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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-245b. - Exemption for small manufacturers re beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages and who bottle and sell 100,000 gallons or less of juice in beverage container each year. Application. Approval.

Any manufacturer who bottles and sells: (1) Two hundred fifty thousand or fewer beverage containers containing a noncarbonated beverage that are twenty ounces or less in size each calendar year, or (2) one hundred thousand gallons or less of juice in beverage containers each calendar year, may apply to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for an exemption from the requirements of sections 22a-244 to 22a-245a, inclusive, with regard to such beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages or with regard to such one hundred thousand gallons or less of juice in beverage containers. Such application shall be accompanied by a sworn affidavit signed by such manufacturer or such manufacturer's authorized agent certifying such manufacturer bottles and sells two hundred fifty thousand or fewer of such beverage containers per calendar year or bottles and sells one hundred thousand gallons or less of juice in beverage containers per calendar year. Any such application filed on or before April 1, 2009, shall be deemed automatically approved and such exemption shall remain valid until December 31, 2009. Not later than November 1, 2009, and each year thereafter, each such manufacturer or such manufacturer's authorized agent may apply to the commissioner for an exemption in accordance with this section on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve each such application not later than thirty days after the receipt of the application by the commissioner, provided the applicant satisfies the requirements of this section.
(P.A. 09-2, S. 20; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; 11-161, S. 1; P.A. 21-58, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 09-2 effective March 3, 2009; 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; P.A. 11-161 added provisions authorizing signing of sworn affidavit and application for exemption by manufacturer's authorized agent, effective July 13, 2011; P.A. 21-58 added Subdiv. (1) designator and Subdiv. (2) re any manufacturer who bottles and sells 100,000 gallons or less of juice in beverage containers each calendar year and made conforming changes, effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-245c. - Implementation delay re beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages.

Any manufacturer, dealer or distributor of beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages may apply to the Governor or the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management for a delay in the implementation of the requirements imposed by the provisions of sections 22a-244 to 22a-245a, inclusive, with regard to such beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages. Such application may be on a form prescribed by the Governor or the secretary. The Governor or the secretary may delay the implementation of such requirements upon the showing of undue hardship to the industries affected by such requirements, but in no case shall such requirements be implemented later than October 1, 2009.
(P.A. 09-2, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 09-2 effective March 3, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-245d. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Revenue Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of section 22a-245a.
(P.A. 10-25, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-25 effective July 1, 2010; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-246. - Penalties.

Any person who violates any provision of section 22a-244, 22a-245 or 22a-245a shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, and for a second offense shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than two hundred dollars and for a third or subsequent offense shall be fined not less than two hundred fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars.
(P.A. 81-311; Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1, S. 13.)
History: Nov. 24 Sp. Sess. P.A. 08-1 applied penalties to violation of Sec. 22a-245a, inserted “or subsequent” and made a technical change, effective February 1, 2009.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-247. (Formerly Sec. 22a-80). - Legislative findings and declaration of policy.

The General Assembly finds that in order to create and maintain a healthful, clean and beautiful environment, it is necessary to implement a comprehensive litter control program that will serve to collect and remove litter and supplement recycling programs designed to process discarded packaging materials as well as other energy rich components of solid waste and to establish a program under the responsibility of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to reduce litter and littering and to recover and recycle waste materials with the consequent conservation of resources designed to promote and maintain the environmental quality and the economic productivity of the state, and the public health and welfare of its citizens.
(P.A. 78-319, S. 1, 15; P.A. 81-3, S. 1, 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 78-319 effective January 1, 1980; P.A. 81-3 deleted references to certain repealed sections and added specific reference to responsibility of department of environmental protection; Sec. 22a-80 transferred to Sec. 22a-247 in 1983; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-249. (Formerly Sec. 22a-82). - Duties of commissioner re litter control and recycling.

