Sec. 25-128. Duties of board. Well Drilling Code.
Sec. 25-128. Duties of board. Well Drilling Code. (a) For the purpose of safeguarding the public health, the board shall promote and encourage cooperation among
well drillers and governmental agencies in the development and protection of records
of underground water formations and resources. The board shall prepare and print such
bulletins as may be necessary for the benefit of the industry and furnish copies to the
industry and to the public upon request.
(b) (1) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with the advice and assistance
of the board, shall promulgate, in accordance with chapter 54, regulations for the well
drilling industry in cooperation with the Department of Public Health and the Department of Environmental Protection, with due regard for the preservation of public health,
the preservation, allocation and management of the groundwater of the state, the protection of the consuming public and the maintenance of geological and other scientific
data. Said regulations, together with the regulatory provisions of this chapter and the
section of the Public Health Code relating to wells, shall be collectively known as the
Connecticut Well Drilling Code. From time to time the Commissioner of Consumer
Protection, with the advice and assistance of the board, shall similarly adopt such amendments or additions to such regulations as are necessary and proper governing the construction, repair and abandonment of wells. (2) Said Well Drilling Code shall be enforced
and violations thereof shall be punished in the same manner as is provided for the Public
Health Code of the state by sections 19a-36 and 19a-207.
(1969, P.A. 659, S. 3; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 140; P.A. 75-567, S. 16, 80; P.A. 77-614, S. 180, 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S.
9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-17, S. 2; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced water resources commission with department of environmental protection; P.A. 75-567
substituted chapter "54" for chapter "48" in Subsec. (b); P.A. 77-614 transferred board's regulatory power to commissioner
of consumer protection, retaining board in an advisory capacity, and substituted department of health services for department
of health, effective January 1, 1979; P.A. 93-381 replaced department of health services with department 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. 96-17 amended
Subsec. (b) to change reference to "water wells" to simply "wells"; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner
of Consumer Protection with Commissioner of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189
repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.