Sec. 22a-354h. Definitions.
Sec. 22a-354h. Definitions. For the purposes of sections 19a-37, 22-6c, 22a-354c,
22a-354e, 22a-354g to 22a-354bb, inclusive, 25-32d, 25-33h, 25-33n and subsection
(a) of section 25-84:
(1) "Regulated activity" means any action, process or condition which the Commissioner of Environmental Protection determines, by regulations adopted in accordance
with section 22a-354i, to involve the production, handling, use, storage or disposal of
material that may pose a threat to groundwater in an aquifer protection area, including
structures and appurtenances utilized in conjunction with the regulated activity;
(2) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection;
(3) "Well field" means the immediate area surrounding a public drinking water
supply well or group of wells;
(4) "Area of contribution" means the area where the water table or other potentiometric surface is lowered due to the pumping of a well and groundwater flows directly
to the well;
(5) "Recharge area" means the area from which groundwater flows directly to the
area of contribution;
(6) "Aquifer" means a geologic formation, group of formations or part of a formation that contains sufficient saturated, permeable materials to yield significant quantities
of water to wells and springs;
(7) "Affected water company" means any public or private water company owning
or operating a public water supply well within an aquifer protection area;
(8) "Stratified drift" means a predominantly sorted sediment laid down by or in
meltwater from glaciers and includes sand, gravel, silt and clay arranged in layers;
(9) "Municipality" means any town, consolidated town and city, consolidated town
and borough, city or borough;
(10) "Aquifer protection area" means any area consisting of well fields, areas of
contribution and recharge areas, identified on maps approved by the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection pursuant to sections 22a-354b to 22a-354d, inclusive, within
which land uses or activities shall be required to comply with regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-354o by the municipality where the aquifer protection area is located; and
(11) "Best management practice" means a practice, procedure or facility designed
to prevent, minimize or control spills, leaks or other releases that pose a threat to groundwater.
(P.A. 89-305, S. 2, 32; P.A. 90-275, S. 1, 9; P.A. 95-218, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 90-275 redefined "regulated activity" to include a condition which may pose a threat to groundwater and
specified that the threatened groundwater must be in an aquifer protection area; P.A. 95-218 redefined "area of contribution"
to include other potentiometric surfaces in the location of such areas.