Sec. 22a-233. Solid waste account. Annual report.
Sec. 22a-233. Solid waste account. Annual report. (a) There is established and
created an account to be known as the "solid waste account". The solid waste account
shall be an account of the Environmental Quality Fund. Notwithstanding any provision
of the general statutes to the contrary, any revenue collected in accordance with section
22a-232 shall be deposited in the Environmental Quality Fund and credited to the solid
waste account. Any balance remaining in said account at the end of any fiscal year shall
be carried forward in said account for the fiscal year next succeeding.
(b) The account shall be used by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection
to carry out the provisions of this section and sections 22a-193, 22a-208, 22a-237 and
22a-240a, including but not limited to, the following: (1) Pollution prevention, (2) stack
testing for dioxin and furan emissions, (3) preoperational and postoperational testing
for dioxin and furans in the ambient air, soil, surface waters and biota in the area of
existing or proposed resources recovery facilities, (4) residue testing, (5) leachate testing
for dioxins and furans at resources recovery residue disposal sites, (6) inspection and
enforcement, (7) operator and inspector training, and (8) staffing necessary to carry
out such activities. Payments from the account shall be made by the Treasurer upon
authorization of the commissioner.
(c) On or before the second Wednesday after the convening of each regular session
of the General Assembly, the Commissioner of Environmental Protection shall submit
a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of
matters relating to the environment which sets forth, for the year ending the preceding
June thirtieth, the amount of income to and the expenditures from the account and such
other information as may be available to the commissioner concerning the status of the
account for the year covered by the report and for future fiscal years.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 6, 20; P.A. 87-489, S. 3, 14; P.A. 92-235, S. 1, 6; P.A. 94-130, S. 3; P.A. 96-163, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 87-489 amended Subsec. (b) by deleting general reference to monitoring resources recovery facilities
and substituted in lieu thereof specific references to Secs. 22a-193, 22a-237 and 22a-240a and added Subsec. (c) re an
annual report on the fund; P.A. 92-235 amended Subsec. (b) to include expenses of the commissioner related to activities
conducted pursuant to Sec. 22a-208 and all staffing necessary to carry out all of the activities enumerated in this section
in the allowable uses to which the solid waste fund may be put; P.A. 94-130 changed name of fund from "Solid Waste
Fund" to "solid waste account", amending Subsec. (a) to make such account an account of the Environmental Quality
Fund and to eliminate the requirement that such fund be held separate and apart from other moneys, funds and accounts
and that investment earnings be credited to the assets of said fund; P.A. 96-163 amended Subsec. (b) to allow use of the
account for pollution prevention activities.