2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act
Section 22a-285b - Application for permit for ash residue disposal area.

(a) Not more than ten days after filing an application for a permit required under section 22a-208a for an ash residue disposal area authorized under section 22a-285a, the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority shall provide notice of the application by certified mail, return receipt requested, to (1) the chief elected official and the chairman of the zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of any municipality in which such disposal area is to be located and (2) the chief elected official and the chairman of the zoning commission, planning commission or combined planning and zoning commission of any municipality within one thousand feet of the perimeter of the proposed site.

(b) Not more than one year after an application is filed with the commissioner under section 22a-208a for an ash residue disposal area authorized under section 22a-285a, the commissioner shall issue such permit or a written decision denying such permit. If the council has not approved an agreement or issued an arbitration award under the provisions of section 22a-285g, such period may be extended for thirty days after the arbitration award.

(c) Subject to any covenants existing on January 1, 1989, concerning any debt of the authority issued to finance a landfill, each ash residue disposal area established under this section shall be authorized to accept for disposal ash residue from any resources recovery facility in the state that is temporarily without an ash residue disposal area because of an order issued by the commissioner under section 22a-208.

(P.A. 89-384, S. 3, 15; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1, S. 51, 121.)

History: June Sp. Sess. P.A. 98-1 made a technical change in Subsec. (b), effective June 24, 1998.