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Department of Energy and

Environmental Protection

The Connecticut Clean Water SRF is one of

the major programs of the Connecticut Clean

Water Fund, and was created and initially

managed through the coordination of the

Department of Energy and Environmental

Protection and the State Treasurer’s Office.

The State Clean Water Act gave the

agencies certain statutory responsibilities for

the Clean Water SRF, and the Bureaus of

Water Protection and Land Reuse (BWPLR),

and of Financial and Support Services

(BFSS) with program responsibility for the

Connecticut Clean Water Fund worked

together with the Debt Management Division

of the State Treasurer’s Office almost

seamlessly for many years.

The Department of Energy and

Environmental Protection carries out the

environmental policy of the State for

conserving, improving and protecting the

State’s natural resources and environment

and mitigating water, land, and air pollution.

The DEEP is organized into three main

branches and the Office of the

Commissioner.

The Energy Branch includes a new Public

Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), which

reviews rates for electricity, water, cable

television, and other utilities as well as a

Bureau of Energy and Technology, which will

develop forward-looking energy efficiency,

infrastructure and alternative power

programs. The PURA replaces the DPUC

which enforced the regulations of the State

with regard to utilities including privately

owned public water systems with over 50

connections. The DPUC approves all rate

change requests from privately owned public

water systems. The DPUC reviews the

capital budget requests and adjudicates over

the enforcement of State laws.

The Environmental Quality Branch is

comprised of the Bureaus of Air

Management, Materials Management and

Compliance Assurance, and Water

Protection and Land Reuse. These bureaus

protect the air, land, and water resources of

the state by regulating air emissions,

wastewater discharges, and solid and

hazardous wastes. Tools used include the

development of regulations, policies, and

standards; permitting and enforcement; air

and water quality monitoring; and public

outreach and education.

Within the Environmental Conservation

Branch, there are two bureaus. The Bureau

of Natural Resources is charged with

managing the state’s natural resources

(particularly fish, wildlife, and forests) through

a program of regulation, management,

research, and public education. The Bureau

of Outdoor Recreation is charged with the

conservation and management of statewide

recreation lands and resources through the

acquisition of open space and the

management of resources, including state

parks, to meet the outdoor recreation needs

of the public.

The Office of the Commissioner, including

the Offices of Chief of Staff, Planning and

Program Development, Information

Management, Adjudications, and Legal

Counsel, provide administrative

management, staff assistance, and ancillary

service to aid the Commissioner and Bureau

Chiefs in their efforts to carry out the mission

of the agency. In addition, the centralized

Bureau of Financial and Support Services

provides a wide array of services including

financial management, human resource

management and purchasing for the entire

agency.

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The DEEP is responsible for coordinating the

conservation, improvement, and protection of

the state’s natural resources and

environment, primarily by mitigating water,

land and air pollution. To accomplish its

mandate under the Connecticut Clean Water

Act, within the new organizational structure,

through the Bureaus of Water Protection and

Land Reuse (BWPLR), enforce compliance

with state and federal laws, discharge

permits, rules, and regulations pertaining to

pollution control in the state. The DEEP is

also responsible for the supervision of

research related to restoring and

rehabilitating Long Island Sound.

The BWPLR’s mission is to protect and

restore the state’s surface water and

groundwater, to protect public water supply,

human health and safety, hazard mitigation,

river restoration, and to preserve and

enhance water-based recreation, propagation

of fish and aquatic life. The purpose of these

activities is to maintain the natural character

and economic well-being of the State. The

BWPLR adopts water quality standards for

the state’s surface and groundwater

resources, regulates municipal and industrial

wastewater discharges, manages

construction on and adjacent to coastal and

inland water resources, enforces water

quality standards, mitigates natural hazards,

and controls floodplain development, river

restoration water resource protection, and

remediation of waste disposal sites.

Municipal Facilities

The Planning and Standards Division within

the BWPLR administers the Connecticut

Clean Water Fund, primarily within its

Municipal Facilities Section. The Section

provides assistance to municipalities for the

upgrading of municipal wastewater

infrastructure and related infrastructure

needs, through planning, design and

construction oversight as well as the approval

of permits for municipal discharges and

enforcing the State’s operator certification

requirements. It is the role of the engineering

and project management staff within the

Municipal Facilities section to:

Guide municipal decision makers and

citizens on the need for projects

Give a clear explanation of how Clean

Water Fund financing will assist them

Encourage all municipalities to pursue

facility planning to address future needs

Collaborate among several units of the

DEEP to perform major tasks for the Clean

Water Fund including:

o Prepare the state capital budget

request for the Clean Water Fund;

o Create a Project Priority List of

eligible municipal water quality

projects and wastewater projects,

based on approved state and

federal appropriations

o Develop and enforce compliance

schedules for each step of

municipal pollution control projects,

including planning, design and

construction

o Review project funding with

potential borrowers

o Review all project information to

ensure compliance with project

schedules and budgets including

approval of project plans and

specifications, amendments and

determination of eligibility of

proposed costs

o Support the Nitrogen Credit

Exchange Program

o Support municipalities through

outreach, monitoring and testing

and assistance with planning and

education

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A strong public outreach effort is one of the

reasons for the success of the Clean Water

Fund. Staff members routinely attend local

water pollution control authority meetings,

public hearings on proposed projects, and

public meetings on appropriations of local

funds to support projects.

Bureau of Financial and Support

Services

The BFSS provides business and accounting

services for the Clean Water Fund and

provides management and oversight of

financial and project accounting

responsibilities within the DEEP including

contract management and expense

monitoring.

Though the use of CORE-CT and working

with the State Treasurer’s Office, the BFSS

has streamlined the processing of project

payment while capturing more of the data

needed to manage the programs and comply

with reporting requirements of the EPA. The

DEEP has also coordinated project

management and program accounting with

the use of a customized loan and grant

management tracking system developed

through the EPA.

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Appendix IX: Program

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