Sec. 22a-134o. Contract with hazardous waste transporter or company.
Sec. 22a-134o. Contract with hazardous waste transporter or company. (a)
Any municipality, any group of municipalities, any regional planning agency organized
under the provisions of chapter 127, any regional council of elected officials organized
under the provisions of chapter 50, or any regional council of government organized
under the provisions of sections 4-124i to 4-124p, inclusive, sponsoring a chemical
disposal day shall enter into a contract with a hazardous waste transporter or waste
collection company licensed under section 22a-454 to dispose of the hazardous waste
collected during a chemical disposal day. Such contract shall (1) make the transporter
or company, upon receipt of hazardous waste, liable for any violation of a federal or
state statute concerning the generation, transportation or disposal of hazardous waste,
(2) identify the transporter or company as the generator of hazardous waste collected
and (3) make the transporter or company responsible for providing material and equipment for handling, labeling, loading and transporting hazardous waste.
(b) Any transporter or company may participate in a chemical disposal day program
provided such transporter or company has (1) a number issued by the United States
Environmental Protection Agency identifying such transporter or company as the generator for the day and (2) at least one trained employee or agent is at the site on the chemical
disposal day to identify, accept, place in containers, load and remove any waste collected.
(P.A. 86-298, S. 3, 6.)