Connecticut General Statutes Title 22A. Environmental Protection § 22a-268i. Solid waste processing systems. Request for information. Requirements. Report

Not later than October 1, 2023, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection shall issue a request for information to obtain information on systems for the processing of solid waste that is generated in the state and that is not otherwise diverted from the state's solid waste stream in accordance with the provisions of the state-wide solid waste management plan and the Comprehensive Materials Management Strategy. Such request for information shall seek information on such systems that include, but are not limited to, gasification systems that convert such solid waste into gas through a chemical reaction that does not consist of burning. Such request for information shall require the receipt of such information by the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection not later than November 15, 2023. Any presentation of materials in relation to such request for information shall be made to the commissioner not later than January 15, 2024. Not later than February 1, 2024, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to the environment that includes recommendations for the issuance of a request for proposals concerning such systems that is based on the commissioner's review of all information received in connection with such request for information. In forming such recommendations, the commissioner shall additionally consider the: (1) Potential environmental impacts of any such system to the air, water and soils of the state, (2) consistency of any such system with the greenhouse gas emissions goals of the state, (3) municipal costs potentially associated with the utilization of any such system for the processing of solid waste in the state, (4) effectiveness of any such system to process all solid waste in the state that is not otherwise diverted from the state's solid waste stream, (5) ability to convert any existing state-owned or operated facility to utilize any such system without state subsidization of such conversion and while substantially decreasing any environmental or public health impacts of such converted facility to any environmental justice community, and (6) reasonable likelihood of siting one or more facilities that utilize any such system in a community other than an environmental justice community.