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| 3 | 3 | | LCO No. 5224 1 of 3 |
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| 5 | 5 | | General Assembly Raised Bill No. 7296 |
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| 6 | 6 | | January Session, 2019 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LCO No. 5224 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT |
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| 13 | 13 | | Introduced by: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (ENV) |
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| 19 | 19 | | AN ACT CONCERNING TH E RECYCLING OF GLASS. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General |
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| 21 | 21 | | Assembly convened: |
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| 23 | 23 | | Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Energy 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and Environmental Protection shall develop a plan for the 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | implementation of best practices for the recycling of glass in the state 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | in order to achieve a best-in-the-nation rate of recycling for such glass 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | and the production of a recycled glass waste stream with the highest 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | level of commercial value. Such plan shall be developed not later than 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | October 1, 2020, and provide for implementation of such plan not later 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | than July 1, 2022. Not later than December 1, 2020, the Commissioner 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of Energy and Environmental Protection shall submit 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | recommendations for any requisite legislative proposals for the 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | implementation of such plan to the joint standing committee of the 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | environment. In developing such plan, the department shall review, 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | but not be limited to, the glass collection and recycling systems 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | implemented in the countries of Belgium, Finland, Sweden, Austria 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | and Slovenia. 16 Raised Bill No. 7296 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LCO No. 5224 2 of 3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) On and after July 1, 2022, 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | any beverage container, as defined in section 22a-243 of the general 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | statutes, that is manufactured from glass and sold, offered for sale or 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | distributed in this state shall contain not less than twenty per cent 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | post-consumer glass content. 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | consultation with the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, may 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54 of 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | the general statutes, to implement the provisions of subsection (a) of 25 |
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| 53 | 53 | | this section. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, (1) 26 |
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| 54 | 54 | | requirements for certifications from any manufacturer of such glass 27 |
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| 55 | 55 | | beverage containers concerning compliance with such requirement, (2) 28 |
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| 56 | 56 | | schedules for periodic manufacturer-funded inspections and tests of 29 |
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| 57 | 57 | | such beverage containers sold in the state for purposes of compliance 30 |
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| 58 | 58 | | with such requirement, (3) penalties for failure to comply with the 31 |
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| 59 | 59 | | provisions of this section and the provisions of such regulations, and 32 |
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| 60 | 60 | | (4) incentives and recognition programs, including, but not limited to, 33 |
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| 61 | 61 | | department coordinated Internet and social media-based consumer 34 |
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| 62 | 62 | | awareness campaigns for manufacturers who exceed the post-35 |
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| 63 | 63 | | consumer glass content requirements of subsection (a) of this section. 36 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any 37 |
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| 65 | 65 | | municipality from enacting an ordinance requiring a post-consumer 38 |
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| 66 | 66 | | glass content for such glass beverage containers that is greater than the 39 |
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| 67 | 67 | | requirement established in subsection (a) of this section. 40 |
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| 68 | 68 | | This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following |
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| 69 | 69 | | sections: |
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| 71 | 71 | | Section 1 from passage New section |
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| 72 | 72 | | Sec. 2 from passage New section |
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| 74 | 74 | | Statement of Purpose: |
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| 75 | 75 | | To require the development of a plan that will implement best |
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| 76 | 76 | | practices for the recycling of glass in the state and to require certain |
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| 77 | 77 | | glass beverage containers sold in the state to have a minimum post- Raised Bill No. 7296 |
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| 81 | 81 | | LCO No. 5224 3 of 3 |
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| 82 | 82 | | |
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| 83 | 83 | | consumer glass content in order to help foster a market for recycled |
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| 84 | 84 | | glass. |
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| 85 | 85 | | [Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, |
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| 86 | 86 | | except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is |
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| 87 | 87 | | not underlined.] |
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