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CT Gen Stat § 22a-280. (Formerly Sec. 19-524mm) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act|Section 22a-280. (Formerly Sec. 19-524mm) - Liberal construction of chapter.

 This chapter, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed, so as to effect its purposes.(P.A. 73-459, S. 24, 26.)History: Sec. 19-524mm transferred to Sec. 22a-280 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-281. (Formerly Sec. 19-524nn) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act|Section 22a-281. (Formerly Sec. 19-524nn) - Pilot project required.

 Section 22a-281 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.(P.A. 73-459, S. 25, 26; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 22a-282 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act|Section 22a-282 - Solid waste disposal area. Payments to municipalities.

 The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of section 22a-208a concerning the right of any local body to regulate, through zoning, land usage for solid waste disposal and section 22a-276, may use and operate as a solid waste disposal area, pursuant to a permit issued under sections 22a-208, 22a-208a and 22a-430, any real property owned by said authority on or before May 11, 1984, any portion of which has been operated as a solid waste disposal area, and the authority shall not be subject to regulation by any such body, except that the authority shall pay to the municipality in which such property is located one dollar per ton of unprocessed solid waste received from outside of such municipality and disposed of at the solid waste disposal area by the authority. Any payment shall be in addition to any other agreement between the municipality and the authority. The provisions of section 12-18b shall not be construed to apply to any such real property.(P.A. 84-331, S. 2, 4; P.A. 85-143, S. 1, 3; P.A. 86-403, S. 55, 132; P.A. 14-94, S. 1; P.A. 15-244, S. 201.)History: P.A. 85-143 added provision that the authority shall not be subject to regulation by any local body; P.A. 86-403 made technical changes; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014; P.A. 15-244 replaced reference to Sec. 12-19a with reference to Sec. 12-18b, effective July 1, 2016.See Sec. 22a-220b re payments to municipalities by owner or operator of solid waste land disposal facility.Cited. 193 C. 506; 209 C. 830; 212 C. 570; 234 C. 221.Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-283 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act|Section 22a-283 - Disposal of waste from municipal or private waste-to-energy plant.

 The Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority shall accept for disposal in any landfill owned by the authority the residue from any municipal or private waste-to-energy plant the operation of which has been approved by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with the provisions of section 22a-208 or 22a-208a, provided an engineer from the authority certifies that such landfill has the capacity for disposal of such residue in excess of the capacity committed pursuant to any bonds issued by said authority for the term of such bonds. The authority shall charge a fee that represents the actual cost of disposal of such residue.(P.A. 85-261, S. 1; P.A. 86-403, S. 56, 132; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)History: P.A. 86-403 added reference to Sec. 22a-208a; 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; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-284 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act|Section 22a-284 - Agreement for administration of waste management project.

 The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to limit any municipality or any two or more municipalities from entering into an agreement with the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority to provide for the administration of a waste management project by such municipality or municipalities.(P.A. 85-261, S. 2; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)History: Pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-293. (Formerly Sec. 25-55) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-293. (Formerly Sec. 25-55) - Tri-state compact.

 The agreement or compact, in the words and form set forth in section 22a-294, entered into by the state of Connecticut with the state of New Jersey and the state of New York, signed and sealed by the commissioners of each state and filed in the office of the Secretary of the State, shall continue to be binding upon the state of Connecticut.(1949 Rev., S. 3546.)History: Sec. 25-55 transferred to Sec. 22a-293 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-296. (Formerly Sec. 25-58) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-296. (Formerly Sec. 25-58) - Officers. Votes.

 The commission shall elect from its number a chairman and vice chairman and shall appoint and at its pleasure remove or discharge such officers and legal, clerical, expert and other assistants as may be required in the discharge of the duties of the commission and shall fix and determine their duties, qualifications and compensations. It shall adopt a seal and suitable bylaws and shall promulgate rules and regulations for its management and control. It may maintain one or more offices for the transaction of its business and may meet at any time or place within the signatory states. A majority of the members from each state shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, the exercise of any powers or the performance of any duties, but no action of the commission shall be binding unless at least three of the members from each state vote in favor thereof.(1949 Rev., S. 3549.)History: Sec. 25-58 transferred to Sec. 22a-296 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-297. (Formerly Sec. 25-59) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-297. (Formerly Sec. 25-59) - Regulations and orders.

