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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208y. - Resources recovery facility plan for disposal of special waste and processed construction and demolition waste.

The person holding the permit for a resources recovery facility may submit to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection a plan for the acceptance and disposal of special waste or processed construction and demolition wood at such facility. For purposes of this section, “special waste” has the meaning provided in regulations adopted by said commissioner under this chapter. Such plan shall identify special waste or processed construction and demolition wood which can be subject to uniform procedures for screening, testing, acceptance, recordkeeping, handling and disposal and shall include the rate at which such waste shall be processed. The commissioner shall review any plan submitted according to this section and shall approve or deny such plan. If accepted, compliance with such plan may constitute the special waste authorization from said commissioner which would otherwise be required for waste which meets the criteria of the plan.
(P.A. 96-103, S. 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-122, S. 135.)
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. 14-122 made a technical change.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208z. - Use of crushed recycled glass as cover material.

(a) As used in this section, “crushed recycled glass” means glass food or beverage containers and less than five per cent, by volume, of other solid waste materials, including plastic, metal and paper that (1) have been combined by processing source-separated recyclable solid waste at an intermediate processing facility; (2) cannot be marketed as a cullet for remelt; (3) have components that measure not greater than three-eighths of an inch in diameter; and (4) are virtually inert and pose neither a pollution threat to ground or surface waters nor a fire hazard.
(b) An owner or operator of a solid waste facility, as defined in section 22a-207, may use crushed recycled glass as cover material, as defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-209.
(c) A person may use crushed recycled glass as fill material, including, but not limited to, aggregate for asphalt or concrete or any other subgrade construction application in which such glass would serve as a substitute for sand or stone aggregate, provided such glass would not constitute greater than ten per cent, by volume, of clean fill, as defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-209.
(P.A. 02-11, S. 1; P.A. 03-65, S. 1; P.A. 04-109, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 03-65 added Subsec. (a) defining “crushed recycled glass”, designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b) and added Subsec. (c) re use of crushed recycled glass as fill material, effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 04-109 made technical changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective May 21, 2004.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209. (Formerly Sec. 19-524c). - Regulations.

The commissioner shall promulgate regulations governing solid waste management, and permits, as provided for in section 22a-208a, shall be conditioned upon conformance with such regulations as well as applicable laws.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 3; P.A. 86-403, S. 53, 132.)
History: Sec. 19-524c transferred to Sec. 22a-209 in 1983; P.A. 86-403 made technical change, substituting reference to Sec. 22a-208a for reference to Sec. 22a-208.
See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
Annotation to former section 19-524c:
Cited. 168 C. 278.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 218 C. 580; Id., 821.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209d. - Categories of materials not to be considered solid waste. Use of solids that are by-products of water treatment processes.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may establish, by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, categories of materials which, if used in accordance with standards adopted by the commissioner to protect the environment and public health, shall not be considered solid waste under section 22a-207 or subject to a permit under this chapter or chapter 446k. Notwithstanding the provisions of the regulations adopted under this section or section 22a-209, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not prohibit the use of waste sand from the casting of metals as cover, road base or fill or for other purposes at a solid waste disposal area permitted under section 22a-208a, provided the concentration of toxic materials in the sand is below the level of hazardous waste under the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended, and any regulations promulgated to carry out said act, and further provided any person who disposes of such sand under this section shall provide certification, to the satisfaction of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, that such sand is not hazardous. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-209, a public water supply company may, by itself or in conjunction with any person or municipality, use solids that are the by-products of water treatment processes provided such use conforms to best management practices and controls described in an operations plan approved in writing by the commissioner. A public water supply company may, by itself or in conjunction with any person or municipality, use such solids in accordance with such plan until the commissioner issues a general permit to such company for the use of such solids pursuant to section 22a-209f.
(P.A. 94-198, S. 12; P.A. 96-103, S. 3; P.A. 04-151, S. 17; P.A. 05-288, S. 105; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 96-103 added provision re adoption of regulations concerning disposal of water treatment solids; P.A. 04-151 deleted provision requiring adoption of regulations re use and disposal of solids that are by-products of water treatment processes and added provisions re use of such solids in conformance with best management practices and controls; P.A. 05-288 made technical changes, effective July 13, 2005; 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-209e. - Certain lamp recycling facilities to be considered volume reduction plants.

