Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection

Environmental Land Use Restrictions

An Environmental Land Use Restriction (ELUR) is a type of Environmental Use Restriction (EUR) that complies with the requirements of section 22a-133o of the Connecticut General Statutes, section 22a-133q of the Regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, and the RBCRs. An ELUR is an easement granted to the Commissioner by the property owner and is recorded on the municipal land records.  The purpose of an ELUR is to minimize the risk of human exposure to pollutants and hazards to the environment by
  1.  preventing the use of specified real property for certain purposes, or
  2.  prohibiting or requiring certain activities on such property.

ELUR forms prescribed by the Commissioner

The ELUR must be submitted in Word.  Upload ELURs directly into the REACT portal for the Remediation Division per the instructions on Transmittal of Documents.  Fees must be paid in REACT. Please note: If Pay Later is selected in REACT, wait 24 hours for an invoice to be generated. An invoice will be emailed to the billing contact. Follow the fee payment instructions on the invoice.

  • Commissioner Approved ELUR - $5,000.00

EUR Submittal Form (March 2026) - documents the construction of an EUR from draft to recordation on the land records. The EUR Submittal Form houses the documents listed below, as applicable (see Instructions to Embed Documents)

Declaration of Environmental Land Use Restriction and Grant of Easement and Exhibit A: Parcel Description (Metes and Bounds) (March 2026)

Exhibit B: EUR Opinion Overview Form Certification (March 2026)

Exhibit B: EUR Opinion Overview (March 2026)

Exhibit B: EUR opinions

Exhibit B: EUR Supplemental Information (SI) - An EUR SI must be provided for each corresponding EUR Opinion listed above (as applicable).  Note: The SI are not recorded on the land records.

EUR Factsheet (March 2026) - Unlocked template to describe the Environmental Use Restrictions to be:

  • conspicuously posted at the site and/or
  • in the possession of the maintenance/operation person

Table 1 - ELUR - Title Report: Review and Evaluation of Recorded Interests

Certification of Agreement to Subordinate (August 2021)

Table 2 - Title Report: Survey Analysis and Preliminary Property Owner Affidavit Analysis (June 2022)

EUR Preliminary Parcel Owner Affidavit (February 2022)

ELUR Parcel Owner Affidavit (February 2022)

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Environmental Use Restrictions


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