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2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-194d. - Restriction on sale of containers of controlled substances.

No person shall sell or offer for sale any container of a controlled substance unless the buyer is licensed under section 14-52 or is a person licensed under section 20-333 to perform work on air conditioning and refrigeration systems or is a person who holds a certification issued by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Section 608 or Section 609 of the federal Clean Air Act, as amended by the Clean Air Act amendments of 1990.
(P.A. 89-227, S. 6; P.A. 91-134; P.A. 94-89, S. 14.)
History: P.A. 91-134 authorized certain owners of commercial or emergency vehicles to purchase containers of controlled substances to recharge air conditioning systems; P.A. 94-89 deleted references to purchase of controlled substances for use in air conditioning and refrigeration systems and added a provision allowing purchase of such substances by persons certified under the federal Clean Air Act.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-194e. - Reuse or recycling of controlled substances used in automobile air conditioning systems.

On and after January 1, 1991, each state agency owning or leasing a motor vehicle and each business entity located in this state owning or leasing ten or more motor vehicles shall have any controlled substances used in the automobile air conditioning systems of such vehicles reused or recycled when such systems are serviced.
(P.A. 89-227, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-194f. - Plan to reduce controlled substances from stationary air contaminant sources.

On or before January 1, 1990, the owner or operator of each stationary air contaminant source emitting more than ten tons of any controlled substance yearly shall submit to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection a plan to reduce by fifty per cent the emissions of controlled substances from such source by January 1, 1994.
(P.A. 89-227, S. 8; 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 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-194g. - Restriction on purchase by state agencies or institutions of products manufactured using controlled substances.

On or after January 1, 1991, no state agency or institution shall purchase any new product packaged in or composed in whole or in part of polystyrene foam if such foam is manufactured using any controlled substances except that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the construction of any building or structure permanently attached to real estate until July 1, 1992.
(P.A. 89-227, S. 4.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-196. - Location of asphalt batching or continuous mix facility.

(a) No asphalt batching or continuous mix facility shall be located in an area which is less than one-third of a mile in linear distance from any hospital, nursing home, school, area of critical environmental concern, watercourse, or area occupied by residential housing. Such distance shall be measured from the outermost perimeter of such facility to the outermost point of such zones provided that any such facility in operation as of December 31, 1997, shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, this section shall not apply to any portable asphalt batching plant that does not require a permit from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to the provisions of any regulations adopted under section 22a-174.
(P.A. 98-216, S. 4, 5; P.A. 06-181, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 98-216, S. 4 effective June 1, 1998; P.A. 06-181 designated existing language as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re exemption for portable asphalt batching plant that does not require a permit, effective June 7, 2006; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (b), effective July 1, 2011.
See Sec. 22a-174 re issuance of permits for asphalt batching or continuous mix facilities.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-197. - Sulfur dioxide emission standards: Definitions.

