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5		-	General Assembly ~~Substitute~~ Bill No. 6917
	5	+	General Assembly Raised Bill No. 6917
6	6		January Session, 2025
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	10	+	Referred to Committee on ENVIRONMENT
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12	19		AN ACT CONCERNING THE MANAGEMENT OF SOLID WASTE IN
13	20		THE STATE.
14	21		Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
15	22		Assembly convened:
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17		-	Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2025) ~~(a)~~ The sum of five hundred thousand 1
	24	+	Section 1. (Effective July 1, 2025) The sum of five hundred thousand 1
18	25		dollars is appropriated to the Department of Energy and Environmental 2
19	26		Protection from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 3
20	27		2026, for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of section 22a-226e of 4
21	28		the general statutes, as amended by this act. 5
22		-	(b) The sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars is appropriated to 6
23		-	the Recycle CT Foundation, Inc., as established in section 22a-228a of the 7
24		-	general statutes, from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 8
25		-	30, 2026, for the purpose of undertaking the duties described in section 9
26		-	22a-228a of the general statutes. 10
27		-	Sec. 2. Section 22a-226e of the general statutes is amended by adding 11
28		-	subsections (f) and (g) as follows (Effective October 1, 2025): 12
29		-	(NEW) (f) Each commercial food wholesaler or distributor, industrial 13
30		-	food manufacturer or processor, supermarket, institution, resort or 14
31		-	conference center that generates an average projected volume of not less 15
32		-	than twenty-six tons per year of source-separated organic material, 16
33		-	including any source-separated organic material subject to the 17 Substitute Bill No. 6917
	29	+	Sec. 2. Subsections (d) and (e) of section 22a-226e of the general 6
	30	+	statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof 7
	31	+	(Effective October 1, 2025): 8
	32	+	[(d) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Commissioner of Energy and 9
	33	+	Environmental Protection shall establish a voluntary pilot program for 10
	34	+	any municipality that seeks to separate source-separated organic 11
	35	+	materials and ensure that such source-separated organic materials are 12
	36	+	recycled at authorized source-separated organic material composting 13
	37	+	facilities that have available capacity and that will accept such source-14
	38	+	separated organic material.] 15
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38		-	requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, shall, on or before 18
39		-	January 1, 2026, adopt a written policy pertaining to a food donation 19
40		-	program that: (1) Describes how the wholesaler, distributor, 20
41		-	manufacturer, processor, supermarket, institution, resort or conference 21
42		-	center will make best efforts to donate excess edible food, as determined 22
43		-	by such entity, using acceptable industry standards; (2) is designed to 23
44		-	(A) reduce such wholesaler's, distributor's, manufacturer's, processor's, 24
45		-	supermarket's, institution's, resort's or conference center's food waste, 25
46		-	(B) support the operations of food relief organizations, and (C) ensure 26
47		-	that all food donated by such wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, 27
48		-	processor, supermarket, resort or conference center under such policy is 28
49		-	safe and fit for human consumption; (3) provides for the education of 29
50		-	such wholesaler's, distributor's, manufacturer's, processor's, 30
51		-	supermarket's, institution's, resort's or conference center's management, 31
52		-	employees and third-party vendors who manage food for such facility 32
53		-	regarding the food distribution process and the relationship between 33
54		-	such process and food waste; (4) requires such wholesaler, distributor, 34
55		-	manufacturer, processor, supermarket, institution, resort or conference 35
56		-	center to make reasonable efforts to identify, and partner with, not less 36
57		-	than two food relief organizations for the purpose of donating excess 37
58		-	edible food to such food relief organizations prior to any such food 38
59		-	becoming source-separated organic material, as described in 39
60		-	subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and (5) includes a framework to 40
61		-	formalize and streamline such wholesaler's, distributor's, 41
62		-	manufacturer's, processor's, supermarket's, institution's, resort's or 42
63		-	conference center's protocols concerning food donation. 43
64		-	(NEW) (g) If multiple wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, 44
65		-	processors, supermarkets, institutions, resorts or conference centers 45
66		-	subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section are under 46
