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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 80
January Session, 2025
AN ACT CONCERNING THE BURNING OF MEDICAL WASTE.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) For purposes of this 1
section: 2
(1) "Hospital waste" has the same meaning as provided in 40 CFR 3
60.51c as of January 1, 2025; 4
(2) "Medical/infectious waste" has the same meaning as provided in 5
40 CFR 60.51c as of January 1, 2025; 6
(3) "Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator", "HMWI" or 7
"HMWI unit" has the same meaning as provided in 40 CFR 60.51c as of 8
January 1, 2025; and 9
(4) "Treated" means any hospital, medical or infectious waste that 10
was autoclaved or subjected to other technology that reduces or 11
eliminates the infectious properties of such waste. 12
(b) On and after the effective date of this section, no person shall 13
incinerate treated or untreated hospital, medical or infectious waste or 14
accept any such waste for incineration unless such person has a permit 15
from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, 16
pursuant to title 22a of the general statutes, that establishes 17 Substitute Bill No. 80
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requirements that are not less stringent than emission requirements 18
established as of January 1, 2025, in 40 CFR 60, Subpart Ec, Table 1B, 19
titled "Emissions Limits for Small, Medium, and Large HMWI at 20
Affected Facilities, as Defined in Section 60.50c(a)(3) and (4)". In the 21
event that more stringent state or federal standards for such facilities are 22
adopted, such standards shall apply to any such incineration facility in 23
the state. Any exemption contained in 40 CFR 60.50c(c) to 40 CFR 24
60.50c(f), inclusive, shall not apply to the requisite emission standards 25
under this section. 26
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision 27
of title 22a of the general statutes, not later than one hundred eighty 28
days after the effective date of this section, any owner or operator of a 29
facility in the state that combusts any amount of treated or untreated 30
hospital, medical or infectious waste shall operate continuous emissions 31
monitors for mercury and hydrochloric acid, in addition to continuous 32
sampling for dioxins and furans that shall be used to obtain back-to-33
back monthly samples. All data from such monitoring and sampling 34
shall be posted by any such owner or operator on a public Internet web 35
site. 36
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
ENV Joint Favorable Subst.