Sec. 22a-208x. Disposal options for certain types of bulky waste. (a) As used
in this section and section 22a-208y, (1) "construction and demolition waste" means
waste building materials and packaging resulting from construction, remodeling, repair
and demolition operations on houses, commercial buildings and other structures, excluding asbestos, clean fill, as defined in regulations adopted under section 22a-209, or solid
waste containing greater than de minimis quantities, as determined by the Commissioner
of Environmental Protection, of (A) radioactive material regulated pursuant to section
22a-148, (B) hazardous waste as defined in section 22a-115, and (C) liquid and semiliquid materials, including, but not limited to, adhesives, paints, coatings, sealants, preservatives, strippers, cleaning agents, oils and tars; and (2) "processed construction and
demolition wood" means the wood portion of construction and demolition waste which
has been sorted to remove plastics, plaster, gypsum wallboard, asbestos, asphalt shingles, regulated wood fuel as defined in section 22a-209a and wood which contains
creosote or to which pesticides have been applied or which contains substances defined
as hazardous waste under section 22a-115.
(b) Construction and demolition waste which does not constitute processed construction and demolition wood may be disposed of at (1) any solid waste disposal area
for which a permit has been issued for the disposal of bulky waste or (2) a municipal
solid waste landfill. Processed construction and demolition wood may be disposed of
at a resources recovery facility in accordance with section 22a-208y or at a permitted
municipal solid waste landfill or any solid waste disposal area for which a permit has
been issued for the disposal of bulky waste.
(c) Construction or demolition wood generated at a residence, other than wood that
has been pressure-treated or that otherwise contains arsenic, furniture, mattresses and
rugs or any such waste which has been crushed, chopped, shredded or otherwise processed shall be considered municipal solid waste and may be disposed of at any solid
waste disposal area for which a solid waste permit has been issued for the disposal of
bulky waste, or at a resources recovery facility or municipal solid waste landfill.
(P.A. 96-103, S. 1; P.A. 00-29, S. 1, 2.)
History: (Revisor's note: In Subsec. (c) the Revisors editorially added an "or" before "at a resources ..." in the phrase
"... for the disposal of bulky waste, or at a resources recovery ..."); P.A. 00-29 amended Subsec. (c) by adding provision
re construction or demolition wood generated at a residence that is not pressure-treated or arsenic-containing and specifying
that enumerated waste material shall be considered municipal solid waste, effective May 1, 2000.
Sec. 22a-208y. Resources recovery facility plan for disposal of special waste
and processed construction and demolition waste. The person holding the permit
for a resources recovery facility may submit to the Commissioner of Environmental
Protection a plan for the acceptance and disposal of special waste or processed construction and demolition wood at such facility. For purposes of this section, "special waste"
shall have the meaning provided in regulations adopted by said commissioner under this
chapter. Such plan shall identify special waste or processed construction and demolition
wood which can be subject to uniform procedures for screening, testing, acceptance,
recordkeeping, handling and disposal and shall include the rate at which such waste
shall be processed. The commissioner shall review any plan submitted according to this
section and shall approve or deny such plan. If accepted, compliance with such plan
may constitute the special waste authorization from said commissioner which would
otherwise be required for waste which meets the criteria of the plan.
(P.A. 96-103, S. 2.)
Sec. 22a-208z. Use of crushed recycled glass as cover material. (a) As used in
this section, "crushed recycled glass" means glass food or beverage containers and less
than five per cent, by volume, of other solid waste materials, including plastic, metal
and paper that (1) have been combined by processing source-separated recyclable solid
waste at an intermediate processing facility; (2) cannot be marketed as a cullet for remelt;
(3) have components that measure not greater than three-eighths of an inch in diameter;
and (4) are virtually inert and pose neither a pollution threat to ground or surface waters
nor a fire hazard.
(b) An owner or operator of a solid waste facility, as defined in section 22a-207,
may use crushed recycled glass as cover material, as defined in the regulations adopted
pursuant to section 22a-209.
(c) A person may use crushed recycled glass as fill material, including, but not
limited to, aggregate for asphalt or concrete or any other subgrade construction application in which such glass would serve as a substitute for sand or stone aggregate, provided
such glass would not constitute greater than ten per cent, by volume, of clean fill, as
defined in the regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-209.
(P.A. 02-11, S. 1; P.A. 03-65, S. 1; P.A. 04-109, S. 7.)
History: P.A. 03-65 added Subsec. (a) defining "crushed recycled glass", designated existing provisions as Subsec. (b)
and added Subsec. (c) re use of crushed recycled glass as fill material, effective June 3, 2003; P.A. 04-109 made technical
changes in Subsecs. (a) and (c), effective May 21, 2004.
