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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 293
February Session, 2024
AN ACT CONCERNING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) The Department of Energy 1
and Environmental Protection shall hire a consultant to conduct a waste 2
characterization and needs assessment. Upon completion of such waste 3
characterization and needs assessment, the department shall submit, in 4
accordance with section 11-4a of the general statutes, a report to the joint 5
standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 6
matters relating to the environment on the results of such 7
characterization and assessment, including, but not limited to, a 8
description of any changes from the most recent previous such 9
characterization. The department shall utilize any funds made available 10
by the General Assembly to fund such assessment, including, but not 11
limited to, any funds from the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 12
117-2, as amended from time to time, made available to such agency for 13
said purpose. 14
Sec. 2. Subsection (b) of section 14-267a of the general statutes is 15
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 16
passage): 17
(b) The axle weight on any axle and the gross weight of any vehicle 18
or combination of vehicle and trailer or vehicle and semitrailer or any 19
other object, including its load, may not exceed the lesser of the 20 Substitute Bill No. 293
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manufacturer's axle weight rating, the manufacturer's gross vehicle 21
weight rating or the following axle and gross weight limits: (1) The 22
weight on any single axle shall not exceed twenty-two thousand four 23
hundred pounds or, in the case of axles spaced less than six feet apart, 24
eighteen thousand pounds on each axle; (2) a two-axle vehicle shall 25
comply with the axle requirements specified in subdivision (1) of this 26
subsection, and shall not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of 27
thirty-six thousand pounds; (3) a three-axle vehicle shall comply with 28
the axle requirements specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection and 29
shall not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of fifty-three 30
thousand eight hundred pounds; (4) a three-axle combination of vehicle 31
and trailer or vehicle and semitrailer shall comply with the axle 32
requirements specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection and shall not 33
exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of fifty-eight thousand four 34
hundred pounds; (5) a four-or-more-axle vehicle or combination of 35
vehicle and trailer or vehicle and semitrailer shall comply with the axle 36
requirements specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection and shall not 37
exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of sixty-seven thousand four 38
hundred pounds; (6) a four-or-more-axle vehicle or combination of 39
vehicle and trailer or vehicle and semitrailer where the distance between 40
the first and last axle is not less than twenty-eight feet shall comply with 41
the axle requirements specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection and 42
shall not exceed a maximum gross vehicle weight of seventy-three 43
thousand pounds; (7) the gross vehicle weight of (A) a bulk milk pickup 44
tanker, [or] (B) a vehicle or combination of vehicle and trailer or vehicle 45
and semitrailer hauling agricultural commodities, or (C) a vehicle or 46
combination of vehicle and trailer or vehicle and semitrailer hauling 47
solid waste, including recyclables, shall not exceed one hundred 48
thousand pounds, provided the weight of the bulk milk pickup tanker 49
or such vehicle or combination is permitted under the federal-aid 50
highway amendments of 1974, 88 Stat. 2281, 23 USC 101 et seq., as 51
amended from time to time; and (8) notwithstanding the provisions of 52
this subsection and subsection (e) of this section, a vehicle or 53
combination of vehicle and semitrailer may be operated on any highway 54
or bridge without a written permit, provided it is in compliance with the 55 Substitute Bill No. 293
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axle requirements specified in subdivision (1) of this subsection, and 56
provided such vehicle or combination is in compliance with the federal-57
aid highway amendments of 1974, 88 Stat. 2281, 23 USC 101 et seq., as 58
amended from time to time, including the gross vehicle weight limit of 59
eighty thousand pounds and the following weight distribution formula: 60
T1
((
LN
)
)
T2 W = 500 ─── + 12N + 36
T3 N-1
Where W = overall gross weight on any group of two or more 61
consecutive axles to the nearest five hundred pounds, L = distance in 62
feet between the extreme of any group of two or more consecutive axles, 63
and N = number of axles in group under consideration, except that two 64
consecutive sets of tandem axles may carry a gross load of sixty-eight 65
thousand pounds, provided the overall distance between the first and 66
last axles of such consecutive sets of tandem axles is thirty-six feet or 67
more. As used in this subsection, "agricultural commodity" means 68
inputs limited to feed, seed and fertilizer and products of agriculture, as 69
described in subsection (q) of section 1-1. 70
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage 14-267a(b)
Statement of Legislative Commissioners:
In Section 2(b)(7)(C), "solid waste including recyclables" was changed to
"solid waste, including recyclables," for clarity.
ENV Joint Favorable Subst. -LCO