Sec. 31-39a. Operation of hydraulic loading and unloading equipment at resources recovery facilities.
Sec. 31-39a. Operation of hydraulic loading and unloading equipment at resources recovery facilities. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
each owner or operator of a resources recovery facility, as defined in section 22a-207,
that (1) serves more than four municipalities, and (2) employs a floor level feed system
to load solid waste into a combustion unit, but does not use overhead cranes to load
municipal solid waste into the waste feed hoppers, shall have, during such times as
solid waste is being moved with hydraulic loading or unloading equipment, at least two
employees of the facility familiar with the operation of such equipment present in the
work area in which such equipment is being operated.
(b) No resources recovery facility shall be required to comply with the provisions
of subsection (a) of this section if such facility has (1) a properly working camera trained
on and with an unobscured view of the feed hopper area, or (2) a device that stops the
feeder from operating whenever a person enters onto the feed hopper.
(P.A. 07-136, S. 1.)