The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish a program for the discovery and evaluation of hazardous waste disposal sites which he determines pose a threat to the environment or public health. Such program shall include provisions for the containment and removal of hazardous wastes and the mitigation of the effects of hazardous wastes on such sites.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-133b
(P.A. 87-561, S. 2, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)