Section 16a-22o - Reports re petroleum product storage terminals and pipelines. Petroleum product stocks in regional petroleum administration subdistrict; definition. Powers of commissioner(a) As used in this section, "regional petroleum administration subdistrict" means the Petroleum Administration for Defense District 1A, or a successor subdistrict used by the United States Department of Energy to track petroleum products that includes the territory of the state.(b) On or before October 1, 2023, any person engaged in the business of operating a petroleum product storage terminal or petroleum product pipeline in the state shall notify the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in writing and in such form as prescribed by the commissioner, of information pertaining to the identity and storage or flow capacity of any such terminal or pipeline.(c) If actual stocks of any petroleum product throughout the regional petroleum administration subdistrict fall below the most recent five-year average, as reported by the United States Energy Information Administration, the commissioner may require any person engaged in the business of operating a petroleum product storage terminal or petroleum product pipeline in the state to report information pertaining to the actual petroleum products inventory or flow of any such terminal or pipeline, on forms prescribed by the commissioner. Such report shall be submitted not later than fifteen days after a request by the commissioner.(d) Information submitted to the commissioner pursuant to this section shall be exempt from disclosure under section 1-210.(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit the commissioner's authority under section 16a-22i.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 16a-22o
Added by P.A. 23-0102,S. 39 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 6/29/2023.