Sec. 22a-29. (Formerly Sec. 22-7i). Definitions.
Sec. 22a-29. (Formerly Sec. 22-7i). Definitions. The following words and
phrases, as used in sections 22a-28 to 22a-35, inclusive, shall have the following
meanings:
(1) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection;
(2) "Wetland" means those areas which border on or lie beneath tidal waters, such
as, but not limited to banks, bogs, salt marsh, swamps, meadows, flats, or other low
lands subject to tidal action, including those areas now or formerly connected to tidal
waters, and whose surface is at or below an elevation of one foot above local extreme
high water; and upon which may grow or be capable of growing some, but not necessarily
all, of the following: Salt meadow grass (Spartina patens), spike grass (Distichlis spicata), black grass (Juncus gerardi), saltmarsh grass (Spartina alterniflora), saltworts
(Salicornia Europaea, and Salicornia bigelovii), sea lavender (Limonium carolinianum),
saltmarsh bulrushes (Scirpus robustus and Scirpus paludosus var. atlanticus), sand spurrey (Spergularia marina), switch grass (Panicum virgatum), tall cordgrass (Spartina
pectinata), high-tide bush (Iva frutescens var. oraria), cattails (Typha angustifolia, and
Typha latifolia), spike rush (Eleocharis rostellata), chairmaker's rush (Scirpus americana), bent grass (Agrostis palustris), and sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata), royal fern
(Osmunda regalis), interrupted fern (Osmunda claytoniana), cinnamon fern (Osmunda
cinnamomea), sensitive fern (Onoclea sensibilis), marsh fern (Dryopteris thelypteris),
bur-reed family (Sparganium eurycarpum, Sparganium androcladum, Sparganium
americanum, Sparganium chlorocarpum, Sparganium angustifolium, Sparganium fluctuans, Sparganium minimum), horned pondweed (Zannichellia palustris), water-plantain (Alisma triviale), arrowhead (Sagittaria subulata, Sagittaria graminea, Sagittaria
eatoni, Sagittaria engelmanniania), wild rice (Zizania aquatica), tuckahoe (Peltandra
virginica), water-arum (Calla palustris), skunk cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus), sweet
flag (Acorus calamus), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata), water stargrass (Heteranthera dubia), soft rush (Juncus effusus), false hellebore (Veratrum viride), slender blue
flag (Iris prismatica pursh), blue flag (Iris versicolor), yellow iris (Iris pseudacorus),
lizard's tail (Saururus cernuus), speckled alder (Alnus rugosa), common alder (Alnus
serrulata), arrow-leaved tearthumb (Polygonum sagittatum), halberd-leaved tearthumb
(Polygonum arifolium), spatter-dock (Nuphar variegatum nuphar advena), marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), swamp rose (Rosa palustris), poison ivy (Rhus radicans), poison
sumac (Rhus vernix), red maple (Acer rubrum), jewelweed (Impatiens capensis), marshmallow (Hibiscus palustris), loosestrife (Lythrum alatum, lythrum salicaria), red osier
(Cornus stolonifera), red willow (Cornus amomum), silky dogwood (Cornus obliqua),
sweet pepper-bush (Clethra alnifolia), swamp honeysuckle (Rhododendron viscosum),
high-bush blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum), cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon),
sea lavender (Limonium nashii), climbing hemp-weed (Mikania scandens), joe pye
weed (Eupatorium purpureum), joe pye weed (Eupatorium maculatum), thoroughwort
(Eupatorium perfoliatum);
(3) "Regulated activity" means any of the following: Draining, dredging, excavation, or removal of soil, mud, sand, gravel, aggregate of any kind or rubbish from any
wetland or the dumping, filling or depositing thereon of any soil, stones, sand, gravel,
mud, aggregate of any kind, rubbish or similar material, either directly or otherwise,
and the erection of structures, driving of pilings, or placing of obstructions, whether or
not changing the tidal ebb and flow. Notwithstanding the foregoing, "regulated activity"
shall not include activities conducted by, or under the authority of, the Department of
Environmental Protection for the purposes of mosquito control, conservation activities
of the state Department of Environmental Protection, the construction or maintenance
of aids to navigation which are authorized by governmental authority and the emergency
decrees of any duly appointed health officer of a municipality acting to protect the public
health;
(4) "Person" means any corporation, limited liability company, association or partnership, one or more individuals, and any unit of government or agency thereof.
(1969, P.A. 695, S. 1; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 400; 1972, P.A. 132, S. 1; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 87-589, S. 7, 87;
P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-79, S. 91, 189; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 97-289, S. 4, 9.)
History: 1971 act defined "commissioner" as commissioner of environmental protection rather than as commissioner
of agriculture and natural resources and substituted department of environmental protection for department of agriculture
and natural resources "and its related agencies and boards"; 1972 act expanded list of plants common to wetlands in Subdiv.
(2); Sec. 22-7i transferred to Sec. 22a-29 in 1972 and references to other transferred sections were revised; P.A. 77-614
replaced state health department with department of health services, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 87-589 made technical
change in Subdiv. (2); P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-79 redefined "person" to include a limited liability company, effective May 31,
1995; 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. 97-289 amended Subdiv. (3) to exclude mosquito control
activities of the Commissioner of Environmental Protection from the definition of "regulated activity", deleting reference
to Mosquito Control Division of Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1997.
Cited. 183 C. 532. Cited. 209 C. 544.
Cited. 32 CS 104. Cited. 43 CS 386.