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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134g. - Termination of operations at certain hazardous waste facilities. Procedures. Regulations.

(a) As used in this section, “regulated substance” means petroleum, any flammable substance, any extremely hazardous substance, as defined in 40 CFR 355, any hazardous substance, as defined in 40 CFR 302, or polychlorinated biphenyls in concentrations greater than fifty parts per million and “regulated activity” means the production, use, storage or handling of any regulated substance by a business if such production, use, storage or handling requires a permit from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and is not otherwise regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 USC 6901 et seq.).
(b) Not later than the date of termination of all business or other activities at any facility involved in regulated activities, the owner or operator of such facility shall file a notice with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection which shall include information regarding a person employed by the business who may be contacted for information regarding compliance with this section.
(c) Not later than ninety days after such termination, such owner or operator shall (1) submit to the commissioner a list of all regulated substances located at the facility and all stationary storage vessels, (2) drain, remove or otherwise dispose of all regulated substances in accordance with any applicable law, (3) post warning signs around any area of land where the soil is contaminated with a regulated substance, and (4) submit a certification to said commissioner with regard to whether regulated substances have been removed and disposed of in accordance with applicable law.
(d) Following receipt of the certification required under subsection (c) of this section, the commissioner shall conduct an inspection of such facility to determine compliance with this section.
(e) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the provisions of this section. The commissioner shall give notice of the requirements of this section to any person issued a permit on or after October 1, 1999, for the production, use, storage or handling of a regulated substance, and to any person who has any such permit renewed on or after said date.
(P.A. 99-68; 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 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134h. - Transfer of hazardous waste establishments: Submission prior to October 1, 2001. Withdrawal of forms.

(a) Any certifying party who has submitted a Form III or Form IV to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-134a prior to October 1, 2001, may comply, after providing notice to the transferor, transferee and, if different, the owner of the parcel, with the requirements to investigate and remediate under sections 22a-134a to 22a-134d, inclusive, instead of the requirements for investigation and remediation under sections 22a-134a to 22a-134d in effect at the time of the submittal of such Form III or Form IV.
(b) Any person who has submitted a Form I, Form II, Form III or Form IV to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to section 22a-134a may petition the commissioner to withdraw such form. Such petitioner shall notify the transferor, the transferee and the certifying party by certified mail. The petitioner shall make every reasonable effort to identify the address of such transferor, transferee and certifying party. The transferor, transferee and certifying party shall have thirty days to submit to the commissioner written objections to such petition. The commissioner may approve the petition if it demonstrates to the commissioner's satisfaction that the property or business was not an establishment or the transaction was not a transfer at the time the form was submitted. If the commissioner approves the petition, no further action is required by the certifying party with respect to its obligations under the form, but the form and the fee shall not be returned.
(P.A. 01-204, S. 21; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 73, 131; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of P.A. 01-204 but without affecting this section; 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 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134k. - Household hazardous waste management plan.

On or before February 1, 1992, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, within available appropriations, prepare a plan for the collection, disposal, reduction, recycling and other management techniques for household hazardous waste. Such plan shall include specifications for the siting, licensing and operation of regional facilities for such purposes and shall take into account different methods of appropriate disposal. Such plan shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment.
(P.A. 91-313, S. 1, 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”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134l. - Regional household hazardous waste disposal facilities.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, within available appropriations, make a grant or loan to any municipality, group of municipalities, regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, or group of municipalities that have established a regional interlocal agreement pursuant to sections 7-339a to 7-339l, inclusive, for the planning of regional facilities for the purpose of collection and disposal of household hazardous waste. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.
(P.A. 91-313, S. 4, 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 295.)
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. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials, changed “government” to “governments” and made a technical change, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134m. - Chemical disposal days.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall coordinate a program of chemical disposal days for the collection and disposal of hazardous household chemicals in any municipality or group of municipalities or in the participating towns in any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive. The commissioner shall develop guidelines for such chemical disposal days.
(P.A. 86-298, S. 1, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 296.)
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. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and changed “government” to “governments”, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134n. - Grants for chemical disposal days.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, within available appropriations, make a grant to any municipality, any group of municipalities or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, sponsoring a chemical disposal day. The grant shall be not more than fifty per cent of the cost to the grantee of conducting such chemical disposal day. An application for a grant shall include a plan for a chemical disposal day which shall comply with any guidelines developed by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-134m.
(b) Any grantee under this section shall be eligible for additional grants, provided no grantee shall be eligible for more than two grants in any fiscal year.
(P.A. 86-298, S. 2, 6; P.A. 87-543, S. 1, 9; P.A. 91-369, S. 4, 36; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 297.)
History: P.A. 87-543 added Subsec. (b) regarding eligibility for additional grants; P.A. 91-369 amended Subsec. (a) to make grants under this section discretionary within available appropriations; 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. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and changing “government” to “governments”, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134o. - Contract with hazardous waste transporter or company.

