recover $116,075.65 from Merriam and $19,345.94 from Adams. II. Liability under CEPA 42. The CEPA, Conn. Gen.Stat. § 22a-16, provides in relevant part: [A]ny person, partnership, corporation, association, organization or other legal entity may maintain an action ... for declaratory and equitable relief against ... any person, partnership, corporation, association, organization or other legal entity, acting alone, or in combination with others, for the protection of the public trust in the air, water and other natural resources of the state from unreasonable pollution, impairment or destruction.... 43. Durham has standing to bring an action for declaratory relief under Conn. Gen.Stat. § 22a-16. See Bombero v. Planning & Zoning Comm’n of Trumbull, 40 Conn.App. 75, 88, 669 A.2d 598 (1996) (<HOLDING>). 44. The soil and ground water at, around, and
holding public interest does not favor granting an injunction where government action allegedly in violation of nepa might actually jeopardize natural resources holding that issues involving the local board of education were matters of public importance recognizing that public utilities affect the public interest in that they render essential public services to a large number of the general public holding that any member of the general public can initiate an action to raise issues involving the public trust in air water or other natural resources of the state holding that water conservation district elections and the public trust doctrine were two subjects improperly grouped under the general category of water