The commissioner shall (1) coordinate programs of state and local agencies relating to litter control and recycling, (2) develop public education programs concerning litter and recycling, (3) encourage, organize and coordinate voluntary citizen and business organizations' antilitter and recycling campaigns, (4) investigate the availability of private and public funds available for such programs and (5) study available research and developments in the area of litter control and recycling.
(P.A. 74-262, S. 2, 7; P.A. 78-319, S. 3, 15; P.A. 81-239, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 78-319 added references to recycling, deleted obsolete provisions which had provided for department's action in preparation for instituting litter control programs, i.e. recommendations re standard receptacles, state litter bags, study of litter legislation in other states and report to governor and general assembly, and added new provisions setting forth commissioner's duties, etc., effective January 1, 1980; Sec. 22a-27b transferred to Sec. 22a-82 in 1979; P.A. 81-239 repealed Subsecs. (b) to (e) relieving the commissioner of responsibility of adopting regulations on litter receptacles and placing them on state property and at public places, and designing litter bags; Sec. 22a-82 transferred to Sec. 22a-249 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-250b. - Reward for information re illegal dumping.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may offer a reward of up to one thousand dollars for information which leads to the imposition of a civil penalty for a violation of section 22a-250 or a conviction under section 22a-226a or 22a-226b, which reward may be paid out of any funds received by the state attributable to any civil penalty or fine imposed for any such violation. The Comptroller is authorized to disburse a portion of such funds from the General Fund for purposes of this section.
(P.A. 92-249, S. 7; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-250c. - Collection of civil penalties by state or municipalities.

(a) Except as provided in this section, all civil penalties collected for violations of section 22a-250 shall be paid to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for deposit in the General Fund. Where an action for such a penalty is initiated by a municipality, fifty per cent of any civil penalty recovered shall be retained by the municipality. Any funds received by any municipality under this section shall be used for the purpose of enforcing the laws and regulations regarding littering and illegal dumping.
(b) At least thirty days prior to a municipality bringing an action claiming a violation of section 22a-250 written notice shall be provided to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection that the municipality intends to bring such an action. No such action shall be brought if the commissioner notifies the municipality in writing that the commissioner intends to initiate such an action. To be effective, notice by the commissioner shall be sent within thirty days of receipt of the notice by the municipality and action by the commissioner shall be initiated within ninety days of the notice. The notice requirements under this section relate entirely to the relationship between the commissioner and the municipalities. No person other than the commissioner shall have standing to challenge an action on the ground that any notice under this section has or has not been provided and no action claiming a violation of said section 22a-250 shall be defeated on the ground that a municipality failed to notify the commissioner or proceeded after being informed by the commissioner of the commissioner's intent to initiate an action, except on the motion of the commissioner.
(P.A. 92-249, S. 9; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-251. (Formerly Sec. 22a-88). - Regulations.

(a) The commissioner may adopt, in accordance with chapter 54, such regulations as he deems necessary to implement the provisions of sections 22a-247 to 22a-249, inclusive, and 22a-250.
(b) The provisions of sections 22a-247 to 22a-249, inclusive, and 22a-250 shall be in addition to and shall not supersede any provision of sections 22a-243 to 22a-245, inclusive.
(P.A. 78-319, S. 10, 11, 13, 15; P.A. 81-3, S. 3, 5.)
History: P.A. 78-319 effective January 1, 1980; P.A. 81-3 eliminated Subsec. (a) which had prohibited sale of any beverage container with a detachable part in opening and deleted references to repealed Secs. 22a-83 to 22a-86 and 22a-89 and to Sec. 22a-88; Sec. 22a-88 transferred to Sec. 22a-251 in 1983.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-252. - Disposal of asbestos.

No person shall dump, discard or otherwise dispose of more than one cubic foot of any substance containing asbestos or an asbestos-containing material, as defined in section 19a-332, except at a solid waste facility which has been granted a permit pursuant to section 22a-208a, and which has been authorized by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection as a solid waste disposal site for asbestos. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any person from dumping, discarding or otherwise disposing of any substance containing asbestos or an asbestos-containing material in an out-of-state facility. This section shall not be deemed to apply to naturally-occurring asbestos of Connecticut origin.
(P.A. 90-163, S. 1; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255. - Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-255a and 22a-255b:
(1) “Beverage” means mineral waters, soda water or carbonated soft drinks in liquid form and intended for human consumption;
(2) “Plastic bottle” means a container with a capacity of sixteen ounces or more composed primarily of one or more plastics; and
(3) “Closure” means a screw on or twist off cap used to close a container when such cap is not integral to the structure of the container.
(P.A. 88-231, S. 13; P.A. 13-27, S. 1; 13-209, S. 18.)
History: P.A. 13-27 redefined “beverage” in Subdiv. (1) to delete provision re beer or other malt beverages, effective May 24, 2013; P.A. 13-209 replaced “sections 22a-255a to 22a-255c, inclusive” with “sections 22a-255a and 22a-255b”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255b. - Identification code. Regulations.

