Sec. 22a-461. (Formerly Sec. 25-54oo). Labeling of detergents. Restrictions on sale or use. Certain sewage system additives prohibited. Penalty.
Sec. 22a-461. (Formerly Sec. 25-54oo). Labeling of detergents. Restrictions on
sale or use. Certain sewage system additives prohibited. Penalty. (a) No person,
firm or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic
detergent or detergent, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids,
sprays or any other form, in the state of Connecticut (1) on and after February 1, 1972,
unless the container, wrapper or other packaging thereof shall be clearly labeled with
respect to its polyphosphate builder or phosphorus ingredient content, clearly and legibly
set forth thereon in terms of percentage of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental
phosphorus per container, wrapper or other packaging thereof, as well as grams of phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, per recommended use level and (2) on and
after October 1, 1974, unless such person, firm or corporation files with the Commissioner of Environmental Protection a written statement setting forth the chemical and
common names of all ingredients.
(b) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may require that the recommended household, commercial, personal or industrial use or uses of each product and
that the per cent by weight and function of any ingredient in any product be provided in
a written statement within thirty days of a request for such information. Any information
acquired by the commissioner under this subsection shall, upon written request, be kept
confidential with respect to the product name.
(c) The Commissioner of Environmental Protection may, by order, ban or restrict
the sale or use of any synthetic detergent or detergent in the state or the use of any
synthetic detergent or detergent in any geographical area of the state to protect the waters
of the state.
(d) No person, firm or corporation may use, sell, offer or expose for sale or give or
furnish any sewage system additive which contains any substance or compound on the
toxic pollutant list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency
pursuant to Section 1317 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 1317), as
amended.
(e) The commissioner shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of
chapter 54, to require the registration of sewage system additives.
(f) Any person who violates any provision of this section may be fined not less than
one hundred dollars nor more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, and not
less than three hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars for the second and
each subsequent offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be construed to be committed each day on which such person shall continue or permit any such violation.
(1971, P.A. 248, S. 2; P.A. 73-555, S. 7, 10; P.A. 74-311, S. 3, 6; P.A. 82-117, S. 2; P.A. 95-167, S. 1; P.A. 97-124, S.
7, 16.)
History: P.A. 73-555 added Subdiv. (b) re conditions for sale on and after October 1, 1973; P.A. 74-311 made previous
provisions Subsec. (a), replacing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators, changing applicable date in Subdiv.
(2) to October 1, 1974, requiring that statement contain common names of ingredients and deleting provision allowing
expression of nonactive filler materials as "inert matters" and added Subsecs. (b) to (d) re further requirements and penalty
for violation of provisions; P.A. 82-117 inserted new Subsec. (d) prohibiting to the use or sale of sewage system additives
containing substances or compounds on the federal toxic pollutant list, relettering former Subsec. (d) accordingly; Sec.
25-54oo transferred to Sec. 22a-461 in 1983; P.A. 95-167 amended Subsec. (d) to provide the labeling requirement for
sewage system additives, inserted a new Subsec. (e) requiring regulations re registration of such additives and relettered
former Subsec. (e) as (f); P.A. 97-124 amended Subsec. (d) to eliminate a requirement for labeling of sewage system
additives, effective June 6, 1997.