Sec. 22a-222. Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator.
Sec. 22a-222. Grants to resource recovery authorities for feasibility studies
and development expenses for a resource recovery system or incinerator. (a) The
Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall make a grant for financial assistance
to any resources recovery authority from the proceeds of the sale of any bonds authorized
for such purpose for feasibility studies and development expenses as are determined to
be appropriate by said commissioner which are incurred prior to permanent financing
of a resource recovery system or an incinerator. Eligible activities shall include, but not
be limited to, the costs of the preparation of financial, technical, legal and engineering
information for the system or incinerator and analysis of the impact of recycling on such
system or incinerator. To be eligible for a grant, the system or incinerator shall be under
study or proposed for a study and shall be consistent with the state solid waste management plan.
(b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall administer the program
established by this section.
(June Sp. Sess. P.A. 83-9, S. 1, 3; P.A. 85-478, S. 1, 10; P.A. 94-130, S. 13.)
History: P.A. 85-478 amended Subsec. (a) to authorize funds for certain development expenses, to add legal expenses
to list of eligible activities and to delete provision imposing specified monetary limits on grant amounts and made technical
change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 94-130 in Subsec. (b) eliminated the requirement that a resources recovery system or facility
reimburse the state for any funds provided pursuant to this section when it becomes operational.