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CT Gen Stat § 22a-123 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-123 - Enforcement of certificate requirements and other standards. Penalties.

 The commissioner shall insure that each facility for which a certificate has been issued is constructed, maintained and operated in compliance with such certificate, and any other standards established pursuant to this chapter, except siting and development and management regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-116. The facility operator shall pay yearly to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection a reasonable sum, determined by the commissioner, to ensure proper oversight and monitoring. Whenever the commissioner deems it necessary to provide further oversight and monitoring, the person to whom such certificate has been issued shall be charged with and pay such further expense. The commissioner shall have authority to issue cease and desist orders according to section 22a-7 and to suspend or revoke any permit issued by him upon a showing of cause and after a hearing. The council shall have the authority to issue cease and desist orders and to suspend or revoke any permit issued by it upon a showing of cause and after a hearing. The courts may grant such restraining orders and such temporary and permanent injunctive relief as may be necessary to secure compliance with this chapter and with a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter. The courts may assess civil penalties in an amount not less than one thousand dollars or more than ten thousand dollars per day for each day of construction or operation in material violation of this chapter or of a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter. Civil proceedings to enforce this chapter may be brought by the Attorney General in the superior court for any judicial district affected by the violation. Any person who knowingly or wilfully violates any provision of this chapter or any provision of a certificate issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day of such violation or imprisoned for not more than one year or both. The remedies and penalties in this section shall be cumulative and shall be in addition to any other penalties and remedies available at law, or in equity, to any person.(P.A. 80-472, S. 10, 14; P.A. 81-369, S. 12, 20; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 80-472 effective July 1, 1981, with respect to this section; P.A. 81-369 amended section to require the facility operator to pay a reasonable sum for facility oversight and monitoring and further authorized the issuance of cease and desist orders and permit revocation as a means of enforcement of permits; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.Cited. 207 C. 706.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-124 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-124 - Exclusive jurisdiction of council. Municipal regulation of proposed location. Appeal of zoning decision.

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, the council shall have exclusive jurisdiction over the siting of facilities subject to the provisions of this chapter. In ruling on applications for certificates for facilities, the council shall give such consideration to other state laws and municipal ordinances and regulations as it shall deem appropriate. Whenever the council issues a certificate of public safety and necessity pursuant to this chapter, such certificate shall satisfy and be in lieu of all other certificates, licenses, permits or approvals, or other requirements of state or municipal agencies in regard to any question of public safety and necessity.(b) A proposed hazardous waste facility may be regulated and restricted by any town, city or borough pursuant to chapters 124 and 126 and by any municipality pursuant to sections 22a-42 and 22a-42a. The applicant shall apply for any permits required by such agencies at the same time as the filing of the application with the council. Such local bodies may make all decisions necessary to the exercise of such power to regulate and restrict, which decisions shall be made within one hundred thirty days of any application notwithstanding any other statute to the contrary and shall be in writing and recorded in the records of their respective communities, and written notice of any decision shall be given to each party affected thereby. Each such decision shall be subject to the right of appeal within thirty days after the giving of such notice by any party aggrieved to the council, which shall have exclusive jurisdiction, in the course of any proceeding on an application for a certificate or otherwise, to affirm, modify or revoke such order to make any decision in substitution thereof by a vote of eight of the members of the council. Appeal of a local zoning decision to the council shall be in lieu of any other appeal authorized by the general statutes.(P.A. 80-472, S. 11, 14; P.A. 81-369, S. 13, 20.)History: P.A. 80-472 effective July 1, 1981, with respect to this section; P.A. 81-369 amended section to require an applicant to apply for approval by local agencies concurrently with application to the council and to require that local decisions be made within 130 days, rather than 30 days, of the date of application, made changes reflecting transfer of board's powers and duties to council and specified that appeals to council are in lieu of all other appeals.Cited. 207 C. 706.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-125 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-125 - Payments to municipalities to be made by operators of hazardous waste disposal facilities.

 Section 22a-125 is repealed.(P.A. 80-472, S. 12, 14; P.A. 81-369, S. 19, 20.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-127 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-127 - Local project review committee. Technical assistance for review of application.

