Connecticut § 22a-434a Notice of contaminated wells; abatement of contamination or abandonment of well to be on land records.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 22a-434a — Notice of contaminated wells; abatement of contamination or abandonment of well to be on land records.

Connecticut § 22a-434a

Title 22aEnvironmental Protection

Ch. 446kWater Pollution Control

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-434a (2026).

Text

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may cause to be filed on the land records in the town wherein the subject land is located a notice that water from a well on said land has been determined by the Commissioner of Public Health to create an unacceptable risk of injury to the health or safety of persons using the water for drinking or other personal or domestic uses. When the water from said well is determined by the Commissioner of Public Health no longer to present such a risk, or when the local or district director of health, in accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut Well Drilling Code adopted pursuant to section 25-128, has verified that the well has been properly abandoned, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall cause to be filed on

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The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may cause to be filed on the land records in the town wherein the subject land is located a notice that water from a well on said land has been determined by the Commissioner of Public Health to create an unacceptable risk of injury to the health or safety of persons using the water for drinking or other personal or domestic uses. When the water from said well is determined by the Commissioner of Public Health no longer to present such a risk, or when the local or district director of health, in accordance with the provisions of the Connecticut Well Drilling Code adopted pursuant to section 25-128, has verified that the well has been properly abandoned, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall cause to be filed on the land records in the town wherein the notice was previously recorded a notice to that effect.

Legislative History

(P.A. 87-395; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner 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; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.