2013 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446k - Water Pollution Control
Section 22a-460 - (Formerly Sec. 25-54nn). Detergents: Definitions.

As used in sections 22a-460 to 22a-462, inclusive:

(a) “Synthetic detergent” or “detergent” means any cleaning compound which is available for household use, laundry use, other personal uses or industrial use, which is composed of organic and inorganic compounds, including soaps, water softeners, surface active agents, dispersing agents, organic solvents, oil emulsifying agents, soluble oil compounds, foaming agents, buffering agents, builders, fillers, dyes, enzymes and fabric softeners, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays or any other form;

(b) “Polyphosphate builder” or “phosphorus” means a water softening and soil suspending agent made from condensed phosphates, including pyrophosphates, triphosphates, tripolyphosphates, metaphosphates and glassy phosphates, used as a detergent ingredient;

(c) “Recommended use level” means the amount or concentration of synthetic detergent or detergent which the manufacturer thereof recommends for use, at which level such synthetic detergent or detergent will effectively perform its intended function;

(d) “Machine dishwasher” means equipment manufactured for the purpose of cleaning dishes, glassware and other utensils involved in food preparation, consumption or use, using a combination of water agitation and high temperatures;

(e) “Dairy equipment”, “beverage equipment” and “food processing equipment” mean that equipment used in the production of milk and dairy products, foods and beverages, including the processing, preparation or packaging thereof for consumption;

(f) “Industrial cleaning equipment” means machinery and other tools used in cleaning processes during the course of industrial manufacturing, production and assembly;

(g) “Sewage system additive” means any substance or compound sold or offered for sale for the purpose of cleaning, degreasing, unclogging or enhancing the performance of any septic tank, subsurface sewage disposal system, house sewer, sewer service connection, groundwater control system or subsurface drain.

(1971, P.A. 248, S. 1; P.A. 74-311, S. 2, 6; P.A. 79-605, S. 12, 17; P.A. 82-117, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 74-311 included oil emulsifying agents and soluble oil compounds in definition of “synthetic detergent”, deleted exclusion of polyphosphate builders or phosphorus essential for medical, scientific or special engineering use in definition of “polyphosphate builders” and “phosphorus” and made minor wording change in definition of “recommended use level”; P.A. 79-605 included “organic solvents” in definition of “synthetic detergent”; P.A. 82-117 added Subsec. (g) defining “sewage system additive”; Sec. 25-54nn transferred to Sec. 22a-460 in 1983.