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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226f. - Municipal aerated static pile composting facilities. Commercial entity and school system diversion of source-separated organic materials. Reach out and education effort. Report.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall engage in a reach out and education effort to: (1) Municipalities concerning the ability of each municipality to establish an aerated static pile composting facility in such municipality for the purpose of diverting food waste from such municipality's solid waste stream, and (2) commercial entities and school systems concerning the ability of such entities and systems to divert source-separated organic materials to facilities, as provided for in section 22a-226e. Such effort concerning municipalities shall explain the potential fiscal and environmental benefits of such a facility for each municipality and the requisite permit application and procedures. Not later than February 1, 2022, the commissioner, in accordance with section 11-4a, shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment detailing such efforts to date, including, but not limited to, responses from such municipalities, entities and school systems and any efforts by such municipalities to establish such composting facilities as a result of such reach out efforts.
(P.A. 21-16, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 21-16 effective May 26, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226g. - Specifications for production, quality and use of compost from source-separated organic materials and mixed municipal solid waste. Regulations.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, The University of Connecticut Extension Service and the Department of Public Health, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide specifications for the production, quality and use of compost made from source-separated organic materials and mixed municipal solid waste. Such regulations shall contain provisions that: (1) Promote composting processes, (2) provide a clean, high-quality, nontoxic and marketable end product, (3) provide for the protection of land and water resources from contaminants and the prevention of adverse environmental and public health effects resulting from the composting operations or such product application, (4) provide for maximum allowable levels of toxic contaminants and other contaminants in the composting product, (5) include testing criteria for such contaminants, (6) establish not less than two classes of compost made from source-separated organic materials and mixed municipal solid waste, as follows: (A) Class I compost made only from compostable source-separated organic materials, such as food waste, grass clippings and yard waste, that were separated from municipal solid waste at the source of generation, and (B) Class II compost made from mixed municipal solid waste that contains compostable organic materials that were not separated at the source of generation, (7) establish the maximum allowable contaminant levels for Class I compost at a level that will allow unrestricted use of such compost, and (8) prohibit the use of Class II compost for agricultural or horticultural purposes unless such Class II compost meets the maximum allowable contaminant levels established for Class I compost, as determined by the testing criteria established pursuant to subdivision (5) of this section.
(P.A. 21-16, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 21-6 effective May 26, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-228a. - Recycle CT Foundation, Inc. and Recycle CT Foundation Council. Membership. Duties.

(a) There is established the Recycle CT Foundation, Inc., a nonstock, nonprofit corporation, organized under the laws of the state of Connecticut as a state chartered foundation. The Recycle CT Foundation, Inc. shall: (1) Target and promote the coordination and support of research and education activities and public information programs aimed at increasing the rate of recycling and reuse in the state, in accordance with the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228; and (2) receive, disburse and administer gifts, grants, endowments or other funds from any source that supports research and education activities consistent with the purposes of this chapter.
(b) There is established a Recycle CT Foundation Council that shall consist of the following members: (1) The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Economic and Community Development, or said commissioners' designees, (2) five appointed by the Governor, (3) one appointed by the president pro tempore of the Senate, (4) one appointed by the speaker of the House of Representatives, (5) one appointed by the minority leader of the House of Representatives, and (6) one appointed by the minority leader of the Senate. The chairperson of the council shall be appointed by the Governor and shall serve a term coterminous with that of the Governor. All other members of the council shall serve a term of two years. No member shall serve for more than three terms. Members of the council shall not receive compensation for service on such council. Any vacancy shall be filled by the appointing authority.
(c) The council shall undertake all requisite efforts to obtain nonprofit, tax exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to time. The council shall solicit and accept funds, on behalf of the Recycle CT Foundation, Inc., to be used for the purpose of making grants to programs that are intended to increase the rate of recycling and reuse of solid waste materials in the state. The council shall establish criteria and procedures for the award of such grants, provided recipients of such grants may include: Nonprofit organizations, civic and community groups, schools, public agencies, municipalities, regional entities that represent municipalities or organizations in the private sector. Any person seeking the award of such grant shall file an application with the council on a form as prescribed by the council.
(P.A. 14-94, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 14-94 effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-229. - Consistency with plan. Polystyrene packaging.

