Sec. 22a-454. (Formerly Sec. 25-54hh). Permit for collection, storage or treatment, containment, removal or disposal of certain substances, materials or wastes: Suspension or revocation. Prohibition o
Sec. 22a-454. (Formerly Sec. 25-54hh). Permit for collection, storage or treatment, containment, removal or disposal of certain substances, materials or wastes:
Suspension or revocation. Prohibition of disposal of certain hazardous wastes in
a land disposal facility. Status changes. (a) No person shall engage in the business of
collecting, storing or treating waste oil or petroleum or chemical liquids or hazardous
wastes or of acting as a contractor to contain or remove or otherwise mitigate the effects
of discharge, spillage, uncontrolled loss, seepage or filtration of such substance or material or waste nor shall any person, municipality or regional authority dispose of waste oil
or petroleum or chemical liquids or waste solid, liquid or gaseous products or hazardous
wastes without a permit from the commissioner. Such permit shall be in writing, shall
contain such terms and conditions as the commissioner deems necessary and shall be
valid for a fixed term not to exceed five years. No permit shall be granted, renewed or
transferred unless the commissioner is satisfied that the activities of the permittee will
not result in pollution, contamination, emergency or a violation of any regulation
adopted under sections 22a-30, 22a-39, 22a-116, 22a-347, 22a-377, 22a-430, 22a-449,
22a-451 and 22a-462. The commissioner shall require payment of a fee of five hundred
dollars per year for each year covered by a permit to transport hazardous waste and the
payment of a fee of fourteen thousand dollars for a permit to treat waste oil or petroleum
or chemical liquids. The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the
provisions of chapter 54, to prescribe the amount of the fees required pursuant to this
section. Upon the adoption of such regulations, the fees required by this section shall
be as prescribed in such regulations. The commissioner may suspend or revoke a permit
for violation of any term or condition of the permit, for conviction of a violation of
section 22a-131a or for assessment of a fine under section 22a-131. The commissioner
may conduct a program of study and research and demonstration, relating to new and
improved methods of waste oil and petroleum or chemical liquids or waste solid, liquid
or gaseous products or hazardous wastes disposal. For the purposes of this section,
collecting, storing, or treating of waste oil, petroleum or chemical liquids or hazardous
waste shall mean such activities when engaged in by a person whose principal business
is the management of such wastes.
(b) No person may dispose of any hazardous waste in a hazardous waste land disposal facility except the following: (1) Metal hydroxide sludge generated from the treatment of electroplating or metal finishing operation waste waters or any other metal
hydroxide sludge approved by the commissioner; (2) hazardous waste sludge or residue
resulting from an operation determined by the commissioner to be a recycling operation
and which has received the required approvals from the commissioner and the Connecticut Siting Council, provided the commissioner determines that such residue cannot
reasonably be incinerated or otherwise managed; and (3) hazardous waste spills, fly
ash, residue from waste-to-energy facilities or municipal wastewater treatment sludge
that has been determined to be hazardous waste but approved for such disposal by the
commissioner. As used in this subsection, "hazardous waste" has the same meaning as
in section 22a-115 and "hazardous waste land disposal facility" means a facility or part
of a facility where hazardous waste is applied onto, placed within or beneath the soil
surface and remains after closure of the facility. The prohibition established by this
subsection shall not continue after July 1, 1991, unless renewed by the General Assembly. Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection, any restrictions on the land disposal of hazardous waste imposed by the commissioner pursuant to this subsection shall
be as stringent as those imposed under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act of 1976 (42 USC 6901 et seq.), as amended.
(c) No person shall engage in the business of the transfer of hazardous waste from
one vehicle to another or from one mode of transportation to another without a permit
from the commissioner issued under subsection (a) of this section.
(d) The commissioner shall require the payment of the following fees for permits
under this section: (1) Forty-five thousand dollars to operate a hazardous waste landfill
or incinerator; (2) twenty-one thousand dollars to store or treat hazardous waste; (3) ten
thousand five hundred dollars to engage in the transfer of hazardous waste as described
in subsection (c) of this section if the hazardous waste is transferred from its original
container to another container; and (4) three thousand seven hundred fifty dollars to
engage in the transfer of hazardous waste as described in subsection (c) of this section
if the hazardous waste remains in the original container. The commissioner shall also
charge a fee of one hundred dollars for each hazardous waste treatment, disposal or
storage facility which submits an application for a status change to a generator. The
commissioner shall charge a fee of fifty dollars for each hazardous waste large quantity
generator which submits an application for status change to a small generator.