For the purposes of this chapter, “lamp recycling facility” means a facility operated to remove, recover or recycle for reuse mercury, metals, phosphorous powder, gases, glass or other materials from fluorescent or high intensity discharge lamps. Such a facility shall be considered a volume reduction plant, as defined in section 22a-207, regardless of the volume of solid waste generated and shall not be subject to the requirements of section 22a-454 provided such facility is operated in compliance with federal law.
(P.A. 95-139, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 95-139 effective June 7, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209g. - Labeling of products containing mercury.

(a) For purposes of this section: “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale to the general public of items for which a label is required under the regulations adopted under this section; “wholesaler” means a person who engages in the sale of any such item to a retailer; and “manufacturer” means a person who manufactures any such item and sells such item to a retailer or wholesaler.
(b) After the adoption of the regulations authorized by subsection (c) of this section, a manufacturer or wholesaler may not sell for use in this state, and a retailer may not sell, any of the items for which a label is required under the regulations adopted under this section unless the item is labeled to clearly inform the purchaser or consumer that mercury is present in the item and that the item must be properly disposed of or recycled.
(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall cooperate with any effort to adopt a proposed label for products containing mercury which effort is undertaken by the New England Governors' Conference and the eastern Canadian premiers who adopted a mercury action plan in June, 1998. If such group agrees to a proposed label, the commissioner, in regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 shall require such label to be affixed to any product sold in this state which the commissioner deems necessary, other than any medication. The purpose of such regulations shall be to facilitate the recycling of such products and to reduce the presence of mercury in the solid waste stream. If said group does not agree to a proposed label on or before January 1, 2001, the commissioner shall propose to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment a plan for the labeling of products containing mercury.
(P.A. 99-228, S. 1, 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-228 effective June 29, 1999; 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. (c), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209h. - Information to be provided concerning electric lamps containing mercury and management of spent lamps.

Each manufacturer of electric lamps containing mercury sold in this state, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, shall provide to any distributor of such lamps written information stating that mercury is contained in such lamps and a description of the laws of this state governing management of spent lamps containing mercury. Each such manufacturer shall provide such information either on each such lamp containing mercury, or in or on the packaging of each such lamp containing mercury, or in a sufficient amount of printed material provided to retailers to allow retailers to make such information available to any consumer purchasing any such lamp containing mercury. Each such manufacturer shall provide to each municipality in this state information regarding the appropriate management of spent lamps containing mercury.
(P.A. 99-228, S. 2, 5; P.A. 02-89, S. 66; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-228 effective January 1, 2000; P.A. 02-89 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and deleted as obsolete Subsec. (b) requiring the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority to report on or before January 1, 2001, re any changes in the amount of mercury-containing products in the waste stream over the previous two years; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority”, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-209i. - Universal waste rule. Fluorescent lamps. Equipment containing mercury.

(a) On or before July 1, 1999, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall publish notice of intent to adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the set of waste management standards for thermostats containing mercury, batteries and pesticides which standards are provided in 40 CFR 273, et seq., as an alternative to regulating such wastes as otherwise provided under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42 USC 6901 et seq.). The commissioner shall petition the United States Environmental Protection Agency under 40 CFR 273.80, et seq., to include fluorescent lamps in such alternative program of regulation. Such regulations shall further provide for and facilitate the storage of electronic equipment for recycling and the recycling of electronic equipment.
(b) Any waste from equipment containing mercury shall be disposed of or otherwise handled in accordance with the standards set forth in 40 CFR Parts 260, 261, 264, 265, 268, 270 and 273, until the commissioner adopts regulations as provided in subsection (a) of this section, at which time such regulations shall govern. Nothing in this section shall be construed to relieve any person from such person's obligation to comply with any other state or federal requirement or regulation applicable to equipment containing mercury.
(P.A. 99-228, S. 3, 5; P.A. 06-181, S. 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-228 effective June 29, 1999; P.A. 06-181 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re disposal or handling of waste from equipment containing mercury, effective June 7, 2006; 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-210. (Formerly Sec. 19-524d). - Demonstration resource recovery systems or improved solid waste facilities.

