Conn. Agencies Regs. § 22a-30-2 - Definitions
As used in sections 22a-30-1 to 22a-30-17, inclusive, of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies:
(a) The following terms are used as defined
in section
22a-29
of the General Statutes: "commissioner", "person", "regulated activity",
"wetland";
(b) The following terms
are used as defined in section
22a-93 of the General
Statutes: "adverse impacts on coastal resources", "coastal resources"; "coastal
waters", "water-dependent uses";
(c) "Applicant" means a person who files an
application for a permit issued by the department pursuant to section
22a-32
of the General Statutes and who is either the owner of the land on which the
proposed regulated activity will be located, a contract vendee of such owner, a
lessee of such owner, or the person who will actually control and direct the
undertaking of the proposed activity;
(d) "Department" means the department of
environmental protection;
(e)
"Party" means party as defined by section
4-166 of the General
Statutes;
(f) "Permit or license"
means license as defined by section
4-166 of the General
Statutes;
(g) "Areas formerly
connected to tidal waters" means those areas which have retained tidal wetland
soil characteristics, which can support some but not necessarily all of the
vegetation specified in section
22a-29
of the General Statutes upon reestablishment of a tidal connection, and to
which a tidal connection can be reestablished. Areas formerly connected to
tidal waters shall not include:
(1) Areas
which have been filled to an elevation greater than one foot above local
extreme high water where such filling occurred prior to 1972 or to the adoption
of a tidal wetland map for such area pursuant to section
22a-30
of the General Statutes, whichever is later;
(2) Areas to which a tidal connection has
been permanently blocked or severed and where re-establishment of a tidal
connection would endanger existing structures for which alternative means of
protection such as floodproofing and elevation are not feasible; or
(3) Areas which are no longer wetland but
which are another coastal resource as defined by section
22a-93 of the General
Statutes and which function as a healthy, stable habitat.
(h) "Local extreme high water" means the
elevation of the one year frequency tidal flood at a particular location as
shown on the most recently adopted U.S. Army Corps of engineers tidal flood
profile.
Other terms used but not defined herein shall be construed to have their meaning determined by common usage.
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