The Connecticut General Assembly passed Public Act 20-09 in the fall of 2020 with the promise that the Connecticut Transfer Act would be abolished in favor of a released-based, rather than a transaction-based, remediation...more
The General Assembly gave Connecticut an early Halloween present during the first week of October when both houses of the legislature passed H.B. 7001, An Act Revising Provisions of the Transfer Act and Authorizing the...more
DEEP does not currently have regulations in place governing release/spill reporting. The regulations proposed in 2009 required that all spills over one gallon in volume and all historical spills be reported. Those have...more
9/21/2020
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Toxic Chemicals
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2,” will...more
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2, ” will...more
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2, ” will...more
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2, ” will...more
8/15/2019
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Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
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Groundwater Management Plan ,
Pollution Control ,
Property Owners ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Site Remediation ,
State and Local Government ,
Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC)
Those who develop solar projects in Connecticut know that the siting and developing of these projects can be every bit as involved as the permitting of a fossil-fueled generation station. In addition to the ordinary...more
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2, ” will...more
7/29/2019
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Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
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Land Developers ,
Land Use Restrictions ,
Pollution Control ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Real Estate Development ,
Regulatory Standards ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Site Remediation ,
State and Local Government ,
Variances
On July 8, 2019 the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (“DEEP”) proposed an overhaul to its Remediation Standard Regulations (“RSRs”). These proposed amendments, often referred to as “Wave 2, ” will...more
7/16/2019
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Contaminated Properties ,
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Pesticides ,
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Site Remediation ,
Soil ,
State and Local Government
"The Fog comes in on little cat feet," according to Carl Sandburg, but the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tells us that vapors come in through cracks in basements, utility lines, and the like — considerably less poetic...more