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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-20 (2026)

Procedure supplementary to other procedures. Intervening party

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Sections 22a-14 to 22a-20, inclusive, shall be supplementary to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law and in any action maintained under said sections, the court may remand the parties to such procedures. Nothing in this section shall prevent the granting of interim equitable relief where required and for as long as is necessary to protect the rights recognized herein. Any person entitled to maintain an action under said sections may intervene as a party in all such procedures. Nothing herein shall prevent the maintenance of an action, as provided in said sections, to protect the rights recognized herein, where existing administrative and regulatory procedures are found by the court to be inadequate for the protection of the rights. At the initiation of any person entitled to maintain an action under said sections, such procedures shall be reviewable in a court of competent jurisdiction to the extent necessary to protect the rights recognized herein. In any judicial review, the court shall be bound by the provisions, standards and procedures of said sections and may order that additional evidence be taken with respect to the environmental issues involved.

(1971, P.A. 96, S. 7; P.A. 06-196, S. 257.)

History: P.A. 06-196 made technical changes, effective June 7, 2006.

Cited. 170 C. 47; 175 C. 483; 184 C. 51; 192 C. 591; 204 C. 38; Id., 212; 212 C. 710; Id., 727; 215 C. 474; 218 C. 580; 220 C. 54; 222 C. 98; 226 C. 205; Id., 579; 234 C. 488; 237 C. 135; 239 C. 786. Section does not create independent cause of action. 291 C. 789. The use of the phrase “existing administrative and regulatory procedures” in section refers to administrative and regulatory procedures that are currently authorized or required by statute or regulation. 323 C. 668.

Cited. 17 CA 320; 30 CA 204; 41 CA 89.

Cited. 35 CS 145.

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Notes of Decisions
Cited in 18 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1974–2021 · leading case: Burton v. Com'r of Env. Prot., 970 A.2d 640 (Conn. 2009).
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Burton v. Com'r of Env. Prot., 970 A.2d 640 (Conn. 2009). · cites it 45× “The plaintiff also claimed that she was entitled to relief under General Statutes § 22a-20 1 because the existing *792 administrative proceeding pertaining to the renewal of Dominion’s permit to discharge wastewater from Millstone into the Long Island Sound is inadequate to…”
City of Waterbury v. Town of Washington, 800 A.2d 1102 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 7× “252, § 3, which authorized Waterbury “in general, to do any other acts necessary or convenient for accomplishing the purposes contemplated by this act,” vested certain rights in Waterbury to take water from the Shepaug River and that any retroactive application of CEPA would…”
Nizzardo v. State Traffic Comm'n, 788 A.2d 1158 (Conn. 2002). · cites it 5× “One section of the act, General Statutes § 22a-20, specifically provides in relevant part;: “Sections 22a-14 to 22a-20, inclusive, shall be supplementary to existing administrative and regulatory procedures provided by law .”
Ventres v. Goodspeed Airport, LLC, 881 A.2d 937 (Conn. 2005). · cites it 4× “” They further argue that, pursuant to General Statutes § 22a-20, 37 the $50,000 contribution ordered by the trial court pursuant to § 22a-16a (3) was supplemental to the civil penalty ordered pursuant to § 22a-44 (b), not in lieu of it, and, therefore, should not be considered…”
Gardiner v. Conservation Comm'n, 608 A.2d 672 (Conn. 1992). · cites it 6× “D As his final claim, Fromer maintains that General Statutes § 22a-20 10 required the trial court to make a determination of whether the Waterford inland wetlands regulations are adequate to protect the rights established by the state Environmental Protection Act, General…”
Burton v. Dept. of Env't Prot., 337 Conn. 781 (Conn. 2021). “She asserts that ‘‘[t]he trial court never ruled on the specific question of whether [the administrative] proceedings were inadequate pursu- ant to [General Statutes] § 22a-20 . . . .’’ This is not true. Under a heading dedicated to the inadequacy of the proceeding, the trial…”
Gerardi v. City of Bridgeport, 985 A.2d 328 (Conn. 2010). · cites it 2× “Nothing in this section shall be construed to give an employee the right to pursue a cause of action in a court of competent jurisdiction for breach of any provision of a collective bargaining agreement or other claims dependent upon the provisions of a collective bargaining…”
Burton v. Dominion Nuclear Connecticut, Inc., 23 A.3d 1176 (Conn. 2011). · cites it 2× “rther observed that “[t]he plaintiff also specifically alleged that the existing permit renewal proceeding [was] inadequate to protect the rights recognized by [CEPA] because the hearing officer [was] biased and the department [of environmental protection (department) had]…”
DeBeradinis v. Zoning Comm'n, 635 A.2d 1220 (Conn. 1994). “93-234), or a one thousand foot linear setback measured from the mean high water mark in coastal waters, or a one thousand foot linear setback measured from the inland boundary of tidal wetlands mapped under section 22a-20, whichever is farthest inland; and shall be delineated…”
Arrieu v. Town of Litchfield, 552 A.2d 445 (Conn. App. Ct. 1989). · cites it 3× “” General Statutes § 22a-20 provides: “Sections 22a-14 to 22a-20, inclusive, shall be supplementary to existing administrative and regulatory proce *325 dures provided by law and in any action maintained under said sections, the court may remand the parties to such procedures.”
Fort Trumbull Conservancy, LLC v. Plan. & Zoning Comm'n of New London, 832 A.2d 611 (Conn. 2003). “93-234), or a one thousand foot linear setback measured from the mean high water mark in coastal waters, or a one thousand foot linear setback measured from the inland boundary of tidal wetlands mapped *343 under section 22a-20, whichever is farthest inland; and shall be…”
Ralto Developers, Inc. v. Env't Impact Comm'n, 594 A.2d 981 (Conn. 1991). “3 The association filed a notice of intervention in the application proceedings, pursuant to § 22a-20 of the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act, General Statutes §§ 22a-14 through 22a-20.”
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