 (a) In each municipality where a hazardous waste facility is proposed to be located, there may be established a local project review committee consisting of not less than four and not more than nine members, all but one of whom shall be electors from the municipality where the facility is proposed to be located. The remaining member shall be an elector from the municipality likely to be most affected by the proposed facility which municipality shall be named by the council after the receipt of an application for a certificate. The commissioner shall notify the council and the chief elected official of the municipality where the facility is proposed to be located upon receipt of an application for licenses, permits or approvals necessary to establish a hazardous waste facility. The council shall send to the chief elected official a copy of the provisions of the general statutes for the establishment of a local project review committee along with a copy of the notification sent by the commissioner. After notification, the chief elected official may appoint members to such committee. All members shall be appointed by the chief elected official of the municipality that they represent.(b) Upon filing of an application with the council, the applicant shall deposit with the council a sum determined by the council but not exceeding fifty thousand dollars to be disbursed by the council to the local project review committee for the sole use of obtaining technical and professional assistance for such committee's review of the proposed hazardous waste facility. Such assistance may include environmental, scientific, economic, financial and legal assistance.(P.A. 81-369, S. 15, 20; P.A. 89-146, S. 1.)History: P.A. 89-146 amended Subsec. (a) to require the commissioner of environmental protection to notify the siting council of receipt of hazardous waste facility application and to require the siting council to send the chief executive officer of the municipality in which such facility is proposed a copy of provisions of general statutes re local project review committees and a copy of notice sent by commissioner and amended Subsec. (b) to authorize use of funds for environmental, scientific, economic, financial and legal assistance and to increase amount of maximum deposit from $30,000 to 50,000.Cited. 207 C. 706.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-129 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-129 - Chief elected official's right of access to facility for inspection of premises and review of records. Time allowed for response to complaints.

 The chief elected official of the municipality where the facility is proposed to be located or his designee shall have full access to such facility for inspection of premises and for review of facility records. If, after any inspection, a written complaint is made to the commissioner, he shall respond within fourteen days. Where the complaint involves an immediate threat to the public health and safety the commissioner shall respond within twenty-four hours.(P.A. 81-369, S. 17, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 9, 14.)History: P.A. 87-489 substituted “written” complaint for “formal” complaint.Cited. 207 C. 706.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-130 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-130 - Regulations.

 All regulations required by this chapter and sections 16-50j and 16-50v shall be adopted by January 1, 1982. All applications for a permit for a hazardous waste facility pending before any federal, state or local agency as of July 1, 1981, shall be deemed applications for a certificate of public safety and necessity and subject to the provisions of this chapter and sections 16-50j and 16-50v. No application shall be accepted by the council until all regulations required by this chapter and said sections are adopted.(P.A. 81-369, S. 18, 20.)See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.Cited. 207 C. 706.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-130a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-130a - Regulations re the facilitation of flexibility and increased compliance by hazardous waste generators with certain regulatory requirements.

 (a) Not later than July 1, 2018, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, in accordance with chapter 54, issue a notice of intent to adopt regulations consistent with the Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule, as published in the Federal Register of November 28, 2016, except for any proposed modifications deemed necessary by the commissioner, in accordance with subsection (h) of section 22a-6.(b) If the commissioner is unable to fully comply with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section before July 1, 2018, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to commerce not later than August 1, 2018. Such report shall include an updated timeframe for the adoption of such regulations and a summary of any public comment received by the commissioner during the process to issue the notice of intent described in subsection (a) of this section.(P.A. 17-242, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-131 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-131 - Civil penalty for violation of hazardous waste program.

 Any person who violates any provision of the state's hazardous waste program shall be assessed a civil penalty of not more than twenty-five thousand dollars for each day such violation continues. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action to recover such penalty. Any amount recovered shall be deposited in the General Fund.(P.A. 81-443, S. 2, 7; P.A. 84-535, S. 3; P.A. 85-390, S. 1; P.A. 87-475, S. 5, 7; P.A. 95-208, S. 6, 13.)History: P.A. 84-535 added provision requiring amounts recovered to be credited to the emergency spill response fund; P.A. 85-390 substituted references to assessment of civil penalty for references to imposition of fine; P.A. 87-475 deleted reference to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 USC 6901 et seq.); P.A. 95-208 amended section to require that any amount recovered be deposited in General Fund, rather than deposited in General Fund and credited to Emergency Spill Response Fund, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133 - Payments prohibited if federal funds available.

 Payments shall not be made from the fund established by section 22a-451 for costs incurred by the state pursuant to subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of said section if federal funds are available for payment of such costs pursuant to the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 USC 9601 et seq.), as amended.(P.A. 82-320, S. 3, 4.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133a - Definitions: Discovery and cleanup of hazardous waste disposal sites.

 As used in this section, sections 22a-133b to 22a-133k, inclusive, section 22a-448 and subsection (c) of section 22a-449:(1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection;(2) “Remedial action” means the discovery and evaluation of hazardous waste disposal sites, the containment or removal of hazardous waste from and mitigation of the effects of hazardous waste on such sites to the satisfaction of the commissioner, including studies and reports of such sites and financial requirements for postclosure, operations, maintenance and monitoring;(3) “CERCLA” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (42 USC 9601 et seq.), as amended; and(4) “Final remedial action” means action constituting a permanent remedy at a hazardous waste disposal site consistent with standards adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-133k, provided to the extent permanent remedies are not available in a timely manner, temporary remedies taken to achieve such standards shall be deemed to be final remedial action until permanent remedies are developed and implemented.(P.A. 87-561, S. 1, 13; P.A. 89-365, S. 8, 9; P.A. 94-198, S. 2, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 89-365 added Subdiv. (4) defining “final remedial action”; P.A. 94-198 added a reference to Sec. 22a-133k, effective June 7, 1994; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133b - Discovery and evaluation of hazardous waste disposal sites deemed to pose threat to the environment or public health.

