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| Affordable Housing Program - Flex |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Provide affordable housing to persons/families with low to moderate incomes. |
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| Contact: Karen Santana |
| Phone: (860) 270-8224 |
| Email: Karen.santana@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a=1098&q=253406 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grants, Loans & Reduction in Principle/Interest |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 8-37 pp |
| Description |
| A housing production program known as "flex", funded through State bonds. Eligible applicants include municipalities, non-profit organizations, local housing authorities, & for-profit developers. |
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| Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund - South Central CT Regional Growth Partnership: |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Site assessment & remediation of contaminated properties |
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| Contact: Peter Stein or any staff person |
| Phone: (203) 821-3682 |
| Email: regiongrowthpartner@rgp-ct.org. |
| Website: http://www.rgp-ct.org |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant, Loan |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| Site assessment & remediation of contaminated properties via grants & loans to applicants within the in the South Central Regional Growth Partnership area. |
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| Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund, CT EPA |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Remediation of brownfields (contaminated properties) in distressed municipalities (www.ct.gov/opm/lib/opm/IGP/grants/datagrts/dismun2004.doc) |
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| Contact: Chet Camarata |
| Phone: (860) 270-8140 |
| Email: |
| Website: http://www.ctbrownfields.gov |
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| Type of Assistance: Loans & Grants (up to 40% of total needed) |
| Authority: EPA |
| Description |
| Revolving loan program for site assessment and remediation of brownfields statewide. Priority applications are for projects located in distressed municipalities. Funded by $1M EPA grant. |
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| Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund, Hartford - EPA |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Remediate contaminated properties in the City of Hartford. |
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| Contact: Chet Camarata |
| Phone: (860) 270-8140 |
| Email: chet.camarata@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ctbrownfields.gov |
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| Type of Assistance: Loan & Grant (40% of assistance) |
| Authority: EPA |
| Description |
| Assessment of contamination & remediation of properties within the City of Hartford, with funds from EPA. |
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| Brownfield Revolving Loan Program - Naugatuck Valley (NW & SW CT) |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Site Assessment and Remediation of contaminated properties |
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| Contact: Arthur Bogen (or Rick Dunne) |
| Phone: (203) 735-8688 |
| Email: rbp@valleycog.org |
| Website: http://www.valleycog.org/brownfields.html |
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| Type of Assistance: Loan |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 32-220 through 32-244a |
| Description |
| Assessment & remediation of contaminated sites in the Naugatuck Valley region (NW & SW CT), supported by an EPA grant & DECD's Manufacturer’s Assistance Act revolving loan program fund. |
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| Brownfields Redevelopment Financing |
| Agency: Connecticut Development Authority |
| Purpose: Remediation development of existing Brownfields sites |
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| Contact: Cynthia Petruzello |
| Phone: (860) 258-7833 |
| Email: Cynthia.petruzzello@ctcda.com |
| Website: http://www.ctbrownfields.com |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant Payment |
| Authority: 32-23zz |
| Description |
| CDA provides financing for Brownfields remediation. The financing is paid by a pledge of future incremental property taxes from the municipality. |
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| Drinking Water Quality Management Plan |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: To provide for a consistent and proactive methodology to protect public drinking water supplies while balancing the need for economic development within the State’s source water protection areas. |
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| Contact: Lori Mathieu |
| Phone: (860) 509-7333 |
| Email: lori.mathieu@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3139&q=387338 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: Special Act 06-6 |
| Description |
| The DWQMP plan is intended include locally developed and locally implemented land use management and development measures, including land preservation techniques to provide for the protection of critical public drinking water supply watershed areas |
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| Endangered Species |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To protect and restore endangered, threatened and special concern species in Connecticut and to provide information on the status of rare plant and animal species |
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| Contact: Wildlife Division |
| Phone: (860) 424-3011 |
| Email: |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2702&q=323462&depNav_GID=1628 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 26-303 through 26-312; RCSA Sec. 26-306-1 through 7 |
| Description |
| The DEP conducts a variety of research and management programs to protect and restore endangered, threatened and special concern species; and serves as the primary source of information on the status of rare plant and animal species |
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| Energy Conservation Loan Program (ECL) & Multi-Family Energy Conservation Loan program (MEL) - CT Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Provide financing to single family & multi-family residential property owners for the purchase & installation of cost-saving energy conservation improvements through CHIF [DECD oversight: Sheila Hummel, (860) 270-8105] |
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| Contact: Lisa Ruggeri |
| Phone: (860) 233-5165 |
| Email: Lisa@CHIF.org & Sheila.Hummel@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.chif.org |
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| Type of Assistance: Loan |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 16a-40b, 16a-40a |
| Description |
| Loans to single-family (1-4 units) homeowners up to $25K & multi-family property owners up to $2K/unit (maximum $60K/building. Purchase/Installation Examples: Siding, Insulation, Heat Pumps, Solar Systems, Replacement Heating Systems/Roofs/Windows. |
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| Geographic Information Systems |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To provide a statewide automated geographic storage and retrieval system that can rapidly integrate and analyze large amounts of spatial map and file data over any selected geographic area. |
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| Contact: Geographic Information Systems |
| Phone: (860) 424-3540 |
| Email: |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2698&q=323342&depNav_GID=1707 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| DEP develops and maintains a statewide automated geographic storage and retrieval system that can rapidly integrate and analyze large amounts of spatial map and file data over any selected geographic area. |
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| Green Building |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To promote Green Building practices. |
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| Contact: Kim Trella |
