Sec. 25-68c. Powers and duties of commissioner.

The commissioner shall have the following powers and duties under sections 25-68b to 25-68h, inclusive:

(1) To coordinate, monitor and analyze the floodplain management activities of state and local agencies;

(2) To coordinate flood control projects within the state and be the sole initiator of a flood control project with a federal agency;

(3) To act as the primary contact for federal funds for floodplain management activities sponsored by the state;

(4) To regulate actions by state agencies affecting floodplains except conversion by The University of Connecticut of commercial or office structures to an educational structure;

(5) To regulate proposed state actions that impact natural or man-made storm drainage facilities located on property that the commissioner determines to be controlled by the state, including, but not limited to, programs that regulate flood flows within a floodplain and site development that increases peak runoff rates;

(6) To designate a repository for all flood data within the state;

(7) To assist municipalities and state agencies in the development of comprehensive floodplain management programs;

(8) To determine the number and location of state-owned structures and uses by the state in the floodplain and to identify measures to make such structures and uses less susceptible to flooding including flood-proofing or relocation;

(9) To mark or post the floodplains within lands owned, leased or regulated by state agencies in order to delineate past and probable flood heights and to enhance public awareness of flood hazards;

(10) To designate the base flood or base flood for a critical activity where no such base flood is designated by the National Flood Insurance Program. The commissioner may add a freeboard factor to any such designation;

(11) To require that any flood control project be designed to provide protection equal to or greater than the base flood.

(P.A. 84-536, S. 2; P.A. 95-230, S. 44, 45; P.A. 05-174, S. 2.)

History: P.A. 95-230 amended Subdiv. (4) to add exception for The University of Connecticut, effective June 7, 1995; P.A. 05-174 added new Subdiv. (5) re commissioner's power to regulate proposed state actions that impact natural or man-made storm drainage facilities located on state property and redesignated existing Subdivs. (5) to (10) as Subdivs. (6) to (11).