Connecticut § 22a-256m Definitions.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 22a-256m — Definitions.

Connecticut § 22a-256m

Title 22aEnvironmental Protection

Ch. 446dSolid Waste Management

This text of Connecticut § 22a-256m (Definitions.) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 22a-256m (2026).

Text

As used in sections 22a-256m to 22a-256u, inclusive:

(1)“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(2)“Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

(3)“Newsprint” means that class or kind of paper chiefly used for printing newspapers and weighing more than twenty-four and one-half pounds but less than thirty-five pounds for five hundred sheets of paper two feet by three feet in size, on rolls which are not less than thirteen inches wide and twenty-eight inches in diameter and having a brightness of less than sixty.

(4)“Newsprint user” means a person using or distributing more than one hundred tons of newsprint annually in a commercial printing or publishing operation.

(5)“Publisher” means a newsprint user engaged in the bu

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

As used in sections 22a-256m to 22a-256u, inclusive: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. (2) “Department” means the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection. (3) “Newsprint” means that class or kind of paper chiefly used for printing newspapers and weighing more than twenty-four and one-half pounds but less than thirty-five pounds for five hundred sheets of paper two feet by three feet in size, on rolls which are not less than thirteen inches wide and twenty-eight inches in diameter and having a brightness of less than sixty. (4) “Newsprint user” means a person using or distributing more than one hundred tons of newsprint annually in a commercial printing or publishing operation. (5) “Publisher” means a newsprint user engaged in the business of publishing newspapers in the state. (6) “Printer” means a newsprint user engaged in the business of commercial printing in the state. (7) “Runability” means the ability of newsprint to run on the printing press without breaking. (8) “Recycled fiber” means fiber derived from postconsumer waste paper or waste paper resulting from printing operations. (9) “Postconsumer waste paper” means discarded paper after it has served its intended end use as a consumer item.

Legislative History

(P.A. 90-224, S. 1; P.A. 11-80, S. 1.) History: Pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” and “Department of Environmental Protection” were changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection” and “Department of Energy and Environmental Protection”, respectively, effective July 1, 2011.