What We Do

The Board of Finance is hereby designated as the Water Pollution Control Authority of the Town of New Canaan pursuant to § 7-246 of the Connecticut General Statutes.

The Water Pollution Control Authority shall have all the powers and duties conferred upon such authorities in Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, § 7-245 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.

Sewer use rules and regulations.

1. The Sewer Use Rules and Regulations dated March 9, 2006, approved and established by the Director of Health and the Department of Public Works, copies of which are available for public inspection in the offices of the Health Department, the Department of Public Works, and the Town Clerk, shall be the Sewer Use Rules and Regulations of the Town of New Canaan until such rules and regulations are amended by the Water Pollution Control Authority pursuant to Paragraph
   
   
2. The Water Pollution Control Authority may establish and revise rules and regulations as allowed by § 7-247 of the Connecticut General Statutes, including without limitation rules and regulations for the supervision, management, control, operation and use of sewerage systems in the Town of New Canaan. No rule or regulation shall become effective or be established until after a public hearing in relation thereto is held by the Water Pollution Control Authority. A copy of each proposed rule or regulation shall be filed in the office of the Town Clerk for public inspection at least 10 days before such public Prior to the public hearing, a notice of the hearing shall be published in a newspaper having a general circulation in the Town, at least once for two successive weeks, showing the time and place of the public hearing, together with either the full text of the proposed rule or regulation or a reference to the filing of the full text with the Town Clerk. After such hearing the Water Pollution Control Authority may adopt such rule or regulation, together with any amendments thereto which it may make, and shall forthwith file the same as so adopted with the Town Clerk, and publish a notice of passage in such newspaper. The effective date of the rule or regulation shall be established by the Water Pollution Control Authority but shall not be sooner than the date of publication of the notice of passage.

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Members

Todd Lavieri, Chairman
Michael Chen
Chris Le Bris , Acting Secretary
Thomas Schulte
Victor Alvarez 
Maria Weingarten
Robert Hamill
Colm Dobbyn
James Yao, Alternate
Jan Schaefer, Alternate
Nick Mitrakis, Alternate

First Selectman, Dionna Carlson dionna.carlson@newcanaanct.gov

You may contact all Board members by sending an e-mail to: BoFDistribution@newcanaanct.gov  

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Meetings
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