Sec. 22a-233a. Costs of testing.

      Sec. 22a-233a. Costs of testing. Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, any cost of testing a resources recovery facility or any other activity eligible for payment from the solid waste account established by section 22a-233 shall be paid from said account and shall not be paid by the owner of the facility, provided such owner shall pay any cost associated with: (1) Continuous meteorological and emissions monitoring of the facility required pursuant to section 22a-193 including the proportionate share, as determined by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection, of the telemetry costs incurred by the Department of Environmental Protection, (2) testing conducted as part of a performance test required as a condition for the approval by the commissioner of any initial permit to operate including, but not limited to, stack testing of dioxin and furan emissions and residue testing, but not including ambient air and ambient environmental monitoring for dioxin, (3) testing conducted as part of a performance test in conjunction with any modification of a facility which requires the approval of the commissioner of a new or amended construction or operating permit and (4) special testing necessary to demonstrate compliance with any permit issued for the facility if the commissioner has reason to believe that the facility does not comply with such permit.

      (P.A. 87-489, S. 10, 14.)

      History: (Revisor's note: In 1997 references to "Solid Waste Fund" were replaced editorially by the Revisors with "solid waste account" to conform section with Sec. 22a-233).