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Brief Descriptions of Connecticut State Agencies
Environmental Protection
Agency Web page
| Statutory Authority |
Agency History |
Published histories/articles | State
Library Collections | List of
Commissioners
Statutory Authority :
CGS Public Act 872.
1971, established by P.A. 872, sec. 2, to consolidate the power and duties of many programs throughout state government dealing with the environment. In 1971, the Dept. of Agriculture and Natural Resources was split. The agricultural components were absorbed by a new Dept. of Agriculture, while the natural resources components were transferred to the new Dept. of Environmental Protection. These programs included :
Park and
Forest Commission
Commission on Forests and Wildlife
State Board of
Fisheries and Game
Water Resources
Commission
Boating Commission
Shell-Fish Commission
State Geological
and Natural History Survey Commission
Clean Air Commission
Waste Program from State Dept.
of Health
Published Histories/Articles :
Archived Environmental
Protection Web site, as harvested on 2007-04-10, by the Connecticut State
Library, Connecticut Digital Archive.
Agency Documents in the State Library
Collections :
Check the State Library catalog, CONSULS, under these author headings for
publications by the agency available in the State Library :
Connecticut. Dept. of Environmental Protection.
Annual Reports are located in :
Digest of Administrative Reports to the Governor [CSL Call Number ConnDoc F40 d], and 2002-, the online version
State Archives Record Groups : RG 079:001, RG 079:005, RG 079:016, RG 079:018, RG 079:026
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Name |
Years of Service |
| Dan W. Lufkin | October 1, 1971-July 1, 1973 |
| Douglas M. Costle | July 1, 1973-1974 |
| Joseph N. Gill | 1974-1976 |
| Stanley J. Pac | 1976-1986 |
| Leslie Carothers | 1986-1990 |
| Timothy R.E. Keeney | 1990-1994 |
| Sidney J. Holbrook | 1994-1997 |
| Arthur J. Rocque, Jr. | 1997-2004 |
| Regina McCarthy | December 10, 2004-August 2009 |
| Amey w. Marrella | September 2009-present |
Prepared by the Government Information and Reference Services Unit, page revised 4/2010.