(a) On or after January 1, 1990, any plastic bottle sold or offered for sale in this state shall bear an identification code indicating the plastic material that is in the structure of the bottle.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, standards for the identification code and provisions for providing consumers with an explanation of the code. In adopting such regulations and to promote uniformity of coding and separation of plastic bottles by material for recycling, the commissioner shall consult with manufacturers of plastic bottles, officials with regulatory authority over plastics in other states and representatives of recyclers.
(c) On or after January 1, 1990, and to the extent feasible, each manufacturer of plastic bottles with a capacity of sixteen ounces or more sold or offered for sale in this state shall affix to each plastic bottle an identification code indicating the plastic material that is in the structure of the bottle.
(P.A. 88-231, S. 15; 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” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255c. - Symbols indicating packaging is recyclable or made of recycled material.

Section 22a-255c is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(P.A. 88-231, S. 16; P.A. 89-385, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-209, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255d. - Regulations re packaging material.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, not earlier than October 1, 1991, establishing standards and requirements, consistent with the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228, for (1) reducing the volume or weight of disposable packaging material manufactured for domestic, commercial, industrial, government, or other use; (2) enhancing the recyclability of disposable packaging material; and (3) increasing the proportion of recycled resources used in the manufacture of packaging material. Regulations adopted under this section may (A) require labels indicating (i) whether packaging material is recyclable and the quantity of recycled material in the packaging, if any, and (ii) whether any toxic substance is present in the packaging; (B) set minimum standards for recycled content in classes of packaging; (C) establish guidelines or standards for refillable and reusable packages for certain types of goods; (D) establish guidelines or standards for packaging certain products in recyclable packages; (E) prohibit or reduce the use of substances in packaging material to minimize adverse impacts on the environment, such as the release of toxic substances from land disposal or incineration; (F) establish standards for the volume or weight of classes of packaging; and (G) establish standards to minimize the content of toxic substances in printed materials or products composed of plastics which are generally disposed of in a resources recovery facility. Such regulations shall not be inconsistent with preferred packaging guidelines issued by the Coalition of Northeastern Governors Source Reduction Task Force or regulations of the United States Food and Drug Administration or any other federal regulatory agency.
(P.A. 89-385, S. 2; P.A. 90-230, S. 73, 101; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 90-230 substituted “the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228” for “the plan”; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255e. - Plastic bags and paper bags at retail establishments.

On and after January 1, 1990, each retail establishment which offers plastic bags to customers for goods purchased at such establishment shall offer paper bags to customers and inform customers that a choice is available. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require retail establishments to use plastic bags.
(P.A. 89-385, S. 10; P.A. 90-230, S. 97, 101.)
History: P.A. 90-230 made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255f. - Public education program on waste reduction.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop a public education program on waste reduction. The program shall include (1) promotion of packages and products which are reusable, recyclable or made with postconsumer recycled material, and (2) discouragement of packages which are not recyclable, difficult to recycle, are made of virgin materials or have excessive amounts of material or may have adverse environmental impacts when disposed of by incineration or in a landfill.
(P.A. 89-385, S. 7; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255g. - Legislative finding.

The General Assembly finds that the management of solid waste can pose a wide range of hazards to public health and safety and to the environment; that packaging comprises a significant percentage of the overall solid waste stream; that the use of heavy metals in packaging is an aspect of the solid waste management problem because heavy metals are likely to be present in emissions or ash when packaging waste is incinerated or in leachate when packaging is landfilled; that lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium are, on the basis of available scientific and medical evidence, of particular concern; that it is desirable as a first step in reducing the toxicity of packaging waste to eliminate or reduce heavy metals in packaging and that it is the intent of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, to eliminate or reduce toxicity in packaging without impeding or discouraging the expanded use of recycled materials in the production of packaging.
(P.A. 90-215, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255i. - Sale of packaging components or packaging composed of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium of PFAS.

