Sec. 22a-231. Regulations re operating procedures for resources recovery facilities. - Connecticut Statutes

      Sec. 22a-231. Regulations re operating procedures for resources recovery facilities. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Public Health, shall establish by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, except that notice may be published not later than February 1, 1987, operating procedures for resources recovery facilities. The regulations shall include provisions for (1) testing for the presence of dioxins and furans at the stack of such facilities and in the ambient air surrounding such facilities, (2) testing of residues, (3) a policy to cease and desist operations in the case of emissions in excess of the standards adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 22a-191 and (4) qualifications of operators.

      (P.A. 86-332, S. 3, 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.

      See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.

      See Sec. 22a-190 for definitions of "resources recovery facility" and "dioxins and furans".