Connecticut General Statutes 22a-188 – Small business stationary source assistance program: Definitions
(a) For purposes of this section and § 22a-188a, the term “small business stationary source” means a stationary source of air pollution that:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-188
- Air pollution: means the presence in the outdoor atmosphere of one or more air pollutants or any combination thereof in such quantities and of such characteristics and duration as to be, or be likely to be, injurious to public welfare, to the health of human, plant or animal life, or to property, or as unreasonably to interfere with the enjoyment of life and property. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-170
- commissioner: means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or any member of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection or any local air pollution control official or agency authorized by him, acting singly or jointly, to whom he assigns any function arising under the provisions of this chapter or of any regulations adopted hereunder. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-170
- person: includes any individual, firm, partnership, association, syndicate, company, trust, corporation, limited liability company, municipality, agency or political or administrative subdivision of the state, and any other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-170
(1) Is owned or operated by a person who employs one hundred or fewer individuals;
(2) Is a small business concern as defined in the federal Small Business Act;
(3) Is not a major stationary source as defined in the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990;
(4) Emits less than fifty tons per year of any pollutant regulated pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990; and
(5) Emits less than seventy-five tons per year of all such pollutants.
(b) Upon petition by a person who owns or operates a stationary source of air pollution, the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, after notice and opportunity for public comment, include as a small business stationary source for purposes of this section any stationary source which does not meet the criteria of subsection (a) of this section but which emits less than one hundred tons per year of pollutants regulated pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act.