(a) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes in this state, by its manufacturer or distributor, if it is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution, as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these substances.
(b) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package which is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution, as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these substances.
(c) No package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes in this state by its manufacturer or distributor if the sum of the incidental concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium present in such package or packaging component exceeds the following: Six hundred parts per million by weight, effective October 1, 1992; two hundred fifty parts per million, effective October 1, 1993; and one hundred parts per million by weight, effective October 1, 1994.
(d) Concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium shall be determined using the United States Environmental Protection Agency Tests Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, SW-846, as revised.
(e) As soon as feasible, but not later than December 31, 2023, no food package to which PFAS has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution in any amount shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in this state by its manufacturer or distributor.
(f) No material used to replace a chemical regulated by sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, in a package or packaging component may be used in a quantity or manner that creates a hazard as great as, or greater than, the hazard created by the chemical regulated by sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive.
(P.A. 90-215, S. 3; P.A. 06-76, S. 19; P.A. 21-191, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 06-76 amended Subsec. (a) to add “or packaging”; P.A. 21-191 added Subsec. (e) re prohibition on sale of food packaging to which PFAS has been intentionally introduced and added Subsec. (f) re prohibition on use of material that creates hazard as great as or greater than the replaced chemical.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255k. - Certificates of compliance.

(a) Upon request, a certificate of compliance stating that a package or packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, shall be furnished by its manufacturer or distributor to the purchaser of the packaging or packaging component or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, as applicable. In the event that an exemption is claimed pursuant to section 22a-255j, such certificate of compliance shall state the specific basis upon which the exemption is claimed. Any such certificate of compliance shall be signed by an authorized official of the manufacturing or distributor. A copy of the certificate of compliance shall be kept on file by the manufacturer or distributor of the package or packaging component provided any manufacturer or distributor may make the certificate of compliance available on such manufacturer's or distributor's Internet web site or through an authorized representative of such manufacturer or distributor, including, but not limited to, a packaging clearinghouse. Any request made pursuant to this subsection for any certificate of compliance from the manufacturer or distributor of a package or packaging component shall be: (1) Made in writing, (2) made specific as to the package or packaging component information requested, and (3) responded to by the manufacturer or distributor not later than sixty days after receipt of such request.
(b) If the manufacturer or distributor of the package or packaging component reformulates or creates a new package or packaging component, the manufacturer or distributor shall amend the applicable certificate of compliance for the reformulated or new package or packaging component.
(c) If the commissioner has grounds to suspect that a package is offered for sale in violation of this chapter, the commissioner may request that the manufacturer or distributor of the package provide a certificate of compliance with the applicable provisions of this chapter. Not later than thirty days after receipt of a request under this subsection, the manufacturer or distributor shall: (1) Provide the commissioner with the certificate attesting that the package complies with the provisions of this chapter, or (2) notify persons who sell the package in this state that the sale of the package is prohibited and provide the commissioner with a copy of the notice and a list of the names and addresses of those persons notified pursuant to this section.
(P.A. 90-215, S. 5; P.A. 21-191, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 21-191 deleted existing provisions and added Subsec. (a) re certificate of compliance, Subsec. (b) re amending such certificate for reformulated or new packaging or packaging component and Subsec. (c) re suspected violation.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255l. - Penalties. Referral to Attorney General.

(a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, including making a false statement in a certificate of compliance prepared pursuant to section 22a-255k, shall pay a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute an action in superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty.
(b) Any person who knowingly violates any provision of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, including by making any false statement in a certificate of compliance prepared pursuant to section 22a-255k, shall, upon conviction, be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars for each false statement in such certificate or imprisoned not more than one year or both.
(c) If any person violates any provision of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enjoin such person from continuing such violation.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-215, S. 6; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 and P.A. 90-98 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in public and special acts of the 1990 session, effective 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-255m. - Report. Recommendations by department.