67		-	common ownership, such wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, 47
68		-	processors, supermarkets, institutions, resorts or conference centers 48
69		-	may adopt a common written policy under this section. 49
70		-	Sec. 3. Section 22a-232 of the general statutes is repealed and the 50
71		-	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 51 Substitute Bill No. 6917
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	45	+	[(e)] (d) On or before March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, each 16
	46	+	wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, processor, supermarket, resort, 17
	47	+	conference center or institution that is subject to the provisions of this 18
	48	+	section shall submit a report to the Department of Energy and 19
	49	+	Environmental Protection in electronic format. Such report shall 20
	50	+	summarize such entity's amount of edible food donated, the amount of 21
	51	+	[food scraps] source-separated organic materials recycled and the 22
	52	+	organics recycler or recyclers and associated collectors used. 23
	53	+	(e) Each commercial food wholesaler or distributor, industrial food 24
	54	+	manufacturer or processor, supermarket, institution, resort or 25
	55	+	conference center that generates an average projected volume of not less 26
	56	+	than twenty-six tons per year of source-separated organic material, 27
	57	+	including any source-separated organic material subject to the 28
	58	+	requirements of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, shall, on or before 29
	59	+	January 1, 2026, adopt a written policy pertaining to a food donation 30
	60	+	program that: (1) Describes how the wholesaler, distributor, 31
	61	+	manufacturer, processor, supermarket, institution, resort or conference 32
	62	+	center will make best efforts to donate excess edible food, as determined 33
	63	+	by such entity, using acceptable industry standards; (2) is designed to 34
	64	+	(A) reduce such wholesaler's, distributor's, manufacturer's, processor's, 35
	65	+	supermarket's, institution's, resort's or conference center's food waste, 36
	66	+	(B) support the operations of food relief organizations, and (C) ensure 37
	67	+	that all food donated by such wholesaler, distributor, manufacturer, 38
	68	+	processor, supermarket, resort or conference center under such policy is 39
	69	+	safe and fit for human consumption; (3) provides for the education of 40
	70	+	such wholesaler's, distributor's, manufacturer's, processor's, 41
	71	+	supermarket's, institution's, resort's or conference center's management, 42
	72	+	employees and third-party vendors who manage food for such facility 43
	73	+	regarding the food distribution process and the relationship between 44
	74	+	such process and food waste; (4) requires such wholesaler, distributor, 45
	75	+	manufacturer, processor, supermarket, institution, resort or conference 46
	76	+	center to make reasonable efforts to identify, and partner with, not less 47
	77	+	than two food relief organizations for the purpose of donating excess 48
	78	+	Raised Bill No. 6917
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76		-	(a) There shall be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services by 52
77		-	the owner of any resources recovery facility or waste conversion facility 53
78		-	one dollar and fifty cents per ton of solid waste processed at [the] such 54
79		-	facility. [beginning on the date of commencement of commercial 55
80		-	operation of the facility for calendar quarters commencing on or after 56
81		-	October 1, 1987, until September 30, 2003. For calendar quarters 57
82		-	commencing on and after October 1, 2003, the owner of any resources 58
83		-	recovery facility shall pay to the Commissioner of Revenue Services one 59
84		-	dollar and fifty cents per ton of solid waste processed at such facility.] 60
85		-	(b) There shall be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services by 61
86		-	the owner of any transfer station or volume reduction plant one dollar 62
87		-	and fifty cents per ton of solid waste processed at such facility. The 63
88		-	provisions of this subsection shall not apply to: (1) A transfer station or 64
89		-	volume reduction plant that is owned by a municipality, (2) a volume 65
90		-	reduction plant that is a resources recovery facility, waste conversion 66
91		-	facility, or recycling facility, (3) solid waste that is recycled or 67
92		-	transferred to any resources recovery facility. 68
93		-	[(b)] (c) Each owner of a [resources recovery] facility subject to [the] 69
94		-	an assessment as provided by this section shall submit a return quarterly 70
95		-	to the Commissioner of Revenue Services, applicable with respect to the 71
96		-	calendar quarter beginning October 1, [2023] 2025, and each calendar 72
97		-	quarter thereafter, on or before the last day of the month immediately 73
98		-	following the end of each such calendar quarter, on a form prescribed 74
99		-	by the commissioner, together with payment of the quarterly 75
