Sec. 22a-191. Air quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions.
Sec. 22a-191. Air quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions. (a) The
Commissioner of Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Commissioner of
Public Health, shall by regulations adopted in accordance with the provisions of chapter
54, except that notice may be published not later than February 1, 1987, establish an air
quality standard for dioxin and furan emissions from resources recovery facilities at the
stack and in the ambient air surrounding such facilities. The standard shall be consistent
with this chapter and chapters 298, 446d and 446k, as amended, and with the federal
Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 USC Section 300f et seq., including amendments thereto
and regulations thereunder.
(b) On and after the effective date of standards adopted in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, no person shall operate a resources recovery facility in violation
of such standards.
(P.A. 86-332, S. 2, 20; P.A. 93-381, S. 9, 39; P.A. 95-257, S. 12, 21, 58.)
History: P.A. 93-381 replaced commissioner of health services with commissioner of public health and addiction
services, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 95-257 replaced Commissioner and Department of Public Health and Addiction
Services with Commissioner and Department of Public Health, effective July 1, 1995.