Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-226g

Current with legislation from the 2024 Regular and Special Sessions.

Section 22a-226g - Specifications for production, quality and use of compost from source-separated organic materials and mixed municipal solid waste. Regulations

The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, The University of Connecticut Extension Service and the Department of Public Health, may adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to provide specifications for the production, quality and use of compost made from source-separated organic materials and mixed municipal solid waste. Such regulations shall contain provisions that:

(1) Promote composting processes,

(2) provide a clean, high-quality, nontoxic and marketable end product,

(3) provide for the protection of land and water resources from contaminants and the prevention of adverse environmental and public health effects resulting from the composting operations or such product application,

(4) provide for maximum allowable levels of toxic contaminants and other contaminants in the composting product,

(5) include testing criteria for such contaminants,

(6) establish not less than two classes of compost made from source-separated organic materials and mixed municipal solid waste, as follows:

(A) Class I compost made only from compostable source-separated organic materials, such as food waste, grass clippings and yard waste, that were separated from municipal solid waste at the source of generation, and

(B) Class II compost made from mixed municipal solid waste that contains compostable organic materials that were not separated at the source of generation,

(7) establish the maximum allowable contaminant levels for Class I compost at a level that will allow unrestricted use of such compost, and

(8) prohibit the use of Class II compost for agricultural or horticultural purposes unless such Class II compost meets the maximum allowable contaminant levels established for Class I compost, as determined by the testing criteria established pursuant to subdivision (5) of this section.

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-226g

Added by P.A. 21-0016,S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2021 Regular Session, eff. 5/26/2021.