Remediation Site Clean Up

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• Guidance

  Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection Remediation Division guidance documents

• Property Transfer Program

  The Property Transfer Law requires the disclosure of environmental conditions when certain properties and/or businesses ("establishments") are transferred. When an establishment is transferred, one of four Property Transfer Forms must be completed, signed, executed and filed with DEEP.

• 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.

• Quality Assurance and Quality Control

  An evaluation of the quality of the analytical data in relation to its intended use is important in order for the environmental professional to make decisions which are supported by data of known and sufficient quality.

• Remediation Division Contacts

  The Remediation Division is organized into five districts (geographic regions along municipal boundaries shown on a map) for all programs.

• LEP Verifications

  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.

• Policies and Practices

  Policy memos provide instructions to clarify prevailing practices. These help provide continuity and consistency in implementing environmental investigations and cleanups.

• 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 Release-Based Cleanup Regulations

• Permits that May be Needed for Release Response and Remediation Activities

  Permits that may be needed to perform environmental remediation.

• Release-Based Cleanup Implementation Workgroup Meetings

• RBCR Compliance Measures

  Release-Based Cleanup Regulation methods of demonstrating compliance with environmental cleanup requirements.

• Requesting Approval of Additional Polluting Substances and Alternative Criteria

  The Remediation Standard Regulations (RSRs), contain numeric cleanup standards for 88 substances. When a contaminant at a site is not one of the 88 substances, Additional Polluting Substance (APS) criteria must be approved by the Commissioner to complete cleanup at the site under the RSRs. When the RSRs contain criteria for a substance but a party believes different numeric criteria are appropriate for a specific site, that party may request approval of Alternative Criteria.

• Remediation Roundtable

  The Remediation Roundtable is an open forum for the exchange of ideas and information on the various site cleanup programs in Connecticut and to solicit opinions, advice and information from those outside sources on a routine and established basis.

• Release-Based Cleanup Program

  The Release-Based Cleanup Regulations (RBCRs) describe requirements to report, characterize, and cleanup releases to the environment.

• Frequently Asked Questions

  FAQs regarding Remediation in Connecticut.