For purposes of this section, section 22a-198 and subsection (a) of section 16-245l:
(1) “Affected unit” means any emissions unit subject to the provisions of the Post-2002 Nitrogen Oxides Budget Program, as described in the regulations adopted under section 22a-174.
(2) “Average emissions rate” means a determination of the rate of SO
2
emissions, measured in pounds of SO
2
per MMBtu, in any calendar quarter from either a single affected unit or from two or more affected units. Average emissions rate for a single unit is calculated by dividing the total quarterly SO
2
emissions, in pounds, from such unit by the total quarterly heat input, in MMBtu, for such unit. Average emissions rate for two or more units is calculated by dividing the total quarterly SO
2
emissions, in pounds, from all such units by the total quarterly heat input, in MMBtu, for all such units.
(3) “Calendar quarter” means the period of January first to March thirty-first, inclusive, April first to June thirtieth, inclusive, July first to September thirtieth, inclusive, or October first to December thirty-first, inclusive.
(4) “MMBtu” means million BTU of heat input.
(5) “Sulfur dioxide” or “SO
2
” means a gas that at standard conditions has the molecular form SO
2
.
(6) “Sulfur Dioxide Discrete Emission Reduction Credit” or “SO
2
DERC” means the reduction of one ton of sulfur dioxide at a stationary source during the generation period, which the commissioner has certified in writing as real, quantifiable, surplus, permanent and enforceable. Early reduction credits shall qualify as SO
2
DERCs.
(7) “Early reduction credit” means a reduction of SO
2
during calendar years 1999, 2000, 2001 or 2002 below the most stringent SO
2
emission rate applicable to an affected unit.
(8) “Title IV SO
2
allowance” or “SO
2
allowance” means an authorization allocated to a Title IV source by the Administrator, pursuant to Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 USC 7651d et seq. and 40 CFR 72, 73, to emit up to one ton of SO
2
during or after a specified calendar year.
(9) “Title IV source” means an affected unit that is also subject to Phase II of the acid rain control requirements set forth in Title IV of the federal Clean Air Act, 42 USC 7651d et seq.
(P.A. 02-64, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 02-64 effective January 1, 2005.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-200. - Greenhouse gas: Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-200 to 22a-200b, inclusive, 22a-200d and 4a-67h:
(1) “Direct emissions” means emissions from sources that are owned or operated, in whole or in part, by an entity or facility, including, but not limited to, emissions from factory stacks, manufacturing processes and vents, and company owned or leased motor vehicles;
(2) “Entity” means a person, as defined in section 22a-2, that owns or operates, in whole or in part, a source of greenhouse gas emissions from a generator of electricity or a commercial or industrial site, which source may include, but not be limited to, a transportation fleet;
(3) “Facility” means a building, structure or installation located on any one or more contiguous or adjacent properties of an entity;
(4) “Greenhouse gas” means any chemical or physical substance that is emitted into the air and that the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may reasonably anticipate will cause or contribute to climate change, including, but not limited to, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulfur hexafluoride;
(5) “Indirect emissions” means emissions associated with the consumption of purchased electricity, steam and heating or cooling by an entity or facility.
(P.A. 04-252, S. 1; P.A. 05-288, S. 102; P.A. 08-98, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made a technical change in Subdiv. (4), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 08-98 applied definitions to Sec. 22a-200d; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subdiv. (4), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-200b. - Greenhouse gas emissions: Inventory, modeling scenarios, recommendations, schedule. Regulations.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, with the advice and assistance of a nonprofit association organized to provide scientific, technical, analytical and policy support to the air quality and climate programs of northeastern states: (1) Not later than December 1, 2009, publish an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions to establish a baseline for such emissions for the state and publish a summary of greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies on the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Internet web site, (2) not later than July 1, 2010, publish results of various modeling scenarios concerning greenhouse gas emissions, including, but not limited to, an evaluation of the potential economic and environmental benefits and opportunities for economic growth based on such scenarios, (3) not later than July 1, 2011, analyze greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies and, after an opportunity for public comment, make recommendations on which such strategies will achieve the greenhouse gas emission levels specified in section 22a-200a, and (4) not later than July 1, 2012, and every three years thereafter, develop, with an opportunity for public comment, a schedule of recommended regulatory actions by relevant agencies, policies and other actions necessary to show reasonable further progress towards achieving the greenhouse gas emission levels specified in section 22a-200a.
(b) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section. Nothing in section 4a-67h, 22a-200 or 22a-200a or this section shall limit a state agency from adopting any regulation within its authority in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54.
(P.A. 04-252, S. 3; P.A. 05-288, S. 104; P.A. 08-98, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 05-288 made technical changes in Subsec. (e), effective July 13, 2005; P.A. 08-98 replaced former Subsecs. (a) to (f) re greenhouse gas registry with new Subsec. (a) re development of inventory, modeling scenarios, strategies and policies to achieve reduced greenhouse gas emissions and redesignated existing Subsec. (g) as Subsec. (b); 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, in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-200d. - State action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions: Assessment of low-carbon fuel standards, transportation system, cap and trade programs.

