Sec. 22a-1f. Exceptions. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-1f. Exceptions. (a) Environmental impact evaluations need not be prepared for projects for which environmental statements have previously been prepared pursuant to other state or federal laws or regulations, provided all such statements shall be considered and reviewed as if they were prepared under sections 22a-1a to 22a-1f, inclusive.

      (b) Environmental impact evaluations shall not be required for the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, as defined in subsection (k) of section 4b-55, and the extension of such project otherwise known as the Connecticut River Interceptor Sewer Project, or a project, as defined in subdivision (16) of section 10a-109c, which involves the conversion of an existing structure for educational rather than office or commercial use.

      (c) A constituent unit of the state system of higher education may provide for environmental impact evaluations for any priority higher education facility project, as defined in subsection (f) of section 4b-55, or for any higher education project involving an expenditure of not more than two million dollars, by (1) reviewing and filing the evaluation for such project with the Office of Policy and Management for its review pursuant to section 22a-1e, or (2) including such project in a cumulative environmental impact evaluation approved by the Office of Policy and Management.

      (P.A. 73-562, S. 4, 8; P.A. 89-353, S. 4, 8; P.A. 91-230, S. 5, 17; P.A. 93-201, S. 10, 24; P.A. 95-230, S. 42, 45; P.A. 97-293, S. 25, 26; P.A. 99-26, S. 6, 39; 99-75, S. 12; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4, S. 54, 58; P.A. 02-121, S. 5; P.A. 03-278, S. 81.)

      History: P.A. 89-353 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) exempting emergency correctional facility project from evaluations requirement; P.A. 91-230 added Subsec. (c) re priority higher education facility projects; P.A. 93-201 amended Subsec. (c) to include any higher education project involving an expenditure of not more than $2,000,000, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-230 amended Subsec. (b) to add UCONN 2000 projects, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 97-293 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-26 amended Subsec. (b) to exempt the Connecticut Juvenile Training School project, effective May 7, 1999; P.A. 99-75 repealed reference to "an emergency correctional facility project" in Subsec. (b); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-4 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision re Connecticut River Interceptor Sewer Project, effective July 1, 2001; P.A. 02-121 substituted "environmental impact evaluations" for "evaluations required by section 22a-1b" in Subsecs. (a) to (c) and substituted "cumulative environmental impact evaluation" for "cumulative environmental assessment" in Subsec. (c); P.A. 03-278 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective July 9, 2003.

      Cited. 184 C. 51. Cited. 204 C. 38. "Environmental policy act (Secs. 22a-1-22a-13)" cited. Id., 212.