It is hereby found and declared that there is a public trust in the air, water and other natural resources of the state of Connecticut and that each person is entitled to the protection, preservation and enhancement of the same. It is further found and declared that it is in the public interest to provide all persons with an adequate remedy to protect the air, water and other natural resources from unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-15
Declaration of policy
Known as the Environmental Protection Act
The act spans §§ 22–22 (122 sections).
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Collins v. Olin Corp. (2006)
Most recently applied in Collins v. Olin Corp. (May 2006)
(1971, P.A. 96, S. 2.)
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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Connecticut statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.