100		-	assessment determined and payable in accordance with the provisions 76
101		-	of subsection (a) or (b) of this section, as applicable. 77
102		-	[(c)] (d) Whenever such assessment is not paid when due, a penalty 78
103		-	of ten per cent of the amount due or fifty dollars, whichever is greater, 79
104		-	shall be imposed, and such assessment shall bear interest at the rate of 80
105		-	one per cent per month or fraction thereof until the same is paid. The 81
106		-	Commissioner of Revenue Services shall cause copies of a form 82
107		-	prescribed for submitting returns as required under this section to be 83
108		-	distributed throughout the state. Failure to receive such form shall not 84 Substitute Bill No. 6917
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	84	+	edible food to such food relief organizations prior to any such food 49
	85	+	becoming source-separated organic material, as described in 50
	86	+	subsections (a) and (b) of this section; and (5) includes a framework to 51
	87	+	formalize and streamline such wholesaler's, distributor's, 52
	88	+	manufacturer's, processor's, supermarket's, institution's, resort's or 53
	89	+	conference center's protocols concerning food donation. 54
	90	+	(f) If multiple wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, processors, 55
	91	+	supermarkets, institutions, resorts or conference centers subject to the 56
	92	+	provisions of subsection (b) of this section are under common 57
	93	+	ownership, such wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, processors, 58
	94	+	supermarkets, institutions, resorts or conference centers may adopt a 59
	95	+	common written policy under this section. 60
	96	+	Sec. 3. Section 22a-232 of the general statutes is repealed and the 61
	97	+	following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2025): 62
	98	+	(a) There shall be paid to the Commissioner of Revenue Services by 63
	99	+	the owner of any resources recovery facility one dollar per ton of solid 64
	100	+	waste processed at the facility beginning on the date of commencement 65
	101	+	of commercial operation of the facility for calendar quarters 66
	102	+	commencing on or after October 1, 1987, until September 30, 2003. For 67
	103	+	calendar quarters commencing on and after October 1, 2003, the owner 68
	104	+	of any resources recovery facility shall pay to the Commissioner of 69
	105	+	Revenue Services one dollar and fifty cents per ton of solid waste 70
	106	+	processed at such facility. For calendar quarters commencing on or after 71
	107	+	October 1, 2025, the owner of any resources recovery facility shall pay 72
	108	+	to the Commissioner of Revenue Services one dollar and fifty cents per 73
	109	+	ton of any material processed at such facility. 74
	110	+	(b) Each owner of a resources recovery facility subject to the 75
	111	+	assessment as provided by this section shall submit a return quarterly 76
	112	+	to the Commissioner of Revenue Services, applicable with respect to the 77
	113	+	calendar quarter beginning October 1, [2023] 2025, and each calendar 78
	114	+	quarter thereafter, on or before the last day of the month immediately 79
	115	+	Raised Bill No. 6917
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113		-	be construed to relieve anyone subject to assessment under this section 85
114		-	from the obligations of submitting a return, together with payment of 86
115		-	such assessment within the time required. 87
116		-	[(d)] (e) Any person or municipality liable for the service fee for solid 88
117		-	waste delivered to a facility whose owner is subject to an assessment 89
118		-	imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall reimburse the owner for 90
119		-	any assessment paid for the solid waste delivered by such person or 91
120		-	municipality. Such an assessment shall be a debt from the person or 92
121		-	municipality responsible for paying such service fee to the owner. 93
122		-	[(e)] (f) The provisions of sections 12-548 to 12-554, inclusive, and 94
123		-	section 12-555a shall apply to the provisions of this section in the same 95
124		-	manner and with the same force and effect as if the language of said 96
125		-	sections 12-548 to 12-554, inclusive, and section 12-555a had been 97
126		-	incorporated in full in this section, except that to the extent that any such 98
127		-	provision is inconsistent with a provision in this section and except that 99
128		-	the term "tax" shall be read as "solid waste assessment". 100
129		-	[(f) Two million eight hundred thousand dollars of the proceeds from 101
130		-	the assessments] (g) Assessments imposed pursuant to [subsection (a)] 102
131		-	subsections (a) and (b) of this section shall be deposited by the 103
132		-	Commissioner of Revenue Services into [the General Fund and any 104
133		-	remaining funds from such assessments shall be deposited by the 105
134		-	commissioner into] the sustainable materials management account 106
135		-	established in section 16-244bb. 107
