Sec. 22a-133l. Grants to clean up landfills where hazardous waste was disposed of. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-133l. Grants to clean up landfills where hazardous waste was disposed of. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may establish, within available appropriations, a program of grants to municipalities and regional refuse disposal districts for the clean up of landfills where wastes were disposed of and later determined to be hazardous waste as defined in section 22a-115. Any grant made under this section may be used for costs incurred in the following: (1) Investigation and monitoring of soils and groundwater at or near such landfills, (2) removal of hazardous waste for disposal at another location, (3) closure of the landfill and (4) compliance with state or federal hazardous waste regulations.

      (b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to carry out the purposes of this section.

      (P.A. 89-365, S. 3, 9; P.A. 92-162, S. 4, 25.)

      History: P.A. 92-162 amended Subsec. (b) to make regulations under this section discretionary rather than mandatory.