In order to achieve the emission reduction requirements established in section 22a-200a, the state shall implement the following:
(1) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection shall monitor the development of low-carbon fuel standards in other states or jurisdictions, evaluate the potential of any such standard to achieve net carbon reductions, and assess whether the analytical framework used to determine the carbon benefit measures the full lifecycle of greenhouse gas emissions, including direct and indirect emissions of greenhouse gas caused by changes in land use or other factors. Such assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the modeling tools developed by the California Air Resources Board and the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The analytical framework used to measure actual lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions for fuel shall include all stages of fuel and feedstock production, delivery and use of the finished fuel to the ultimate consumer, and shall adjust the mass values for all greenhouse gas emissions relative to such emissions' relative global warming potential.
(2) The Department of Transportation shall, within available appropriations, continue to investigate the potential for improvements to the state's transportation system that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and coordinate with the northeastern states on regional strategies to incorporate greenhouse gas emission reductions into regional transportation planning, including, but not limited to, high speed rail, light-rail passenger service and freight rail service within the northeast region.
(3) The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection may work with interested states and Canadian provinces to develop and implement market-based compliance mechanisms to achieve the greenhouse gas levels and limits established by section 22a-200a, including, but not limited to, cap and trade programs.
(P.A. 08-98, S. 5; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Department of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-200e. - Subcommittee of Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change. Report.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2009, the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change shall establish a subcommittee which may be composed of, but not be limited to, members of the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change. Such subcommittee shall (1) assess the impacts of climate change on state and local infrastructure, public health and natural resources and habitats in the state; (2) develop recommendations and plans that, if adopted, would enable state and local government to adapt to such impacts; and (3) provide technical assistance to implement such recommendations and plans.
(b) On or before December 31, 2009, the subcommittee shall report to the Governor's Steering Committee on Climate Change on its assessment of current state and private programs and research concerning the projected impact of climate change in the state on: (1) Infrastructure, including, but not limited to, buildings, roads, railroads, airports, dams, reservoirs, and sewage treatment and water filtration facilities; (2) natural resources and ecological habitats, including, but not limited to, coastal and inland wetlands, forests and rivers; (3) public health; and (4) agriculture. The subcommittee may conduct one or more public hearings regarding such assessment and regarding the recommendations for further assessments of impacts on the resources specified in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of this subsection.
(c) On or before July 1, 2010, the subcommittee shall report to the Governor and the General Assembly, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, containing the results of its assessment in accordance with subsection (b) of this section concerning its recommendations for changes to existing state and municipal programs, laws or regulations to enable municipalities and natural habitats to adapt to harmful climate change impacts and to mitigate such impacts.
(P.A. 08-98, S. 7.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-201 to 22a-201b. - Motor vehicle greenhouse gas emissions; definitions. Greenhouse gas labeling program for new motor vehicles. Public education program.

Sections 22a-201 to 22a-201b, inclusive, are repealed, effective October 1, 2013.
(P.A. 06-161, S. 1, 3, 4; P.A. 07-167, S. 17; P.A. 08-124, S. 19; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-209, S. 20.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-201d. - Zero-emission school buses and alternative fuel school buses. Grant program for the purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses. Provision of administrative and technical assistance regarding use of zero-emission school buses.

(a) As used in this section, (1) “zero-emission school bus” has the same meaning as provided in 42 USC 16091(a)(8), as amended from time to time, (2) “alternative fuel school bus” means a school bus that reduces emissions and is operated entirely or in part using liquefied natural gas, compressed natural gas, hydrogen, propane or biofuels, and (3) “environmental justice community” has the same meaning as provided in subsection (a) of section 22a-20a.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, (1) on and after January 1, 2035, one hundred per cent of the school buses that provide transportation for all school districts in the state shall be zero-emission school buses or alternative fuel school buses, and (2) on and after January 1, 2040, one hundred per cent of the school buses that provide transportation for all school districts in the state shall be zero-emission school buses.
(c) On and after January 1, 2030, one hundred per cent of the school buses that provide transportation for school districts entirely within an environmental justice community as of July 1, 2022, or in an area that encompasses at least one environmental justice community as of July 1, 2022, shall be zero-emission school buses.
(d) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall establish and administer a grant program for the purpose of providing matching funds necessary for municipalities, school districts and school bus operators to submit federal grant applications in order to maximize federal funding for the purchase or lease of zero-emission school buses and electric vehicle charging or fueling infrastructure. Applications for such grants shall be filed with the commissioner at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. The commissioner shall give preference to applications concerning the purchase or lease of a zero-emission school bus that will be operated primarily in an environmental justice community. The commissioner shall determine the amount a municipality, school district or school bus operator shall be required to provide to match such grant.
(e) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall, within available funds and appropriations, provide administrative and technical assistance to municipalities, school districts and school bus operators that are transitioning to the use of zero-emission school buses, applying for federal grants for such buses and installing electric vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure.
(P.A. 22-25, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 22-25 effective July 1, 2022.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control › Section 22a-201e. - Voucher program to support deployment of certain vehicles and school buses equipped with zero-emission technology and installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