(a) Any municipality, any group of municipalities or any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, sponsoring a chemical disposal day shall enter into a contract with a hazardous waste transporter or waste collection company licensed under section 22a-454 to dispose of the hazardous waste collected during a chemical disposal day. Such contract shall (1) make the transporter or company, upon receipt of hazardous waste, liable for any violation of a federal or state statute concerning the generation, transportation or disposal of hazardous waste, (2) identify the transporter or company as the generator of hazardous waste collected and (3) make the transporter or company responsible for providing material and equipment for handling, labeling, loading and transporting hazardous waste.
(b) Any transporter or company may participate in a chemical disposal day program provided such transporter or company has (1) a number issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency identifying such transporter or company as the generator for the day and (2) at least one trained employee or agent is at the site on the chemical disposal day to identify, accept, place in containers, load and remove any waste collected.
(P.A. 86-298, S. 3, 6; P.A. 13-247, S. 298.)
History: P.A. 13-247 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and changing “government” to “governments”, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134p. - Regulations re storage of hazardous substances near a watercourse.

(a) As used in this section, “watercourse” means a watercourse as defined in section 22a-38 and “hazardous substance” means any substance on the list prepared pursuant to Section 302 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 setting forth standards for the storage of hazardous substances near watercourses. Such regulations shall (1) establish best management practices for the storage of such substances, including determination of a minimum distance between any hazardous substance and a watercourse, and (2) establish a threshold quantity for storage before compliance with regulations adopted under this subsection is required.
(P.A. 89-209, S. 1, 2; 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 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134q. - Inventory of contaminated wells and leaking underground storage tanks.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall compile an inventory of contaminated wells and leaking underground storage tanks known to him. As used in this section, “contaminated well” means any well that exceeds maximum levels for substances established in the Public Health Code or action levels determined jointly by the Commissioners of Public Health and Energy and Environmental Protection.
(P.A. 89-365, S. 2, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 60; P.A. 13-205, S. 9.)
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; P.A. 11-80 changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-205 deleted provision re submission of inventory to the General Assembly.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134s. - Lien on real estate with service station.

A lien pursuant to section 22a-452a shall not be placed against real estate on which a service station was transferred and in operation on or after May 1, 1967, provided the transferor certifies to the transferee that (1) the service station, or any part thereof, complies with regulations adopted by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to subsection (d) of section 22a-449 concerning design, construction, installation and maintenance of underground facilities storing oil or petroleum liquids, (2) there has been no spill on the real estate or any spill has been remediated in accordance with procedures approved by the commissioner and the commissioner has determined that such spill does not pose a threat to human health or safety or to the environment which would warrant containment or removal or other mitigation measures, and (3) any hazardous waste or oil or petroleum liquid remaining on the real estate is being managed in accordance with the provisions of chapter 446k and regulations adopted thereunder.
(P.A. 01-204, S. 22; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 73, 131; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of P.A. 01-204 but without affecting this section; 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 445a - Hazardous Waste Management Service (Repealed) › Section 22a-134aa to 22a-134oo. - Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service.

