Conn. Agencies Regs. § 16-262m-3 - Application and approval of three-phase construction
(a) The application for a new system or for
an expansion of an existing system which involves a new water source shall be
submitted and reviewed in three phases, as Phase I-A, Phase I-B and Phase II.
The same chronology and procedures established in Section
16-262m-2
shall be followed sequentially first for Phase I-A and subsequently for Phase
I-B and Phase II. It is recognized that some applications for expansion may not
require a Phase I-A or Phase I-B review. In such cases only a Phase II
application shall be required.
(b)
(1) The application for Phase I-A, shall
identify items including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) The feasibility of interconnection to an
existing system;
(B) the location
and proposed construction of any source of supply;
(C) the possible duplication of service and
water facilities caused by the installation of the proposed system;
(D) the name of an existing regulated or
municipal water utility or regional water authority which will own, operate and
maintain the final constructed water supply facilities if they are to remain as
a non-connected satellite system;
(2) The Department of Public Utility Control
and the Department of Health Services shall determine the issues in
subparagraphs (b) (1) (A), (b) (1) (B), (b) (1) (C), and (b) (1) (D) in this
subsection;
(3) If the Department
of Public Utility Control and Department of Health Services jointly determine
that the applicant meets the criteria reviewed under subdivisions (1) and (2)
of this subsection, the Department of Public Utility Control shall grant
approval of the Phase I-A application, in writing to allow the applicant to
construct the source of supply proposed in the application. The applicant shall
proceed to construct the source of supply in conformance with the application
and any conditions set by the Department of Public Utility Control and
Department of Health Services in the approval. Applicants proposing withdrawals
in excess of 50,000 gallons of water from one or more wells joined in a system
where combined maximum withdrawal exceeds 50,000 gallons of water during any
twenty-four hour period must confer with the Department of Environmental
Protection to determine appropriate water diversion permit requirements under
Section
22a-365
of the General Statutes of Connecticut;
(4) Approval under Phase I-A shall not in and
of itself guarantee the later issuance of a certificate of public convenience
and necessity.
(c)
(1) The application for Phase I-B shall
identify items including, but not limited to, the following:
(A) well yield data for each well, based on a
suitable yield test performed by a qualified well yield tester in accordance
with the criteria set forth in section
16-262m-8 herein
and Section
19-13-B51(K)
of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies; and
(B) water quality data for each well as
specified by the Department of Health Services.
(2) The Department of Public Utility Control
and the Department of Health Services shall jointly evaluate the data in
subparagraphs (c) (1) (A) and (c) (1) (B) in this subsection.
(3) If the Department of Public Utility
Control and Department of Health Services determine that the applicant meets
the criteria reviewed under subparagraphs (c) (1) (A) and (c) (1) (B) of this
subsection, the Department of Public Utility Control shall grant approval of
the Phase I-B application, in writing to allow the applicant to obtain building
permits to perform the functions specified in section
16-262m-1(e).
The applicant shall proceed with construction in conformance with the
application and any conditions set by the Department of Public Utility Control
and the Department of Health Services in the approval. Approval under Phase I-B
shall not in and of itself guarantee the later issuance of a certificate of
public convenience and necessity for the applicant.
(d)
(1)
After receiving approval to proceed with the various aspects of the project
under subsection (c) above, an applicant shall submit an application under
Phase II. This application shall demonstrate items including, but not limited
to, the following:
(A) conformance of proposed
construction with the Department of Public Utility Control's and Department of
Health Services' engineering standards;
(B) conformance of proposed construction with
all federal and state standards on water supply;
(C) the financial, managerial, and technical
resources of the applicant and ability to maintain adequate service.
(2) The Department of Public
Utility Control and Department of Health Services shall jointly evaluate the
issues in subparagraphs (d) (1) (A), (d) (1) (B) and (d) (1) (C) of this
subsection.
(3) If the Department
of Public Utility Control and Department of Health Services determine that the
application meets the criteria in subparagraphs (d) (1) (A), (d) (1) (B) and
(d) (1) (C) of this subsection the Department of Public Utility Control and
Department of Health Services shall jointly issue a certificate of public
convenience and necessity to the applicant.
(4) The applicant shall notify the Department
of Public Utility Control, the Department of Health Services and the specified
owner of the water system when the construction of the pumphouse, distribution
system and service lines commence so that a field inspection can be scheduled
to witness the installation of such items and when construction is completed so
that a field inspection can be scheduled to inspect the as-built
facilities.
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