Connecticut § 25-157b Crossings of Long Island Sound. Evaluation of application's consistency with comprehensive environmental assessment plan.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 25-157b — Crossings of Long Island Sound. Evaluation of application's consistency with comprehensive environmental assessment plan.

Connecticut § 25-157b

Title 25Water Resources. Flood and Erosion Control

Ch. 483Long Island Sound

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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-157b (2026).

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Any application for an electric power line, gas pipeline or telecommunications crossing of Long Island Sound that is considered by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or the Connecticut Siting Council, after the creation of the comprehensive environmental assessment and plan, described in section 25-157a, shall additionally be evaluated for such application's:

(1)Likelihood to impair the public trust in Long Island Sound based on, but not limited to, the information contained in the comprehensive environmental assessment and plan;

(2)consistency with the recommendations of the comprehensive environmental assessment; and (3) environmental impact, both individual and cumulative, including but not limited to those impacts an

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Any application for an electric power line, gas pipeline or telecommunications crossing of Long Island Sound that is considered by any state agency, including, but not limited to, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or the Connecticut Siting Council, after the creation of the comprehensive environmental assessment and plan, described in section 25-157a, shall additionally be evaluated for such application's: (1) Likelihood to impair the public trust in Long Island Sound based on, but not limited to, the information contained in the comprehensive environmental assessment and plan; (2) consistency with the recommendations of the comprehensive environmental assessment; and (3) environmental impact, both individual and cumulative, including but not limited to those impacts anticipated by the comprehensive environmental assessment and plan described in section 25-157a.

Legislative History

(P.A. 02-95, S. 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: P.A. 02-95 effective June 3, 2002; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.