2019 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 22a - Environmental Protection
Chapter 446c - Air Pollution Control
Section 22a-191a - Mercury emissions testing program. Sewage sludge incinerator stack testing.
(a) On or before February 1, 1994, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the dioxin testing program established under section 22a-191 and within available appropriations, shall prepare a plan to implement a program of testing of resource recovery facilities for the presence of mercury and other metals in the air emissions of such facilities. Such plan shall be submitted to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment. Such testing shall commence July 1, 1994, in accordance with applicable testing protocols established by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and shall be conducted at least once annually thereafter.
(b) On or before January 1, 2002, and annually thereafter, the operator of each sewage sludge incinerator in this state shall conduct a stack test for the presence of mercury, metals and hydrocarbons in the air emissions of each such incinerator. Such test shall be conducted, and the results of such test reviewed and reported to the commissioner, in accordance with any procedures established by the commissioner and on any forms prescribed by the commissioner. After reviewing such report, the commissioner may order additional testing to be conducted or additional control measures to be undertaken at the incinerator if the commissioner determines that such testing or measures are necessary and reasonable for the protection of human health or the environment.
(P.A. 93-366; P.A. 01-204, S. 13, 29; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 73, 131; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 474; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.)
History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 a reference to “Solid Waste Fund” was replaced editorially by the Revisors with “solid waste account” to conform section with Sec. 22a-233); P.A. 01-204 designated existing provisions as Subsec. (a) and added new Subsec. (b) re stack testing of sewage sludge incinerators, effective July 11, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 revised effective date of P.A. 01-204 but without affecting this section; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting provision requiring costs of testing to be paid out of solid waste account; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” in Subsec. (a), effective July 1, 2011.
