Sec. 22a-191. Air quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-191. Air quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions. (a) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, except that notice may be published not later than February 1, 1987, establish an air quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions from resources recovery facilities at the stack and in the ambient air surrounding such facilities. The standard shall be consistent with this chapter and chapters 298, 446d and 446k, as amended, and with the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC Section 300f et seq., including amendments thereto and regulations thereunder.

      (b) On and after the effective date of standards adopted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, no person shall operate a resources recovery facility in violation of such standards.

      (P.A. 86-332, S. 2, 20; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)

      History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.