The commissioner may acquire necessary property and equipment, or interests therein, and contract for the construction, including planning and design, and leasing, operation and maintenance of demonstration resource recovery systems or improved solid waste facilities, or both, on a local, regional or state-wide basis by private enterprise, a municipality or regional authority.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 5; P.A. 75-303, S. 1, 2.)
History: P.A. 75-303 included facilities on local basis; Sec. 19-524d transferred to Sec. 22a-210 in 1983.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-211. (Formerly Sec. 19-524e). - Solid waste management plans for state and local or regional authorities. Closing of municipal landfill; plan required.

Section 22a-211 is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 6; P.A. 74-276; P.A. 81-179; 81-472, S. 131, 159; P.A. 85-436, S. 5, 6; P.A. 93-423, S. 5; P.A. 13-247, S. 312; P.A. 14-94, S. 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-212. (Formerly Sec. 19-524f). - Grants to municipal and regional authorities for plan preparation.

The commissioner shall make grants for providing financial assistance to municipal and regional authorities for the preparation of solid waste management plans. The grant to each municipal authority shall equal ten per cent of the nonfederal portion of the cost of preparing the plans. An additional ten per cent shall be paid for each additional municipality included in the plan, but not more than seventy per cent of the total cost of the nonfederal portion being granted by the commissioner to a regional authority.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 10; P.A. 14-94, S. 79.)
History: Sec. 19-524f transferred to Sec. 22a-212 in 1983; P.A. 14-94 made technical changes, effective June 6, 2014.
See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-213. (Formerly Sec. 19-524g). - Approval of solid waste disposal contracts. Contracts between municipalities and solid waste facilities.

(a) All contracts made after July 1, 1971, by any city, town, borough or regional authority with any person, another municipality or regional authority to provide for processing, storage or disposal outside of its boundaries of solid wastes generated within its boundaries, shall be reviewed and have the approval of the commissioner as conforming to recognized standards of public health and safety before they can be implemented. The municipality shall be responsible for providing a copy of said solid waste disposal contract to the commissioner.
(b) The commissioner shall not approve any such contract unless he finds that the facility to which the waste is to be transported for processing, storage and disposal has been issued a solid waste permit to operate the facility and has the necessary capacity to accommodate the terms of the contract.
(c) All contracts made after June 6, 1990, by any municipality with the operator of a solid waste facility shall be in writing.
(1969, P.A. 367; 1971, P.A. 845, S. 4; P.A. 77-37; P.A. 86-403, S. 54, 132; P.A. 90-179, S. 7, 9; P.A. 96-163, S. 6.)
History: 1971 act changed date of applicability from October 1, 1969, to July 1, 1971, replaced “district” and “authority” with “regional authority”, and “refuse” with “solid wastes”, specified disposal outside of boundaries of contracting entity and removed reference to approval of local director of health; Sec. 19-84a transferred to Sec. 19-524g in 1972; P.A. 77-37 added Subsec. (b); Sec. 19-524g transferred to Sec. 22a-213 in 1983; P.A. 86-403 made technical change, adding reference to Sec. 22a-208a; P.A. 90-179 added Subsec. (c) re written contracts between municipalities and solid waste facilities; P.A. 96-163 amended Subsec. (a) to delete requirement that contracts for collection or transportation of solid waste be reviewed and approved by the commissioner and to add a provision requiring the municipality to provide a copy of contracts for which the commissioner's approval is required and amended Subsec. (b) to expand the range of facilities which may be covered under an approved contract.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-213a. - Disposal of biomedical waste by generators.

