Laws/Regulations

The legislative reference to the dry cleaning establishment remediation fund program is Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 12-263m.

The Statute requires that each dry cleaning establishment register with the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services and renew its registration every year, subject to financial penalties.

• Subsection (b) requires that each dry cleaning establishment pay a surcharge of one per cent of gross receipts at retail for any dry cleaning service, and file a quarterly return (OP-374 Connecticut Dry Cleaning Establishment Surcharge Return) and pay the surcharge each calendar quarter to the Commissioner of Revenue Services in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes Sec. 12-263m(b)(1) and (3), and the State of Connecticut Department of Revenue Services would deposit the collected funds into the State's dry cleaning establishment remediation account. 
• The funds may also be used for grants to the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to investigate dry cleaning sites and to provide potable water.

Applications are accepted only during an announced round of open funding. All required documents for DECD application approval must be submitted for funding consideration by the specified application due.

Notifications of funding rounds will be placed on the website www.ctbrownfields.gov, under the Dry Cleaning section. Grant funds are based on the availability of the funds in the State's dry cleaning establishment remediation account. 

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