2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 445 - Hazardous Waste
Section 22a-134m - *(See end of section for amended version and effective date.) Chemical disposal days.

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall coordinate a program of chemical disposal days for the collection and disposal of hazardous household chemicals in any municipality or group of municipalities, in the area of operation of any regional planning agency organized under the provisions of chapter 127, in the planning region of any regional council of elected officials organized under the provisions of chapter 50, or in the participating towns in any regional council of government organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive. The commissioner shall develop guidelines for such chemical disposal days.

(P.A. 86-298, S. 1, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

*Note: On and after January 1, 2015, this section, as amended by section 296 of public act 13-247, is to read as follows:

“Sec. 22a-134m. Chemical disposal days. The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall coordinate a program of chemical disposal days for the collection and disposal of hazardous household chemicals in any municipality or group of municipalities or in the participating towns in any regional council of governments organized under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive. The commissioner shall develop guidelines for such chemical disposal days.”

(P.A. 86-298, S. 1, 6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-247, S. 296.)

History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-247 deleted references to regional planning agency and regional council of elected officials and changed “government” to “governments”, effective January 1, 2015.