Sections 22a-134aa to 22a-134oo, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2006.
(P.A. 83-572, S. 1–7, 9; P.A. 84-156, S. 1, 2; 84-370, S. 2, 6; 84-546, S. 71, 72, 173; P.A. 85-67, S. 1–4; P.A. 86-343, S. 1–4; P.A. 87-233, S. 1–8; 87-540, S. 22, 23, 26; P.A. 88-225, S. 11, 14; 88-266, S. 33–35, 46; 88-361, S. 21, 24, 25, 28, 29; 88-364, S. 83, 123; P.A. 91-337, S. 1, 2, 15; 91-376, S. 4, 10; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-32; P.A. 03-170, S. 5; P.A. 06-76, S. 31.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445b - Release-Based Remediation of Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134qq. - Release to land and waters of the state. Prohibition. Violation.

No person shall create or maintain a release to the land and waters of the state in violation of any provision of sections 22a-134rr to 22a-134vv, inclusive.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9, S. 16.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9 effective October 2, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445b - Release-Based Remediation of Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134uu. - Auditing of verifications. Report.

(a) The commissioner shall audit a sufficient number of verifications submitted pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt to ensure the protection of human health and the environment and a high frequency of compliance with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt.
(b) Beginning two years after the date regulations are first adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt, and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall provide to the Governor and the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment and commerce a report regarding the auditing of verifications submitted during the previous year pursuant to regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-134tt. Such report shall also be published on the department's Internet web site. Any such report shall include, but not be limited to, the number of releases reported, the number of verifications submitted, the number of audits conducted, the results of the audits conducted and any recommendations for improving the auditing of verifications. Such recommendations may include, but need not be limited to, staffing levels or the adequacy of such audits.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9, S. 20.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9 effective October 2, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445b - Release-Based Remediation of Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134ww. - Liability protections of other provisions. Innocent landowner defense.

Nothing contained in sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134vv, inclusive, shall be construed to infringe upon or otherwise limit any liability limitations or protections for persons provided for under any provision of the general statutes. Nothing contained in this sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134vv, inclusive, shall be construed to authorize the use or application of the innocent landowner defense, established pursuant to section 22a-452d, to the provisions of sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134vv, inclusive.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9, S. 22.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9 effective October 2, 2020 (Revisor's note: In codifying this section, an incorrect reference to “this act” was deemed by the Revisors to be a reference to “sections 16 to 21, inclusive” and codified as sections 22a-134qq to 22a-34vv, inclusive).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 445b - Release-Based Remediation of Hazardous Waste › Section 22a-134xx. - Commissioner authority.

Nothing contained in sections 22a-134qq to 22a-134ww inclusive, shall be construed to affect the authority of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to any other statute or regulation.
(Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9, S. 23.)
History: Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 20-9 effective October 2, 2020.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 - Nuclear Energy › Section 22a-136. - Moratorium on construction of nuclear power facilities.

No construction shall commence on a fifth nuclear power facility until the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection finds that the United States Government, through its authorized agency, has identified and approved a demonstrable technology or means for the disposal of high level nuclear waste. The provisions of this section shall not apply to any nuclear power generating facility operating in the state as of October 1, 2022. As used in this section, “high level nuclear waste” means those aqueous wastes resulting from the operation of the first cycle of the solvent extraction system or equivalent and the concentrated wastes of the subsequent extraction cycles or equivalent in a facility for reprocessing irradiated reactor fuel and shall include spent fuel assemblies prior to fuel reprocessing.
(P.A. 79-487; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 22-76, 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; P.A. 22-76 added provision re existing nuclear power generating facilities in the state.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-600. - Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-601 to 22a-611, inclusive:
(1) “Commission” means the State Emergency Response Commission established by section 22a-601;
(2) “Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act” means the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986, 42 USC 11001 et seq., as may be amended; and
(3) “Facility” means buildings and other structures and equipment and other stationary items located on a single site or contiguous or adjacent sites which are owned or operated by the same person or controlled by or under common control with such person.
(P.A. 88-246, S. 4; P.A. 89-212, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 89-212 redefined “facility” and extended applicability of definitions to new Secs. 22a-605 to 22a-611, inclusive.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-602. - Duties of Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall (1) provide technical and clerical assistance, within available appropriations, to the commission for its oversight and administrative activities, and (2) receive, process and manage chemical information and notifications made pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
(P.A. 88-246, 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”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-603. - State emergency planning activities.

The Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection shall implement the state emergency planning activities required pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.
(P.A. 88-246, S. 7; 88-364, S. 93, 123; P.A. 04-219, S. 10; P.A. 11-51, S. 134.)
History: P.A. 88-364 substituted office of emergency management for office of civil preparedness; P.A. 04-219 substituted Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security for director of the Office of Emergency Management, effective January 1, 2005; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Emergency Management and Homeland Security” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-604. - Interagency agreement.

The Commissioners of Energy and Environmental Protection and Emergency Services and Public Protection shall enter into an interagency agreement providing for the exchange of information and the coordination of their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the provisions of sections 22a-600 to 22a-603, inclusive.
(P.A. 88-246, S. 8; P.A. 11-80, S. 67.)
History: P.A. 11-80 changed “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011 (Revisor's note: “Commissioner of Public Safety” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Emergency Services and Public Protection” to conform with changes made by P.A. 11-51).
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-605. - Regulations.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 to carry out the notification provisions of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Such regulations shall include procedures for initial, second and final notice to owners or operators of facilities of suspected violation of said act.
(P.A. 89-212, 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 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-606. - Provision of final notice to chief executive officer of municipality.

The chief executive officer of a municipality, or his designee, may provide the owner or operator of a facility suspected of a violation of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act with the initial, second and final notice of any such violation.
(P.A. 89-212, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-607. - Notification by owner or operator of facility subject to requirements of Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act.

The owner or operator of each facility where a substance on the list of extremely hazardous substances published pursuant to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act is present in an amount in excess of the threshold planning quantity established for such substances shall notify the commission and the local emergency planning committee that such facility is subject to the requirements of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Thereafter, if a substance on the list of extremely hazardous substances prepared pursuant to said act becomes present at such facility in excess of the threshold planning quantity established for such substance, or the list is revised and the facility has present a substance on the revised list in excess of the threshold planning quantity established for the substance, the owner or operator of the facility shall notify the commission and the local emergency planning committee within sixty days of such acquisition or revision that the facility is subject to the requirements of said act.
(P.A. 89-212, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446 › l › - Emergency Response Commission › Section 22a-611. - Toxic release form.

The owner or operator of a facility required to complete a toxic release form under Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 shall annually submit such form to the commission on or before the first of July or a date established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, whichever comes later.
(P.A. 89-212, S. 9; P.A. 06-76, S. 23.)
History: P.A. 06-76 made a technical change re July first submission date and added as alternative “a date established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, whichever comes later”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-149. (Formerly Sec. 19-25). - Use of radioactive material or isotopes to be registered.

