General Information on Site Clean-up in Connecticut and Remediation Programs
General Public
What's in My Town?
Business & Industry, Municipalities and Environmental Professionals
General Public
Understanding Chemicals & Pollution
- DEEP's Potable Water Program assists residents whose drinking water supply well may be at risk of or has become polluted as a result of human activities. This page contains information about DEEP's potable water program, as well as fact sheets on lead, manganese, MTBE, and other compounds in drinking water.
- Department of Public Health - Publications & Fact Sheets (link to DPH)- Publications & Fact Sheets on potable water
- Home Heating Fuel Tanks - information on leak prevention and what to do if you have a leak from an aboveground or underground heating oil tank
- Report a Spill - Emergency Response - reporting requirements, phone numbers, and spill clean-up contractors
- Connecticut's Site Clean-up Requirements - Connecticut's Remediation Standard Regulations
- Understanding Groundwater - information about Connecticut’s water resources
- Significant Environmental Hazard Notification – information on Connecticut’s law requiring the owner of property which is the source of pollution causing certain types of environmental hazards to notify DEEP of such conditions
- Pesticides (link to EPA) – information on products, use, and safety
- Glossary of Clean-Up Terms (link to EPA)
- ToxFAQs (link to Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry) - provides information about exposure to hazardous substances found near hazardous waste sites and the effects of exposure on human health (available in many languages)
- Contaminated or Potentially Contaminated Sites in Connecticut - lists "Hazardous Waste Facilities" as defined in Section 22a-134f of the Connecticut General Statutes
- List of Significant Environmental Hazard Notifications - lists properties which are the source of pollution causing an environmental hazard condition
- On-Going Remediation Projects - Tylerville Center, Haddam, Durham Meadows, Durham, and Raymark, Stratford
- State Superfund Sites – hazardous waste sites addressed with State funds
- Federal Superfund Sites in Connecticut – hazardous waste sites addressed with Federal funds
- Brownfields Site Inventory - list of brownfields compiled from various agencies
- Permitted Solid Waste Landfills– landfills that have not completed closure
- Environmental Land Use Restriction Map - ELURs minimize the risk of human exposure to pollutants and hazards to the environment by preventing specific uses or activities at a property.
- National Priority List (NPL) Sites in Connecticut (link to EPA) - sites with known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants
- SEMS (formerly CERCLIS) Database (link to EPA) - contains information on hazardous waste sites, potential hazardous waste sites, and remedial activities
- Enviromapper (link to EPA) - mapped information about environmental concerns
Business & Industry, Municipalities and Environmental Professionals
Reporting Requirements
Standards
- Remediation Standard Regulations - site cleanup requirements
- Connecticut Water Quality Standards – classifications of Connecticut’s water resources and related information
Brownfields
- Brownfields in Connecticut
- PREPARED Municipal Workbook –online tools for assessing and redeveloping brownfields
- Siting Clean Energy on Brownfields
- Funding Sources
Tools for Environmental Investigation and Remediation
- Site Characterization – assessing receptors, sampling and analyses, vapor intrusion, demonstrating compliance, and other considerations
- Guidance - a comprehensive list of all Remediation Division guidance documents
- Forms - a comprehensive list of all Remediation Division forms
- Permits - a list of permits applicable to Remediation Division programs
- Environmental Land Use Restrictions – easement granted to DEEP by the property owner and recorded on municipal records to restrict specific activities at the site
- Covenant Not to Sue– an agreement between DEEP and a prospective purchaser or owner of a polluted site that DEEP will not institute a claim against a party who has or will clean up that property
- Reuse of Polluted Soils - FAQs
Technical Information
- Remediation Waste Management – characterization and management of RCRA/non-RCRA wastes
- Municipal Management Practices for Street Sweeping and Catch Basin Cleanings
- General Guidance on Development of Former Agricultural Properties (March 1999)
For additional information or assistance, please contact staff in the Remediation Division.
Content Last Updated March 6, 2020