Section 22a-213a is repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(P.A. 88-341, S. 2; P.A. 89-270, S. 5; 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-214. (Formerly Sec. 19-524h). - Commissioner to administer and control funds.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection is designated as the officer of the state to manage, administer and control funds appropriated by the General Assembly or authorized by the State Bond Commission, and any and all other state and federal funds made available for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. No grant shall be made under this chapter if such grant, together with all grants awarded prior thereto, exceeds the amount of funds available therefor.
(1969, P.A. 758, S. 24; 1971, P.A. 845, S. 7; 872, S. 16; P.A. 89-270, S. 7; 89-386, S. 14, 24; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: 1971 acts specified commissioner's control of “any and all other state and federal funds” and replaced commissioner of health with commissioner of environmental protection; Sec. 19-507d transferred to Sec. 19-524h in 1972; Sec. 19-524h transferred to Sec. 22a-214 in 1983; P.A. 89-270 added Subsec. (b) re ninety-day deadline for payment of grants and re thirty-day deadline for return of moneys paid for expenditures later determined to be ineligible; P.A. 89-386 repealed provisions added by P.A. 89-270; 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.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-215. (Formerly Sec. 19-524i). - Review of applications for federal funds.

The commissioner shall review all applications for federal funds related to solid waste management prepared by any municipal or regional authority within the state.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 8.)
History: Sec. 19-524i transferred to Sec. 22a-215 in 1983.
See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-216. (Formerly Sec. 19-524j). - Department to apply for and receive funds. Cooperation and agreements with federal government.

The department is designated as the administrative agency of the state to apply for and accept any funds or other aid and to cooperate and enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government relating to the planning, developing, maintaining and enforcing of the solid waste program.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 9.)
History: Sec. 19-524j transferred to Sec. 22a-216 in 1983.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-217. (Formerly Sec. 19-524k). - Grants to reduce solid waste volume reduction and disposal operation costs.

The commissioner shall make grants for providing financial aid to municipal and regional authorities to reduce their solid waste volume reduction and disposal costs of operation. An annual amount equal to twenty-five cents per capita, but not exceeding five thousand dollars, shall be paid to a single municipal authority which carries on operations that comply with the public health code of the state. An additional annual five cents per capita shall be granted for each municipality in the region up to a maximum of fifty cents per capita. These funds may be used to hire needed personnel, purchase equipment and replacement parts, and make any necessary modifications or repairs to facilities or sites and equipment used in processing and disposal of solid wastes.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 13; P.A. 85-460, S. 1, 4.)
History: Sec. 19-524k transferred to Sec. 22a-217 in 1983; P.A. 85-460 limited the amount of the grant to $5,000.
See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-219. (Formerly Sec. 19-524m). - Grants to municipal or regional authorities for improvements of waste disposal facilities.

The commissioner shall make a grant to any municipal or regional authority which, prior to July 1, 1969, constructed a volume reduction plant or rebuilt, reconstructed, redesigned or acquired new machinery, equipment or buildings in connection with waste disposal, which grant shall be twenty-five per cent of the principal amount of bond or note obligations of such municipal or regional authority, issued to finance such construction rebuilding, reconstruction, redesign or acquisition and outstanding on said date, exclusive of all interest costs and for which grant application is made on an application prescribed by the commissioner. Such grant shall be paid in equal annual installments at least thirty days prior to the date the municipal or regional authority is obligated to make payment on such bonds or notes, provided any grant under this section shall be reduced by any amount payable to such municipality or region under the provisions of section 22a-218 for the same construction, rebuilding, reconstruction, redesign or acquisition project, such reduction to be prorated over the period remaining for the payment of such bonds or notes.
(1969, P.A. 751, S. 9; 1971, P.A. 483, S. 2; 845, S. 12; 872, S. 18.)
History: 1971 acts replaced “clean air commission” and references thereto with “commissioner”, i.e. commissioner of environmental protection, and replaced “municipality” with “municipal or regional authority”; Sec. 19-508a transferred to Sec. 19-524m in 1972; Sec. 19-524m transferred to Sec. 22a-219 in 1983.
See chapter 103b re municipal resource recovery authorities.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-219a. - Definitions.

