The MIRA Dissolution Authority was created by the State of Connecticut effective July 1, 2023 with passage of Public Act 23-170. It replaces the Materials Innovation and Recycling Authority (MIRA) and was established largely in response to the closure of MIRA’s Resource Recovery Facility in Hartford. The MIRA Dissolution Authority has effectively assumed all of MIRA’s underlying statutory duties, authorities and capabilities, and it will continue MIRA’s Ongoing Waste Transfer Operations until acceptable alternatives become available, but it has also been charged with additional activities related to MIRA’s dissolution.
Specifically, the MIRA Dissolution Authority is to identify the immediate environmental needs and knowledge necessary for Future Redevelopment in South Meadows at the site of the now closed Resource Recovery Facility in Hartford, which is to include engaging representatives of Hartford and other stakeholders with respect to the future of the site. The MIRA Dissolution Authority will further wind down MIRA’s operations and activities in an orderly and responsible manner which may include the marketing and sale of Surplus Property and Facilities.
Opportunities for the acquisition of surplus property and facilities will be published under the MIRA Dissolution Authority’s Business Links. Upon conclusion of the dissolution process, anticipated as early as July 1, 2025, but not later than July 1, 2026, any remaining rights, real or personal property of the MIRA Dissolution Authority will pass to and vest in the State of Connecticut. This is accomplished at that time through designation of the Department of Administrative Services as the MIRA Dissolution Authority’s successor agency.
The MIRA Dissolution Authority is progressing with the dissolution process provided in Public Act 23-170.
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