The Abandoned Brownfield Cleanup Program

Overview

Enabling Statutes:  C.G.S. 32-768

Eligibility Criteria:

  1. Property must satisfy the brownfield definition as per C.G.S Section 32-760 and is significantly unused or underused for at least 5 years.
  2. Applicant intends to acquire title to redevelop the property or prepare the site towards future redevelopment.
  3. Redevelopment proposal has regional or municipal economic benefit.
  4. Applicant has not caused the pollution or have any affiliation to those responsible for the pollution except where the Applicant has leased the property for less than five (5) years as a path to property acquisition. 
  5. Applicant is not subject to existing enforcement or consent orders by DEEP.
  6. Person responsible for the pollution is indeterminable or is unable to perform remediation of such property (not applicable to municipalities, Brownfield Land Banks and Economic Development Agencies).
  7. Other eligible criteria as determined by the DECD Commissioner.

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