SB 80 — AN ACT CONCERNING THE BURNING OF MEDICAL WASTE.

Senate General Assembly CommitteeFile Bill No.

80665 January Session, 2025 LCOSubstitute Senate Bill No.

356480 ReferredSenate, toApril 14, 2025 The Committee on ENVIRONMENTEnvironment Introducedreported by:through SEN.

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AN ACT CONCERNING THE BURNING OF MEDICAL WASTE.

(NEW) (Effective from passage) No(a) personFor shallpurposes operate a medical waste incinerator unless such incinerator is in compliance with all standards of thethis Unitedsection: States Environmental Protection Agency for medical waste incinerators.

The(1) Commissioner"Hospital ofwaste" Energyhas andthe Environmentalsame Protectionmeaning mayas adoptprovided regulations, in accordance40 withCFR the60.51c provisionsas of chapterJanuary 541, of2025; the general statutes, to provide for the enforcement of the provisions of this section.

(2) "Medical/infectious waste" has the same meaning as provided in 40 CFR 60.51c as of January 1, 2025;

(3) "Hospital/medical/infectious waste incinerator", "HMWI" or "HMWI unit" has the same meaning as provided in 40 CFR 60.51c as of January 1, 2025;

and (4) "Treated" means any hospital, medical or infectious waste that was autoclaved or subjected to other technology that reduces or eliminates the infectious properties of such waste.

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665 (b) On and after the effective date of this section, no person shall incinerate treated or untreated hospital, medical or infectious waste or accept any such waste for incineration unless such person has a permit from the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, pursuant to title 22a of the general statutes, that establishes requirements that are not less stringent than emission requirements established as of January 1, 2025, in 40 CFR 60, Subpart Ec, Table 1B, titled "Emissions Limits for Small, Medium, and Large HMWI at Affected Facilities, as Defined in Section 60.50c(a)(3) and (4)".

In the event that more stringent state or federalstandardsfor suchfacilities are adopted, such standards shall apply to any such incineration facility in the state.

Any exemption contained in 40 CFR 60.50c(c) to 40 CFR 60.50c(f), inclusive, shall not apply to the requisite emission standards under this section.

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(NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding any provision of title 22a of the general statutes, not later than one hundred eighty days after the effective date of this section, any owner or operator of a facility in the state that combusts any amount of treated or untreated hospital, medical or infectious waste shall operate continuous emissions monitors for mercury and hydrochloric acid, in addition to continuous sampling for dioxins and furans that shall be used to obtain back-to- back monthly samples.

All data from such monitoring and sampling shall be posted by any such owner or operator on a public Internet web site.

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80665 [ProposedThe deletionsfollowing Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are enclosedprepared infor brackets.the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

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SEN.Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

MARTIN,OFA 31stFiscal Dist.Note State Impact:

S.B.Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 26 $ FY 27 $ Department of Energy and GF - Cost 95,000 95,000 Environmental Protection State Comptroller - Fringe GF - Cost 34,604 34,604 Benefits1 Resources of the General Fund GF - Potential See Below See Below Revenue Gain Various State Agencies GF - Potential See Below See Below Cost Note:

80GF=General LCOFund No.Municipal Impact:

3564None 2Explanation The bill requires any state agency incinerating treated or untreated hospital, medical, or infectious waste to have a Department of 2Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) permit.

This results in an additional cost to DEEP, beginning in FY 26, associated with one full- time Air Pollution ControlEngineer.Additional costs would include:

an annual salary of $85,000, corresponding fringe benefits of $34,604 and other expenses of $10,000, totaling $129,604 annually.

The Air Pollution Control Engineer would be responsible for conducting technical reviews and processing permit modifications, to be in compliance with the standards contained within the bill.

The bill could result in a potential revenue gain to the resource of the General Fund to the extent that additional permit modifications or new The fringe benefit costs for most state employees are budgeted centrally in accounts administered by the Comptroller.

The estimated active employee fringe benefit cost associated with most personnel changes is 40.71% of payroll in FY 26.

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665 permits are issued under the bill.

Additionally, the bill results in a potential cost to the extent affected state agencies with medical waste disposal contracts experience increased contract costs due to the expanded regulations in the bill.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to inflation, permit modifications and contract costs.