136		-	Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 22a-244b of the general statutes is 108
137		-	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 109
138		-	passage): 110
139		-	(d) All payments received by any municipality pursuant to the 111
140		-	provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall be expended by such 112
141		-	municipality on environmental measures intended to reduce the 113
142		-	generation of solid waste in such municipality or reduce the impact of 114
143		-	litter caused by such solid waste, including, but not limited to, the hiring 115
144		-	of a recycling coordinator, a municipal or regional waste coordinator, 116 Substitute Bill No. 6917
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	121	+	following the end of each such calendar quarter, on a form prescribed 80
	122	+	by the commissioner, together with payment of the quarterly 81
	123	+	assessment determined and payable in accordance with the provisions 82
	124	+	of subsection (a) of this section. 83
	125	+	(c) Whenever such assessment is not paid when due, a penalty of ten 84
	126	+	per cent of the amount due or fifty dollars, whichever is greater, shall be 85
	127	+	imposed, and such assessment shall bear interest at the rate of one per 86
	128	+	cent per month or fraction thereof until the same is paid. The 87
	129	+	Commissioner of Revenue Services shall cause copies of a form 88
	130	+	prescribed for submitting returns as required under this section to be 89
	131	+	distributed throughout the state. Failure to receive such form shall not 90
	132	+	be construed to relieve anyone subject to assessment under this section 91
	133	+	from the obligations of submitting a return, together with payment of 92
	134	+	such assessment within the time required. 93
	135	+	(d) Any person or municipality liable for the service fee for solid 94
	136	+	waste delivered to a facility whose owner is subject to an assessment 95
	137	+	imposed by subsection (a) of this section shall reimburse the owner for 96
	138	+	any assessment paid for the solid waste delivered by such person or 97
	139	+	municipality. Such an assessment shall be a debt from the person or 98
	140	+	municipality responsible for paying such service fee to the owner. 99
	141	+	(e) The provisions of sections 12-548 to 12-554, inclusive, and section 100
	142	+	12-555a shall apply to the provisions of this section in the same manner 101
	143	+	and with the same force and effect as if the language of said sections 12-102
	144	+	548 to 12-554, inclusive, and section 12-555a had been incorporated in 103
	145	+	full in this section, except that to the extent that any such provision is 104
	146	+	inconsistent with a provision in this section and except that the term 105
	147	+	"tax" shall be read as "solid waste assessment". 106
	148	+	(f) Two million eight hundred thousand dollars of the proceeds from 107
	149	+	the assessments imposed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall 108
	150	+	be deposited by the Commissioner of Revenue Services into the General 109
	151	+	Fund and any remaining funds from such assessments shall be 110
	152	+	Raised Bill No. 6917
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149		-	the installation of storm drain filters designed to block solid waste and 117
150		-	beverage container debris or the purchase of a mechanical street 118
151		-	sweeper, vacuum or broom that removes litter, including, but not 119
152		-	limited to, such beverage containers and other debris from streets, 120
153		-	sidewalks and abutting lawn and turf areas. 121
154		-	Sec. 5. (Effective from passage) Not later than January 15, 2027, the 122
155		-	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in accordance 123
156		-	with section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall submit a report to the 124
157		-	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 125
158		-	matters relating to the environment on the need for and viability of 126
159		-	establishing an extended producer responsibility program for consumer 127
160		-	packaging in the state. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, 128
161		-	(1) an assessment of the costs to residents of the state and municipalities 129
162		-	for the handling, hauling, disposal, composting and recycling of 130
163		-	consumer packaging, (2) the approximate percentage of the state's total 131
164		-	solid waste stream that such consumer packaging represents, (3) an 132
165		-	analysis of the trends in the generation of such consumer packaging for 133
166		-	the previous five-year period and the forthcoming five-year period, in 134
167		-	addition to the projected trend of recycling and composting rates of 135
168		-	consumer packaging in the forthcoming five-year period, (4) an 136
169		-	assessment of the potential costs and savings for residents of the state 137
170		-	and municipalities that are associated with the handling, hauling, 138
171		-	disposal, composting and recycling of such packaging pursuant to an 139
