Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 13b - Transportation
17 - Encroachment Permit Regulations
Section 13b-17-24 - Emergency permits

(1) The District Maintenance Managers will issue an annual permit to all utility companies and municipalities in their Districts to perform emergency repair work such as broken gas, water or sewer mains within State highways. The utilities and municipalities must contact the District Permit Section prior to performing any emergency repair work to obtain verbal permission. The District Permit Section will maintain a log for the purpose of recording each instance when verbal permission is granted to perform emergency work. After the issuance of the annual permit for emergency work, no further written permission will be required once verbal permission has been granted by the District Maintenance Manager. This procedure does not apply to emergency permits for work on interstate or other designatedlimited-access highways covered in Section 13b-17-7. A written application for permit must be forwarded to the district permit office within 24 hours of receiving verbal permission.

(2) In those cases where private utility connections must be repaired under emergency conditions, the person or company concerned must contact the District Permit Section and receive verbal permission prior to performing any emergency work. Within 24 hours after verbal permission has been granted, a written Application for Permit must be submitted to the District Permit Section in the same manner prescribed for non-emergency work. A written permit will be sent in confirmation of the verbal permission as a permanent record of the transaction.

(3) Appropriate bond and insurance certificates must be on file with the District Permit Section prior to the issuance of verbal or written permission for emergency work.