Remediation Site Clean Up
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Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Remediation Division guidance documents
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Verification Form Instructions
LEP Verification Form Instructions
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Licensed Environmental Professional Program
The Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP) Program was established to adopt regulations concerning the professional ethics and conduct appropriate to establish and maintain a high standard of integrity and dignity in the practice of an LEP and allowing LEPs to verify that an investigation has been performed at a specific property in accordance with the Remediation Standard Regulations.
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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.
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The Remediation Division and LUST Coordination Program are now accepting specific types of documents electronically , while other documents require the Hardcopy Document Transmittal Form.
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The Remediation Standard Regulations that established the requirements for the remediation of contamination within Connecticut were organized by environmental media and relied, in part, on risk-based criteria that established remediation goals for various contaminants typically found at remediation sites.
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LEP Board - Legislation Advisories
LEP Board Legislation Advisories
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Information to assist in obtaining EPA grants and liability protections for brownfield sites in Connecticut.
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In specific circumstances, an environmental professional licensed pursuant to Connecticut General Statutes Section 22a-133v may verify that an investigation of a specific property/establishment/release area/portion of a property has been completed in accordance with prevailing standards and guidelines, and that all applicable releases have been remediated in accordance with the Remediation Standard Regulations.
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The Release-Based Cleanup Regulations (RBCRs) describe requirements to report, characterize, and cleanup releases to the environment.
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Significant Existing Releases and Immediate Actions
Significant Existing Releases (SERs) are historical releases that pose an increased short-term risk to human health and the environment. Due to the increased risk, Immediate Actions are required to quickly address any potential exposures to the release.
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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
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Removal from SEMS Potential Superfund List
If remedial action has been completed through one or more DEEP Remediation Programs or an interested party has committed to remediate a site through a DEEP Remediation Program, DEEP can request that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) remove any active federal superfund site from the Superfund Enterprise Management System (SEMS), formerly CERCLIS or that EPA offer a "comfort letter" stating it will not take further action to list the site on the NPL.
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Technical Impracticability Variance
A Technical Impracticability Variance is a remedial option provided under the Connecticut Remediation Standard Regulations (RSRs) when non-aqueous phase liquids cannot be contained or removed in accordance with Section 22a-133k-2(g) of the RSRs, remediation to the extent technically practicable has reduced the concentration of pollutants in groundwater to steady-state concentrations, or as otherwise specified in EPA guidance.