(a) After the adoption of a state-wide solid waste management plan pursuant to section 22a-228, any action taken by a person, municipality or regional authority that is governed by this chapter shall be consistent with such plan.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, no municipality may prohibit the sale or use of polystyrene packaging products by any vendor, commercial or retail user of polystyrene if the vendors or retail users of such products demonstrate to an official designated by the chief executive officer of the municipality that such vendors or users are actively engaged in a comprehensive effort to recycle the polystyrene packaging materials which it generates. Such recycling effort shall include ongoing collection and delivery of such packaging materials to an established recycling facility.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, no municipality may prohibit the sale or use of polystyrene packaging materials used for the display, storage or transportation of raw meat, poultry or fish.
(d) The provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section shall not apply to any municipality which has held any hearing before October 1, 1989, in accordance with a municipal charter, special act or ordinance, on a proposed local law, ordinance or charter provision which, if enacted, would be inconsistent with said subsections, or which has enacted any local law, ordinance or charter provision prior to March 15, 1990, which is inconsistent with said subsections.
(P.A. 85-436, S. 3, 6; P.A. 90-309.)
History: P.A. 90-309 added Subsec. (b) re the prohibition of the sale or use of polystyrene packaging products, Subsec. (c) re prohibition of polystyrene packaging used for meat, poultry or fish and Subsec. (d) re exemption of certain municipalities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-230. - Orders to implement plan.

After the adoption of a state-wide solid waste management plan pursuant to section 22a-228, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue, modify or revoke any order issued pursuant to chapter 446d which he deems necessary to implement such plan.
(P.A. 85-436, S. 4, 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”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-231. - Regulations re operating procedures for resources recovery facilities.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall establish by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, except that notice may be published not later than February 1, 1987, operating procedures for resources recovery facilities. The regulations shall include provisions for (1) testing for the presence of dioxins and furans at the stack of such facilities and in the ambient air surrounding such facilities, (2) testing of residues, (3) a policy to cease and desist operations in the case of emissions in excess of the standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-191, and (4) qualifications of operators.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 3, 20; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 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.
See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
See Sec. 22a-190 for definitions of “resources recovery facility” and “dioxins and furans”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-233. - Solid waste account. Annual report.

Section 22a-233 is repealed, effective October 1, 2009.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 6, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 3, 14; P.A. 92-235, S. 1, 6; P.A. 94-130, S. 3; P.A. 96-163, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 513.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-233a. - Costs of testing.

Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any cost of testing a resources recovery facility or any other activity eligible for payment shall be paid by the owner of the facility, including any cost associated with: (1) Continuous meteorological and emissions monitoring of the facility required pursuant to section 22a-193 including the proportionate share, as determined by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, of the telemetry costs incurred by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, (2) testing conducted as part of a performance test required as a condition for the approval by the commissioner of any initial permit to operate including, but not limited to, stack testing of dioxin and furan emissions and residue testing, but not including ambient air and ambient environmental monitoring for dioxin, (3) testing conducted as part of a performance test in conjunction with any modification of a facility which requires the approval of the commissioner of a new or amended construction or operating permit, and (4) special testing necessary to demonstrate compliance with any permit issued for the facility if the commissioner has reason to believe that the facility does not comply with such permit.
(P.A. 87-489, S. 10, 14; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 409; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1, S. 250.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 references to “Solid Waste Fund” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with “solid waste account” to conform section with Sec. 22a-233); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted references to solid waste account, inserted reference to General Fund and made a technical change; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011; June 12 Sp. Sess. P.A. 12-1 deleted provision requiring cost of testing a resources recovery facility and certain other activities to be paid from General Fund and required such cost to be paid by facility owner, effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-234. - Advisory Board for Solid Waste Management Alternatives.

Section 22a-234 is repealed.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 7, 20; P.A. 87-544, S. 9, 13; 87-589, S. 50, 87; P.A. 91-190, S. 8, 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-235. - Operations and maintenance plan.

(a) The owner or operator of each resources recovery facility shall submit an operations and maintenance plan to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for his approval. The plan shall include provisions for the identification of funds to implement the plan. The plan shall be periodically revised.
(b) Any contract between a municipality and the owner or operator of a resources recovery facility which processes solid waste from such municipality shall include provisions for the funding of maintenance costs at the facility.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 9, 20; 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-235a. - List of municipalities without contracts to dispose of solid waste.

On and after January 1, 1990, and annually thereafter, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall prepare and revise a list of all municipalities without contracts to dispose of the solid waste generated within their boundaries at resources recovery facilities or incinerators.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 22, 24; 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-235b. - Solicitation of solid waste from municipalities on list prepared by commissioner.

