Sec. 22a-461. (Formerly Sec. 25-54oo). Labeling of detergents. Restrictions on sale or use. Certain sewage system additives prohibited. Penalty.

(a) No person, firm or corporation shall sell, offer or expose for sale, give or furnish any synthetic detergent or detergent, whether in the form of crystals, powders, flakes, bars, liquids, sprays or any other form, in the state of Connecticut (1) on and after February 1, 1972, unless the container, wrapper or other packaging thereof shall be clearly labeled with respect to its polyphosphate builder or phosphorus ingredient content, clearly and legibly set forth thereon in terms of percentage of phosphorus by weight, expressed as elemental phosphorus per container, wrapper or other packaging thereof, as well as grams of phosphorus, expressed as elemental phosphorus, per recommended use level, and (2) on and after October 1, 1974, unless such person, firm or corporation files with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection a written statement setting forth the chemical and common names of all ingredients.

(b) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may require that the recommended household, commercial, personal or industrial use or uses of each product and that the per cent by weight and function of any ingredient in any product be provided in a written statement within thirty days of a request for such information. Any information acquired by the commissioner under this subsection shall, upon written request, be kept confidential with respect to the product name.

(c) The Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection may, by order, ban or restrict the sale or use of any synthetic detergent or detergent in the state or the use of any synthetic detergent or detergent in any geographical area of the state to protect the waters of the state.

(d) No person, firm or corporation may use, sell, offer or expose for sale or give or furnish any sewage system additive which contains any substance or compound on the toxic pollutant list published by the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 1317 of the federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 USC 1317), as amended.

(e) Any person who violates any provision of this section may be fined not less than one hundred dollars or more than three hundred dollars for the first offense, and not less than three hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars for the second and each subsequent offense. A separate and distinct offense shall be construed to be committed each day on which such person shall continue or permit any such violation.

(1971, P.A. 248, S. 2; P.A. 73-555, S. 7, 10; P.A. 74-311, S. 3, 6; P.A. 82-117, S. 2; P.A. 95-167, S. 1; P.A. 97-124, S. 7, 16; P.A. 11-80, S. 1; P.A. 13-209, S. 10.)

History: P.A. 73-555 added Subdiv. (b) re conditions for sale on and after October 1, 1973; P.A. 74-311 made previous provisions Subsec. (a), replacing alphabetic Subdiv. indicators with numeric indicators, changing applicable date in Subdiv. (2) to October 1, 1974, requiring that statement contain common names of ingredients and deleting provision allowing expression of nonactive filler materials as “inert matters” and added Subsecs. (b) to (d) re further requirements and penalty for violation of provisions; P.A. 82-117 inserted new Subsec. (d) prohibiting to the use or sale of sewage system additives containing substances or compounds on the federal toxic pollutant list, relettering former Subsec. (d) accordingly; Sec. 25-54oo transferred to Sec. 22a-461 in 1983; P.A. 95-167 amended Subsec. (d) to provide the labeling requirement for sewage system additives, inserted a new Subsec. (e) requiring regulations re registration of such additives and relettered former Subsec. (e) as (f); P.A. 97-124 amended Subsec. (d) to eliminate a requirement for labeling of sewage system additives, effective June 6, 1997; pursuant to P.A. 11-80, “Commissioner of Environmental Protection” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection”, effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 13-209 deleted former Subsec. (e) re adoption of regulations and redesignated existing Subsec. (f) as Subsec. (e).