Remediation Site Clean Up

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• Quality Assurance and Quality Control

  An evaluation of the quality of the analytical data in relation to its intended use is important in order for the environmental professional to make decisions which are supported by data of known and sufficient quality.

• Covenant Not to Sue

  A Covenant Not to Sue is an agreement between DEEP and a prospective purchaser or owner of a polluted site that DEEP will not institute a claim against a party who has or will clean up that property.

• Property Transfer Program

  The Property Transfer Law requires the disclosure of environmental conditions when certain properties and/or businesses ("establishments") are transferred. When an establishment is transferred, one of four Property Transfer Forms must be completed, signed, executed and filed with DEEP.

• LEP Verifications

  In specific circumstances, an environmental professional licensed pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-133v may verify that an investigation of a specific property/establishment/release area/portion of a property has been completed in accordance with prevailing standards and guidelines, and that all applicable releases have been remediated in accordance with the Remediation Standard Regulations.

• Technical Impracticability Variance

  A Technical Impracticability Variance is a remedial option provided under the Connecticut Remediation Standard Regulations (RSRs) when non-aqueous phase liquids cannot be contained or removed in accordance with Section 22a-133k-2(g) of the RSRs, remediation to the extent technically practicable has reduced the concentration of pollutants in groundwater to steady-state concentrations, or as otherwise specified in EPA guidance.

• Transformation Materials

  Materials used in the evaluation and transformation of Connecticut's environmental cleanup laws.

• Licensed Environmental Professional Program

  The Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) Program was established to adopt regulations concerning the professional ethics and conduct appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and dignity in the practice of an LEP and allowing LEPs to verify that an investigation has been performed at a specific property in accordance with the Remediation Standard Regulations.

• Funding Sources

  Potential brownfields funding sources.

• General Information on Site Clean-up in Connecticut

  Links to additional information about remediation and contaminated sites in Connecticut.

• Release-Based Cleanup Regulation Development

  Release-Based Clean Up Regulation Development

• Brownfields Success Stories

  Yankee ingenuity and entrepreneurial spirit is helping Connecticut transform brownfields from burdens to significant assets to their communities, frequently making the communties healthier and more walkable.

• Connecticut Brownfield Liability Relief Programs

  DEEP and the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of Brownfield Remediation and Redevelopment (OBRD) work closely together to provide liability relief and financial assistance for cleanup and redevelopment of Brownfields in Connecticut.

• Federal Brownfields Resources

  Information to assist in obtaining EPA grants and liability protections for brownfield sites in Connecticut.

• Connecticut Brownfields Inventory

  List of sites likely defined as brownfields, which are unused or underutilized because they are contaminated, or there is a general and reasonable perception that they are contaminated.

• Release-Based Working Group Meetings

  Release-Based Working Group Meetings, contains meeting dates, meeting links, agendas, and other materials are posted