The operator of a resources recovery facility or incinerator that accepts for disposal solid waste generated out of the state shall not enter into a contract to accept such waste on and after preparation of the list required under section 22a-235a unless such operator solicits solid waste from each municipality on the list, beginning with the municipality closest to the facility or incinerator and no solid waste is available from any such municipality. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to authorize the disposal of solid waste in excess of the amount specified in the terms of the permit for the facility or incinerator issued under this chapter.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 23, 24.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-236. - Applicability of certain sections to resources recovery facilities.

The provisions of sections 22a-6a, 22a-6b, 22a-176, 22a-190 to 22a-193, inclusive, and 22a-231 to 22a-239a, inclusive, shall apply to any resources recovery plant or facility operating on or after July 1, 1986.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 10, 20; P.A. 13-209, S. 16.)
History: P.A. 13-209 replaced reference to Sec. 22a-240 with reference to Sec. 22a-239a and added reference to resources recovery facility.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-237. - Inspection of resources recovery facilities.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall be responsible for inspection of all aspects of the operation of resources recovery facilities in order to protect the public health, including, but not limited to, inspection of the grounds, solid waste storage, residues, detection of hazardous waste in the waste stream and the presence of solid waste at the boundaries of the property.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 13, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 5, 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: In codifying P.A. 86-332, the Revisors substituted “resources recovery facilities” for “such facility” for consistency with traditional forms of the general statutes); P.A. 87-489 deleted the requirement that the commissioner adopt regulations concerning the qualifications for inspectors of resources recovery facilities; 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-238. - Appointment of resources recovery facility inspector by municipality or group of municipalities. Regulations re qualifications.

(a) Any municipality where a resources recovery facility is located or any group of municipalities participating in a resources recovery facility may appoint an inspector for such facility. Such inspector shall meet the qualifications for inspectors of resources recovery facilities established pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
(b) The commissioner shall, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, establish qualifications for inspectors and operators of resources recovery facilities. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to limit the authority of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection under the provisions of sections 22a-6a, 22a-6b, 22a-176, 22a-190 to 22a-193, inclusive, and 22a-231 to 22a-239a, inclusive, or any other environmental statute or regulation adopted thereunder.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 14, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 6, 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-209, S. 17.)
History: P.A. 87-489 divided section into Subsecs. and added provision requiring the commissioner to adopt regulations regarding qualifications for inspectors and operators; 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; P.A. 13-209 amended Subsec. (b) by replacing reference to Sec. 22a-240 with reference to Sec. 22a-239a.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-239. - 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 and the director of health of the municipality where a resources recovery facility is located, or their designees, 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 of Energy and Environmental Protection, he shall respond in fourteen days. If the complaint involves an immediate threat to the public health and safety, the commissioner shall respond in twenty-four hours.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 15, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 7, 14; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-489 substituted “written” complaint for “formal” complaint; 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-239a. - Independent management audits of resources recovery facilities.

Any regional operating or policy committee established to oversee or supervise the operations of any resources recovery facility, or a majority of the chief elected officials of the municipalities which are served by such facility, may require the performance of an independent management audit on all or any portion of the operating procedures, business decisions, management practices and any other internal workings of such facility which affect the costs paid by such municipalities for the services provided by the facility. Any such audit shall be conducted by an independent management consulting firm and all reasonable and proper expenses of the audit shall be borne by the municipalities served by the facility. The results of any such audit shall be filed with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and shall be open to public inspection.
(P.A. 94-200, S. 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 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-240. - Public education on risk assessment and risk management.

Section 22a-240 is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 16, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 8, 14; P.A. 91-190, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; 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-240a. - Studies of dioxin levels in area of proposed resources recovery facilities.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall conduct a study of dioxin levels in the area of any existing or proposed resources recovery facilities and report the findings of any such study to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and to the chief elected official of the town in which such facility is located. Any study shall include (1) measurement and evaluation of dioxin levels in the food chain, including cow's milk, and in soil, (2) appropriate environmental monitoring tests to determine dioxin levels both before and after the resources recovery facility has begun operating, and (3) appropriate biological monitoring tests after operation. Any study may include appropriate biological monitoring tests before operation. The costs of such tests shall be paid from the General Fund. Any costs not paid by the state shall be paid by the owner of the resources recovery facility.
(b) The commissioner shall reimburse the owner of a resources recovery facility for any costs incurred for preoperational ambient air or ambient environmental monitoring tests required under subsection (a) of this section.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 11, 20; 87-489, S. 4, 14; P.A. 89-386, S. 15, 24; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 411; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-489 required that study findings be reported to environment committee and to chief elected town official, specified that biological monitoring tests before operation are not mandatory, authorized payment of test costs from solid waste fund and added Subsec. (b) re reimbursement of facility owner for certain costs; P.A. 89-386 added Subsec. (a)(1) re studies of dioxin levels in the food chain and designated the other studies as Subdivs. (2) and (3) and added provision re payment of the cost of testing by the owner of the resources recovery facility; 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 (Revisor's note: References to “Solid Waste Fund” were replaced editorially by the Revisors with references to “solid waste account” to conform section with Sec. 22a-233); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted references to solid waste account, inserted reference to General Fund and made a conforming change; 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. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241a. - Revisions to state-wide solid waste management plan concerning recycling. Submission. Public hearing.

