Connecticut General Statutes 22a-183 – Permit for exemption from regulations
(a) Any person who owns or is in control of any plant, building, structure, process or equipment may apply to the commissioner for a permit granting an exemption or partial exemption from regulations issued pursuant to this chapter governing the quality, nature, duration or extent of discharges of air pollutants. The application shall be accompanied by, or the applicant shall furnish, such information and data as the commissioner may require. The commissioner may grant such permit if he finds that the discharges occurring or proposed to occur do not constitute a danger to public health or safety, and compliance with the regulations from which exemption is sought would produce substantial practical difficulty or hardship without equal or greater benefits to the public.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-183
- another: may extend and be applied to communities, companies, corporations, public or private, limited liability companies, societies and associations. See Connecticut General Statutes 1-1
- commissioner: means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any member of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or any local air pollution control official or agency authorized by him, acting singly or jointly, to whom he assigns any function arising under the provisions of this chapter or of any regulations adopted hereunder. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-170
- person: includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, limited liability company, municipality, agency or political or administrative subdivision of the state, and any other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-170
(b) No permit shall be granted pursuant to this section (1) except after a public hearing held by the commissioner, (2) until the commissioner has considered the relative interests of the applicant, owners of other property likely to be affected by the discharges, and the general public, as specified in § 22a-176, and (3) unless the commissioner has determined whether the source, either alone or in combination with another source, if granted such permit, endangers public health, safety or welfare or the environment.
(c) The exemption or partial exemption granted by any permit pursuant to this section shall be limited in duration to no more than five years. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, upon further application pursuant to this section, grant further exemption or partial exemption from the regulations adopted under this chapter for additional periods of not more than five years’ duration.
(d) For any application for a permit under this chapter pending before the commissioner on June 1, 1998, for which the commissioner has not published notice of his tentative determination on the application, if the commissioner determines that compliance by an applicant with the requirements of § 22a-6l is necessary to more adequately apprise the public or abutting landowners of the proposed activity, the commissioner may require compliance with such section.