(a) Each municipality, or its regional agent, shall, by mail, notify all collectors registered to haul solid waste pursuant to section 22a-220a of the provisions made for the collection, processing and marketing of items which are required to be recycled pursuant to section 22a-241b or municipal ordinance. After the mailing of such notice, any collector who has reason to believe that a person from whom he collects solid waste has discarded recyclable items with such solid waste in violation of said section 22a-241b shall promptly notify the municipal agent designated pursuant to section 22a-220 of the alleged violation. Upon the request of the municipality, a collector shall provide a warning notice, by tag or other means, to any person suspected by the collector or municipality of violating separation requirements. A collector shall also assist the municipality to identify any person responsible for creating loads containing significant quantities of recyclable items mixed with solid waste which are delivered to a resources recovery facility or solid waste facility by the collector and detected by the owner or operator of such facility pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(b) On and after January 1, 1991, the owner or operator of each resources recovery facility or solid waste facility who has reason to believe, upon visual inspection, that a load of solid waste which is delivered to the facility contains significant quantities of grass clippings or significant quantities of any item required to be recycled pursuant to subsection (a) of section 22a-241b shall provide prompt notification of such belief to the driver of the vehicle delivering the load and to the agent of the municipality from which the load originated, designated pursuant to section 22a-220. The owner or operator of each resources recovery facility or solid waste facility shall conduct periodic unannounced inspections of loads delivered to the resources recovery facility or solid waste facility to assist municipalities and the commissioner in accurately assessing compliance with said section 22a-241b and subsection (c) of section 22a-208v. Such owners or operators shall conduct additional inspections upon the request of the commissioner.

(c) Where a collector of solid waste is delinquent in paying its tipping fees for a period of three consecutive months to a resources recovery facility or solid waste facility, the owner or operator of such facility shall notify each municipality in which such collector operates of such delinquency.

(P.A. 90-220, S. 4, 11; P.A. 98-99, S. 4; P.A. 02-116, S. 1.)

History: P.A. 98-99 amended Subsec. (b) to require owners or operators of resources recovery facilities to assess compliance with prohibition on disposal of grass clippings; P.A. 02-116 added Subsec. (c) to require owners or operators of resource recovery or solid waste facilities to notify municipalities if a collector is delinquent in paying its tipping fees.

Cited. 224 C. 627.