Title 22a — Title 22a: Environmental Protection

Sec. 22a-255h. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive: (1) “Package” means any container, produced either domestically or in a foreign country, used for the marketing, protecting or handling of a product and includes a unit package, an intermediate packa…

Sec. 22a-255i. Sale of packaging components or packaging composed of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium of PFAS. (a) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes in this state…

Sec. 22a-255j. Exempt packages and packaging components. All packages and packaging components shall be subject to sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, except the following: (1) A package or packaging component which was manufactured prior to October 1, 1990, and displays a …

Sec. 22a-255k. Certificates of compliance. (a) Upon request, a certificate of compliance stating that a package or packaging component is in compliance with the requirements of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, shall be furnished by its manufacturer or distributor to the …

Sec. 22a-255l. Penalties. Referral to Attorney General. (a) Any person who violates any provision of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, including making a false statement in a certificate of compliance prepared pursuant to section 22a-255k, shall pay a civil penalty not to…

Sec. 22a-255m. Report. Recommendations by department. (a) The commissioner may, in consultation with the other member states of the Toxics in Packaging Clearing House, review the effectiveness of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, and provide a report based on such review …

Sec. 22a-256. “Consumer product” defined. As used in sections 22a-256a and 22a-256b, “consumer product” means any product which is used or bought for use primarily for personal, family or household purposes. (P.A. 89-385, S. 12; P.A. 90-248, S. 5.) History: P.A. 90-248 revised li…

Sec. 22a-256a. Recycling of nickel-cadmium batteries contained in consumer products. On and after July 1, 1993, each municipality shall recycle nickel-cadmium batteries contained in consumer products and disposed of in municipal solid waste within three months of the establishmen…

Sec. 22a-256aa. Directory publishers: Failure to achieve percentages. Penalty. If the percentages specified in section 22a-256z are not achieved by directory publishers as a group on the dates specified, in any year, as shown by reports submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and…

Sec. 22a-256b. Sale of nickel-cadmium batteries contained in consumer products. Exemption. (a) On and after July 1, 1993, no person shall sell or offer for sale in this state any consumer product which contains a nickel-cadmium battery unless (1) the battery can be easily removed…

Sec. 22a-256bb. Annual reports. Exemption. (a) On or before March 1, 1996, and annually thereafter, each directory publisher shall submit a report to the commissioner. The report shall indicate the percentage of recycled fiber used in the preceding calendar year, along with any i…

Sec. 22a-256c. Recycling of mercuric oxide batteries. Notice by retailers. Disposal. Program for the collection of mercuric oxide batteries at senior citizen centers. (a) As used in this section: (1) “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale of mercuric oxide batteries to…

Sec. 22a-256cc. Deposit of revenue into General Fund. Any revenue collected under the provisions of section 22a-256aa shall be deposited in the General Fund. (P.A. 90-281, S. 5; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 415.) History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 references to “municipal solid wa…

Sec. 22a-256d. Sale of alkaline manganese batteries. No person may sell or offer for sale an alkaline manganese battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1992, containing mercury in a concentration in excess of twenty-five one-thousandths of one per cent by weight of such batte…

Sec. 22a-256dd. Inclusion of expenses when determining rates. If the revenues generated by a directory publisher are included by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in determining the rates which may be charged by a telephone company defined in section 16-1 for telephone se…

Sec. 22a-256e. Sale of zinc-carbon batteries. No person may sell or offer for sale a zinc-carbon battery manufactured on or after January 1, 1993, containing mercury in a concentration in excess of one part per million by weight of such battery. (P.A. 91-377, S. 4, 6; 91-407, S. …

Sec. 22a-256ee. Directory publishers: Recycling goals. Any directory publisher who publishes a directory which does not meet the recycled content standard provided for in section 22a-256z shall file a plan with the commissioner not later than ninety days after such publication wh…

Sec. 22a-256f. Definitions. For purposes of sections 22a-256f to 22a-256i, inclusive: (1) “Battery” means a lead acid battery or a motor vehicle battery; (2) “Retailer” means a person who engages in the sale of batteries to a consumer; (3) “Wholesaler” means a person who engages …

Sec. 22a-256g. Batteries. Disposal. Penalties. (a) No person may place a used battery in mixed municipal solid waste or discard or otherwise dispose of such a used battery except by delivery to (1) a retailer or wholesaler, (2) a recycling facility as defined in section 22a-207, …

Sec. 22a-256h. Deposit for batteries. Refunds. Disposal by retailer. Written notice. Penalty. (a) Each person who purchases a battery shall return a used battery to the retailer or pay a deposit of five dollars for each new battery purchased. Any person paying a deposit pursuant …

Sec. 22a-256i. Acceptance of batteries by wholesalers. Inspections. Warnings and citations. A wholesaler shall not refuse to accept at the point of transfer, in a quantity at least equal to the number of new batteries purchased, used batteries from retailers or consumers. Any who…

Sec. 22a-256j. Tire tax. Section 22a-256j is repealed, effective July 1, 1997. (P.A. 93-74, S. 47, 67; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 94-4, S. 82, 85; P.A. 95-160, S. 64, 69; 95-359, S. 13, 19.)

Secs. 22a-256k and 22a-256l. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-256m. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-256m to 22a-256u, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. (2) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. (3) “Newsprint” means that class or kin…

Sec. 22a-256n. Publishers: Use of newsprint with recycled content. Schedule. On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in newsprint used by all publishers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending December 31, 1992, eleven per…

Sec. 22a-256o. Publishers: Failure to achieve percentages. Penalty. If the percentages specified in section 22a-256n are not achieved by publishers as a group on the dates specified, as shown by reports submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accor…

Sec. 22a-256p. Printers: Use of newsprint with recycled content. Schedule. On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in newsprint used by all printers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending December 31, 1992, eleven per cen…

Sec. 22a-256q. Printers: Failure to achieve percentages. Penalty. If the percentages specified in section 22a-256p are not achieved by printers as a group on the dates specified, as shown by reports submitted to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection in accordanc…

Sec. 22a-256r. Annual reports. Exemption. (a) On or before March 1, 1993, and annually thereafter, each newsprint user shall submit a report to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. The report shall indicate the percentage of recycled fiber used in the precedin…

Sec. 22a-256s. Report by commissioner. Section 22a-256s is repealed, effective October 1, 2002. (P.A. 90-224, S. 7; S.A. 02-12, S. 1.)

Sec. 22a-256t. Deposit of revenue into General Fund. Any revenue collected under the provisions of sections 22a-256o and 22a-256q shall be deposited in the General Fund. (P.A. 90-224, S. 8; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 414.) History: (Revisor's note: In 1995 references to “munici…

Sec. 22a-256u. Regulations. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement the provisions of sections 22a-256m to 22a-256t, inclusive. (P.A. 90-224, S. 9.)

Sec. 22a-256v. Alternative standards for recycled newsprint. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall adopt alternative standards for the specifications provided in sections 22a-256n and 22a-256p if he determines, upon receipt of documentation from the Northe…

Secs. 22a-256w and 22a-256x. Reserved for future use.

Sec. 22a-256y. Definitions. As used in sections 22a-256y to 22a-256ee, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection; (2) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection; (3) “Directory publisher” means a pers…

Sec. 22a-256z. Directory publishers: Use of directory stock with recycled fiber. Schedule. On a state-wide basis, the percentage of recycled fiber contained in directory stock used by all directory publishers shall be in accordance with the following schedule: For the year ending…