The proposed bill, General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6249, seeks to amend the Connecticut Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) by restricting the eligibility for appeals. Specifically, the bill stipulates that only property owners who are abutting or within one hundred feet of the property in question, as well as nonprofit organizations, will have the right to appeal decisions made under CEPA.

This legislative change aims to streamline the appeal process by limiting the parties who can contest environmental decisions, thereby potentially reducing the number of appeals and associated legal challenges. The bill does not specify any deletions from the current law but introduces new language to clarify the criteria for who may file an appeal under CEPA.