Connecticut · statute · Conn. Gen. Stat. ch. 446d · 181 active provisions
For the purposes of this chapter and chapter 103b: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his authorized agent; (2) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (3) “Solid waste” means unwanted or discarded solid, liquid, semisolid or contained g…
(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 bee…
Section 22a-207b is repealed, effective October 1, 2006.
(a) The commissioner shall administer and enforce the planning and implementation requirements of this chapter. He shall examine all existing or proposed solid waste facilities and provide for their proper planning, design, construction, operation, monitoring, closure and postclosure maintenance in a manner which ensur…
(a) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may issue, deny, modify, renew, suspend, revoke or transfer a permit, under such conditions as he may prescribe and upon submission of such information as he may require, for the construction, alteration and operation of solid waste facilities, in accordance w…
(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…
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…
(a) On and after July 1, 1989, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall not issue a permit under section 22a-208a to construct or expand a resources recovery facility where any mixed municipal solid waste will be processed or a disposal area for ash residue generated by resources recovery facilitie…
(a) The owner or operator of each resources recovery facility and each solid waste disposal area shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection quarterly with respect to the calendar quarter beginning on October 1, 1989, and each calendar quarter thereafter, on or before the last day o…
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 Protecti…
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 fro…
Section 22a-208h is repealed, effective June 6, 2014.
(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…
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.
Any demolition debris disposed of at a wood-burning facility shall be limited to demolition debris generated in the state.
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 servic…
Section 22a-208m is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
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 facil…
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 wat…
(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 agai…
Section 22a-208q is repealed, effective July 1, 2017.
Section 22a-208r is repealed, effective July 1, 1995.
(a) On and after October 1, 1995, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, and on and after October 1, 1997, the MIRA Dissolution 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…
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.
(a) As used in this section and section 22a-208y, (1) “construction and demolition waste” means waste building materials and packaging resulting from construction, remodeling, repair and demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings and other structures, excluding asbestos, clean fill, as defined in regulations…