Property Transfer Program
The Property Transfer Program (PTP) will sunset on March 1, 2026. Public Act 25-6 Section 2 changes the definition of “Transfer of Establishment” to transactions that occur on or before March 1, 2026, so Form filings will not be required for transactions after that date. Generally, properties that are already in the PTP will continue to be investigated and remediated under the PTP through verification.
Public Act 25-54 Section 3 sets up a procedure that allows any Certifying Party who investigated its establishment in accordance with prevailing standards and guidelines to submit a report prepared by an LEP cataloguing each release discovered on that establishment to transition remediation from the PTP to the Release-Based Cleanup Regulations (RBCRs). Once the report is accepted, each release may be addressed under the RBCRs and either verified within one year of submitting the report, entering the release(s) into a tier, or returning to the PTP.
Release Catalogue Report Transmittal Form – attach as the cover sheet. Please note that this form requests an RCN, which is the REACT case number that DEEP’s Release, Environmental Assessment, and Cleanup Tracker (REACT) online case management system wil automatically assign to all releases/cases once the portal is available. Prior to REACT becoming available, you may leave that field blank.
Release Catalogue Report Format (unlocked) – use as a guide or as a template for the report.
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, per Sections 22a-134 through 22a-134e of the Connecticut General Statutes. The Property Transfer Law also requires that a party signing the Property Transfer Form certification agrees to investigate the parcel and remediate pollution caused by any release of a hazardous waste or hazardous substance from the establishment.
Prescribed Forms for Property Transfer Filings and LEP Verification
New procedures: Send the Property Transfer Fee Payment Form with the fee to DEEP, CPPU, 79 Elm St., Hartford, CT 06106-5127.Within 10 days of the transfer, upload to the Secure File Transfer (SFT) website the property transfer form and attachments in the following order:
• The Electronic Document Transmittal Form
• The Property Transfer Form with a copy of the PTP Fee Form and Assessor’s map
• The ECAF, if required
• The Verification Form, appendices, and Verification Report (Verification), if required
• Additional reports not previously submitted to DEEP and referenced in the ECAF, if applicableForms that Must Accompany Each Transfer of Establishment:
- Electronic Document Transmittal Form – must be the cover page
- Property Transfer Fee Payment Form – send to DEEP CPPU with payment.
- Environmental Condition Assessment Form (ECAF) and Instructions (except Form II)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form I (Business Only)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form I (Real Estate)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form II (Business Only)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form II (Real Estate)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form III (Business Only)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form III (Real Estate)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form IV (Business Only)
- Transfer of Establishment - Form IV (Real Estate)
- LEP Verification Forms (Forms I through IV for Business and Property, Voluntary Remediation, and RCRA Corrective Action)
Transmittal Forms for Property Transfer Milestones, Requests, and Notices
- Electronic Document Transmittal Form – must be the cover sheet for all submittals, including COI and RAP Transmittal Forms.
- Completion of Investigation Transmittal Form and Instructions
- Remedial Action Plan Transmittal Form and Instructions
- Transmittal of Documents
Additional Information
Site Characterization EssentialsRemediation Division Permits
Remediation Standard Regulations
Environmental Land Use Restrictions
Engineered Control Variances
Covenant Not to Sue
SEMS (CERCLIS) "Comfort Letter" and Archive Policy
Ecological Risk Assessment
Reuse of Polluted Soils
Content Last Updated October 1, 2025