Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-1a-9 - Notice, distribution, and review of environmental impact evaluations; public hearing
(a) The sponsoring
agency shall publish notice of the availability of environmental impact
evaluations in accordance with Section 22a-1d of the Act and may utilize any
such other media such agency deems necessary to ensure adequate public notice.
The notice of availability shall be on a form required for publication in the
Environmental Monitor and shall include, but not be limited to, the following
information:
(1) The name, address or
location, and brief description of the action;
(2) The name of the municipality or
municipalities where the action is located;
(3) The date, time and location of a public
hearing planned by the sponsoring agency, if any, or the procedure to request a
public hearing if one is not planned;
(4) The closing date of the public comment
period, which shall end no less than forty-five (45) days after the publication
of the notice in the Environmental Monitor or, if a public hearing is planned,
no less than five (5) days after the public hearing, whichever is
later;
(5) The procedure for
submitting comments; and
(6) The
sponsoring agency's relevant contact information.
(b) Prior to or on the date of publication of
the notice of availability in the Environmental Monitor, the sponsoring agency
shall distribute copies of the environmental impact evaluation:
(1) in accordance with Section 22a-1d of the
Act, and
(2) to other persons such
agency deems necessary to ensure effective public participation.
(c) A sponsoring agency may hold,
at its discretion, a public hearing on an environmental impact evaluation no
less than thirty (30) days after the publication of the notice of availability.
If a public hearing on an environmental impact evaluation is requested pursuant
to Section 22a-1d(a) of the Act, the agency shall hold such hearing no less
than fifteen (15) days after the publication of a separate notice of public
hearing and no less than thirty (30) days after the publication of the notice
of availability. The separate notice of public hearing shall be published in
the Environmental Monitor and shall include, at a minimum, the information
listed in subsection (a) of this section and shall be on a form required for
publication in the Environmental Monitor. The sponsoring agency may use other
media it deems necessary, in addition to the Environmental Monitor, to ensure
adequate public notice. If a public hearing is held, the public comment period
shall remain open for at least five (5) days following the close of the public
hearing or until the date specified in the notice of availability of the
environmental impact evaluation published in the Environmental Monitor,
whichever is later.
(d) A public
hearing held on an action pursuant to other state or federal law shall fulfill
the public hearing requirements of the Act provided it is held no less than
thirty (30) days after the notice of availability of the environmental impact
evaluation is published in the Environmental Monitor in accordance with Section
22a-1d of the Act and notice of the hearing is provided in accordance with this
section.
Notes
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