On and after January 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioners of Motor Vehicles, Transportation and Education, may establish, within available funding, a voucher program to support the (1) deployment of any vehicle classified within Class 5 to Class 13, inclusive, by the Federal Highway Administration's vehicle category classification system, as amended from time to time, and any school bus classified within Class 3 to Class 8, inclusive, by said classification system, that is equipped with zero-emission technology, including, but not limited to, battery electric and fuel cell systems, and (2) installation of electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Applications for the voucher program shall be filed with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection at such time and in such manner as the commissioner prescribes. In awarding any such voucher, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall consider the amount of funding available and set aside forty per cent of such funding to be used toward maximizing air pollution reductions in environmental justice communities. Vouchers shall not be awarded for vehicle classes where there is no commercially available zero-emission technology.
(P.A. 22-25, S. 14.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-207a. - Definitions applicable to sections 22a-208d and 22a-228(b). Definition applicable to chapter.

(a) As used in section 22a-208d, and subsection (b) of section 22a-228: (1) “Composting” means a process of accelerated biological decomposition of organic material under controlled conditions; and (2) “mixed municipal solid waste” means municipal solid waste that consists of mixtures of solid wastes which have not been separated at the source of generation or processed into discrete, homogeneous waste streams such as glass, paper, plastic, aluminum or tire waste streams provided such wastes shall not include any material required to be recycled pursuant to section 22a-241b.
(b) As used in this chapter, “end user” means any person who uses a material for such material's original use or any manufacturer who uses a material as feedstock to make a marketable product.
(P.A. 91-293, S. 1, 9; P.A. 95-99, S. 3, 5; P.A. 13-285, S. 1; P.A. 17-218, S. 8.)
History: P.A. 95-99 removed a reference to former Sec. 22a-208r, repealed elsewhere in the act, effective July 1, 1995; P.A. 13-285 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a), made a technical change therein and added Subsec. (b) defining “end user”; P.A. 17-218 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to Sec. 22a-208q, deleting definition of “mixed municipal solid waste composting facility”, and making technical changes, effective July 1, 2017.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208aa. - Issuance of permit for solid waste facility located near housing development.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not issue a permit for the construction or operation of a solid waste facility located or proposed to be constructed on a parcel of real property, the boundary of which such parcel is located within one hundred fifty feet of a parcel of property containing a housing development owned by a housing authority, unless the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that the proposed facility does not pose a threat to the environment of the surrounding geographic area or to public safety. The provisions of this section shall not apply to a permit to construct or operate a solid waste facility issued on or before September 30, 2008, or to the renewal of such a permit. For the purposes of this section, “solid waste facility” means any solid waste disposal area, volume reduction plant, transfer station, wood-burning facility or biomedical waste treatment facility, but does include any redemption center; “redemption center” has the same meaning as provided in section 22a-243; and “housing authority” has the same meaning as provided in section 8-39.
(P.A. 08-173, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208b. - Zoning approval of disposal areas. Municipal authority re land usage for solid waste facilities. Limitations.

(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue a permit to construct a facility for the land disposal of solid waste pursuant to section 22a-208a, provided the applicant submits to the commissioner a copy of a valid certificate of zoning approval, special permit, special exception or variance, or other documentation, establishing that the facility complies with the zoning requirements adopted by the municipality in which such facility is located pursuant to chapter 124 or any special act.
(b) Nothing in this chapter or chapter 446e shall be construed to limit the right of a municipality to regulate, through zoning, land usage for an existing or new solid waste facility. No municipal regulation adopted pursuant to section 8-2 shall have the effect of prohibiting the construction, alteration or operation of solid waste facilities within the limits of a municipality.
(P.A. 85-334, S. 6, 8; P.A. 86-403, S. 52, 132; P.A. 87-465, S. 1, 3; P.A. 89-384, S. 4, 15; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 12-2, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 12.)
History: P.A. 86-403 made technical change, substituting reference to Sec. 22a-208a for reference to Sec. 22a-208; P.A. 87-465 limited provisions to solid waste land disposal facilities; P.A. 89-384 required that council approve a negotiated agreement or issue an arbitration award before commissioner issues permit; 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. 12-2 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added Subsec. (b) re authority of municipalities to regulate, through zoning, land usage for solid waste facility and prohibition on municipalities preventing construction, alteration or operation of solid waste facilities, effective March 6, 2012 ; P.A. 14-94 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting former Subdiv. (2) re council approving negotiated agreement or issuing arbitration award in accordance with Sec. 22a-285g and deleting Subdiv. (1) designator, effective June 6, 2014.
Cited. 215 C. 82; 225 C. 731.
Cited. 17 CA 17; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570; 21 CA 85.
Subsec. (b):
Municipal regulations that do not permit the construction or operation of a new transfer station or other type of solid waste facility in the municipality do not conform to the strictures of Subsec. 202 CA 707.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208bb. - Determination of need for ash residue disposal area operated by state quasi-public agencies. Timing. Submission of information.

