and annually thereafter" and to delete provisions re final report and termination of council, effective June 3, 2002; P.A. 03-141 amended Subsec. (c) to add requirement for the council to report its recommendations on certain issues not later than February 1, 2004, effective July 1, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 07-4 amended Subsec. (a) to delete requirement that Department of Public Utility Control convene the first meeting and to require council to elect the chairperson, added new Subsec. (c) re advisory group and redesignated the existing Subsec. (c) as Subsec. (d), effective July 1, 2007; P.A. 10-32 made a technical change in Subsec. (a), effective May 10, 2010; P.A. 11-80 changed "Public Utilities Control Authority" to "Public Utilities Regulatory Authority", changed "Commissioner of Environmental Protection" to "Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection", changed "Department of Environmental Protection" to "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection" and, in Subsec. (b)(10), deleted reference to Department of Public Utility Control, effective July 1, 2011.

      Sec. 25-33q. List designating sources or potential sources of water that require protection. Not later than October 31, 2011, the Commissioner of Public Health, in consultation with the Water Planning Council established pursuant to section 25-33o, shall prepare a list designating sources or potential sources of water that require protection so that the highest quality sources of water are available to provide water for human consumption. In preparing such list, the commissioner shall take into consideration the plans produced pursuant to sections 22a-352, 25-32d and 25-33h and such other plans or information that the commissioner deems relevant. The commissioner shall update the list annually or more frequently as the commissioner deems necessary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the commissioner's authority to approve a source of water supply that is not on the list.

      (P.A. 11-242, S. 59.)

      History: P.A. 11-242 effective July 13, 2011.

      Sec. 25-37d. Commissioner to adopt regulations re permit applications. Referral to consultant. Appointment of professional review team. Within two years after June 26, 1977, the commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54 for the review of permit applications. Such procedure shall include a standard application form, a public hearing and enforcement provisions. A permit application shall be deemed complete if the commissioner does not request additional information within forty-five days after the date on which the application was submitted or, in the event that additional information has been requested, upon the submission of such information. The commissioner may request further information after the application has been deemed complete if the need for such information was not apparent within forty-five days after submission of the application. If, in the judgment of the commissioner, the proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use of class II land may have a significant adverse impact upon the applicant's water supply, said commissioner may, within thirty days of his receipt of a complete permit application, refer such application for detailed review to a consultant chosen by the commissioner, with skills in the fields of water supply, hydrology, aquatic biology, forestry, geology, planning or other related fields. The commissioner shall notify the applicant of such referral. The fee for such consultant shall be paid by the applicant. If the commissioner does not refer the application to a consultant pursuant to the provisions of this section, the commissioner shall refer such application to a professional review team appointed by said commissioner, consisting of a professional from the staff of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection with expertise in one of the following areas: Water supply, hydrology, aquatic biology, forestry, geology or other related fields; a professional planner recommended by the chief executive officer of the town or towns in which the land proposed for disposition is located; a professional planner from the staff of the Office of Policy and Management; an appointee from the staff of the Department of Public Health and up to three other experts in the public health field, provided nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the commissioner from referring such application to both a consultant and a professional review team. No appointee or consultant shall serve at the time of his appointment in the employ of the applicant. Such team or consultant shall evaluate the impact of the proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use of land upon the purity and adequacy of the water supply under the most severe climatic conditions and its ability to meet current drinking water standards adopted by the Department of Public Health.

      (P.A. 77-606, S. 5, 10; 77-614, S. 19, 323, 587, 610; P.A. 78-303, S. 85, 136; P.A. 84-342, S. 7, 13; P.A. 90-292, S. 1; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-211, S. 2; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80 S. 1, 80.)

      History: P.A. 77-614 and P.A. 78-303 replaced department of planning and energy policy with office of policy and management and, effective January 1, 1979, replaced department of health with department of health services; P.A. 84-342 replaced public utilities control authority with department of public utility control; P.A. 90-292 added provisions authorizing referral of application to a consultant requiring notification of such referral to the applicant, requiring the payment of the fee by the applicant and clarifying that an application may be referred to both a consultant and a review team; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-211 required applications to be deemed complete if there is no request for more information within 45 days; 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. 11-80 deleted provision re inclusion of professional water supply engineer from the staff of Department of Public Utility Control on review team and changed "Department of Environmental Protection" to "Department of Energy and Environmental Protection", effective July 1, 2011.