 The commission shall have power to make regulations and orders with regard to the pollution of all the coastal, estuarial and tidal waters within or covering portions of the signatory states as follows: (a) In Connecticut, Long Island Sound and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the easterly side of New Haven Harbor at Morgan Point and the Connecticut-New York state boundary, and the Housatonic River up to the northerly boundary lines of the towns of Stratford and Milford; (b) in New York, all of the tidal waters of greater New York City, including the Kill Van Kull and the Arthur Kill, Long Island Sound and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York City line and the New York-Connecticut state boundary and between the New York City line and the easterly side of Port Jefferson Harbor; the Atlantic Ocean and the estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York City line and the easterly side of Fire Island Inlet and the Hudson River and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York and New Jersey state boundary and the northerly line of Rockland County, on the westerly side and between the northerly line of New York City and the northerly line of Westchester County, on the easterly side of the river; (c) in New Jersey, the Hudson River and New York Upper Bay and estuaries and tidal waters thereof between the New York-New Jersey boundary and Constable Point on Constable Hook; the Kill Van Kull and Arthur Kill to the mouths of the Rivers entering into the Kills; Newark Bay and the estuaries thereof up to the mouth of the Passaic River and up to the mouth of the Hackensack River; Raritan Bay together with the Raritan River up to the Victory Bridge on said river between Perth Amboy and South Amboy, together with the Cheesequake Creek up to the New York and Long Branch railroad bridge on said creek at Morgan, together with the Matawan Creek up to the New York and Long Branch railroad bridge on said creek at Matawan; Sandy Hook Bay, together with the Shrewsbury River up to the passenger railroad bridge between Navesink Light and Highland Beach on said river.(1949 Rev., S. 3550.)History: Sec. 25-59 transferred to Sec. 22a-297 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-298. (Formerly Sec. 25-60) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-298. (Formerly Sec. 25-60) - Enforcement. Investigations. Hearings.

 The commission shall have power to investigate and determine if the requirements of the compact or the orders of the commission are complied with and to bring action in its name to compel the enforcement of any and all provisions of the compact and the orders of the commission pursuant thereto or pursuant to law, by application to the Superior Court for a writ of mandamus or injunction. Such investigations, inquiries or hearings may be held by or before one or more of the commissioners or by or before any person or persons appointed as its representative and when ratified, approved or confirmed by the commission, his or their action shall be deemed to be the investigation, inquiry or hearing of the commission. All state and municipal departments, commissions, boards and bodies having to do with the waters of the state shall cooperate with the commission and shall furnish to the commission such information as the commission requests, touching the pollution, or the elimination thereof, of the waters of the district.(1949 Rev., S. 3551.)History: Sec. 25-60 transferred to Sec. 22a-298 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-299. (Formerly Sec. 25-61) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-299. (Formerly Sec. 25-61) - Powers to be supplemental.

 Any powers herein granted to the Interstate Environmental Commission shall be regarded as in aid of and supplemental to and in no case a limitation upon any of the powers vested in said commission by the states of New York, New Jersey and/or Connecticut by Congress or the terms of the compact.(1949 Rev., S. 3552; P.A. 86-143, S. 3, 7.)History: Sec. 25-61 transferred to Sec. 22a-299 in 1983; P.A. 86-143 changed commission name from Interstate Sanitation Commission to Interstate Environmental Commission, effective upon enactment by the United States, New York and New Jersey of legislation having like effect, namely October 27, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-301. (Formerly Sec. 25-63) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-301. (Formerly Sec. 25-63) - Cooperation with other authorities.

 The commission may prepare a general plan of the most practicable and economical method of securing conformity with the standards set forth in the compact, having in view the future growth and development of the district, and to that end shall cooperate and advise with the respective state authorities having jurisdiction over stream pollution and any other bodies having to do with sewage and garbage disposal and the pollution of the waters of the district, with appropriate committees of Congress and any and all other federal authorities having jurisdiction in the premises, with representatives of chambers of commerce and other civic bodies within the district, and with such bodies, commissions and legislative committees as may exist or be created in any of the signatory states, for the purpose of bringing about a comprehensive program for the abatement and elimination of pollution.(1949 Rev., S. 3554.)History: Sec. 25-63 transferred to Sec. 22a-301 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-302. (Formerly Sec. 25-64) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-302. (Formerly Sec. 25-64) - Accounts. Reports.

 The commission shall keep accurate accounts of all receipts and disbursements and shall report to the governor and the legislature of each signatory state, on or before the twenty-fifth day of January, setting forth in detail the transactions conducted by it and shall make recommendations for any legislative action deemed by it advisable, including amendments to the statutes of the signatory states which may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the compact between the signatory states.(1949 Rev., S. 3555.)History: Sec. 25-64 transferred to Sec. 22a-302 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-303. (Formerly Sec. 25-65) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-303. (Formerly Sec. 25-65) - State comptrollers authorized to examine accounts.

 The comptroller of each of the signatory states is authorized from time to time to examine the accounts and books of the commission, including its receipts, disbursements and such other items referring to its financial standing as such comptroller deems proper, and to report the results of such examination to the governor of such state.(1949 Rev., S. 3556.)History: Sec. 25-65 transferred to Sec. 22a-303 in 1983.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-304. (Formerly Sec. 25-66) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446f - Interstate Environmental Commission|Section 22a-304. (Formerly Sec. 25-66) - Study of smoke and air pollution.

