Sec. 22a-255m. Report. Recommendations by department.
Sec. 22a-255m. Report. Recommendations by department. (a) The commissioner may, in consultation with the other member states of the Toxics in Packaging
Clearing House, review the effectiveness of sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive,
and provide a report based on such review to the Governor and the General Assembly.
The report may describe substitutes which manufacturers and distributors of packages
and packaging components have used in place of lead, mercury, cadmium and hexavalent chromium, and may contain recommendations concerning (1) other toxic substances
contained in packaging that should be added to those regulated under the provisions of
sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m, inclusive, in order to further reduce the toxicity of
packaging waste, and (2) the advisability of retaining the exemption provided in subdivision (2) of section 22a-255j.
(b) For the purpose of gathering information for the review and report described in
subsection (a) of this section, the commissioner may inspect and copy the records of
any person (1) engaged in the manufacture or distribution of packages or packaging
components if such records pertain to the processes by which such packages or packaging components are manufactured, including the nature and amounts of substances utilized, and (2) who produces or supplies materials for the manufacture of packages or
packaging components, if such records pertain to the nature and amount of substances in
such materials or the identities or locations of purchasers or recipients of such materials.
Upon request of the commissioner, any such person shall allow the commissioner to
inspect and copy such records or shall provide copies of such records to the commissioner.
(P.A. 90-215, S. 7; P.A. 06-76, S. 21.)
History: P.A. 06-76 amended Subsec. (a) to replace "department" with "commissioner", to replace "Source Reduction
Council of the Council of Northeastern Governors" with "other member states of the Toxics in Packaging Clearing House"
and to make a technical change.