Remediation Site Clean Up

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• Tiers

  Under the Release-Based Cleanup Regulations, if an environmental release is not cleaned up within a year, it must be entered into a cleanup tier.

• Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

  DEEP's main PFAS page which contains links to various webpages related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

• Release-Based Working Group Meetings

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

• Release-Based Cleanup Program Stakeholder Engagement

• Environmental Land Use Restrictions

• PFAS-Containing Firefighting Foam Ban

  Information about Public Act 21-191, Connecticut's Ban on PFAS in Firefighting Foam and status of AFFF use extension requests.

• PFAS Academic Collaborations

  Information regarding Connecticut PFAS-related research collaborations and PFAS-specific student internship opportunities at CT DEEP.

• PFAS Education, Outreach and Communication

  Information regarding CT DEEP efforts to enhance education, outreach and communication on PFAS.

• Release Based Topical Subcommittee Meetings

  Release Based Regulations Topical Subcommittee Meetings lists the meeting dates, links, and associated materials.

• Reducing and Preventing Releases of PFAS-Containing Firefighting Foam

  One of the key pollution prevention recommendations in the State’s PFAS Action Plan was to discontinue use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam where possible. This page describes requirements of the 2021 Act Concerning the Use of Perfluoroalkyl or Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Class B Firefighting Foam, which includes efforts to develop a 'take back' program to recover PFAS-containing firefighting foam from municipalities, to identify PFAS-free foam replacements, and to develop guidance for decontaminating fire apparatus that previously contained PFAS-containing foam.

• Emergency and Non-Emergency EUR Releases

  Provides information on obtaining Emergency and Non-Emergency Releases from Environmental Land Use Restrictions and Notices of Activity and Use Limitation.

• Examples of Stewardship Permits Issued

  List of Stewardship Permits issued for RCRA sites in Connecticut.

• Release-Based Cleanup Regulation Development

  Release-Based Clean Up Regulation Development

• Guiding Principles

• Release-Based Cleanup Legislative Authorization and Background