(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-208d, prior to the physical inspection or evaluation of any parcel of land for use as a disposal area for ash residue generated by a waste-to-energy facility, operated by a state quasi-public agency, such waste-to-energy facility shall obtain a written determination from the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection that such disposal area is necessary to meet the solid waste disposal needs of the state and will not result in substantial excess capacity of disposal areas.
(b) (1) Any waste-to-energy facility that seeks a written determination from the commissioner pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall submit such information as the commissioner deems necessary, including, but not limited to, (A) the name of the resources recovery facilities or municipalities to be served by the disposal area; (B) the transportation system needed to serve the disposal area; and (C) the available capacity of other disposal areas for ash residue or mixed municipal solid waste in the state that have obtained all necessary permits to construct.
(2) In making the determination required under this section, the commissioner shall consider the information submitted pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection and any other information the commissioner deems pertinent.
(P.A. 10-140, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 10-140 effective May 28, 2010; 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-208c. - Restriction on receiving, disposing of, processing or transporting solid waste.

No person shall receive, dispose of, or process solid waste or transport solid waste for disposal or processing at any solid waste facility, volume reduction plant, solid waste disposal area, recycling facility or recycling center, transfer station or biomedical waste facility unless such facility, plant, area, center or station complies with the provisions of section 22a-208a.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 2, 24.)
Cited. 227 C. 175.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208f. - Scrap metal processor exempt from permit requirement.

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 22a-208a, a scrap metal processor, as described in section 14-67w, shall not be required to obtain a permit under section 22a-208a if on or before July 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, such scrap metal processor submits to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, on a form prescribed by the commissioner, the amount of scrap metals generated within the borders of the state and purchased or received by such processor for the prior state fiscal year, including a good faith estimate of the amount received directly from instate construction or demolition sites. Such report shall identify the monthly amounts of scrap metal generated within the state, other recyclable materials generated within the state and recycling residue generated, each of which was sent out by such processor, and indicate the destination facility type for such materials, including an indication of whether such facility is in this state.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 9, 24; P.A. 90-220, S. 9, 11; P.A. 96-180, S. 78, 166; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-285, S. 2.)
History: P.A. 90-220 specified that all reports after the initial report shall be submitted on March 31 and required the dealer to send to each municipality included in the report a copy of information pertaining to such municipality; P.A. 96-180 corrected an internal section reference, effective June 3, 1996; 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. 13-285 changed reporting date from on or before July 1, 1990, and annually on March 31 thereafter to on or before July 31, 2014, and annually thereafter, revised reporting requirement from the amount of scrap metals purchased or received from any municipality, municipal or regional authority, the state or political subdivision of the state listed by town of origin to the amount of scrap metals generated within the borders of the state and purchased or received for the prior state fiscal year, added requirement that report identify monthly amounts of scrap metal and other recyclable materials generated within the state and indicate destination facility type for such materials, and made technical changes.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208g. - Plan for disposal or recycling of ash residue generated by municipal solid waste incinerators or resources recovery facility. Regulations.

The owner or operator of each municipal solid waste incinerator or resources recovery facility shall prepare and submit to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for his approval a plan for the disposal or recycling of ash residue generated at such incinerator or facility for a period of five years from the date of such plan. The owner or operator of the incinerator or facility shall commence implementation of the plan not more than one year after its approval. As used in this section, “implementation” means negotiation for landfill space or landfill acquisition, application for any required permits or negotiation for ash residue recycling. The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish the requirements of any plan required to be submitted under this section.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 10, 24; P.A. 92-162, S. 22, 25; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 92-162 added requirement that regulations be adopted to establish requirements of plans to be submitted under 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 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208h. - Identification of solid waste facilities with capacity to accept municipal solid waste.