Sec. 22a-209. (Formerly Sec. 19-524c). Regulations. The commissioner shall
promulgate regulations governing solid waste management, and permits, as provided
for in section 22a-208a, shall be conditioned upon conformance with such regulations
as well as applicable laws.
(1971, P.A. 845, S. 3; P.A. 86-403, S. 53, 132.)
History: Sec. 19-524c transferred to Sec. 22a-209 in 1983; P.A. 86-403 made technical change, substituting reference
to Sec. 22a-208a for reference to Sec. 22a-208.
See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
Annotation to former section 19-524c:
Cited. 168 C. 278.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 218 C. 580, 597; Id., 821, 829.
Cited. 17 CA 17, 18, 25; judgment reversed, see 212 C. 570 et seq.
Sec. 22a-209a. Certain processed wood and wood fuel excluded from regulation as solid waste. (a) As used in this section:
(1) "Recycled wood" means any wood or wood fuel which is derived from such
products or processes as pallets, skids, spools, packaging materials, bulky wood waste
or scraps from newly built wood products, provided such wood is not treated wood;
(2) "Treated wood" means wood which contains an adhesive, paint, stain, fire retardant, pesticide or preservative;
(3) "Processed wood" means recycled wood or treated wood or any combination
thereof which has been processed at a volume reduction facility permitted under this
chapter;
(4) "Regulated wood fuel" means processed wood from construction and demolition activities which has been sorted to remove plastics, plaster, gypsum wallboard,
asbestos, asphalt shingles and wood which contains creosote or to which pesticides have
been applied or which contains substances defined as hazardous under section 22a-115;
(5) "Combustible" means the heat-producing constituents of a fuel;
(6) "Combustion" means the rapid chemical combination of oxygen with the combustible element of a fuel resulting in the production of heat;
(7) "Fuel" means a substance containing combustibles used for producing heat,
light, power or energy;
(8) "Regulated wood fuel merchant" means any person who offers for sale or sells,
transfers, or provides in retail or wholesale trade, regulated wood fuel, including agents,
brokers, wholesalers, distributors or producers who sell regulated fuel;
(9) "Regulated wood fuel user" means a resources recovery facility, as defined in
section 22a-207, that stores or utilizes regulated wood fuel for the purpose of creating
by combustion heat, light, power or energy and combusts in excess of one hundred
million BTUs per hour.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, processed wood is not a solid
waste provided: (1) Such wood is received for use at a resource recovery facility as a
regulated wood fuel; (2) such wood is used for land application in accordance with
standards for such use adopted by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection in
accordance with chapter 54; or (3) such wood is used for building products or other uses
in accordance with any applicable state or federal standards.
(c) No person other than a regulated wood fuel user shall use or burn regulated
wood fuel. No regulated wood fuel user shall use or burn (1) regulated wood fuel which
contains nonwood material, other than dirt or metal fasteners, unless such material comprises less than one per cent, by dry weight, of such regulated wood fuel or (2) any such
fuel which contains more than fifteen one-hundredths of one per cent, by dry weight,
total chlorine. Any sampling or analysis to determine the percentage of total chlorine
or the amount of nonwood material shall be provided for by the regulated wood fuel
merchant and shall be certified by such merchant as having met any standards or methodologies for such sampling or analysis approved or required by the commissioner. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this section, any person who exclusively burns
wood, other than regulated wood fuel, as a fuel shall comply with the regulations adopted
under section 22a-174 for stationary sources of air pollution.
(d) No regulated wood fuel merchant shall store, offer for sale, sell, make available,
deliver for use or exchange in trade for use in this state (1) regulated wood fuel which
contains nonwood material, other than dirt or metal fasteners, unless such material comprises less than one per cent, by dry weight, of such regulated wood fuel or (2) any such
fuel which contains more than fifteen one-hundredths of one per cent, by dry weight,
total chlorine.
(e) Any person who sells regulated wood fuel for use in this state or who uses such
fuel in this state shall maintain records of all sales or use of such fuel which contains
nonwood materials and such records shall be made available for inspection by the commissioner, or his designee, during regular business hours. Such records shall be maintained for at least three years.
(f) Nothing in this section shall prohibit resources recovery facilities from accepting, processing and combusting wood that is not hazardous waste or is not otherwise
prohibited by law.
(P.A. 94-142, S. 1, 2; P.A. 95-128.)
History: P.A. 94-142 effective May 20, 1994; P.A. 95-128 amended Subsec. (a) to add definitions of "regulated wood
fuel" and related terms, added a new Subsec. (c) re use of regulated wood fuel, added a new Subsec. (d) re regulated wood
fuel merchants, added a new Subsec. (e) re maintenance of records and added a new Subsec. (f) re use of certain wood by
resources recovery facilities.