172		-	extended producer responsibility program, (5) a discussion of any post-140
173		-	consumer or secondary markets and attendant demand for the materials 141
174		-	that compose the preponderance of such consumer packaging, (6) a 142
175		-	review and assessment of any industry initiatives, to date, for the 143
176		-	reduction and industry-sponsored collection of such consumer 144
177		-	packaging, (7) an evaluation of any regional efforts to establish extended 145
178		-	responsibility cooperative agreements among neighboring states for 146
179		-	consumer packaging, and (8) a review and assessment of existing 147
180		-	recycling and composting access, infrastructure and capacity 148
181		-	throughout the state. 149 Substitute Bill No. 6917
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	158	+	deposited by the commissioner into the sustainable materials 111
	159	+	management account established in section 16-244bb. 112
	160	+	Sec. 4. Subsection (d) of section 22a-244b of the general statutes is 113
	161	+	repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from 114
	162	+	passage): 115
	163	+	(d) All payments received by any municipality pursuant to the 116
	164	+	provisions of subsection (c) of this section shall be expended by such 117
	165	+	municipality on environmental measures intended to reduce the 118
	166	+	generation of solid waste in such municipality or reduce the impact of 119
	167	+	litter caused by such solid waste, including, but not limited to, the hiring 120
	168	+	of a recycling coordinator, a municipal or regional waste coordinator, 121
	169	+	the installation of storm drain filters designed to block solid waste and 122
	170	+	beverage container debris or the purchase of a mechanical street 123
	171	+	sweeper, vacuum or broom that removes litter, including, but not 124
	172	+	limited to, such beverage containers and other debris from streets, 125
	173	+	sidewalks and abutting lawn and turf areas. 126
	174	+	Sec. 5. (Effective from passage) Not later than February 1, 2026, the 127
	175	+	Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, in accordance 128
	176	+	with section 11-4a of the general statutes, shall submit a report to the 129
	177	+	joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of 130
	178	+	matters relating to the environment on the need for and viability of 131
	179	+	establishing an extended producer responsibility program for consumer 132
	180	+	packaging in the state. Such report shall include, but not be limited to, 133
	181	+	(1) an assessment of the costs to residents of the state and municipalities 134
	182	+	for the handling, hauling, disposal and recycling of consumer 135
	183	+	packaging, (2) the approximate percentage of the state's total solid waste 136
	184	+	stream that such consumer packaging represents, (3) an analysis of the 137
	185	+	trends in the generation of such consumer packaging for the previous 138
	186	+	five-year period and the forthcoming five-year period, (4) an assessment 139
	187	+	of the potential costs and savings for residents of the state and 140
	188	+	municipalities that are associated with the handling, hauling, disposal 141
	189	+	and recycling of such packaging pursuant to an extended producer 142
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	196	+	responsibility program, (5) a discussion of any post-consumer or 143
	197	+	secondary markets and attendant demand for the materials that 144
	198	+	compose the preponderance of such consumer packaging, (6) a review 145
	199	+	and assessment of any industry initiatives, to date, for the reduction and 146
	200	+	industry-sponsored collection of such consumer packaging, and (7) an 147
	201	+	evaluation of any regional efforts to establish extended responsibility 148
	202	+	cooperative agreements among neighboring states for consumer 149
	203	+	packaging. 150
186	204		This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
187	205		sections:
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189	207		Section 1 July 1, 2025 New section
190		-	Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 22a-226e(f) and (g)
	208	+	Sec. 2 October 1, 2025 22a-226e(d) and (e)
191	209		Sec. 3 July 1, 2025 22a-232
192	210		Sec. 4 from passage 22a-244b(d)
193	211		Sec. 5 from passage New section
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	213	+	Statement of Purpose:
	214	+	To provide funding for enforcement concerning certain food waste
	215	+	diversion requirements, study the need and viability of extended
	216	+	producer responsibility programs for consumer packaging, provide for
	217	+	increased food waste diversion from certain entities, create source
	218	+	funding for food waste diversion infrastructure projects and authorize
	219	+	municipal and regional waste coordinators.
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	221	+	[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
	222	+	that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
	223	+	underlined.]
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