Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 420d · 17 active provisions
For the purposes of this section and sections 21a-336 to 21a-349, inclusive, unless specifically otherwise provided: (a) “Agency” means the Department of Consumer Protection; (b) “Administrator” means the Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his legally authorized representative or agent; (c) “Person” includes an ind…
(a) Whenever in the judgment of the administrator such action will promote the objectives of sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, by avoiding or resolving uncertainty as to application, the administrator may, by regulation, declare to be a hazardous substance, for the purposes of said sections, any substance or mixt…
(a) The following acts and the causing thereof are prohibited: (1) The introduction or delivery for introduction into commerce of any misbranded hazardous substance or banned hazardous substance; (2) the manufacturing, distributing, selling at wholesale or retail, contracting to sell or resell, lease, sublet or otherwi…
(a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of section 21a-337 shall be guilty of a class B misdemeanor but an offense committed with intent to defraud or mislead, or a second or subsequent offense, shall be an unclassified misdemeanor for which the penalty shall be imprisonment for not more than one year, or a f…
In addition to the remedies hereinafter provided, the administrator is authorized to apply to the Superior Court for, and said court shall have jurisdiction upon hearing and for cause shown, to grant a temporary or permanent injunction restraining any person from violating any provision of section 21a-337, irrespective…
(a) Whenever a duly authorized agent of the administrator finds or has probable cause to believe that any hazardous household substance is misbranded, or is a banned hazardous substance, within the meaning of sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, such agent, within available appropriations, shall affix to such articl…
Section 21a-341 is repealed.
The administrator may promulgate such regulations as are required for the efficient enforcement of sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, and shall cause such regulations to conform, insofar as is practicable, with the regulations established pursuant to the federal Hazardous Substances Act.
(a) For the purposes of enforcement of sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, officers or employees duly designated by the administrator, upon presenting appropriate credentials to the owner, operator or agent in charge, are authorized (1) to enter, at reasonable times, any factory, warehouse or establishment in which…
For the purpose of enforcing the provisions of sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, carriers engaged in commerce and persons receiving hazardous substances in commerce or holding such hazardous substances so received shall, upon the request of an officer or employee duly designated by the administrator, permit such…
(a) The administrator may cause to be published from time to time reports summarizing any judgments, decrees or court orders which have been rendered under sections 21a-335 to 21a-346, inclusive, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (b) The administrator may also cause to be disseminated info…
(a) Any article or substance sold by its manufacturer, distributor or dealer which is a banned hazardous substance, whether or not it was such at the time of its sale, shall, in accordance with regulations of the administrator, be repurchased as follows: (1) The manufacturer of any such article or substance shall repur…
(a) Not later than October 1, 2008, the administrator, as defined in section 21a-335, shall develop, within available appropriations, a certificate of disposition for retailers and wholesalers prohibited from selling or otherwise placing any children's product subject to a recall or voluntary corrective action into the…
In addition to the list compiled pursuant to section 21a-336, the administrator, in consultation with the Commissioners of Public Health and Environmental Protection, shall compile, within available appropriations, and from time to time amend, a list of other toxic substances that potentially should not exist in childr…
(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the administrator, as defined in section 21a-335, may adopt, within available appropriations, regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to require certain consumer products determined by the administrator that bear lead-containing paint or that have lea…
In addition to the criminal penalties and remedies set forth in this chapter, the administrator may, after notice and hearing pursuant to chapter 54, levy a civil penalty of not more than one hundred dollars for a violation of any of the provisions of this chapter, except for section 21a-340. Each such violation of thi…
(a) No person shall introduce or deliver for introduction into commerce any child restraint system which does not conform to the requirements in 49 CFR Part 571.213. (b) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection may (1) detain or embargo any child restraint system which does not conform to the requirements of 49 CFR Part…