For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms, phrases,
and words shall have the meanings given here, unless otherwise clearly
indicated by the context:
APPLICATION
The physical act of placing or spreading natural gas waste
or oil waste on any road or real property located within the Town
of Clinton.
HYDRAULIC FRACTURING
The fracturing of underground rock formations, including
shale and nonshale formations, by man-made fluid-driven techniques
for the purpose of stimulating oil, natural gas, or other subsurface
hydrocarbon production.
NATURAL GAS EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES
All geologic or geophysical activities related to the exploration
for or extraction of natural gas, including, but not limited to, core
and rotary drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
NATURAL GAS WASTE
A.
Any liquid or solid waste, or its constituents, that is generated
as a result of natural gas extraction activities, which may consist
of water, brine, chemicals, naturally occurring radioactive materials,
heavy metals, or other contaminants;
B.
Leachate from solid wastes associated with natural gas extraction
activities;
C.
Any waste that is generated as a result of or in association
with the underground storage of natural gas;
D.
Any waste that is generated as a result of or in association
with liquefied petroleum gas well storage operations; and
E.
Any products or by-products resulting from the treatment, processing,
or modification of any of the above wastes.
OIL EXTRACTION ACTIVITIES
All geologic or geophysical activities related to the exploration
for or extraction of oil, including, but not limited to, core and
rotary drilling and hydraulic fracturing.
OIL WASTE
A.
Any liquid or solid waste, or its constituents, that is generated
as a result of oil extraction activities, which may consist of water,
brine, chemicals, naturally occurring radioactive materials, heavy
metals, or other contaminants;
B.
Leachate from solid wastes associated with oil extraction activities;
and
C.
Any products or by-products resulting from the treatment, processing,
or modification of any of the above wastes.
Any designee authorized by the First Selectwoman/Selectman of
the Town of Clinton may pursue penalties against any person(s) who
commit violations of this chapter. The involvement of any Clinton
officials will not require testing of waste products to determine
chemical contents; this work will be done via contacting the Connecticut
DEEP or other third-party analytical laboratories as is current practice
of the Town of Clinton for other exposures to potentially hazardous
chemical situations. Any designee authorized by the First Selectwoman/Selectman
of the Town of Clinton may request the Commissioner of the Connecticut
DEEP pursue civil penalties defined by the Connecticut General Statutes,
as applicable.
If any clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or
part of this chapter or the application thereof to any person, individual,
corporation, firm, partnership, entity or circumstance shall be adjudged
by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such order or judgment shall not affect, impair, effect or invalidate
the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the
clause, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, section or part of this
chapter or in its application to the person, individual, corporation,
firm, partnership, entity or circumstance directly involved in the
controversy in which such order or judgment shall be rendered. To
further this end, the provisions of this chapter are hereby declared
to be severable.