Bill Text: CT HB06465 | 2017 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: An Act Concerning Pyrrhotite Testing By Quarries.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-23 - Referred to Joint Committee on Planning and Development [HB06465 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2017-HB06465-Introduced.html

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General Assembly		Proposed Bill No. 6465
January Session, 2017		LCO No. 1605
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Referred to Committee on PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Introduced by:
REP. VAIL, 52nd Dist. REP. DELNICKI, 14th Dist.

AN ACT CONCERNING PYRRHOTITE TESTING BY QUARRIES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

That the general statutes be amended to (1) require each quarry in Connecticut to test for the presence of pyrrhotite and not later than June first, annually, report their findings to the Department of Consumer Protection, (2) prohibit quarries from using material that contains pyrrhotite in concrete intended for residential or commercial use, including, but not limited to, buildings, foundations, basement walls, sidewalks, steps, septic tanks, precast blocks and bridges, and (3) establish the following penalties for failure to comply with this section: A ten-thousand-dollar fine, permanent revocation of the quarry's operating permit and the imposition of liability for all financial damages caused by the presence of pyrrhotite in concrete that originated in such quarry.

Statement of Purpose:

To require quarries to test for the presence of pyrrhotite, prohibit quarries from using material that contains pyrrhotite in concrete intended for residential or commercial use, and establish penalties for failure to comply.