(e) (1) The commissioner may issue a general permit for a category of activities
which require a permit under subsection (a) of this section or license under subsection
(b) of section 22a-449, except for an activity for which an individual permit has already
been obtained provided the issuance of the general permit is not inconsistent with the
requirements of the federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Any person or
municipality conducting an activity for which a general permit has been issued shall
not be required to obtain an individual permit under subsection (a) of this section, except
as provided in subdivision (3) of this subsection. The general permit may regulate a
category of activities which: (A) Involve the same or substantially similar types of
operations; (B) involve the collection, storage, treatment or disposal of the same types
of substances; (C) require the same operating conditions or standards, and (D) require
the same or similar monitoring, and which in the opinion of the commissioner are more
appropriately controlled under a general permit than under an individual permit. The
general permit may require any person or municipality proposing to conduct any activity
under the general permit to register such activity with the commissioner before it is
covered by the general permit. Registration shall be on a form prescribed by the commissioner.
(2) Notwithstanding any provisions of this section, or any regulations adopted thereunder, or of chapter 54, the following procedures shall apply to the issuance, renewal,
modification, revocation or suspension of a general permit: (A) A general permit shall
be issued for a term specified by the permit and shall clearly define the activity covered
thereby and may include such conditions and requirements as the commissioner deems
appropriate, including but not limited to operation and maintenance requirements, management practices, and reporting requirements; (B) the commissioner shall publish notice of intent to issue a general permit in a newspaper having a substantial circulation
in the affected area; (C) there shall be a comment period of thirty days following publication of such notice during which interested persons may submit written comments to
the commissioner; (D) the commissioner shall publish notice of the issuance or decision
not to issue a general permit in a newspaper having substantial circulation in the affected
area. The commissioner may revoke, suspend or modify a general permit in accordance
with the notice and comment procedures for issuance of a general permit specified in
this subsection. Any person may request that the commissioner issue, modify, suspend
or revoke a general permit in accordance with this subsection; and (E) summary suspension may be ordered in accordance with subsection (c) of section 4-182.
(3) Subsequent to the issuance of a general permit, the commissioner may require
any person or municipality whose activity is or may be covered by the general permit
to apply for and obtain an individual permit pursuant to subsection (a) of this section if
he determines that an individual permit would better protect the land, air and waters of
the state from pollution. The commissioner may require an individual permit under this
subdivision in cases including, but not limited to the following: (A) When the owner
or operator is not in compliance with the conditions of the general permit; (B) when a
change has occurred in the availability of demonstrated technology or practices for the
control or abatement of pollution applicable to the activity; (C) when circumstances
have changed since the time of the issuance of the general permit so that the activity is
no longer appropriately controlled under the general permit, or either a temporary or
permanent reduction or elimination of the authorized activity is necessary; or (D) when
a relevant change has occurred in the applicability of the federal Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act. In making the determination to require an individual permit, the
commissioner may consider the location, character, and size of the activity, and any
other relevant factors. The commissioner may require an individual permit under this
subdivision only if the affected person or municipality covered by the general permit
has been notified in writing that a permit application is required. This notice shall include
a brief statement of the reasons for this decision, an application form, a statement setting
a time for the person or municipality to file the application, and a statement that on the
effective date of the individual permit the general permit as it applies to the individual
permittee shall automatically terminate. The commissioner may grant an extension of
time upon the request of the applicant. If the affected person or municipality does not
submit a complete application for an individual permit within the time frame set forth
in the commissioner's notice or as extended by the commissioner in writing, then the
general permit as it applies to the affected person or municipality shall automatically
terminate. The applicant shall use his best efforts to obtain the individual permit. Any
interested person or municipality may petition the commissioner to take action under
this subdivision.
(4) The commissioner may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54 to carry out the purposes of this subsection.
(1969, P.A. 765, S. 7; 1971, P.A. 872, S. 107; 1972, P.A. 237, S. 1; P.A. 73-265, S. 1, 2; P.A. 79-605, S. 8, 17; P.A.
82-151, S. 2; P.A. 84-115; 84-535, S. 1; P.A. 85-342, S. 1; 85-568, S. 1; P.A. 86-219, S. 1, 3; P.A. 87-150; 87-226, S. 1,
2; 87-531, S. 5; P.A. 90-231, S. 6, 28; P.A. 91-251, S. 2, 4; 91-313, S. 2, 5; 91-369, S. 18, 36; P.A. 94-205, S. 5; P.A. 96-145, S. 4; 96-163, S. 7; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 136.)
History: 1971 act replaced references to water resources commission with references to environmental protection
commissioner; 1972 act prohibited "acting as a contractor to contain or remove spills of such material" without permit
and added other references to containment and removal and contracting for such services; P.A. 73-265 reworded provision
re charge for permit to allow charge of less than $5, substituting "not to exceed" $5 for "of" $5, deleted provision re
commissioner's duty to consult with and advise persons in the business of disposal of pollutants as to best methods of
doing so and made program of study and research optional rather than mandatory, substituting "may" for "shall"; P.A.
