Out with the Old: New Environmental Cleanup Rules Take Effect

After more than 40 years as the primary driver of cleanups in Connecticut, the Transfer Act was replaced with a release-based cleanup program March 1. The Transfer Act isn’t exactly gone; the hundreds of sites already subject to its requirements must finish cleaning up. But all properties and businesses–even those subject to Transfer Act requirements–can now be bought and sold without filing a “form,” designating a “certifying party,” or performing an investigation to a standard mandated... By: Shipman & Goodwin LLP