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Town of Clinton, CT
Middlesex County
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[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town of Clinton as indicated in article histories. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Boards, commissions and committees — See Ch. 24.
Housing Authority — See Ch. 72.
Housing Partnership — See Ch. 76.
Regional organizations — See Ch. 135.
Youth and Family Services Bureau — See Ch. 173.
[Adopted 5-5-2004]
A. 
In accordance with the provisions of C.G.S. § 22a-354a et seq., the Planning and Zoning Commission is hereby designated as the Aquifer Protection Agency (hereinafter the "Agency") of the Town of Clinton. (The staff of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve as the staff of the Agency.)
B. 
Members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve coexisting terms on the Agency. The membership requirements of the Agency shall be the same as those of the Planning and Zoning Commission, including but not limited to the number of members, terms, method of selection and removal of members, and filling of vacancies.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: See Ch. 24, Art. II, Planning and Zoning Commission.
C. 
At least one member of the Agency or staff of the Agency shall complete the course in technical training formulated by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection of the State of Connecticut pursuant to C.G.S. § 22a-354v.
The Agency shall adopt regulations in accordance with C.G.S. § 22a-354p and R.C.S.A. § 22a-354i-3. Said regulations shall provide for:
A. 
The manner in which boundaries of aquifer protection areas shall be established and amended or changed.
B. 
Procedures for the regulation of activity within the area.
C. 
The form for an application to conduct regulated activities within the area.
D. 
Notice and publication requirements.
E. 
Criteria and procedures for the review of applications.
F. 
Administration and enforcement.
A. 
In order to carry out the purposes of the Aquifer Protection Program, the Agency will conduct an inventory of land use within the area to assess potential contamination sources.
B. 
Not later than three months after approval by the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection of Level B mapping of aquifers, the Agency will inventory land uses overlying the mapped zone of contribution and recharge areas of such aquifers in accordance with guidelines established by the Commissioner pursuant to C.G.S. § 22a-354f. Such inventory shall be completed not more than one year after authorization of the Agency (C.G.S. § 22a-354e).