(a) Any person who or municipality which is aggrieved by a decision under subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-430 or by any order of the commissioner other than an order under section 22a-6b, to abate pollution may, after a hearing by the commissioner as provided for in section 22a-436 or subsection (b) or (c) of section 22a-430, appeal from the final determination of the commissioner based on such hearing to the Superior Court as provided in chapter 54. Such appeal shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-192.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other statute to the contrary, any appeal by a person or municipality aggrieved by an order of the commissioner to abate pollution, other than an order under section 22a-6b, or by a decision under subsection (b) of section 22a-430, shall be pursuant to this section.

(1967, P.A. 57, S. 16; 1971, P.A. 346, S. 2; 870, S. 120; 872, S. 92; P.A. 73-38, S. 6, 8; 73-665, S. 14, 17; P.A. 74-183, S. 252, 291; 74-338, S. 59, 94; P.A. 76-436, S. 216, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 82-111, S. 3; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-317, S. 30, 107; P.A. 98-209, S. 3.)

History: 1971 acts added reference to Subsec. (b) of Sec. 25-54i, replaced superior court with court of common pleas, effective September 1, 1971, except that courts with cases pending retain jurisdiction unless pending matters deemed transferable, and replaced references to water resources commission with references to environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 73-38 added reference specifically citing Subsec. (b) of Sec. 25-54i and deleted other references to hearings under that section; P.A. 73-665 added second reference to Sec. 22a-6b re orders issued thereunder; P.A. 74-183 deleted provisions re appeals to supreme court; P.A. 74-338 made technical change; P.A. 76-436 replaced court of common pleas with superior court, effective July 1, 1978; P.A. 78-280 replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; P.A. 82-111 amended Subsec. (a) by making technical revisions for consistency with Sec. 25-54i and established Subsec. (b) clarifying that appeals for orders to abate pollution or a decision to deny an application shall be pursuant to this section; Sec. 25-54p transferred to Sec. 22a-437 in 1983; P.A. 88-230 proposed to replace reference to “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford” effective September 1, 1991, but said reference was deleted by P.A. 88-317; P.A. 88-317 amended Subsec. (a) to require appeal to be made “as provided in chapter 54” instead of specifying the judicial district, deadline, mailing requirement for final determination, evidence on which appeal shall be based, and standard for court determinations, effective July 1, 1989, and applicable to all agency proceedings commencing on or after that date; P.A. 98-209 amended Subsec. (a) to modify provisions re standing to appeal certain actions of the commissioner under this chapter.

Annotations to former section 25-54p:

Cited. 170 C. 29; 180 C. 568.

Annotations to present section:

Cited. 217 C. 130; 226 C. 358; 236 C. 722; 237 C. 135.

Cited. 21 CA 91.