Any manufacturer who bottles and sells: (1) Two hundred fifty thousand or fewer beverage containers containing a noncarbonated beverage that are twenty ounces or less in size each calendar year, or (2) one hundred thousand gallons or less of juice in beverage containers each calendar year, may apply to the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection for an exemption from the requirements of sections 22a-244 to 22a-245a, inclusive, with regard to such beverage containers containing noncarbonated beverages or with regard to such one hundred thousand gallons or less of juice in beverage containers. Such application shall be accompanied by a sworn affidavit signed by such manufacturer or such manufacturer’s authorized agent certifying such manufacturer bottles and sells two hundred fifty thousand or fewer of such beverage containers per calendar year or bottles and sells one hundred thousand gallons or less of juice in beverage containers per calendar year. Any such application filed on or before April 1, 2009, shall be deemed automatically approved and such exemption shall remain valid until December 31, 2009. Not later than November 1, 2009, and each year thereafter, each such manufacturer or such manufacturer’s authorized agent may apply to the commissioner for an exemption in accordance with this section on a form prescribed by the commissioner. The commissioner shall approve each such application not later than thirty days after the receipt of the application by the commissioner, provided the applicant satisfies the requirements of this section.