(a) The commissioner may, in consultation with the other member states of the Toxics in Packaging Clearing House, review the effectiveness of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, and provide a report based on such review to the Governor and the General Assembly. The report may describe substitutes which manufacturers and distributors of packages and packaging components have used in place of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, and may contain recommendations concerning (1) other toxic substances contained in packaging that should be added to those regulated under the provisions of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, in order to further reduce the toxicity of packaging waste, and (2) the advisability of retaining the exemption provided in subdivision (2) of section 22a-255j.
(b) For the purpose of gathering information for the review and report described in subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may inspect and copy the records of any person (1) engaged in the manufacture or distribution of packages or packaging components if such records pertain to the processes by which such packages or packaging components are manufactured, including the nature and amounts of substances utilized, and (2) who produces or supplies materials for the manufacture of packages or packaging components, if such records pertain to the nature and amount of substances in such materials or the identities or locations of purchasers or recipients of such materials. Upon request of the commissioner, any such person shall allow the commissioner to inspect and copy such records or shall provide copies of such records to the commissioner.
(P.A. 90-215, S. 7; P.A. 06-76, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 06-76 amended Subsec. (a) to replace “department” with “commissioner”, to replace “Source Reduction Council of the Council of Northeastern Governors” with “other member states of the Toxics in Packaging Clearing House” and to make a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256. - “Consumer product” defined.

As used in sections 22a-256a and 22a-256b, “consumer product” means any product which is used or bought for use primarily for personal, family or household purposes.
(P.A. 89-385, S. 12; P.A. 90-248, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 90-248 revised list of sections to which definition applies.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256a. - Recycling of nickel-cadmium batteries contained in consumer products.

On and after July 1, 1993, each municipality shall recycle nickel-cadmium batteries contained in consumer products and disposed of in municipal solid waste within three months of the establishment of service to such municipality by a regional processing center or local processing system.
(P.A. 89-385, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256aa. - Directory publishers: Failure to achieve percentages. Penalty.

If the percentages specified in section 22a-256z are not achieved by directory publishers as a group on the dates specified, in any year, as shown by reports submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with section 22a-256bb, each such publisher individually shall meet the percentages established in said section 22a-256z for the remaining years. Beginning in the year following the failure of such publishers, as a group, to achieve such levels, any publisher which individually fails to meet the specified levels shall pay an assessment of five dollars per ton based on the number of tons of recycled fiber representing the shortfall, provided such assessment shall not be less than two thousand five hundred dollars and not more than one hundred thousand dollars.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 3; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256b. - Sale of nickel-cadmium batteries contained in consumer products. Exemption.

(a) On and after July 1, 1993, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any consumer product which contains a nickel-cadmium battery unless (1) the battery can be easily removed by the consumer or is contained in a battery pack that is separate from the product and can be easily removed, and (2) such product, the package containing such product or the battery itself is labeled in a manner which is visible to the consumer prior to purchase with one of the following statements, as appropriate, printed in capital letters: (A) “CONTAINS NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY. MUST BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY”; or (B) “NICKEL-CADMIUM BATTERY. MUST BE DISPOSED OF PROPERLY”.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may authorize the sale of a consumer product which does not comply with the provisions of subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section if such product was available for sale on or before October 1, 1990, and the commissioner determines that such product (1) cannot reasonably be redesigned and manufactured by July 1, 1993, or (2) the redesign of such product to comply with said subdivision would result in significant danger to public health and safety or substantial job losses in the state. Any authorization under subdivision (1) of this subsection shall be limited to two years and may not be renewed.
(P.A. 90-248, S. 6; 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” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256bb. - Annual reports. Exemption.

(a) On or before March 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, each directory publisher shall submit a report to the commissioner. The report shall indicate the percentage of recycled fiber used in the preceding calendar year, along with any information required by the commissioner to determine compliance with the provisions of sections 22a-256y to 22a-256ee, inclusive. Any directory publisher who fails to submit the report required under this section shall be deemed to have failed to meet the percentages established in section 22a-256z.
(b) The commissioner shall exempt a directory publisher from compliance with the provisions of section 22a-256z if the commissioner determines that such publisher was unable to obtain sufficient amounts of directory stock containing recycled fiber at a price comparable to the price for virgin stock, that said publisher was unable to obtain directory stock containing recycled fiber within a reasonable time or was unable to obtain directory stock which is runable. The directory publisher shall certify to the commissioner the specific reason for failing to use directory stock containing a sufficient amount of recycled fiber. Such certification shall be construed to have been made in good faith if the publisher submits proof of having contacted, to obtain directory stock containing recycled fiber, each producer of such stock which offered to sell directory stock to the publisher not more than eighteen months before the certification. Such proof shall include the address, telephone number and name of each producer contacted and the corporate name of such producer, if any.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256c. - Recycling of mercuric oxide batteries. Notice by retailers. Disposal. Program for the collection of mercuric oxide batteries at senior citizen centers.

