The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may convey, lease or transfer the care and control of any land owned by the state and controlled by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to the federal government or any agency thereof, to any state agency or to any municipality or regional authority, upon such terms and for such periods as may be mutually agreed upon, or may enter into any agreements with such agency, municipality or authority for the joint care, operation or preservation thereof. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, may convey any land that the state acquires pursuant to 42 USC 9601 et seq., the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980, as amended, (CERCLA), to any municipality or to any potentially responsible party or any group of potentially responsible parties under 42 USC 9607, upon such terms as are agreed to by the commissioner and the transferee. Any state agency, with the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, any municipality or regional authority may convey, lease or transfer the care and control of any land owned or controlled by it to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection upon such terms and for such periods as may be mutually agreed upon.

(1967, P.A. 634, S. 5; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 398; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 97-71, S. 1, 4; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: 1971 act replaced commissioner and department of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner and department of environmental protection, deleting reference to component agencies of the former department, and deleted requirement that council on agriculture and natural resources consent to conveyance, lease or transfer of control of land; Sec. 22-7f transferred to Sec. 22a-26 in 1972; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management as authority approving conveyance, lease etc. of land; P.A. 97-71 added provision authorizing the commissioner to convey land acquired under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act to municipalities or to responsible parties under said act, effective May 27, 1997; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.