Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

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5		-	General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 5017
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	6	+	General Assembly Committee Bill No. 5017
6	7		January Session, 2025
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	11	+	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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	14	+	Introduced by:
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN THE TIRE STEWARDSHIP
13	20		PROGRAM BY TIRE RETAILERS.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17	24		Section 1. Subsections (b) and (c) of section 22a-905i of the general 1
18	25		statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 2
19	26		(Effective from passage): 3
20	27		(b) On or before January 1, 2025, each producer, or such producer's 4
21	28		designee, shall join a tire stewardship organization and such 5
22	29		organization shall submit a plan, for the Commissioner of Energy and 6
23	30		Environmental Protection's approval, to establish a state-wide tire 7
24	31		stewardship program, as described in this subsection. [Any retailer may 8
25	32		participate in any such tire stewardship organization.] On or before 9
26	33		January 1, 2026, each retailer shall participate in a tire stewardship 10
27	34		organization. Such tire stewardship program shall, to the extent it is 11
28	35		technologically feasible and economically practical: (1) Establish and 12
29	36		manage a state-wide collection system utilizing covered entities; (2) 13
30	37		provide access to the collection system to the public, free of charge, for 14
31	38		the drop-off of discarded tires; (3) ensure discarded tires are picked up 15
32	39		from the collection system and transported for recycling; (4) ensure all 16
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33	45		discarded tires collected in the collection system are resold or recycled; 17
34	46		(5) provide suitable storage containers for tires, as required, throughout 18
35		-	the collection system; (6) implement public promotion and education 19 Substitute Bill No. 5017
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	47	+	the collection system; (6) implement public promotion and education 19
40	48		about the program; (7) assist in market development, as needed, to 20
41	49		achieve performance goals; (8) finance all program activities solely 21
42	50		through producer funding; and (9) ensure that all collectors and 22
43	51		processors are qualified to perform their respective functions pursuant 23
44	52		to such program and are in substantial compliance with the laws and 24
45	53		regulations of any state in which such collector or processor operates, 25
46	54		including, but not limited to, any financial assurance and closure plan 26
47	55		requirements. 27
48	56		(c) Any plan submitted pursuant to subsection (b) of this section shall: 28
49		-	(1) Identify each producer participating in the program and, on and after 29
50		-	January 1, 2026, identify each retailer participating in the program, in 30
51		-	accordance with subsection (g) of this section; (2) describe how the 31
52		-	program will be financed; (3) establish performance goals for the first 32
53		-	two years of the program; (4) describe the industry transition timeline 33
54		-	that is required to achieve such performance goals and how the plan 34
55		-	will, to the greatest extent economically feasible, utilize existing service 35
56		-	providers and infrastructure in the state; (5) identify proposed facilities 36
57		-	to be used by the program in the collection system and discarded tire 37
58		-	transportation and recycling activities; (6) detail how the program 38
59		-	follows the solid waste hierarchy, as defined in the state-wide solid 39
60		-	waste management plan established pursuant to section 22a-228, and 40
61		-	will promote the recycling of discarded tires to higher value products 41
62		-	and sustainability; and (7) include a description of the public education 42
63		-	program that will be used to promote consumer knowledge of such 43
64		-	program. 44
65		-	Sec. 2. Subsection (l) of section 22a-905i of the general statutes is 45
66		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 46
67		-	passage): 47
68		-	(l) Any producer, retailer and tire stewardship organization shall be 48
69		-	immune from liability for any claim of a violation of antitrust law or 49
70		-	unfair trade practice, if such conduct is a violation of antitrust law, to 50
71		-	the extent such producer or tire stewardship organization is exercising 51
72		-	authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. 52 Substitute Bill No. 5017
	57	+	(1) Identify each producer participating in the program and on and after 29
	58	+	January 1, 2026, identify each retailer participating in the program; (2) 30
	59	+	describe how the program will be financed; (3) establish performance 31
	60	+	goals for the first two years of the program; (4) describe the industry 32
	61	+	transition timeline that is required to achieve such performance goals 33
	62	+	and how the plan will, to the greatest extent economically feasible, 34
	63	+	utilize existing service providers and infrastructure in the state; (5) 35
	64	+	identify proposed facilities to be used by the program in the collection 36
	65	+	system and discarded tire transportation and recycling activities; (6) 37
	66	+	detail how the program follows the solid waste hierarchy, as defined in 38
	67	+	the state-wide solid waste management plan established pursuant to 39
	68	+	section 22a-228, and will promote the recycling of discarded tires to 40
	69	+	higher value products and sustainability; and (7) include a description 41
	70	+	of the public education program that will be used to promote consumer 42
	71	+	knowledge of such program. 43
	72	+	Sec. 2. Subsection (l) of section 22a-905i of the general statutes is 44
	73	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 45
	74	+	passage): 46
	75	+	(l) Any producer, retailer and tire stewardship organization shall be 47
	76	+	immune from liability for any claim of a violation of antitrust law or 48
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77		-	Sec. 3. Subsection (r) of section 22a-905i of the general statutes is 53
78		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 54
79		-	passage): 55
80		-	(r) Any producer who fails to participate in a tire stewardship 56
81		-	program authorized pursuant to this section shall not supply tires in this 57
82		-	state. On and after January 1, 2026, any retailer who fails to participate 58
83		-	in a tire stewardship program authorized pursuant to this section shall 59
84		-	not supply tires in this state. 60
	82	+	unfair trade practice, if such conduct is a violation of antitrust law, to 49
	83	+	the extent such producer or tire stewardship organization is exercising 50
	84	+	authority pursuant to the provisions of this section. 51
	85	+	Sec. 3. Subsection (r) of section 22a-905i of the general statutes is 52
	86	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 53
	87	+	passage): 54
	88	+	(r) Any producer who fails to participate in a tire stewardship 55
	89	+	program authorized pursuant to this section shall not supply tires in this 56
	90	+	state. On and after January 1, 2026, any retailer who fails to participate 57
	91	+	in a tire stewardship program authorized pursuant to this section shall 58
	92	+	not supply tires in this state. 59
85	93		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
86	94		sections:
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88	96		Section 1 from passage 22a-905i(b) and (c)
89	97		Sec. 2 from passage 22a-905i(l)
90	98		Sec. 3 from passage 22a-905i(r)
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92		-	ENV Joint Favorable Subst.
	100	+	Statement of Purpose:
	101	+	To require tire retailers to participate in the tire stewardship program.
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	103	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	104	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	105	+	underlined.]
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	107	+	Co-Sponsors: REP. GRESKO, 121st Dist.
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	109	+	H.B. 5017
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