Bill Text: CT SB00814 | 2013 | General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: An Act Concerning Intervention In Permit Proceedings Pursuant To The Environmental Protection Act Of 1971.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-24 - Signed by the Governor [SB00814 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2013-SB00814-Chaptered.html
Substitute Senate Bill No. 814
AN ACT CONCERNING INTERVENTION IN PERMIT PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT OF 1971.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 22a-19 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2013):
(a) (1) In any administrative, licensing or other proceeding, and in any judicial review thereof made available by law, the Attorney General, any political subdivision of the state, any instrumentality or agency of the state or of a political subdivision thereof, any person, partnership, corporation, association, organization or other legal entity may intervene as a party on the filing of a verified pleading asserting that the proceeding or action for judicial review involves conduct which has, or which is reasonably likely to have, the effect of unreasonably polluting, impairing or destroying the public trust in the air, water or other natural resources of the state.
(2) The verified pleading shall contain specific factual allegations setting forth the nature of the alleged unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction of the public trust in air, water or other natural resources of the state and should be sufficient to allow the reviewing authority to determine from the verified pleading whether the intervention implicates an issue within the reviewing authority's jurisdiction. For purposes of this section, "reviewing authority" means the board, commission or other decision-making authority in any administrative, licensing or other proceeding or the court in any judicial review.