Gov. Ned Lamont recently approved revising the law and instituting a “release-based” hazardous material remediation program common in other states. According to Lamont, the change will promote the revitalization of environmentally contaminated, blighted parcels and put them back into good use, while helping municipal economies and ensuring environmental protection. The Connecticut Property Transfer Act of 1985 originally was enacted to place restrictions on the sale of properties with environmental pollution so they could not simply be transferred unremediated from one owner to the next. The legislation sunsets the Transfer Act and institutes a new release-based regulatory program. According to Lamont’s office, instead of singling out certain properties with onerous requirements, the new system will focus on compliance in cases that pose the greatest environmental risk. It creates standards to guide cleanups of low risk spills “without a lot of red tape.”
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