Hospitals having special facilities for the use of naturally occurring radioactive material, or radioactive isotopes for the diagnosis or treatment of diseases, for research or for other applications, shall register such information with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
(1955, S. 2062d; 1967, P.A. 550, S. 10; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 413; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1967 act repealed this section effective as of effective date of agreement between governor and United States government in accordance with Sec. 19-25c; 1971 act replaced department of health with commissioner of environmental protection; Sec. 19-25 transferred to Sec. 22a-149 in 1983; 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 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-150. (Formerly Sec. 19-25a). - Registration of x-ray devices.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, by regulation, require registration of devices emitting x-rays used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes by or under the supervision of a person or persons licensed to practice medicine, surgery, chiropractic, naturopathy, dentistry, podiatry or veterinary medicine and surgery, as authorized by law. The commissioner shall charge a registration fee of one hundred ninety dollars biennially for each such device, except that hospitals operated by the state or a municipality shall be exempt from payment of the fee.
(1963, P.A. 623; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 414; P.A. 78-239, S. 2, 8; P.A. 80-123, S. 1, 2; P.A. 81-309, S. 1, 2; P.A. 89-201, S. 2; P.A. 90-231, S. 2, 28; P.A. 91-369, S. 24, 36; P.A. 99-102, S. 40; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 123; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 407; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced public health council and department of health with commissioner of environmental protection; P.A. 78-239 made registration of devices emitting x-rays mandatory rather than optional; P.A. 80-123 set registration fee at $15 per device, rather than at not more than $15 for one such device, plus not more than $5 for each additional device at the same location during any portion of the year; P.A. 81-309 increased the registration fee for devices emitting x-rays from $15 to $30, effective July 1, 1981, and applicable to registrations occurring on or after July 1, 1981; Sec. 19-25a transferred to Sec. 22a-150 in 1983; P.A. 89-201 replaced provision exempting state-aided hospitals from provisions of section with provision exempting hospitals operated by state or a municipality from payment of fee; P.A. 90-231 increased the registration fee to $75 and provided that on and after July 1, 1992, the fees shall be prescribed by regulations; P.A. 91-369 restated commissioner's authority to adopt regulations setting the fees required by this section; P.A. 99-102 deleted obsolete reference to osteopathy; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 increased biennial registration fee from $75 to $150 and deleted provisions re regulation to prescribe amount of fees, effective August 20, 2003; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 increased registration fee from $150 to $190; 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-27i re exemption of municipality for one year.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-152. (Formerly Sec. 19-25c). - Agreements with federal government.

The Governor, on behalf of this state, is authorized to enter into agreements with the government of the United States providing for relinquishment of certain of the programs of the government of the United States with respect to sources of ionizing radiation and the assumption thereof by this state, as provided for in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended.
(1967, P.A. 550, S. 2; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 48.)
History: Sec. 19-25c transferred to Sec. 22a-152 in 1983; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 replaced “discontinuance” with “relinquishment”.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-154. (Formerly Sec. 19-25e). - Licensing of sources of ionizing radiation.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, for the general or specific licensing of sources of ionizing radiation. The commissioner may issue, deny, renew, modify, suspend or revoke such licenses and may include such terms and conditions in such licenses that the commissioner deems necessary. Nothing in this section shall be construed to confer authority to the commissioner to regulate materials or activities reserved to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission under 42 USC 2021(c) and 10 CFR 150.
(b) Said commissioner may exempt certain sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users from the licensing requirements set forth in this section when he makes a finding that the exemption of such sources of ionizing radiation or kinds of uses or users will not constitute a significant risk to the occupational and public health and safety.
(c) Until such time as regulations governing licensing are promulgated in pursuance of an agreement between the government of the United States and this state as authorized by section 22a-152, registration shall be deemed to satisfy any licensing requirements arising under sections 22a-151 to 22a-158, inclusive.
(1967, P.A. 550, S. 4; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 418; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 42.)
History: 1971 act replaced public health council and commissioner of health with commissioner of environmental protection; Sec. 19-25e transferred to Sec. 22a-154 in 1983; 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; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 made adoption of regulations mandatory rather than discretionary and made a technical change, deleted references to by-product, source and special nuclear materials and devices or equipment utilizing such materials, and replaced provision re amendment, suspension or revocation of licenses with provision re authority of commissioner to issue, deny, renew, modify, suspend or revoke licenses and to include terms and conditions.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-156. (Formerly Sec. 19-25g). - Injunctions against violations. Orders.

Section 22a-156 is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(1967, P.A. 550, S. 6; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 420; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-205, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-157. (Formerly Sec. 19-25h). - Prohibited acts.