(a) On or before July 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall revise the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-228 to include a strategy for diverting, through source reduction, reuse and recycling, not less than sixty per cent of the solid waste generated in the state after January 1, 2024. Such strategy shall include, but not be limited to, modernization of solid waste management infrastructure throughout the state through the efforts of private, public and quasi-public entities, promotion of organic materials management, the recycling of construction and demolition debris, the development of intermediate processing centers, recommendations for the development of municipal or regional recycling programs, options for local compliance of municipalities with recycling requirements and the composting of solid waste. The commissioner shall consult with municipalities in developing any revision to the state-wide solid waste management plan and with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station on issues related to composting.
(b) On or before February 1, 2016, the commissioner shall submit such revised state-wide solid waste management plan to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment. Not later than thirty days after receipt of such revised state-wide solid waste management plan, said committee may hold a public hearing on such plan. The commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall testify at any such public hearing and receive comments from the members of said committees concerning such proposals.
(P.A. 87-544, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 2.)
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; P.A. 14-94 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and amended same to change “June 1, 1988” to “July 1, 2016”, add provision re state-wide solid waste management plan to include strategy for diverting, through source reduction, reuse and recycling, not less than 60 per cent of solid waste generated after January 1, 2024, delete references to strategy to recycle, 25 per cent and January 1, 1991, add provisions re strategy to include modernization of solid waste management infrastructure and recommendations for development of municipal or regional recycling programs, and add provision re commissioner to consult with municipalities in developing any revision to plan, and added Subsec. (b) re submission of revised plan to environment committee of the General Assembly, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241c and 22a-241d. - Municipal provisions for recycling. Orders to municipalities to deliver recyclable items to regional intermediate processing centers if no revision to solid waste management plan delivered.

Sections 22a-241c and 22a-241d are repealed.
(P.A. 87-544, S. 3, 4; P.A. 90-220, S. 10, 11.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241e. - Orders if local processing not implemented.

On or after January 1, 1991, the commissioner may order a municipality to deliver its recyclable items to an operating or planned intermediate processing center if such municipality has failed to enter into a contract with an operating or planned regional intermediate processing center, and the commissioner determines such municipality has failed to take the measures necessary to implement local processing.
(P.A. 87-544, S. 5; P.A. 90-220, S. 5, 11.)
History: P.A. 90-220 changed the commissioner's authority to issue orders from mandatory to discretionary, authorized the issuance of orders on or after January 1, 1991, and provided that an order may be issued if a municipality has failed to enter into a contract with an intermediate processing center and such municipality has failed to implement local processing.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241g. - Noncompliance with recycling strategy.

(a) No municipality shall be deemed not to comply with the recycling strategy of the state-wide solid waste management plan if noncompliance results from a contract entered into before February 29, 1988, to deliver a minimum amount of solid waste to a waste-to-energy facility and the municipality or the owner or operator of the facility has solicited solid waste at reasonable terms from other municipalities to provide the aggregate tonnage of solid waste required under such contract and no solid waste was available at reasonable terms.
(b) Such municipality shall reduce the amount of solid waste delivered to such facility to the extent it is compensated by a state grant for such reduction or the contract is modified. No grant shall be made because of such reduction unless (1) the municipalities delivering waste to the facility or the owner or operator of the facility solicit solid waste at reasonable terms from other municipalities to provide the aggregate tonnage of solid waste required under such contract if failure to provide such solid waste is caused by compliance of the municipalities with the recycling strategy, and (2) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that the municipalities or the owner or operator has made a reasonable effort to obtain solid waste to provide the aggregate tonnage of solid waste and that no solid waste was available at reasonable terms.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not be construed to exempt a municipality from the requirements of sections 22a-241 to 22a-241b, inclusive, 22a-241e and 22a-241g.
(P.A. 87-544, S. 7; P.A. 88-231, S. 8, 19; P.A. 90-220, S. 7, 11; P.A. 91-190, S. 5, 9; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-231 organized section into subsections, amended Subsec. (a) by changing contract date from October 1, 1987, to February 29, 1988, and adding provision re solicitation of solid waste from other municipalities, amended Subsec. (b) by adding conditions for grants and added Subsec. (c) regarding exemption from recycling; P.A. 90-220 deleted references to repealed sections; P.A. 91-190 amended Subsec. (c) to delete reference to Sec. 22a-234 to reflect repeal of said section; 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)(2), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241h. - Eligibility of single municipalities and certain regional solid waste authorities or operating committees for funds made available by Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

