Sec. 22a-208v. Grass clippings prohibited from disposal at resources recovery facilities or solid waste facilities.
Sec. 22a-208v. Grass clippings prohibited from disposal at resources recovery
facilities or solid waste facilities. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, the Commissioner of
Environmental Protection, and on and after October 1, 1997, the Connecticut Resources
Recovery Authority, shall provide for a program of public information to promote the
recycling of grass clippings by composting at the property where the grass clippings
are generated, by allowing the grass clippings to decompose in place or by composting
grass clippings at a municipal or commercial composting facility.
(b) The commissioner shall authorize pilot projects, according to standards or guidelines he deems appropriate, under which municipalities may provide for the composting
of grass clippings. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54, to establish composting of grass clippings at the property where
such clippings were generated as the preferred method of disposal, or at a commercial
composting facility, and to allow municipalities to compost grass clippings.
(c) After October 1, 1998, or six months after the commissioner adopts such regulations, whichever is sooner, no resources recovery facility or solid waste facility permitted
under this chapter, other than a municipal or commercial composting facility, may accept
significant quantities of grass clippings for disposal.
(P.A. 93-423, S. 2; P.A. 95-324, S. 6; P.A. 97-102, S. 1; P.A. 98-99, S. 3.)
History: P.A. 95-324 amended Subsec. (a) to delete a prohibition on disposal of grass clippings at solid waste facilities
after October 1, 1995, and to include disposal at a municipal or commercial composting facility as a disposal option, added
new Subsec. (b) re pilot projects and regulations, and added Subsec. (c) re a prohibition on disposal of grass clippings at
solid waste facilities after October 1, 1997, or within six months of adoption of regulations; P.A. 97-102 amended Subsec.
(a) to require the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority to provide for a program of public information re recycling
of grass clippings and amended Subsec. (c) to extend the date on which grass clippings are prohibited from certain solid
waste facilities; P.A. 98-99 amended Subsec. (c) to prohibit disposal of significant quantities of grass clippings at certain
facilities.