No person shall construct, operate, use, manufacture, produce, transport, transfer, receive, acquire, decommission, own or possess any source of ionizing radiation, unless such activity is in compliance with all requirements of this chapter, including any regulation adopted, or registration or license issued pursuant to this chapter. No person shall produce, transport, store, possess, manage, treat, remediate, distribute, sell, install, repair or dispose of any radioactive materials, unless such activity is in compliance with all requirements of this chapter, including any regulation adopted, or registration or license issued pursuant to this chapter. No person shall fail to register a source of ionizing radiation required to be registered under this chapter, including as required by any regulation adopted, or registration or license issued pursuant to this chapter.
(1967, P.A. 550, S. 7; P.A. 13-205, S. 4; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2, S. 43.)
History: Sec. 19-25h transferred to Sec. 22a-157 in 1983; P.A. 13-205 replaced reference to Sec. 22a-151 with reference to Sec. 22a-148; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 21-2 added references to constructing, operating and decommissioning, deleted references to being exempt, licensed or registered in accordance with Secs. 22a-148 to 22a-158, and added provisions re compliance requirements and prohibition on failing to register a source of ionizing radiation.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-158. (Formerly Sec. 19-25i). - Records.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall require each person who possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain records relating to its receipt, storage, transfer or disposal, as well as such other records as the commissioner may require, subject to such exemptions as may be provided by regulation.
(b) The commissioner shall promulgate regulations requiring each person who possesses or uses a source of ionizing radiation to maintain appropriate records showing the radiation exposure of all individuals for whom personnel monitoring is required by said regulations.
(1967, P.A. 550, S. 8; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 421; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 act replaced commissioner of health and public health council with commissioner of environmental protection; Sec. 19-25i transferred to Sec. 22a-158 in 1983; 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 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-158a. - Cease and desist orders. Suspension or revocation of registration. Hearing.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a cease and desist order in accordance with section 22a-7 for any violation of sections 22a-148 to 22a-158, inclusive, and may suspend or revoke any registration issued by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-148 or 22a-150, upon a showing of cause after a hearing held in accordance with chapter 54.
(P.A. 13-205, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-158b. - Action to enjoin act, practice or omission that constitutes violation.

(a) Whenever, in the judgment of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, any person has engaged in or is about to engage in any act, practice or omission that constitutes, or will constitute, a violation of any provision of this chapter, or any regulation adopted or order issued pursuant to this chapter, the Attorney General may, at the request of the commissioner, bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of New Britain for an order enjoining such act, practice or omission. Such order may require remedial measures and direct compliance. Upon a showing by the commissioner that such person has engaged in or is about to engage in any such act, practice or omission, the court may issue a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining order or other order, as appropriate.
(b) Any action brought by the Attorney General pursuant to this section shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191.
(P.A. 13-205, S. 6.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-158c. - Criminally negligent violations. Knowingly making false statements. Fines. Imprisonment. Subsequent convictions.

(a) Any person who, with criminal negligence, violates any provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, any regulation, license or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, or who, with criminal negligence, makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, registration, notification or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter, shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or be imprisoned not more than one year, or both. A subsequent conviction for any such violation shall carry a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or imprisonment for not more than two years, or both.
(b) Any person who knowingly makes any false statement, representation or certification in any application, registration, notification or other document filed or required to be maintained pursuant to this chapter shall be fined not more than fifty thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or be imprisoned not more than three years, or both. A subsequent conviction for any such violation shall carry a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both.
(P.A. 13-205, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-160. (Formerly Sec. 19-25k). - Formulation and maintenance of radiation incident plan.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, who shall be the compact administrator for the state, shall formulate and keep current a radiation incident plan for this state, in accordance with the duty assumed pursuant to article II (a) of the compact.
(1969, P.A. 663, S. 2; P.A. 73-63, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 73-63 replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of environmental protection; Sec. 19-25k transferred to Sec. 22a-160 in 1983; 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-135 re reporting of nuclear incidents.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-161c. - Storage, treatment and disposal of radioactive waste.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-137 or any other law or regulation to the contrary, section 22a-161 shall govern the storage, treatment and disposal of low-level radioactive waste.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-2, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-161d. - Municipal approval required for disposal of waste generated outside Compact.