Notwithstanding the provisions of the recycling strategy of the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted pursuant to section 22a-227, any single municipality, or any regional solid waste authority or regional solid waste operating committee comprised of at least five municipalities, may apply for and receive any funds made available by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. In making a grant under section 22a-241 to any such regional solid waste authority or regional solid waste operating committee, the commissioner shall develop a plan for the use of the grant in consultation with such authority or operating committee.
(P.A. 88-231, S. 12, 19; P.A. 89-351, S. 5, 11; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 413; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 89-351 authorized regional solid waste authority or operating committee comprised of at least five municipalities to apply for and receive funds from trust fund and required commissioner to develop plan for use of grant in consultation with such authority or operating committee; (Revisor's note: In 1995 reference to “municipal solid waste recycling trust fund” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “municipal solid waste recycling trust account” to conform with Sec. 22a-241 as amended by P.A. 94-130); June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 deleted provision re municipal solid waste recycling trust account and made a technical change; 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-241i. - Commercial establishment. Penalty.

Notwithstanding any other sections of the general statutes to the contrary, a municipality may impose a penalty not to exceed five hundred dollars for each violation by a commercial establishment of the requirements of subsection (c) of section 22a-241b.
(P.A. 90-249, S. 2.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241j. - Municipal curbside or backyard collection of designated recyclable items. Exempt municipalities. Collector curbside or backyard collection of designated recyclable items. Exempt collectors.

(a)(1) Not later than July 1, 2011, each municipality shall offer curbside or backyard collection of designated recyclable items to those residents and businesses for which such municipality provides municipal curbside or backyard collection of solid waste as of October 1, 2010.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any municipality that the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines recycles its solid waste in a percentage, averaged over a continuous three-year period, that exceeds the state-wide average during such continuous three-year period for the amount of municipal solid waste recycled.
(b) (1) Not later than July 1, 2011, each collector who offers curbside or backyard collection of solid waste generated by residences in a municipality shall offer curbside or backyard collection of designated recyclable items to each of such collector's customers and such curbside or backyard collection of designated recyclable items shall be included in the collector's charge for solid waste collection. The provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to prohibit any collector from determining and adjusting its fees for combined curbside collection services.
(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any collector who provides service in a municipality described in subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) For the purposes of this section, “curbside or backyard collection” means the collection, by either municipal collection services or private collectors, of presorted designated recyclable items or solid waste left for such collection by residents and businesses on the property where such residents reside or on the property of such business, and “collector” has the same meaning as in subsection (g) of section 22a-220a.
(P.A. 10-87, S. 5; 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. (a)(2), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241k. - Recycling receptacles for designated recyclable items at common gathering venues.

(a) For the purposes of this section:
(1) “Generated” means sold or given away at a common gathering venue; and
(2) “Common gathering venue” means any area or building, or portion thereof, that is open to the public, including, but not limited to, any (A) building that provides facilities or shelter for public assembly, (B) inn, hotel, motel, sports arena, supermarket, transportation terminal, retail store, restaurant or other commercial establishment that provides services or retails merchandise, or (C) museum, hospital, auditorium, movie theater or university building.
(b) Each common gathering venue where designated recyclable items may be generated while the public congregates at such venue and that provides for the collection of solid waste shall provide recycling receptacles for the collection of any designated recyclable items generated at such venue, provided nothing in this section shall be construed to require an owner or operator of such venue, or the municipality where such venue is located, to provide such recycling receptacles whenever such receptacles are provided by another person pursuant to contract. Such recycling receptacles shall be as accessible to the public and at the same locations as trash receptacles. Any existing trash receptacle may be converted to a recycling receptacle by labeling or other means appropriate to identify that such receptacle is dedicated to the collection of designated recyclable items.
(P.A. 10-87, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 10-87 effective October 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241l. - Solid waste contract requirement for provision re collection of designated recyclable items.

