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
All municipalities should be aware of the provisions of Public Act No. 21-29 and what changes it could bring to zoning in your town or city.
Public Act 21-29 is part of the initiative to make housing in Connecticut more...more
8/16/2021
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Critical Infrastructure Sectors ,
Housing Market ,
Low-Income Issues ,
Municipalities ,
Public Acts ,
Real Estate Development ,
Rental Property ,
State and Local Government ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Zoning Laws
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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Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
Energy Policy ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
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Infrastructure ,
Oil & Gas ,
Oil Spills ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Risk Management ,
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
/ Contaminated Properties ,
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
Environmental Policies ,
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
/ Contaminated Properties ,
Department of Energy and Environmental Protection ,
Environmental Policies ,
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
/ Agricultural Land ,
Contaminated Properties ,
Environmental Policies ,
Hazardous Substances ,
Land Developers ,
Pesticides ,
Redevelopment ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Site Remediation ,
Soil ,
State and Local Government
On June 13, 2019, Commissioner Katie Dykes announced the Department of Energy & Environmental Protection’s top 16 initiatives during her keynote address at the Connecticut Business & Industry Association’s annual Energy and...more
Over a decade ago, Connecticut, like much of the country, had concerns over groundwater contamination from gasoline containing the additive MTBE. Although much of the country had let the issue of MTBE contamination fall by...more
Week of September 23 -
Limits of relief possible for Intervenor under CGS 22a-19 -
In Hunter Ridge LLC v. Planning & Zoning Commission Connecticut’s Supreme Court considered whether injunctive relief was available...more
10/2/2015
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Conflicts of Interest ,
CT Supreme Court ,
Department of Environmental Management ,
Enforcement Officers ,
Environmental Claims ,
Governmental Immunity ,
Injunctions ,
Intervenors ,
Land Developers ,
Land-Use Permits ,
New Legislation ,
Standard of Review ,
Uniform Standards ,
Urban Planning & Development ,
Wetlands ,
Zoning Laws
On Monday August 3, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a final Clean Power Plan that it claims will cut carbon emissions from existing electric power plants by 32 percent from 2005 levels by the year...more
Week of July 29 -
No Hardship for Legally Nonconforming Residence -
The owners of a residence in Fairfield that was legally nonconforming – that is, it failed to comply with zoning requirements in place now – wanted...more
Week of July 6 -
In June 2015, the Connecticut Appellate Court issued two significant land use decisions summarized below. In the first decision the Court analyzed when a town’s zoning regulation might be deemed void...more
AC36196 - Verrillo v. Zoning Board of Appeals -
Attorneys who practice in the land-use arena know that there is often a divergence between how local Zoning Board of Appeals (“ZBAs”), comprised of lay members, view...more
Week of January 12 -
On January 7, 2015, the Planning & Zoning Section of the Connecticut Bar Association met in Cromwell, CT with special guest Judge Marshall Berger. The main focus of the meeting was Practice Book...more
SC19090, SC19091 - FairwindCT, Inc. v. Connecticut Siting Council -
This decision upheld the Siting Council’s authorization to a Pullman & Comley client to install wind turbine electrical generation facilities in...more
AC35796 - Michos v. Planning & Zoning Commission -
This decision held that the Town of Easton P&Z Commission violated its own regulations when it approved a house of worship with 80% of the parking in front of the...more
After about seven years of trying to get a landowner to comply with its zoning and wetland regulations, the Town of East Windsor looked to the courts for enforcement help. ...more
AC35612 - Greenwood Manor, LLC v. Planning & Zoning Commission -
During a review of its current zoning regulations, the attorney for a property owner wrote to the planning commission and strongly urged it to downgrade...more
Medical marijuana is now legal in Connecticut, though still not legal under federal law. Control over the industry is in the hands of the Department of Consumer Protection (DCP), which has chosen four companies to operate...more
AC35464 - Yorgensen v. Chapdelaine -
In this new Appellate Court decision, the plaintiff was issued a building permit to construct a barn, but town officials thereafter also observed grading adjacent to the wetlands...more