(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale of mercuric oxide batteries to a consumer; and
(2) “Wholesaler” means a person who engages in the sale of mercuric oxide batteries to a retailer in this state.
(b) Each retailer shall post a written notice at his place of business which shall advise consumers that used mercuric oxide batteries are hazardous waste requiring separate disposal and that the retailer is required to accept used mercuric oxide batteries from a consumer in accordance with the provisions of this section. The notice shall be posted in a location on or near the display area of such batteries and shall be reasonably prominent in size so as to carry out the provisions of this section.
(c) No retailer shall refuse to accept used mercuric oxide batteries from consumers and no wholesaler shall refuse to accept used mercuric oxide batteries from retailers or consumers. Any mercuric oxide batteries accepted by a retailer or a wholesaler shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(d) No person shall dispose of a used mercuric oxide battery except by delivery to (1) a retailer, (2) a wholesaler, (3) a manufacturer of mercuric oxide batteries, or (4) a recycling center.
(e) Any person who sells, or offers for sale, hearing aid devices or cameras which utilize mercuric oxide batteries shall provide to any purchaser of such a device a written notice that such device contains a mercuric oxide battery which requires disposal in accordance with this section.
(f) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Social Services, shall assist senior citizen centers in the establishment of a program for the collection of mercuric oxide batteries. The program shall provide for the safe disposal and recycling of such batteries and shall provide guidelines for containers suitable for the safe collection and disposal of such batteries.
(P.A. 91-377, S. 1, 2, 6; P.A. 93-262, S. 1, 87; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 93-262 authorized substitution of commissioner and department of social services for commissioner and department on aging, effective July 1, 1993; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (f), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256cc. - Deposit of revenue into General Fund.

Any revenue collected under the provisions of section 22a-256aa shall be deposited in the General Fund.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 415.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 references to “municipal solid waste recycling trust fund” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “municipal solid waste recycling trust account” to conform section with Sec. 22a-241 as amended by P.A. 94-130); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 replaced reference to municipal solid waste recycling trust account with reference to General Fund.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256d. - Sale of alkaline manganese batteries.

No person may sell or offer for sale an alkaline manganese battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1992, containing mercury in a concentration in excess of twenty-five one-thousandths of one per cent by weight of such battery.
(P.A. 91-377, S. 3, 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256dd. - Inclusion of expenses when determining rates.

If the revenues generated by a directory publisher are included by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in determining the rates which may be charged by a telephone company defined in section 16-1 for telephone service, all expenses incurred by such directory publisher under sections 22a-256y to 22a-256ee, inclusive, shall be allowed by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority to be included in the expenses of such telephone company for the purpose of determining its rates.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Public Utility Control” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Public Utilities Regulatory Authority”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256e. - Sale of zinc-carbon batteries.

No person may sell or offer for sale a zinc-carbon battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1993, containing mercury in a concentration in excess of one part per million by weight of such battery.
(P.A. 91-377, S. 4, 6; 91-407, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 91-407 changed applicable date from January 1, 1991, to January 1, 1993.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256ee. - Directory publishers: Recycling goals.