For the purposes of sections 22a-219b and 22a-219c:
(1) “Resources recovery facility” means a facility utilizing processes to reclaim energy from solid wastes;
(2) “Long-term” means the useful life of a resources recovery facility or the term of financing of such facility or any other period established by the commissioner by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54;
(3) “Date of commercial operation of a resources recovery facility” means the date such facility routinely and effectively accepts and processes an amount of solid waste that is seventy-five per cent of the design capacity of the facility.
(P.A. 83-477, S. 1; P.A. 88-352, S. 2; P.A. 89-386, S. 6, 24.)
History: P.A. 88-352 deleted definition of “incinerator”, added definition of “date of commercial operation” and made technical changes; P.A. 89-386 made technical changes to the definition of “resources recovery facility”.
Cited. 218 C. 821.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-219c. - Grants to municipalities for resources recovery facilities operating on June 1, 1987.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may make a grant, within available appropriations, for financial assistance to a municipality for each ton of solid waste generated within its boundaries and delivered to a resources recovery facility operating on June 1, 1987. The amount of the grants shall be (1) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1988, twenty-five per cent of the tipping fee not to exceed ten dollars per ton, and (2) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1989, twelve per cent of the tipping fee not to exceed four dollars per ton. Payment shall be made in one lump sum following the end of each fiscal year. The tipping fee shall be reviewed by the commissioner and shall include but not be limited to any costs associated with debt service or operation from the point the solid waste enters the system to the landfill disposal of its residual and nonprocessable components. The provisions of subsections (b) to (e), inclusive, of section 22a-219b shall apply to grants made under this section.
(P.A. 87-451, S. 2, 5; 87-589, S. 45, 87; P.A. 88-352, S. 5; 88-364, S. 36, 123; P.A. 90-312, S. 7, 11; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-589 changed “grants” to “a grant to a municipality”, changed “delivered” to “it delivers” and deleted “or system or to an incinerator”; P.A. 88-352 required payment of grants in one lump sum and made technical changes; P.A. 88-364 made technical changes; P.A. 90-312 changed the commissioner's authority to make grants from mandatory to discretionary and provided that such grants are subject to 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.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-219d. - Municipal Tipping Fee Fund.

There is established a fund to be known as the “Municipal Tipping Fee Fund”. The purpose of the Municipal Tipping Fee Fund shall be to provide for the payment of grants to municipalities pursuant to section 22a-219b or 22a-219c. The fund shall contain any moneys required by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held in trust separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Investment earnings credited to the assets of said fund shall become part of the assets of said fund. Any balance remaining in said fund at the end of any fiscal year shall be carried forward in said fund for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(P.A. 87-558, S. 2, 4; P.A. 88-352, S. 4.)
History: P.A. 88-352 authorized payments for grants pursuant to Sec. 22a-219c.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-219e. - Grants from Municipal Tipping Fee Fund.

Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes or special act to the contrary, (1) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance under section 22a-219b, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 1989, to any municipality which has applied for such grant before July 1, 1990, and is eligible for a grant payable during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1990, (2) such grant shall be paid from the Municipal Tipping Fee Fund established pursuant to section 22a-219d, and (3) moneys in said fund shall not be transferred to the General Fund until such grants are paid.
(P.A. 90-312, S. 10, 11; 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-220b. - Payments to municipalities by operators of solid waste land disposal facilities.

The owner or operator of a solid waste land disposal facility shall pay to the municipality in which such facility is located fifty cents for each ton of solid waste that is received at such facility. Any payment made pursuant to this section shall be in addition to any payment made pursuant to section 22a-282.
(P.A. 85-439; P.A. 88-352, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 88-352 deleted language applying provisions to facilities that accept waste from one or more municipalities and made technical changes.
See Sec. 22a-282 re payments to municipalities by Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority.
Cited. 239 C. 515.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-220d. - Warning. Penalty.

The owner or operator of any resources recovery facility or landfill who fails to notify a municipality about the delivery of loads of solid waste originating from the municipality containing significant quantities of recyclable items, as required by section 22a-220c, shall be subject to a warning by the municipality or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for a first violation and to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. The owner or operator of any resources recovery authority or landfill who fails to conduct an inspection when requested by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, as required by section 22a-220c, shall for a first violation be subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each violation and five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. Any municipality which fails to receive the notification as required, or the Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, may bring an action under this section. All such actions shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in section 52-191. Any such action by the Attorney General shall be brought in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; 90-249, S. 3; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 and P.A. 90-98 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain at Hartford” in public and special acts of 1990 session, effective September 1, 1993); P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; 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-220e. - Municpal glass collection pilot program. Requirements. Report.

