Sec. 22a-6l. Posting of public notice of permit applications.
Sec. 22a-6l. Posting of public notice of permit applications. The Commissioner
of Environmental Protection may require any applicant for a permit issued by the commissioner pursuant to any provision of this title to provide notice of such permit application by posting notice of the application in accordance with this section. Such notice
shall not be required for a permit for a transportation project, a permit for the burning
of brush pursuant to subsection (f) of section 22a-174, or a permit for any open burning
conducted pursuant to authorized fire fighting training by any fire department. The
applicant shall erect and maintain in a legible condition a sign not less than six feet by
four feet upon the site where the activity which is the subject of the permit application
is located or proposed to be located, which sign shall be clearly visible from the public
highway and which sign shall be erected not later than three days after the date the
applicant receives, by certified mail, written notice to the applicant that notice under
this section is required. The sign shall include the words "Department of Environmental
Protection. Permit Applicant. For further information contact:" and a phone number for
an office from which any interested person may obtain a copy of the subject application
and information regarding the procedure for making comment on the application. The
sign shall be maintained for a period of one hundred twenty days or until the date on
which the commissioner publishes notice of his tentative determination on the application, whichever is earlier. Any applicant required to post notice in accordance with this
section shall submit to the commissioner a written certification, under oath, of compliance with the requirements of this section provided the commissioner may require any
additional proof of such compliance. Such certification shall be on a form specified by
the commissioner. Such form shall include certification that notice of such application
has also been filed with local municipal officials, including, but not limited to, the chief
executive official of the municipality within which the site or proposed site is located,
the building official, the zoning enforcement officials, local health officials, and any
local environmental commission, committee or officials. The commissioner shall not
process an application until the applicant has submitted to the commissioner the certification required by this section. If the commissioner determines that posting notice in
accordance with this section will not adequately apprise the public and abutting landowners of the proposed activity, the commissioner may require any other reasonable
form of notice he deems necessary.
(P.A. 94-85, S. 1; P.A. 98-216, S. 2, 5.)
History: P.A. 98-216 added provision re certification that notice was sent to local municipal officials, effective June
1, 1998.