Connecticut SB 317: AN ACT CONCERNING RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES IN THE STATE.

Bill Text

Substitute Senate Bill No. 317 
 
Special Act No. 26-25 
 
 
AN  ACT  CONCERNING  RESOURCE  RECOVERY  FACILITIES  IN 
THE STATE. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representatives  in  General 
Assembly convened: 
 
Section  1.  (Effective  from passage)  The  Commissioner  of  Energy  and 
Environmental  Protection  shall  convene  a  working  group  within  the 
Department  of  Energy  and  Environmental  Protection  to  examine  the 
need  for  and  viability  and  impact  of  suspending,  for  a  period  not  to 
exceed five consecutive fiscal years, the fee described in section 22a-232 
of the general statutes for one or more resource recovery facilities in the 
state.  Such  examination  may  consider  other  means  to  meet  any  such 
identified  need,  including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  availability  of  state 
grant, tax abatement or financing programs. Such working group shall, 
at a minimum, consist of one member from each of the member towns 
of  the  Bristol  Resource  Recovery  Facility  Operating  Committee,  the 
Commissioner   of   Energy   and   Environmental   Protection,   or   the 
commissioner's  designee,  the  Secretary  of  the  Office  of  Policy  and 
Management,   or   the   secretary's   designee,   the   Commissioner   of 
Economic   and   Community   Development,   or   the   commissioner's 
designee,    and    any    other    member    deemed    necessary    by    the 
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Not later than 
January  1,  2027,  the  Commissioner  of  Energy  and  Environmental 
Protection  shall  submit  a  report,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 

Substitute Senate Bill No. 317 
 
Special Act No. 26-25 2 of 2 
 
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of 
the  General  Assembly  having  cognizance  of  matters  relating  to  the 
environment   on   the   nature   and   result   of   such   examination,   the 
identified  need  for  such  a  suspension  for  any  such  resource  recovery 
facility in the state, the availability of other state resources or programs 
to meet any such identified need and any legislative recommendations 
directly related to such examination. 
 
 
 
Governor's Action: 
Approved June 4, 2026