Notwithstanding subsection (f) of section 22a-220, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, upon the request of a municipality, shall authorize a two-year pilot program for the collection of glass, by one or more third parties, separate from the curbside recycling collection program, including prohibiting the collection of glass from the curbside recycling collection program in such municipality, provided such pilot program includes one or more locations where glass is collected at no charge to residents, information about such program for residents of such municipality, the collection of any data required by the department for the purpose of measuring program outcomes, and any other requirements as determined by the department. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit a report, in accordance with section 11-4a to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment on such pilot program following such two-year period. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, any recommendations for legislation concerning such pilot program.
(P.A. 18-181, S. 12.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-220f. - Unit-based pricing program for municipal solid waste disposal. Incentive program.

Not later than July 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall develop an incentive program to assist municipalities that wish to adopt a unit-based pricing program for solid waste disposal in such municipality. The commissioner shall identify funding sources to be utilized in providing such incentives to municipalities.
(P.A. 21-58, S. 6.)
History: P.A. 21-58 effective July 1, 2021.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-221a. - Operating committees declared to be public instrumentalities and political subdivisions of the state.

Any operating committee established pursuant to subsection (c) of section 22a-221 shall constitute a public instrumentality and political subdivision of the state of Connecticut established and created for the performance of an essential public and governmental function.
(P.A. 88-352, S. 6, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-221b. - Disposal of solid waste collected from state facilities.

Each department head, as defined in section 4-5, other than the Commissioner of Transportation, shall ensure that any municipal solid waste removed from any state facility or property under his jurisdiction shall be disposed of at the regional transfer station or other site designated by the municipality in which the facility or property is located. Any long-term contract for the disposal of solid waste entered into by any such department head shall include provisions to carry out the purposes of this section provided nothing in this section shall affect or impair any contract which exists on October 1, 1995.
(P.A. 95-324, S. 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-222. - Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance to any resources recovery authority from the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized for such purpose for feasibility studies and development expenses as are determined to be appropriate by said commissioner which are incurred prior to permanent financing of a resource recovery system or an incinerator. Eligible activities shall include, but not be limited to, the costs of the preparation of financial, technical, legal and engineering information for the system or incinerator and analysis of the impact of recycling on such system or incinerator. To be eligible for a grant, the system or incinerator shall be under study or proposed for a study and shall be consistent with the state-wide solid waste management plan.
(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall administer the program established by this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-9, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-478, S. 1, 10; P.A. 94-130, S. 13; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 72.)
History: P.A. 85-478 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize funds for certain development expenses, to add legal expenses to list of eligible activities and to delete provision imposing specified monetary limits on grant amounts and made technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (b) eliminated the requirement that a resources recovery system or facility reimburse the state for any funds provided pursuant to this section when it becomes operational; 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 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing reference to state solid waste management plan with reference to state-wide solid waste management plan, effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-223. - Funds for preliminary feasibility studies of energy recovery systems or incinerators by governmental entities.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, from proceeds of the sale of state bonds allocated by the State Bond Commission to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordance with subdivision (8) of subsection (e) of section 2 of special act 82-46, provide funds 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, for a preliminary feasibility study of an energy recovery system or an incinerator. Any such study shall be prepared in consultation with said commissioner and shall include but not be limited to an investigation of the markets for the system, identification of the waste stream, cost estimates of system construction and the cost per ton of solid waste disposal. The amount of such funds granted for any single study shall not exceed eighty per cent of the total cost of such study and in no event shall the total amount granted for any single study exceed twenty-five thousand dollars.
(P.A. 83-151, S. 1, 2; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 299.)
History: 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; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials, effective January 1, 2015.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-224. - Study and construction of resource recovery systems at certain state mental health hospitals. Contracts for purchase of steam or electricity from systems.

Section 22a-224 is repealed, effective October 1, 2002.
(P.A. 83-424, S. 1, 2; P.A. 84-79, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-257, S. 11, 58; P.A. 02-89, S. 90.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226. - Civil penalty.

