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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7293
January Session, 2019
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Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
Introduced by:
(ENV)
AN ACT CONCERNING TH E REDEVELOPMENT OF CER TAIN SOLID
WASTE MANAGEMENT FAC ILITIES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 22a-268g of the general statutes is repealed and 1
the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage): 2
On or before January 1, 2016, the Commissioner of Energy and 3
Environmental Protection, in consultation with the Materials 4
Innovation and Recycling Authority, shall issue a request for proposals 5
from providers of solid waste materials management services, 6
including, but not limited to, recycling, reuse, energy and fuel recovery 7
for the purpose of redeveloping the Connecticut Solid Waste System 8
Project. Such proposals shall not include the provision of waste 9
collection or transportation services. From such proposals, the 10
commissioner may select not more than three respondents who may 11
each conduct a feasibility study with the cooperation of the Materials 12
Innovation and Recycling Authority. Any such feasibility study shall 13
be completed not later than January 1, 2017, and any such respondent 14
shall submit a final proposal to the Commissioner of Energy and 15 Raised Bill No. 7293
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Environmental Protection not later than July 1, 2017. The 16
commissioner shall provide an opportunity for public review and 17
comment on such feasibility study. On or before September 15, 2017, 18
the commissioner shall submit a report on the nature and status of 19
such proposals to the joint standing committees of the General 20
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment 21
and energy and technology and to the joint standing committee on 22
legislative management. The joint standing committees of the General 23
Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment 24
and energy and technology may hold a joint public hearing on such 25
report not later than thirty days after receipt of such report. The 26
commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, shall testify at any such 27
public hearing and receive comments from the members of said 28
committees concerning such proposals. [On or before December 31, 29
2017, the] Notwithstanding any other provision of the general statutes, 30
the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may select 31
one such final proposal and [direct] order, pursuant to section 22a-208, 32
the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority to enter into an 33
agreement with the applicable respondent for the redevelopment of 34
the Connecticut Solid Waste Management System Project. In selecting 35
such final proposal, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental 36
Protection shall consider the following factors: (1) Whether the 37
proposal is consistent with the strategies developed pursuant to 38
section 22a-241a, (2) whether the proposal is consistent with the goals 39
of the state-wide solid waste management plan adopted in accordance 40
with section 22a-228, (3) whether the proposal is in the best interest of 41
the municipalities under contract with the Materials Innovation and 42
Recycling Authority, including, but not limited to, the maintenance or 43
reduction of current tipping fees for contracted waste, (4) the level of 44
investment proposed by the respondent, (5) any potential positive 45
impacts on the state's economic development, (6) public comments 46
received on the feasibility studies, and (7) any other factor consistent 47
with the purpose of this section that the Commissioner of Energy and 48
Environmental Protection deems relevant to the redevelopment of the 49
Connecticut Solid Waste System Project. The selection of a final 50 Raised Bill No. 7293
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proposal by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 51
in consultation with the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority, 52
shall not be construed as a legislative mandate as it relates to the 53
Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority's ability to obligate 54
municipal customers to remain under contract. 55
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage 22a-268g
Statement of Purpose:
To provide that the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental
Protection may issue an order requiring the execution of a contract for
the redevelopment of the Connecticut Solid Waste System Project.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline,
except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is
not underlined.]