CT SB01019

Changes commissioner authority over waterway encroachments from mandatory ("shall") to discretionary ("may") for establishing obstruction lines and permit issuance along tidal, inland waterways, and flood-prone areas.

Allows the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to publish permit public notices on its website instead of requiring full newspaper publication, provided a minimum one-sixteenth page newspaper advertisement directs readers to the website.

Revises ionizing radiation enforcement procedures to allow the commissioner to issue compliance orders directly, with a 30-day hearing request period afterward, and appeals to Superior Court in the judicial district of New Britain rather than initial formal hearings.

Establishes criminal penalties for violations of ionizing radiation regulations: up to $25,000 per day and one year imprisonment for criminal negligence; up to $50,000 per day and three years imprisonment for knowingly making false statements, with doubled penalties for subsequent convictions.

Eliminates mandatory monthly and quarterly reporting requirements to the General Assembly on emissions inspections, emissions reductions, and contaminated wells; repeals three radiation control statutes and vacates all previously established encroachment line orders.