Proposed Amendments to the Remediation Standard Regulations and Environmental Use Restriction Regula

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Proposed Amendments to the Remediation Standard Regulations and Environmental Use Restriction Regulations

Current Status

The proposed amendments to the regulations were adopted on February 16, 2021. DEEP would like to thank all who have submitted comments, both formally and informally, which have significantly helped to shape and improve the final regulations. Remediation Standard Regulations

Environmental Use Restrictions

Public Comment Documents and Summary

RSRs

RSRs - Response to Key Comments
RSRs eRegulation - Regulation Making Webpage
Red-Line/[Blue-Line] version of Proposed Remediation Standard Regulations (updated after public comments)- This document contains deleted/moved language in bracketed blue text and added/moved language in underlined red text. This version of the Revised RSRs is unofficial and made available for the convenience of the reader. Accompanying this document is the Alternative Groundwater Protection Criteria Map in GIS format. This version of the Revised RSRs is unofficial and made available for the convenience of the reader.
Summary of Changes – This document summarizes the major changes made in the 2019 proposed RSRs, and the page numbers listed accompany the original Red-Line/[Blue-Line] version of the proposed RSRs.
Table of Contents to the Proposed Amendments to the RSRs and the Red-Line/[Blue-Line] version.

EURs

EURs –Response to Key Comments
EURs eRegulation - Regulation Making Webpage
Proposed Amendments to the Environmental Use Restriction Regulations – These are the 2019 proposed EURs submitted for public notice on September 27, 2019.

Formal Regulatory Adoption Process

Public Notice of Intent to Secretary of State, beginning the RSRs formal public comment period: July 8, 2019
Public Hearing: September 25, 2019
Public Notice of Intent to Secretary of State, beginning the EURs formal public comment period: September 27, 2019
Close of 90-day public comment period: 5:00 pm, October 7, 2019
Close of 45-day public comment period for EURs and RSRs/EUR interface: 5:00 pm, November 12, 2019
Hearing Officer’s Report - RSRs: July 23, 2020
Hearing Officer’s Report - EURs: July 23, 2020
DEEP notification to all interested parties of availability of final wording: July 23, 2020
Final proposed regulations to Attorney General for Legal Sufficiency approval: August, 14, 2020, October 30, 2020, & December 28, 2020
Legislative Regulation Review Committee (LRRC) holds meeting on regulatory amendments per CGS section 4-170: October 27, 2020, November 24, 2020, and January 26, 2021
After approval of LRRC, regulations filed with Secretary of State per CGS section 4-172: February 8, 2021
Publication of regulations on the Connecticut eRegulations System: February 16, 2021

Additional Information

Wave 2 discussion documents and the Risk-Based Decision Making Recommendations are on the Wave 2 Revision Concepts and History webpage.

Connecticut Remediation Standard Regulations

Content last updated February 26, 2021

Connecticut Department of Energy & Environmental Protection