Any directory publisher who publishes a directory which does not meet the recycled content standard provided for in section 22a-256z shall file a plan with the commissioner not later than ninety days after such publication which shall provide that at least forty per cent of such directories distributed by such publisher in this state shall be retrieved and recycled and such percentage shall be increased by five per cent per year until fifty per cent or more are retrieved and recycled. Any directory publisher who publishes a directory which meets such standard shall annually retrieve and recycle at least thirty per cent of its directories distributed in this state unless the commissioner determines that (1) fifty per cent or more of the municipalities in this state accept such publisher's directories as part of municipal recycling programs and that such directories are recycled or (2) fifty per cent or more of the intermediate solid waste processing centers in this state accept such directories as part of a recycling program and that such directories are recycled.
(P.A. 90-281, S. 7; P.A. 97-102, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 97-102 modified the requirements for recycling plans of directory publishers and provided for different recycling requirements based on the extent to which the directory meets certain recycled content standards.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256f. - Definitions.

For purposes of sections 22a-256f to 22a-256i, inclusive:
(1) “Battery” means a lead acid battery or a motor vehicle battery;
(2) “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale of batteries to a consumer;
(3) “Wholesaler” means a person who engages in the sale of batteries to a retailer in this state;
(4) “Place of business of a retailer” means the location at which a retailer sells or offers for sale batteries.
(P.A. 90-248, S. 1.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256g. - Batteries. Disposal. Penalties.

(a) No person may place a used battery in mixed municipal solid waste or discard or otherwise dispose of such a used battery except by delivery to (1) a retailer or wholesaler, (2) a recycling facility as defined in section 22a-207, (3) a secondary lead smelter permitted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, (4) a scrap metal processor as defined in section 14-67w or (5) a municipally established collection site.
(b) No retailer shall dispose of a used battery except by delivery to (1) a wholesaler, (2) a battery manufacturer for delivery to a secondary lead smelter permitted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, (3) a recycling center, (4) a secondary lead smelter permitted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency or (5) a scrap metal processor as defined in section 14-67w.
(c) Any person who violates any provisions of subsection (a) or (b) of this section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars. Each battery disposed of in violation of this section shall constitute a separate violation.
(P.A. 90-248, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256h. - Deposit for batteries. Refunds. Disposal by retailer. Written notice. Penalty.

(a) Each person who purchases a battery shall return a used battery to the retailer or pay a deposit of five dollars for each new battery purchased. Any person paying a deposit pursuant to this subsection shall receive a five-dollar refund if such person returns a used battery, with a receipt from such retailer, within thirty days after the purchase of a new battery.
(b) All funds received by a retailer pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall accrue to the retailer.
(c) From October 1, 1990, to April 1, 1992, inclusive, no retailer may refuse to accept a used battery from a consumer who does not purchase a battery from such retailer provided no retailer shall be required to accept more than three batteries from any such consumer. The consumer shall not receive a deposit refund for a battery returned pursuant to the provisions of this subsection unless the consumer presents a receipt as described in subsection (a) of this section.
(d) A retailer shall not refuse to accept used batteries from consumers in accordance with the provisions of sections 22a-256f to 22a-256i, inclusive. Any batteries accepted by a retailer shall be disposed of in accordance with the provisions of said sections.
(e) Each retailer shall post a written notice at his place of business which shall advise consumers that it is illegal to discard a battery, that such batteries must be recycled, that such retailer is required to accept up to three batteries from a consumer who is not purchasing a battery for a period of eighteen months beginning on October 1, 1990, in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c) of this section and that after such eighteen-month period such retailer is required to accept a used battery for recycling, in exchange for the purchase of a new battery. Such notice shall be at least eight and one-half inches wide and at least eleven inches in length.
(f) Any person who violates any provision of subsection (e) of this section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars for each day such violation continues.
(P.A. 90-248, S. 3.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256i. - Acceptance of batteries by wholesalers. Inspections. Warnings and citations.

A wholesaler shall not refuse to accept at the point of transfer, in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, used batteries from retailers or consumers. Any wholesaler accepting batteries in transfer from a retailer shall remove such batteries from the retail point of collection within ninety days. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, upon presenting appropriate credentials to a retailer, operator or agent in charge, may inspect, at reasonable times the retailer's place of business. The commissioner may issue warnings and citations to retailers who fail to comply with the provisions of sections 22a-256f to 22a-256i, inclusive.
(P.A. 90-248, S. 4; 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-256j. - Tire tax.

Section 22a-256j is repealed, effective July 1, 1997.
(P.A. 93-74, S. 47, 67; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 82, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; 95-359, S. 13, 19.)