Connecticut HB 5521: AN ACT REVISING CERTAIN STATUTES REGARDING VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTION ADMINISTRATION.

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Substitute House Bill No. 5521

Public Act No. 26-129

AN ACT CONCERNING STERILE CULTIVARS, APPLICATION
REQUIREMENTS FOR THE USE OF CERTAIN MATERIALS AS FILL
AND THE REVISION OF CERTAIN HOUSING-RELATED STATUTES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:

Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) On or before January 15, 2027,
the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station shall submit a report,
in accordance with the provisions of 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 safety of the
use and planting, import, transport, sale and purchase of sterile
cultivars and the distribution of Japanese barberry in this state. In
undertaking the considerations required by this section, the Connecticut
Agricultural Experiment Station shall provide for a public comment
period. Such report may include, but shall not be limited to, any
recommendations concerning such cultivars and Japanese barberry,
including any legislative recommendations.
Sec. 2. Subsection (c) of section 22a-209f of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from
passage):
(c) (1) For purposes of this subsection: (A) "Beneficially reclaimed

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materials" means any of the following materials that may contain de
minimis amounts of solid waste that is present incidentally in such
materials, including any mixture of the following materials:
(i) Soil or dewatered sediment that does not exceed the criteria
established by regulations adopted pursuant to section 22a-133k,
including, but not limited to, criteria for any additional polluting
substances for which criteria are not specified in such regulations;
(ii) Asphalt, brick, concrete or ceramic material, provided such
material is virtually inert and poses no threat to pollute any
groundwater or surface waters;
(iii) Casting sand;
(iv) Crushed recycled glass; or
(v) Street sweepings or catch basin clean-out materials.
"Beneficially reclaimed materials" does not include materials that
contain any asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls, persistent
bioaccumulative toxins, hazardous waste or, unless approved by the
commissioner in writing, pyrrhotite-containing concrete;
(B) "Soil" means unconsolidated geologic material overlying bedrock;
(C) "Dewatered sediment" means unconsolidated material occurring
in a surface water body, with water removed;
(D) "Casting sand" means waste sand from the casting of metals,
provided such sand is not hazardous waste;
(E) "Crushed recycled glass" has the same meaning as provided in
section 22a-208z;
(F) "Hazardous waste" has the same meaning as provided in section

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22a-448;
(G) "Persistent bioaccumulative toxins" means long-lived chemicals
that accumulate in the tissues of humans and that are toxic; and
(H) "Aquifer protection area" has the same meaning as provided in
section 22a-354h.
(2) (A) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection
may establish a pilot program for the beneficial use of beneficially
reclaimed materials. The primary purpose of such program shall be to
allow beneficially reclaimed materials to be used as fill when there is an
engineering need for fill materials and to facilitate the reclamation or
redevelopment of environmentally impaired or underutilized land.
(B) To implement the pilot program established pursuant to this
subsection, the commissioner may issue no more than four
authorizations, provided: (i) Such authorization does not allow an
activity for which an individual or general permit has been issued; (ii)
such authorization is not inconsistent with the requirements of the
federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 USC 6901 et seq.;
(iii) such authorization is for single locations only and provides for not
less than one hundred thousand cubic yards of beneficially reclaimed
materials to be used as fill at such location; [(iv) that prior to the
submission of an application for authorization in accordance with this
subsection, each municipality in which beneficially reclaimed materials
will be used as fill has issued all the necessary approvals specified in
subdivision (4) of this subsection;] and [(v)] (iv) the commissioner finds
that the beneficial use of beneficially reclaimed materials does not harm
or present a threat to human health, safety or the environment.
(3) The commissioner may establish guidelines protective of public
health, safety and the environment for such authorizations and for a
letter of credit provided in accordance with this subsection and shall

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give public notice on the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection's Internet web site of such guidelines, or any subsequent
revision of such guidelines, with an op