{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-25-102qq","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 25-102qq","heading":"Powers and duties of the commissioner. River management and protection program.","body":"(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be responsible for state-wide river policy and comprehensive protection of rivers. The commissioner shall: (1) Identify rivers or river segments to be protected, (2) designate protected river corridors, and (3) approve, reject or modify river corridor maps and management plans submitted pursuant to sections 25-205 and 25-235.\n(b) The commissioner may establish a river management and protection program designed to improve the management and protection of the state's rivers.\n(c) In developing the river protection program, the commissioner may: (1) Develop a proposal for a state-wide river management and protection program that includes, but is not limited to: (A) The coordination of existing protective state authorities as a means of improving river management and protection; (B) the development of any statutory modifications to provide effective regional and interstate cooperation for the development of river management plans; (C) the development of recommendations for river protection for use in regulations of local land use agencies; and (D) the development of any other needed protection or management of the state's rivers, as determined by the commissioner; (2) define the river resources to be inventoried and assessed; (3) conduct a state-wide inventory and assessment of the state's rivers; (4) develop a state-wide data base of river resource information to facilitate environmental planning, regulatory and management decisions; (5) develop a river classification system; (6) develop criteria for identifying rivers or river segments for designation as protected rivers and recommended priorities for the management of the rivers or river segments; and (7) develop a program to educate the public on river protection issues and ensure public involvement in the development and implementation of the river protection program.","path":["TITLE 25. WATER RESOURCES. FLOOD AND EROSION CONTROL","CHAPTER 477d. RIVER PROTECTION"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_477d.htm#sec_25-102qq","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":"2026-09-06T19:07:08Z","sha256":"26aab17eb812c8559c4cfafe9b8329204162a97f5d63d84b284d6116654ac01c","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-25-102pp","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-25-102rr-to-25-102vv"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}