Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-1a-1

Current through October 16, 2024

Section 22a-1a-1 - Definitions

As used in Sections 22a-1a-1 to 22a-1a-12, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:

(1) "Act" means the Connecticut Environmental Policy Act, Sections 22a-1 to 22a-1h, inclusive, of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(2) "Action" means an individual activity or a sequence of planned activities initiated or proposed to be undertaken by an agency or agencies, or funded in whole or in part by the state. "Actions" include, but are not limited to, capital improvements, alterations, or additions to the real property of the state; acquisition of real property for the purpose of capital improvements; lease/purchase agreements; grants-in-aid or financial assistance for housing, business, industry, restoration or demonstration projects; or other proposed activity for which an agency exercises judgment or discretion as to the propriety of that action.

(3) "Action which may significantly affect the environment" has the same meaning as provided in section 22a-1c of the Act.

(4) "CEPA regulations" means sections 22a-1a-1 to 22a-1a-12, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies.

(5) "Environment" means the physical, biological, social, and economic surroundings and conditions which exist within an area which may be affected by an action including, but not limited to, land, air, water, soils, minerals, flora, fauna, noise, objects of historic or aesthetic significance and community or neighborhood characteristics.

(6) "Environmental classification document" means a document created in accordance with section 22a-1a-4 of the CEPA regulations.

(7) "Environmental Impact Evaluation" means a detailed written document describing and evaluating the environmental impacts of an action prepared in accordance with section 22a-1a-8 of the CEPA regulations.

(8) "Environmental Monitor" means an electronic publication maintained and published in accordance with section 22a-1b of the Act.

(9) "Environmental review checklist" means the form established by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, used to determine whether an action or category of action requires public scoping or to record an agency's initial assessment of the direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental effects of an action at the completion of public scoping.

(10) "Environmental review document" means any document prepared by, or under the direct supervision of, a sponsoring agency and published in the Environmental Monitor in accordance with section 22a-1b(d)(1) of the Act.

(11) "Post-scoping notice" means the environmental review document prepared by a sponsoring agency in accordance with section 22a-1a-7 of the CEPA regulations.

(12) "Public scoping" means the process for soliciting public and agency comments on a state agency action or the proposed site of such action, on alternatives to the action or the proposed site of such action, and on the scope of issues to be addressed in an environmental impact evaluation of an action if such an evaluation is determined to be necessary by the sponsoring agency.

(13)"Significant environmental effect" means consequences of an action determined to have or potentially have a major impact on the environment in accordance with section 22a-1a-3 of the CEPA regulations.

Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-1a-1

Effective November 6, 1978; Amended 9/9/2019