(a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation, permit or order adopted or issued under this chapter, or any owner of land who knowingly permits such violations to occur on his land, shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in the case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General, upon request of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty.
(b) If any person violates any provision of this chapter or any regulation, permit or order adopted or issued under this chapter, the commissioner may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to enjoin such person from such violation and to order remedial measures to prevent, control or abate pollution. If two or more persons are responsible for a violation of any provision of this chapter or any regulation, permit or order adopted or issued under this chapter, such persons shall be jointly and severally liable under this subsection.
(c) 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. 85-334, S. 4, 8; P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-270, S. 1; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: P.A. 88-230 replaced “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” with “judicial district of Hartford”, effective September 1, 1991; P.A. 89-270 entirely replaced prior provisions limiting penalties to violations of final orders and applied penalty to violations of the chapter or any regulation, permit or order adopted or order issued thereunder, and added new provisions making landowners who knowingly permitted violations to occur subject to penalty and re actions by attorney general; P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
Cited. 215 C. 82; 227 C. 175.
Cited. 19 CA 216. Section is civil in nature and applicable sanctions serve predominately remedial and compensatory interests. 71 CA 1.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226a. - Penalty.

Any person who knowingly violates any provision of section 22a-252, 22a-208a or 22a-208c, subsection (c) or (d) of section 22a-250, any permit issued under section 22a-208a, any regulation adopted under section 22a-209 or 22a-231, or any order issued pursuant to section 22a-225, shall be fined not more than twenty-five thousand dollars per day for each day of violation or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. A subsequent conviction for any such violation shall be a class D felony, except that such conviction shall carry a fine of not more than fifty thousand dollars per day for each day of violation.
(P.A. 89-270, S. 2; P.A. 90-163, S. 2; 90-312, S. 11; P.A. 91-406, S. 21, 29; P.A. 00-19, S. 2; P.A. 13-258, S. 90.)
History: P.A. 90-163 added reference to Sec. 22a-252; P.A. 90-312 added reference to orders issued pursuant to Sec. 22a-208c; P.A. 91-406 made a technical change; P.A. 00-19 increased terms of imprisonment from one year to two years and from two years to five years, respectively; P.A. 13-258 changed penalty for subsequent conviction by substituting provision re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years and made technical changes.
Cited. 41 CA 779.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226b. - Penalty for violations placing another in imminent danger of death or bodily injury.

Any person who, in the commission of a violation for which a penalty would be imposed under section 22a-226a, knowingly places another person, by commission of such violation, in imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury, shall be fined not more than one hundred thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. A subsequent conviction for any such violation shall be a class D felony, except that such conviction shall carry a fine of not more than two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
(P.A. 89-270, S. 3; P.A. 13-258, S. 91.)
History: P.A. 13-258 substituted provision re class D felony for provision re imprisonment of not more than 5 years and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226c. - Penalty for illegal disposal of biomedical waste.

(a) Any person who disposes of biomedical waste, as defined in section 22a-207, in violation of any provision of this chapter or chapter 446k or any regulation adopted thereunder, shall be assessed a civil penalty not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars, to be fixed by the court, for each offense. Each violation shall be a separate and distinct offense and, in case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be deemed to be a separate and distinct offense. The Attorney General, upon complaint of the commissioner, shall institute a civil action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover such penalty.
(b) The provisions and remedies under this section shall not be considered exclusive and shall be in addition to any other provisions provided for in any section of the general statutes or which are available at common law.
(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-270, S. 6; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6.)
History: (Revisor's note: P.A. 88-230 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in public and special acts of the 1989 session, effective September 1, 1991); P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-226d. - Municipal enforcement of solid waste disposal laws. Penalties.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7-148, any municipality may establish, by ordinance, a fine for a violation of (1) subsection (a) of section 22a-250, (2) an ordinance adopted pursuant to subsection (f) of section 22a-220, (3) subsection (f) of section 22a-220a, or (4) subsection (i) of section 22a-220a, provided the amount of such fine shall be not more than one thousand dollars.
(b) Any police officer or other person authorized by the chief executive officer of the municipality may issue a citation to any person who commits such a violation. Any municipality which adopts an ordinance pursuant to subsection (a) of this section may also adopt a citation hearing procedure pursuant to section 7-152c by which procedure such fine shall be imposed.
(c) Any fine collected by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the general fund of the municipality or in any special fund designated by the municipality.
(P.A. 94-200, S. 1.)