{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22a-134yy","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-134yy","heading":"Residential activity restriction. Definition. Notice of use limitation. Regulation considerations.","body":"(a) For the purposes of this section, “residential activity” means any activity at a (1) place intended for people to live, including, but not limited to, a residence, dwelling, house, apartment, condominium, nursing home or dormitory; (2) preschool, primary school, secondary school, day care center, playground or outdoor recreational area; or (3) hospital, solely for the purposes of compliance with the volatilization criteria specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt.\n(b) For the purposes of determining the applicability of and compliance with regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt, residential activity shall be considered to be restricted upon the discovery of a release until the remediation of such release to the standards adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt is complete, provided such parcel is not available for or used for any residential activity and, not more than thirty days after discovery of a release, the person who created or is maintaining the release notifies the commissioner of such restriction.\n(c) A notification submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall: (1) Identify the date and approximate location of the release; (2) describe the current land use of the parcel on which the release was discovered; (3) contain a certification by the owner of the parcel that no residential activity is being conducted on the parcel and that residential activity will be restricted; and (4) be verified by a licensed environmental professional. The person who created or is maintaining a release shall inspect such parcel for residential activity annually, and an updated notification shall be submitted to the commissioner annually until the release has been remediated to the standards for remediation adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt.\n(d) A residential activity restriction imposed pursuant to this section shall not relieve any person of the requirement to record an environmental use restriction to demonstrate compliance with standards for remediation adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt. If a release is exempt from the requirements of regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt based on the restriction of residential activity pursuant to this section, an environmental use restriction shall be recorded not more than thirty months after discovery of such release or such interim residential use restriction shall not apply and such release shall be remediated to the standards for remediation in regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt.\n(e) Notwithstanding the requirements of regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt, if residential activity is restricted pursuant to this section, the industrial or commercial criteria specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt shall be the applicable criteria for the purposes of calculating any exemption or satisfying any obligation, including any obligation regarding characterization, imposed by such regulations.","path":["TITLE 22a. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION","CHAPTER 445b. RELEASE-BASED REMEDIATION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/2026/sup/chap_445b.htm#sec_22a-134yy","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:25Z","sha256":"0cc0daeca910177758634750ae52b0a5823dde8ae46e349237a35456de9e0e19","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22a-134xx","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-22a-135"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}