Sec. 22a-209b. Biomedical waste. Definitions. As used in this section and section
22a-209c:
(1) "Biomedical waste treatment" means to render biomedical waste noninfectious
by decontamination, autoclaving, incineration or by other techniques approved by the
commissioner;
(2) "Human blood and blood products" means items containing free-flowing liquid
waste blood, serum, plasma and other blood products or containers filled with such
discarded fluids, except that blood in a glass vial shall be considered a sharp provided
intravenous bags which did not contain blood or blood products shall not be considered
a blood product;
(3) "Free-flowing liquid blood" means blood that is not contained by the disposable
item or is visibly dripping;
(4) "Body fluid" means blood or any substance which contains visible blood, semen,
vaginal secretions, cerebrospinal fluid, synovial fluid, pleural fluid, peritoneal fluid and
pericardial fluid;
(5) "Infectious body fluids" means only waste cerebrospinal, pleural and peritoneal
fluids. Dialysates shall not be considered blood or body fluids;
(6) "Chemotherapy waste" means waste that has come in contact with an antineoplastic agent during the preparation, handling or administration of such an agent. A
container which is or has been used to contain such an agent shall be deemed chemotherapy waste even if such container is empty;
(7) "Decontaminate" means to substantially reduce or eliminate, by disinfection or
other means, any biological hazard that is or may be associated with biomedical waste;
(8) "Hypodermic needle and syringe" means needles, syringes and any other types
of intravascular device including, but not limited to, in-dwelling catheters and introducers;
(9) "Infectious agent" means any organism, such as a virus or bacterium, that is
capable of being communicated by invasion and multiplication in body tissue and capable of causing disease or adverse health impacts in humans;
(10) "Infectious waste" means types of waste listed in subparagraphs (A) to (G),
inclusive, of this subdivision which are capable of causing infectious diseases because
there is reason to believe that such waste has been contaminated by an organism that is
known or suspected to be pathogenic to humans and such organism may be present in
sufficient virulence to transmit disease. The following shall be considered infectious
waste:
(A) Cultures and stocks of agents infectious to humans and associated biologicals
including cultures from medical, clinical, hospital, public health, research and industrial
laboratories; wastes from the production of biologicals; discarded live and attenuated
vaccines; and culture dishes and devices used to transfer, inoculate, or mix cultures;
(B) Human blood, blood products and infectious body fluids;
(C) Sharps;
(D) Research animal waste which includes contaminated animal carcasses, animal
body parts and bedding or animals that were intentionally exposed to infectious agents
during research or special laboratory testing, including research in veterinary hospital,
production of biologicals, or testing of pharmaceuticals;
(E) Isolation wastes;
(F) Any material collected during or resulting from the cleanup of a spill of infectious or chemotherapy waste; or
(G) Any waste which is mixed with infectious waste and which is neither a hazardous waste, as defined in section 22a-115, nor a radioactive material subject to section
22a-118;
(11) "Isolation waste" means biological waste and discarded material contaminated
with body fluids from (A) humans who are isolated to protect others from a highly
communicable disease, or (B) animals which are isolated because they are known to be
infected with a highly communicable disease. A highly communicable disease is one
listed in biosafety level 4 of the Centers for Disease Control/National Institutes of Health
Guidelines entitled "Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories" and
dated May, 1988. These agents include fifteen arboviruses, arenaviruses and filoviruses:
Junin, Marburg, Congo-Crimean, hemorrhagic fever, Lassa, Macherpo, Ebola, Guanarito and the tick-borne encephalitis virus complex Absettarov, Hanzalova, Hypr, Kumlinge, Kyasanur Forest disease, Omsk hemorrhagic fever, and Russian spring-summer
encephalitis;
(12) "Pathological waste" means any human tissue, organ or body part, except teeth
and the contiguous structures of bone and gum, removed during surgery, autopsy or
other medical procedure. Pathological waste does not include formaldehyde or other
preservative agent, or a human corpse or part thereof regulated pursuant to section 7-64 or chapter 368i, 368j or 368k;
(13) "Sharps" mean discarded sharps that have been used in animal or human patient
care or treatment or in medical, research or industrial laboratories, including hypodermic
needles; syringes, with or without attached needle; scalpel blades; glass blood vials;
suture needles; needles with attached tubing; glass culture dishes and pasteur pipettes,
provided such glassware is known to have been in contact with an infectious agent;
anaesthetic carpules used in dental offices; and unused, discarded hypodermic needles,
suture needles, syringes and scalpel blades; and
(14) "Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Environmental Protection.
(P.A. 94-182, S. 2, 4.)
History: P.A. 94-182 effective July 1, 1994; (Revisor's note: In 1997 various misspellings of virus types listed in Subdiv.
(11) were corrected editorially by the Revisors).