2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446e - Solid Waste Management Services Act
Section 22a-285j - Petition alleging violation. Written report by commissioner.

The chief elected official of the municipality in which an ash residue disposal area established under section 22a-285a is located may submit a petition to the commissioner alleging a violation of sections 22a-208a to 22a-219, inclusive. The commissioner shall investigate the alleged violations and within fourteen days of receipt of the petition provide the chief elected official of such municipality with a written report of his investigation and any action taken or proposed to be taken. Any municipality that has submitted a petition to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection pursuant to this section or any landowner whose property abuts or is located within one thousand feet of the ash residue disposal area may bring an action to the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to require the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority to comply with the provisions of sections 22a-208a to 22a-219, inclusive, concerning the use or operation of such area.

(P.A. 88-230, S. 1, 12; P.A. 89-384, S. 13, 15; P.A. 90-98, S. 1, 2; P.A. 93-142, S. 4, 7, 8; P.A. 95-220, S. 4–6; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)

History: (Revisor’s note: P.A. 88-230 authorized substitution of “judicial district of Hartford” for “judicial district of Hartford-New Britain” in the public and special acts of the 1989 session, effective September 1, 1991); P.A. 90-98 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1991, to September 1, 1993; P.A. 93-142 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1993, to September 1, 1996, effective June 14, 1993; P.A. 95-220 changed the effective date of P.A. 88-230 from September 1, 1996, to September 1, 1998, effective July 1, 1995; 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.