Connecticut § 22a-255i Sale of packaging components or packaging composed of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium of PFAS.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 22a-255i — Sale of packaging components or packaging composed of lead, cadmium, mercury, hexavalent chromium of PFAS.

Connecticut § 22a-255i

Title 22aEnvironmental Protection

Ch. 446dSolid Waste Management

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-255i (2026).

Text

(a)As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes in this state, by its manufacturer or distributor, if it is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution, as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these substances.

(b)As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package which is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution, as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these

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(a) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes in this state, by its manufacturer or distributor, if it is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution, as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these substances. (b) As soon as feasible, but not later than October 1, 1992, no product shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes, in this state by its manufacturer or distributor, in a package which is composed of any lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium which has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution, as opposed to the incidental presence of any of these substances. (c) No package or packaging component shall be offered for sale or promotional purposes in this state by its manufacturer or distributor if the sum of the incidental concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury and hexavalent chromium present in such package or packaging component exceeds the following: Six hundred parts per million by weight, effective October 1, 1992; two hundred fifty parts per million, effective October 1, 1993; and one hundred parts per million by weight, effective October 1, 1994. (d) Concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury, and hexavalent chromium shall be determined using the United States Environmental Protection Agency Tests Methods for Evaluating Solid Waste, SW-846, as revised. (e) As soon as feasible, but not later than December 31, 2023, no food package to which PFAS has been intentionally introduced during manufacturing or distribution in any amount shall be offered for sale or for promotional purposes in this state by its manufacturer or distributor. (f) No material used to replace a chemical regulated by sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m , inclusive, in a package or packaging component may be used in a quantity or manner that creates a hazard as great as, or greater than, the hazard created by the chemical regulated by sections 22a-255g to 22a-255m , inclusive.

Legislative History

(P.A. 90-215, S. 3; P.A. 06-76, S. 19; P.A. 21-191, S. 3.) History: P.A. 06-76 amended Subsec. (a) to add “or packaging”; P.A. 21-191 added Subsec. (e) re prohibition on sale of food packaging to which PFAS has been intentionally introduced and added Subsec. (f) re prohibition on use of material that creates hazard as great as or greater than the replaced chemical.