 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.(P.A. 87-561, S. 2, 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133c - Hazardous waste disposal site inventory.

 The commissioner shall maintain a hazardous waste disposal site inventory and provide for a method of recording the status of sites therein. The inventory shall include all sites listed on the report entitled “An Inventory of Hazardous Waste Sites in Connecticut and recommendations for Continuing Action”, prepared pursuant to section 22a-8a, and any other site said commissioner determines to be a threat to the environment or public health, including (1) sites discovered pursuant to sections 22a-134a to 22a-134d, inclusive, and subsection (d) of section 22a-449, or any other regulatory program administered by the commissioner, and (2) sites reported to said commissioner pursuant to Subtitle C of The Resource, Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (42 USC 6901 et seq.), as amended, and CERCLA or by any state, local or federal authority or any other source.(P.A. 87-561, S. 3, 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133cc (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133cc - Submission of information for covenant not to sue.

 Any person seeking a covenant not to sue under sections 22a-133aa and 22-133bb shall submit to the commissioner sufficient information to allow the commissioner to make any determination required in said sections.(P.A. 96-113, S. 12, 17.)History: P.A. 96-113 effective May 24, 1996.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133d - Site assessments.

 (a) Any site listed in the report prepared pursuant to section 22a-8a where remedial action has not been initiated shall be assessed on or before June 30, 1991. Any other hazardous waste disposal site determined by the commissioner to pose a threat to the environment or public health shall be assessed within forty-eight months of such determination.(b) The commissioner shall establish the priority for assessment of sites on the inventory developed pursuant to section 22a-133c where remedial action has not been initiated. In establishing such priority, the commissioner shall consider the quantity and characteristics of the hazardous waste on the site, the potential threat from the hazardous waste to the environment or public health and any other factor he deems appropriate.(c) A site assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (1) Testing or engineering reports required by the commissioner; (2) determination of ownership of and the persons or municipality responsible for the disposal site; (3) a score developed by using the uncontrolled hazardous waste site ranking system found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Section 300, Appendix A, as amended; and (4) a recommended time schedule for remedial action.(P.A. 87-561, S. 4, 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133e (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133e - Remedial action.

 (a) Remedial action for sites on the inventory that is proceeding in accordance with the provisions of state or federal programs shall continue in accordance with such programs.(b) The commissioner shall provide for remedial action for all assessed sites by (1) referring the site to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the provisions of CERCLA; (2) issuing administrative orders to responsible parties pursuant to section 22a-6, 22a-428, 22a-432, 22a-433 or 22a-449, or (3) any action deemed necessary by said commissioner.(c) If the commissioner determines that (1) the remedial action schedule for a site proposed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to CERCLA is not consistent with the schedule developed in the assessment for such site list, or (2) the site, based on the site assessment score, is ineligible for CERCLA funding, he may pursue remedial action for the site from any account established for such purpose and seek reimbursement for such remedial action.(P.A. 87-561, S. 5, 13.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-133f (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste|Section 22a-133f - Costs of remedial action. Regulations.

 (a) The costs of remedial action pursued in accordance with the provisions of section 22a-133e may be paid from (1) available appropriations, or (2) any account authorized under subsection (a) of section 29 of special act 87-77 or subdivision (5) of subsection (e) of section 2 of special act 86-54. The costs may be paid from such funds and accounts provided the commissioner determines that the threat to the environment and public health from the site is unacceptable and (A) the commissioner is unable to determine the responsible party for the disposal or cleanup of the hazardous waste, (B) the responsible party is not in timely compliance with orders issued by the commissioner to provide remedial action, or (C) the commissioner has not issued a final decision on an order to a responsible party to provide remedial action because of (i) a request for a hearing made pursuant to section 22a-436 or sections 4-177 to 4-182, inclusive, or (ii) an order issued pursuant to said section 22a-436 is subject to an appeal pending before the Superior Court pursuant to section 22a-437 or sections 4-183 and 4-184.(b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations in accordance with chapter 54, setting forth priorities for the use of such funds and accounts. In setting such priorities the commissioner shall consider any factor he deems appropriate, including the score developed pursuant to section 22a-133d.(P.A. 87-561, S. 6, 13; P.A. 95-208, S. 9, 13; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 403.)History: P.A. 95-208 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to Emergency Spill Response Fund with reference to emergency spill response account, effective July 1, 1995; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) to replace provision re payment of costs from emergency spill response account with provision re payment of costs from available appropriations in Subdiv. (1) and to make a technical change.