 (a) Subject to approval by the Congress of the United States, the Interstate Environmental Commission is authorized and empowered to make a study of smoke and air pollution within the boundaries of New Jersey and New York, such study to include a survey of the sources and extent of such pollution, property damage caused thereby, its effect upon public health and comfort and relevant meteorological, climatological and topographical factors. For the accomplishment of the study, the commission shall have power to appoint and remove, and prescribe the duties of, such employees and staff as may be necessary, and to fix their compensation within the appropriations made available therefor by the states of New Jersey and New York.(b) The state of Connecticut shall not be liable for any portion of the expenditures necessary for the undertaking or completion of such study and shall not be called upon to appropriate any funds for such purpose.(November, 1955, S. N185; P.A. 86-143, S. 4, 7.)History: Sec. 25-66 transferred to Sec. 22a-304 in 1983; P.A. 86-143 changed commission name from Interstate Sanitation Commission to Interstate Environmental Commission, effective upon enactment by the United States, New York and New Jersey of legislation having like effect, namely October 27, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-308. (Formerly Sec. 25-67) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446g - New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact|Section 22a-308. (Formerly Sec. 25-67) - Appointment of commissioners.

 There shall be three commissioners to the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commission, appointed as herein provided. The Commissioner of Public Health and the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or their representatives designated in writing shall also be members. On or before July first, annually, the Governor shall appoint a commissioner who shall hold office for a term of three years from such July first. If any vacancy occurs in the office of any appointive commissioner, the Governor shall fill such vacancy for the unexpired portion of the term. The commissioners shall serve without compensation, but shall be paid their actual expenses incurred in and incident to the performance of their duties.(1949 Rev., S. 3557; 1957, P.A. 364, S. 7; 1963, P.A. 40; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 110; P.A. 77-614, S. 323, 610; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1963 act allowed health commissioner and director of water resources commission to appoint “representatives in writing” to serve in their stead; 1971 act replaced director of water resources commission with environmental protection commissioner; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of health services, effective January 1, 1979; Sec. 25-67 transferred to Sec. 22a-308 in 1983; P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995; 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-310. (Formerly Sec. 25-68a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446g - New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Compact|Section 22a-310. (Formerly Sec. 25-68a) - Jurisdiction.

 For the purposes of section 22a-309, Article XII, any court of competent jurisdiction shall be construed to be the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.(1969, P.A. 526, S. 2; P.A. 80-483, S. 164, 186; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)History: P.A. 80-483 replaced “Hartford county” with “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain”; Sec. 25-68a transferred to Sec. 22a-310 in 1983; P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
CT Gen Stat § 22a-316. (Formerly Sec. 25-105) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446h - Soil Conservation|Section 22a-316. (Formerly Sec. 25-105) - Soil conservation equipment account.

 There shall continue to be maintained from the income received in administering section 22a-314, an equipment account, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund, for the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The commissioner may use said account for the purchase and maintenance of equipment, provided no single article of equipment shall be purchased from said account at a cost of more than one thousand dollars without the approval of the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may at his discretion make state equipment available to any soil and water conservation district.(1949 Rev., S. 3064; 1959, P.A. 637, S. 2; 1961, P.A. 67; 1963, P.A. 23; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 123; P.A. 74-325, S. 3, 5; P.A. 77-614, S. 19, 610; P.A. 86-312, S. 8, 21; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: 1959 act replaced commissioner of agriculture with commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources; 1961 act replaced commissioner of agriculture, conservation and natural resources with commissioner of agriculture and natural resources; 1963 act authorized commissioner to make state equipment available to soil and water conservation districts; 1971 act replaced commissioner of agriculture and natural resources with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 74-325 did not change section; P.A. 77-614 replaced commissioner of finance and control with secretary of the office of policy and management; Sec. 25-105 transferred to Sec. 22a-316 in 1983; P.A. 86-312 changed equipment “fund” from a revolving fund to a separate nonlapsing “account” within the general fund; 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-317. (Formerly Sec. 25-105a) (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 22a - Environmental Protection|Chapter 446h - Soil Conservation|Section 22a-317. (Formerly Sec. 25-105a) - State grants to county soil and water conservation districts.

 The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may provide, within available appropriations, an annual grant to each of the eight county soil and water conservation districts and thereafter to the soil and water conservation districts established pursuant to section 22a-315 upon approval of regulations establishing such districts to assist in expansion of public services.(1967, P.A. 579, S. 1; P.A. 74-325, S. 4, 5; P.A. 76-207, S. 1, 2; P.A. 82-380, S. 1, 3; P.A. 84-308, S. 1, 4; P.A. 86-299, S. 1, 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-10, S. 19, 20; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)History: P.A. 74-325 added reference to payments made to soil and water conservation districts which are not “county” districts; P.A. 76-207 increased amount of payments from $1,000 to $6,000; P.A. 82-380 raised the annual appropriation for the county soil and water conservation districts from $6,000 to $9,000; Sec. 25-105a transferred to Sec. 22a-317 in 1983; P.A. 84-308 increased the amount of the grant from $9,000 to $12,000; P.A. 86-299 increased grant amount to $16,500; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-10 made grants under this section discretionary, replacing provision authorizing comptroller to draw $16,500 for each district annually; 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.