The Connecticut commissioner of the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact shall not take any action which accepts for disposal any low-level radioactive waste which was generated outside the Northeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact unless approval for such disposal is granted, in writing, by the chief elected official of the municipality in which a low-level radioactive waste disposal facility is located.
(P.A. 92-45, S. 3, 7; P.A. 06-76, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 06-76 deleted “as defined in section 22a-163a” re low-level radioactive waste.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-162. - Standards for the operation of sources of nonionizing radiation.

(a) For the purpose of preventing possible harmful effects in human beings from exposure to electromagnetic fields in the radio frequency range, as defined in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, “IEEE standards for safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz”, as amended from time to time, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, adopt the standards recommended by ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, “safety levels with respect to human exposure to radio frequency electromagnetic fields, 3 kHz to 300 GHz”, as amended from time to time.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, the following sources of nonionizing radiation shall be exempt from the standards: (1) Nonfixed sources such as portable, hand-held or mobile sources; (2) sources marketed as consumer products; (3) scientific or medical sources operating at frequencies designated for scientific or medical purposes by the Federal Communications Commission; (4) sources which have an effective radiated power of seven watts or less; and (5) sources of nonionizing radiation, as recommended in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, as amended from time to time. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, exempt sources of nonionizing radiation from the standards.
(P.A. 84-383, S. 1, 5; P.A. 94-89, S. 10; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 94-89 amended Subsec. (a) to delete a specific frequency defining the regulated electromagnetic field range and provided instead for the definition contained in ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992, as amended, and amended Subsec. (b) to provide exemptions recommended by ANSI/IEEE C95.1-1992; 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 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-162a. - Compliance with standards.

On and after the effective date of the standards adopted in accordance with section 22a-162, no person shall operate a new source of nonionizing radiation in the radio frequency spectrum in excess of the standards. Any source of nonionizing radiation in the radio frequency spectrum operating on or before the effective date of the standards shall comply with the standards upon determination by the commissioner that such source compromises the purposes of section 22a-162.
(P.A. 84-383, S. 2, 5; P.A. 94-89, S. 11.)
History: P.A. 94-89 deleted a reference to a specific frequency range for purposes of the requirements of this section.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446a - Radiation and Radioactive Materials › Section 22a-163 to 22a-165h. - Connecticut Hazardous Waste Management Service: Low-level radioactive waste. Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Fund.

Sections 22a-163 to 22a-165h, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2006.
(P.A. 87-540, S. 1–21, 25, 26; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; 88-243, S. 1, 3; 88-361, S. 1–20, 22, 26, 27, 29; P.A. 89-330, S. 1–9; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-271, S. 15, 24; P.A. 91-63, S. 1, 2; 91-326, S. 1, 2, 4; 91-337, S. 4–12, 14, 15; 91-407, S. 21; June 26 Sp. Sess. P.A. 91-1, S. 1–4; P.A. 92-45, S. 1, 2, 4–7; 92-235, S. 5, 6; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; 93-174, S. 1–6; 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-79, S. 97, 189; 95-220, S. 4–6; 95-250, S. 1; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 96-211, S. 1, 5, 6; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 61–63, 131; P.A. 03-19, S. 63; P.A. 06-76, S. 31.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446b - Mid-Atlantic States Air Pollution Control Compact (Repealed) › Section 22a-166 and 22a-167. (Formerly Secs. 19-523 and 19-524). - Compact. Any court of competent jurisdiction defined.

Sections 22a-166 and 22a-167 are repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(1967, P.A. 554, S. 1, 2; 1971, P.A. 870, S. 109; P.A. 76-436, S. 395, 681; P.A. 78-280, S. 5, 127; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 13-205, S. 14.)