The owner or operator of any resources recovery facility or landfill who fails to notify a municipality about the delivery of loads of solid waste originating from the municipality containing significant quantities of recyclable items, as required by § 22a-220c, shall be subject to a warning by the municipality or the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for a first violation and to a civil penalty of five hundred dollars for each subsequent violation. The owner or operator of any resources recovery authority or landfill who fails to conduct an inspection when requested by the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection, as required by § 22a-220c, shall for a first violation be subject to a civil penalty of one thousand dollars for each violation and five thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. Any municipality which fails to receive the notification as required, or the Attorney General, at the request of the commissioner, may bring an action under this section. All such actions shall have precedence in the order of trial as provided in § 52-191. Any such action by the Attorney General shall be brought in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford.

Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 22a-220d

  • commissioner: means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection or his or her designated agent. See Connecticut General Statutes 22a-2
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.