Section 22a-208h is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 11, 24; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 82.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208i. - Composting of leaves or leaves with grass clippings. Regulations. Certain recycling facilities exempt from requirement of permit for solid waste facility.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, or chapter 446e or 446k, any facility where the sole business or activity conducted is composting of leaves or composting of leaves with the addition of grass clippings at a ratio of not less than 3.0 leaves to 1.0 grass clippings, shall be exempt from the requirements of sections 22a-208a and 22a-430. The commissioner may adopt regulations in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 concerning facilities for the composting of leaves or leaves with the addition of grass clippings. Such regulations shall, without limitation, provide for the design, operation and monitoring of and reporting from such facilities.
(b) The commissioner may, by regulations adopted in accordance with chapter 54, exempt categories or classes of recycling facilities from the requirements of said section 22a-208a or 22a-430 provided such exemption would not adversely affect the environment and would advance the objectives of the solid waste management plan adopted and revised under sections 22a-228 and 22a-241a and the municipal solid waste recycling plan adopted under section 22a-241. No person or municipality may operate or continue to operate a recycling facility without permits issued under said section 22a-208a or 22a-430 unless such person or municipality first files with the commissioner a written request for exemption under the regulations adopted under this section.
(c) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section exempting facilities composting leaves or composting leaves with the addition of grass clippings and the provisions of subsection (b) of this section exempting recycling facilities from the requirements of section 22a-208a shall not be construed to relieve such facilities from the obligation to comply with any other provision of this chapter or chapter 446e, including, but not limited to, operational requirements and other applicable requirements of regulations adopted under section 22a-209.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 13, 24; P.A. 07-217, S. 112; P.A. 18-181, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 07-217 made technical changes in Subsec. (c), effective July 12, 2007; P.A. 18-181 amended Subsecs. (a) and (c) to add provisions re composting grass clippings with leaves.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208j. - Moratorium on permits for wood-burning facilities.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not issue a permit for a wood-burning facility under the provisions of section 22a-208a or 22a-174 until January 1, 1990. The provisions of this section shall apply to any application pending on July 5, 1989.
(P.A. 89-386, S. 17, 24; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208l. - Wood-burning facility. Types of wood to be burned.

Any wood-burning facility, as defined in subdivision (24) of section 22a-207 which holds a permit pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-208a or sections 22a-174, 22a-430 or 22a-368, shall only burn recycled wood, wood from silvicultural, landscaping, land conversion or land clearing activities, sawmill, tree service, or pulpwood production operations, including raw wood chips, chipped clean pallets, clean saw dust or mill scraps, clean, untreated construction lumber scraps, or chipped land clearing debris such as tree trimmings, chipped whole trees or chipped stumps and tree roots. For purposes of this section, “recycled wood” means any wood or wood fuel which is derived from such products or processes as pallets, skids, spools, packaging materials, bulky wood waste, or scraps from newly built wood products, provided such wood is not treated wood or demolition wood.
(P.A. 90-264, S. 1, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208m. - Regulations.

Section 22a-208m is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(P.A. 90-264, S. 4, 8; P.A. 92-162, S. 7, 25; P.A. 95-99, S. 4, 5.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208n. - Wood-burning facility. Ambient air quality sampling. Air emissions monitoring.

Any wood-burning facility holding a permit pursuant to the provisions of section 22a-174 shall: (1) Conduct ambient air quality sampling prior to the commencement of construction unless the computer modeling for the facility's air permit is based on existing ambient air quality data for the community in which the facility will be located or on the worst ambient air quality data monitored at any single location in this state; and (2) shall conduct continuous air emissions monitoring while in operation.
(P.A. 90-264, S. 5, 8.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208o. - Permits. Use of groundwater and surface waters for cooling tower use.

No permit for a wood-burning facility pursuant to section 22a-430 or 22a-368 shall be granted unless the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection considers alternatives to the use of groundwater and surface waters for cooling tower use, including requiring the facility to utilize dry cooling or processed water from sewage treatment plants.
(P.A. 90-264, S. 6, 8; 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-208p. - Location of wood-burning facility in area classified “GC”. Conditions. Appeal.

