Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

Property Transfer Program

The Property Transfer Program (PTP) sunset on March 1, 2026. Public Act 25-6 Section 2 changes the definition of “Transfer of Establishment” to transactions that occur on or before March 1, 2026, so Form filings are not required for transactions after that date. Properties that are already in the PTP will continue to be investigated and remediated under the PTP through verification unless they choose to transition to the Release-Based Cleanup Program.Learn about how the Property Transfer Act integrates with the Release-Based Cleanup Regulations in this brief PTP-RBCR Transition Information Sheet.

Public Act 25-54 Section 3 sets up a procedure that allows any Certifying Party who investigated its establishment in accordance with prevailing standards and guidelines to submit a report prepared by an LEP cataloguing each release discovered on that establishment to transition remediation from the PTP to the Release-Based Cleanup Regulations  (RBCRs). Once the report is accepted, each release may be addressed under the RBCRs and either verified within one year of submitting the report, entering the release(s) into a tier, or returning to the PTP.

Release Catalogue Report Transmittal Form – attach as the cover sheet. Please note that this form requests a DCN, which is the DEEP's case number that the Release, Environmental Assessment, and Cleanup Tracker (REACT) online case management system automatically assigns to all releases/cases. 

Release Catalogue Report Format (unlocked) – use as a guide or as a template for the report.

Significant Environmental Hazards/Significant Existing Releases at PTP sites

• A release discovered before the PTP Form filing is handled as an SEH.
• A release discovered before the Phase II Report is handled as an SEH.
• Post-Phase II Report release discoveries:
     o If evidence indicates the release occurred before the Phase II Report, it is handled as an SEH.
     o If the release occurred after the Phase II Report or there is no clear evidence that it predated the Phase II Report, the release is handled as an SER and immediate action must be taken.
• A release discovered after the final verification is handled as an SER and immediate action must be taken.

This anonymous quiz can help determine whether a release at a PTP site triggers Release-Based Cleanup Regulation reporting triggers.

Forms for property transfer milestones

Property Transfer Law

The Property Transfer Law had required the disclosure of environmental conditions when certain properties and/or businesses ("establishments") were transferred before March 1, 2026, per Sections 22a-134 through 22a-134e of the Connecticut General Statutes. It also required that a party signing the Property Transfer Form certification (Certifying Party) agreed to investigate the parcel and remediate pollution caused by any release of a hazardous waste or hazardous substance from the establishment.  The environmental condition  of the entire parcel needed to be evaluated to determine the appropriate form to file.

Schedule Extensions may be requested within the REACT portal. Pay fees in the REACT portal.

If transferred before March 1, 2026, establishment meant any real property at which or any business operation from which:

  • on or after November 19, 1980, there was generated, except as the result of remediation of polluted soil, groundwater, or sediment, more than one hundred kilograms of hazardous waste in any one month
  • hazardous waste generated at a different location was recycled, reclaimed, reused, stored, handled, treated, transported, or disposed
  • the process of dry cleaning was conducted on or after May 1, 1967
  • furniture stripping was conducted on or after May 1, 1967
  • a vehicle body repair facility was located on or after May

    1, 1967

Form I had been used when an investigation of the parcel showed no release of hazardous waste or a hazardous substance had occurred or when no release of a hazardous waste had occurred and a Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) had verified that any release of a hazardous substance had been remediated to cleanup criteria.

Form II had been used when an investigation of the parcel showed a release of hazardous waste or a hazardous substance had occurred but the Commissioner had approved in writing or a LEP had verified that any pollution from the establishment had been cleaned up to criteria.

Form III had been used when the environmental conditions at the establishment were unknown, or a release of hazardous waste or a hazardous substance had occurred and any pollution from the establishment had not been cleaned up to criteria. The party signing the Form III certification agreed to investigate the parcel and clean up to criteria any pollution caused by any release of a hazardous waste or a hazardous substance from the establishment.

Form IV had been used when an investigation had been completed, there had been a release of hazardous waste or a hazardous substance, and an LEP had verified that all actions to remediate any pollution from the establishment had been taken except natural attenuation monitoring, post-remediation groundwater monitoring, or the recording of an Environmental Use Restriction. The party signing the Form IV certification had agreed to conduct natural attenuation monitoring and/or post-remediation monitoring in accordance with regulations.

Form III requirements

Complete investigation within 2 years

Not later than two years from the date of the Department's letter acknowledging a complete Form III, the Certifying Party must provide documentation signed by the LEP to the Commissioner that the investigation of the establishment has been completed in accordance with prevailing standards and guidelines, which must be submitted with Completion of Investigation Transmittal Form.

LEP lead oversight - initiation of remediation within 3 years

Not later than three years from the date of the Department's letter acknowledging a complete Form III, the Certifying Party must initiate remediation of the establishment and must provide documentation to the Commissioner that remediation has been initiated. Prior to initiating remediation, public notice of remediation must be provided and a Remedial Action Plan (RAP) approved by a LEP must be submitted with the Remedial Action Plan Transmittal Form.

LEP lead oversight - complete remediation within 8 years

Not later than eight years from the date of the Department's letter acknowledging a complete Form III (filed after October, 1, 2009), the Certifying Party must complete remediation to support a LEP final verification or interim verification.

For overdue form III submittals for property transfers before March 1, 2026

 Content Last Updated March 30, 2026