Enforcement Policies

Enforcement Policies

• Civil Penalty Policy
• Enforcement Coordination Plan
• Enforcement Response Policy - Through its Enforcement Response Policy (ERP), CT DEEP prioritizes its enforcement resources by focusing on the most significant environmental, human health, and noncompliance problems. Enforcement staff focus on two categories of violators: those whose violations pose the greatest risk to public health and the environment and those who are chronic or recalcitrant violators. The ERP was last updated and become effective on June 1, 1999.
• Policy on Supplemental Environmental Projects
• Policy on Incentives for Self-Policing
• Policy on Inspecting A Facility Previously Subject to Formal Enforcement Action
• Environmental Equity Policy
• Environmental Compliance History Policy

RCRA Small Business Enforcement Policy 

• Model Hazardous Waste Management Compliance Plan (Model Hazardous Waste Management Compliance Plan MS Word) (Model Hazardous Waste Management Compliance Plan PDF)