(a) No wood-burning facility constructed after June 8, 1990, and utilizing wet cooling may be located in any area other than an area classified “GC” by the Water Quality Standards unless the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection finds that such use of the water is its highest and best use as measured against other existing or potential future competing uses and all of the following conditions are met: (1) The facility has obtained a water diversion permit in accordance with sections 22a-365 to 22a-378, inclusive; (2) the facility has obtained wastewater discharge and stormwater discharge permits in accordance with section 22a-430; (3) no discharge of wastewater to groundwater is permitted; (4) an environmental impact report is filed before the close of the record for consideration in the commissioner's decision under section 22a-373 which (A) considers the effect of the diversion on present and future water uses in the area of the facility, (B) includes a plan for mitigating water supply conflicts caused by the diversion in the area of the plant for a minimum of twenty-five years, and (C) analyzes the alternative solutions to the water cooling requirements including a comparative cost analysis of the proposed water cooled system relative to other measures including dry cooling; (5) the facility derives at least eighty per cent of its cooling water from surface water sources either directly or through induced infiltration to a groundwater well or from processed water from sewage treatment plants; (6) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that the use of alternatives to the proposed water cooled system would clearly pose a greater threat to the environment; and (7) the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection determines that the use of a water cooled system will not affect the availability of potable water to support present and future domestic and industrial needs in the affected area. In determining future water needs, the commissioner shall determine such needs for a period equal to twenty-five years. In making a decision on highest and best use, the commissioner shall consider, among other factors he deems relevant, the designated uses for the classification of water involved as outlined in the state's water quality standards.
(b) The wood-burning facility shall have the burden of proving it has met all of the requirements and conditions set forth in this section. Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to this section may appeal pursuant to section 4-183.
(P.A. 90-264, S. 7, 8; 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-208q. - Composting product. Presegregation. Regulations.

Section 22a-208q is repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
(P.A. 91-293, S. 4, 9; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-99, S. 2, 5; 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 17-218, S. 10.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208s to 22a-208u. - Definitions applicable to sections 22a-208s to 22a-208u, inclusive. Rescission of contract by cooperating developer of wood-burning facility. Payments by electric public service company includable as part of rate base.

Sections 22a-208s to 22a-208u, inclusive, are repealed.
(May Sp. Sess. P.A. 92-13, S. 14–16, 18; P.A. 96-163, S. 9.)
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208v. - Grass clippings prohibited from disposal at resources recovery facilities or solid waste facilities.

(a) On and after October 1, 1995, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and on and after October 1, 1997, the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, shall provide for a program of public information to promote the recycling of grass clippings by composting at the property where the grass clippings are generated, by allowing the grass clippings to decompose in place or by composting grass clippings at a municipal or commercial composting facility.
(b) The commissioner shall authorize pilot projects, according to standards or guidelines he deems appropriate, under which municipalities may provide for the composting of grass clippings. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to establish composting of grass clippings at the property where such clippings were generated as the preferred method of disposal, or at a commercial composting facility, and to allow municipalities to compost grass clippings.
(c) After October 1, 1998, or six months after the commissioner adopts such regulations, whichever is sooner, no resources recovery facility or solid waste facility permitted under this chapter, other than a municipal or commercial composting facility, may accept significant quantities of grass clippings for disposal.
(P.A. 93-423, S. 2; P.A. 95-324, S. 6; P.A. 97-102, S. 1; P.A. 98-99, S. 3; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 14-94, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 95-324 amended Subsec. (a) to delete a prohibition on disposal of grass clippings at solid waste facilities after October 1, 1995, and to include disposal at a municipal or commercial composting facility as a disposal option, added new Subsec. (b) re pilot projects and regulations, and added Subsec. (c) re a prohibition on disposal of grass clippings at solid waste facilities after October 1, 1997, or within six months of adoption of regulations; P.A. 97-102 amended Subsec. (a) to require the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority to provide for a program of public information re recycling of grass clippings and amended Subsec. (c) to extend the date on which grass clippings are prohibited from certain solid waste facilities; P.A. 98-99 amended Subsec. (c) to prohibit disposal of significant quantities of grass clippings at certain facilities; 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; pursuant to P.A. 14-94, “Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority” in Subsec. (a), effective June 6, 2014.
2023 Connecticut General Statutes › Title 22a - Environmental Protection › Chapter 446d - Solid Waste Management › Section 22a-208w. - Information re recycling credit.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall inform municipal governments of any procedures used by said commissioner to provide credit to municipalities for the recycling of grass clippings and for the recycling of spoiled vegetable food collected from retail food stores.
(P.A. 96-80, S. 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”, effective July 1, 2011.