(a) For the purposes of this section, “customer” means a business and “collector” means any person offering solid waste or designated recyclable item collection services.
(b) Each contract between a collector and a customer for the collection of solid waste shall make provision for the collection of designated recyclable items, either by providing for the collection of designated recyclable items by the same collector who is party to the solid waste contract or by including an identification by the customer of the collector with whom such contract exists. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to require a customer to contract exclusively with one collector for the collection of both designated recyclable items and other solid waste. Each collector shall provide each customer with clear written or pictorial instructions on how to separate designated recyclable items in accordance with the provisions of section 22a-241b.
(P.A. 10-87, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 10-87 effective July 1, 2012.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241m. - Opportunities for recycling infrastructure investment program.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with other state agencies or quasi-public agencies, shall identify opportunities for the establishment of a new, or the expansion of any existing, recycling infrastructure investment program.
(P.A. 13-285, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-241n. - Solid waste reduction strategies. Program. Development and implementation.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, within available resources, shall develop and implement a program to support solid waste reduction strategies that are consistent with the Comprehensive Materials Management Strategy, developed pursuant to section 22a-241a. Such waste reduction strategies may include, but shall not be limited to, solid waste diversion, unit-based pricing, organic materials diversion and reuse and recycling strategies.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 288.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-244a. - In-state processing of wine and liquor beverage containers for cullet or by-product. Memorandum of agreement.

The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop the terms for a memorandum of agreement that provides, by January 1, 2023, for the in-state processing of not less than eighty per cent of the wine and liquor beverage containers sold in this state into furnace-ready cullet or by-product that is melted or otherwise used in cement, glass or fiberglass products. In developing such terms, the department shall identify the requisite parties to such an agreement and engage such parties in ongoing discussions concerning the establishment of systems and methods, pursuant to such an agreement, for the cost-effective and consumer-oriented state-wide collection of such containers that will yield sufficiently clean and acceptable containers for the owner or operator of any such facility to be used in producing such cullet or by-product. Such memorandum of agreement shall include, but not be limited to, provisions that delineate and assign responsibility among the parties for: (1) Establishing and implementing such collection systems and methods, (2) transporting collected containers to any such facility, (3) properly recycling and managing any containers not accepted by any such facility, (4) executing any financial obligations among the parties pursuant to such agreement, (5) recordkeeping of volume, tonnage and categories of containers processed, annually, pursuant to such agreement, and (6) auditing costs, efficiencies and benefits of such agreement. Not later than January 15, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a draft of such memorandum of agreement to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment.
(P.A. 21-58, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 21-58 effective June 16, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-244b. - Nips. Five-cent surcharge. Payment by retailer. Payment by wholesaler to municipality. Use of payments by municipalities.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, on and after October 1, 2021, any beverage container containing a spirit or liquor of fifty milliliters or less shall be assessed a five-cent surcharge by the wholesaler of such beverage container to the retailer of such beverage container and by the retailer of such beverage container to the consumer of such beverage container. Any surcharge transaction described in this section shall be distinct and clearly identify the surcharge from the price of such beverage container and shall not be subject to any sales tax or treated as income pursuant to any provision of the general statutes.
(b) The payment of said surcharge by a retailer shall be a debt of a retailer upon purchase from any such wholesaler and shall be subject to all posting requirements in the event of delinquency.
(c) On April 1, 2022, and every six months thereafter, payment shall be remitted by each wholesaler to every municipality where any such beverage container was sold during the preceding six-month period by such wholesaler. Such payment shall be at the rate of five cents for every such beverage container sold within such municipality by such wholesaler. Concomitant with any payment made by a wholesaler to a municipality pursuant to this subsection, such wholesaler shall file a report with the Department of Revenue Services and the Department of Consumer Protection's Liquor Control Division, detailing the number of such beverage containers sold in each municipality by such wholesaler in the preceding six-month period.
(d) All payments received by any municipality pursuant to the provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall be expended by such municipality on environmental measures intended to reduce the generation of solid waste in such municipality or reduce the impact of litter caused by such solid waste, including, but not limited to, the hiring of a recycling coordinator, the installation of storm drain filters designed to block solid waste and beverage container debris or the purchase of a mechanical street sweeper, vacuum or broom that removes litter, including, but not limited to, such beverage containers and other debris from streets, sidewalks and abutting lawn and turf areas.
(P.A. 21-58, S. 10.)