79-605 clarified provisions, adding references to hazardous wastes, "solid, liquid or gaseous" products, etc., required
municipalities and regional authorities to obtain permits and deleted provision re fee for permit; P.A. 82-151 amended
section to require permits for the storage and treatment of waste oil, made permit valid for maximum of five years rather
than one year, authorized suspension or revocation of a permit upon violation of a term or condition and specified meaning
of collecting, storing or treating of applicable substances for purposes of section; Sec. 25-54hh transferred to Sec. 22a-454 in 1983; P.A. 84-115 added Subsec. (b) prohibiting the disposal of certain hazardous wastes in land disposal facilities;
P.A. 84-535 amended Subsec. (a) by adding provisions authorizing the commissioner of environmental protection to
consider an applicant's compliance history when granting or renewing certain hazardous waste permits and expanded the
class of persons requiring a permit to include persons who manage waste oil, petroleum or chemical liquids or hazardous
waste during the course of their business and amended Subsec. (b) by adding a provision terminating the ban on the disposal
of hazardous waste in a land disposal facility as of July 1, 1986; P.A. 85-342 added Subsec. (a)(2) re denial of a permit
for a criminal conviction of violating environmental law; P.A. 85-568 amended Subsec. (b)(2) by deleting provision that
sludge be from residue derived from an "in-state" operation; P.A. 86-219 amended Subsec. (b) by extending the ban on
the disposal of hazardous waste in a landfill from July 1, 1986, to July 1, 1987; P.A. 87-150 amended Subsec. (a) by
requiring persons whose principal business is the management of hazardous waste to obtain a permit rather than all persons
who manage hazardous waste; P.A. 87-226 amended Subsec. (b) by adding proviso to Subdiv. (2) that the commissioner
determines that the residue cannot be incinerated and adding to Subdiv. (3) residue from waste-to-energy facilities, by adding
provisions regarding the stringency of restrictions on the land disposal of hazardous waste imposed by the commissioner and
by extending prohibition of the disposal of metal hydroxide sludge from July 1, 1987 to July 1, 1991; P.A. 87-531 applied
provisions to transfer of permits; P.A. 90-231 amended Subsec. (a) to require the payment of fees for permits issued
pursuant to said Subsec. and provided that on and after July 1, 1993, the fees shall be prescribed by regulations and added
Subsec. (c) re the payment of fees with certain applications; P.A. 91-251 added Subsec. (d), relettered as (e) because of
subsequent amendment, concerning general permits for certain categories of activities; P.A. 91-313 inserted new Subsec.
(c) concerning transfer of hazardous waste and changed subsequent Subsec. designator accordingly; P.A. 91-369 amended
section to specify in Subsec. (a) the amount required for a fee to transport hazardous waste, to move the fees for operating
a hazardous waste landfill and for storing or treating hazardous waste from Subsec. (a) to Subsec. (c) and to restate
commissioner's authority to adopt regulations setting the fees required by this section; P.A. 94-205 amended Subsec. (a)
to delete provisions re review of permit applicant's compliance history; P.A. 96-145 amended Subsec. (e) to authorize a
general permit for certain activities associated with oil terminals; P.A. 96-163 amended Subsec. (d) to delete a provision
re setting of fees by regulation and provided fees for a permit to transfer hazardous waste; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6
amended Subsec. (d) to increase permit fee for operation of a hazardous waste landfill or incinerator from $30,000 to
$45,000, increase permit fee for storage or treatment of hazardous waste from $14,000 to $21,000, increase permit fee for
transfers of hazardous waste to a different container from $7,000 to $10,500, increase permit fee for transfers of hazardous
waste in the original container from $2,500 to $3,750, increase application fee for a status change from a treatment, disposal
or storage facility to a generator from $50 to $100, and increase application fee for a status change from a large to a small
quantity generator from $25 to $50, and to delete provisions re amount of fees prescribed by regulation, effective August
20, 2003.
See Sec. 22a-6m re review of permit applicant's compliance history.
See Sec. 22a-6z re regulations implementing the Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976.
See Sec. 22a-27i re exemption of municipality for one year.
Cited. 192 C. 591. Cited. 202 C. 300.
Subsec. (a):
Processing of spent etchant, irrespective of whether it is solid waste, is subject to regulation under section. 257 C. 128.
Because department has discretion to deny a transshipment permit, applicant cannot possess a protected property interest
in such permit. 89 CA 745.