CT SB00440

Requires the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and chief elected officials from specified municipalities (Danbury, Meriden, Waterbury, Cheshire, Southington, Wallingford, and other impacted municipalities) to collaboratively develop a state-wide strategy to reduce phosphorus loading in inland nontidal waters to comply with EPA standards.

Prohibits application of phosphate-containing fertilizers, soil amendments, and compost to established lawns unless soil testing performed within two years shows phosphorus deficiency, or when establishing new grass or repairing lawns with seed or sod.

Bans all phosphate fertilizer application to lawns from December 1 through March 15, and prohibits application within 20 feet of any body of water (or 15 feet with drop spreaders, rotary spreaders with deflectors, or targeted spray liquid).

Prohibits application of phosphate-containing products to any impervious surface, with exemptions for agricultural land and golf courses.

Establishes a $500 civil penalty for violations and updates Clean Water Fund financing provisions, effective January 1, 2013, to change nutrient removal project funding references from "nitrogen" to "nutrient" removal.