Connecticut General Statutes
Chapter 579 - Connecticut Innovations, Incorporated
Section 32-23rr. - Definitions.

As used in sections 32-23pp and 32-23qq and this section:

(1) “Pollution prevention activities” means changes within a plant in production processes, product or raw materials that reduce, avoid or eliminate the generation of hazardous by-products per unit of product or the use of toxic or hazardous substances per unit of product without creating new risks of concern, but shall not be construed to promote or require (A) incineration, (B) transfer from one medium of exposure, release or discharge to another medium, (C) off-site or out-of-production process recycling or (D) methods of end-of-pipe treatment of toxic or hazardous substances as waste;
(2) “Production process” means a process, line method, activity or technique or combination or series thereof, which is integral to and necessary for the production of a product or the provision of a service;
(3) “Hazardous by-product” means any nonproduct output, waste or residue, including fugitive emissions, of hazardous substance from a production process; and
(4) “Remediation activities” means any activity to stimulate, encourage and carry out the identification, assessment, evaluation, acquisition, remediation, development or financing of contaminated property in this state.
(P.A. 91-376, S. 3, 10; P.A. 98-253, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 98-253 added Subdiv. (4) defining “remediation activities”.

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