Remediation Site Clean Up

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• Environmental Cleanup

  Environmental Cleanup under the Release-Based Cleanup Regulations main page linking to requirements and information on release cleanups.

• Engineered Control Variances

  An Engineered Control is a permanent physical structure designed to safely isolate pollutants which would otherwise not comply with the self-implementing remedial options allowed in the Connecticut Remediation Standard Regulations (RSRs).

• Analytical Methods for Petroleum Releases

  The Extractable Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons (ETPH), Extractable Petroleum Hydrocarbons (EPH), and Volatile Petroleum Hydrocarbons (VPH) are analytical methods that are commonly used in Connecticut to characterize petroleum releases.

• LEP Board - Legislation Advisories

  LEP Board Legislation Advisories

• Ecological Risk Assessment Guidance

  Ecological Risk Assessment is a structured scientific evaluation of the potential for harm to occur to ecological receptors as a result of exposure to some stressor, often an exposure to chemical contamination.

• Current Projects

  Up-to-date information regarding high profile remediation projects in Connecticut.

• Frequently Asked Questions

  FAQs regarding Remediation in Connecticut.

• Environmental Use Restrictions

  An Environmental Use Restriction (EUR) is used to minimize the risk of human exposure to pollutants and hazards to the environment by preventing specific uses or activities at a property or a portion of a property.

• Remediation Forms

  List of Remediation Forms by Program.

• Proposed Amendments to the Remediation Standard Regulations and Environmental Use Restriction Regulations

  The Remediation Division of the Bureau of Water Protection and Land Reuse is proposing amendments to Sections 22a-133k-1 through 22a-133k-3 of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the Remediation Standard Regulations (RSRs). The RSRs specify the standards for the remediation of environmental pollution in soil and groundwater.

• Comprehensive Evaluation and Transformation Main Page

  To further Connecticut’s environmental and economic agenda, the State is working with stakeholders to transform the State's cleanup laws and regulations with the goal of achieving more cleanups more efficiently and effectively.

• General Guidance on Development of Former Agricultural Properties

  General guidance for site development projects on former agricultural land in which persistent pesticides (primarily dieldrin, DDT and breakdown products, chlordane, arsenic) remain in soil at concentrations that approach or exceed the Connecticut Remediation Standard Regulations

• Soil Preservation Guidance for VOCs

  The Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) has issued a final guidance document describing soil sample collection and preservation techniques designed to minimize volatile organic compound losses due to volatilization and biodegradation.

• Guidance for Utility Company Excavation

  Department of Energy & Environmental Protection recommendations to be followed by utilities that encounter contaminated soil during repair or construction activities.

• Introduction to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

  Per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances are a group of over 4,000 manmade chemicals, collectively referred to as PFAS, that have recently entered the national spotlight as emerging contaminants with serious adverse impacts on human health, even at low concentrations in the parts per trillion range.