| Phone: (860) 424-3234 |
| Email: kim.trella@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2714&q=324910&depNav_GID=1645 |
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| Type of Assistance: Education and outreach |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| Promote the use of green building standards for new and renovated buildings, whereby the environmental qualities of both the indoor and outdoor settings have been considered and protected during design, construction, maintenance and use. |
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| HOME Investment Partnerships Program |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Provide affordable housing to persons/families with low to moderate incomes. |
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| Contact: Edward LaChance |
| Phone: (860) 270-8099 |
| Email: Edward.lachance@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a=1098&q=249716 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant, Loan & Reduction in Loan Principle/Interest |
| Authority: RCSA Sec. 24 CFR Part 92 |
| Description |
| Creation of both owner-occupied & rental affordable housing for low & moderate-income households. Allows for a wide range of eligible applicants & project types. Typically, CT receives $13M awarded via a formula. |
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| Housing Trust Fund Program |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Provide affordable housing to persons/families at low to moderate income levels |
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| Contact: Deb Russo |
| Phone: (860) 270-8223 |
| Email: Deborah.russo@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a=1104&q=316526 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant, Loan & Reduction in Loan Principle/Interest |
| Authority: CGS 8-336 m |
| Description |
| Provision of competitively awarded loans &/or grants, funded through State bonds, to eligible sponsors of affordable housing . |
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| Landscape Stewardship Initiative |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: Provide information on landscape stewardship. |
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| Contact: Margaret Welch |
| Phone: (860) 424-3618 |
| Email: margaret.welch@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/landscapestewardship |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical assistance, education and outreach. |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| Coordinate DEP programs that affect land use so as to avoid unintended impacts on land development patterns and to provide municipalities, individuals, and organizations with information to allow for better informed land use decision-making. |
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| Low-Income Housing Tax Credit Program (LIHTC) |
| Agency: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority |
| Purpose: Provide incentives to developers to build affordable housing. |
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| Contact: Sheila Stone |
| Phone: (860) 571-4237 |
| Email: Sheila.stone@chfa.org |
| Website: http://www.chfa.org/TaxCredits/taxcredits.asp |
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| Type of Assistance: Tax Credits |
| Authority: Federal - Section 42 of the IRS Tax Code |
| Description |
| Provides tax credits for development of affordable housing: 9% credits are competitive & 4% are not. They are allocated through a Governor-approved plan. LIHTC is largest federally funded housing program. |
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| Manufacturer’s Assistance Act - MAA |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Assist manufacturing, municipal development of industrial parks, & other business assistance. |
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| Contact: Holly Campo de la Vera |
| Phone: (860) 270-8045 |
| Email: holly.campodelavera@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a=1095&q=300162 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant, Loan |
| Authority: CGS Sec. _32-220 through 32-244a |
| Description |
| Provides direct assistance to manufacturing/other economic base industries, town development for industrial parks/other business assistance, eg planning, property/equipment acquisition, construction, relocation, working capital, & business support service |
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| Nonpoint Source Pollution Programs |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To prevent the introduction of pollutants into surface waters through stormwater. |
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| Contact: Nonpoint Source Program |
| Phone: (860) 424-3020 |
| Email: |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2719&q=325588&depNav_GID=1654 |
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| Type of Assistance: Guidance & information |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| DEP is working to engage stakeholders to prevent the introduction of pollutants into stormwater through it's Non Point Source Pollution Management and Coastal Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Programs. |
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| Permit Assistance and Outreach |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: The Office of the Ombudsman provides a central point of contact for all stakeholders seeking information and assistance from the department. |
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| Contact: Permit Ombudsman |
| Phone: (860) 424-3003 |
| Email: |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2709&q=324146&depNav_GID=1624 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| The Office of the Ombudsman provides a central point of contact for all stakeholders seeking information and assistance from the department. |
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| Proposals for developments using water |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: To ensure that any proposed construction or expansion of a water company will not result in a duplication of water service and prevent the creation of public water systems that lack the capacity to remain viable |
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| Contact: Cameron Walden |
| Phone: (860) 509-7333 |
| Email: cameron.walden@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3139&q=387326 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: CGS 8-25a and RCSA 16-262m |
| Description |
| The CPCN process reviews the design of the proposed Public Water System from development of the water sources to the piping system that will bring the water to the consumer. DPH and DPUC jointly administer the process. |
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| Protection of Public Drinking Water Supplies -Technical Assistance |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: To provide technical assistance to municipal land use decision makers and public water systems concerning consistent and proactive methods and measures to protect public drinking water supplies. |
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| Contact: Lori Mathieu |
| Phone: (860) 509-7333 |
| Email: lori.mathieu@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3139&q=387338 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 25-32f,8-2, 8-23,8-3i,22a-42f |
| Description |
| Technical assistance can be provided in the form of comments and recommendations on local actions that may affect public drinking water sources. |
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| Remediation/Site Clean-up |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: Evaluate hazardous waste disposal sites that pose a threat to the environment or public health, including provisions for the containment and removal of hazardous wastes and the mitigation of such waste on the subject sites. |
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| Contact: Graham Stevens |
| Phone: (860) 424-4166 |
| Email: graham.stevens@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2715&q=324950&depNav_GID=1626 |
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| Type of Assistance: Oversight and technical assistance |
| Authority: RCSA Sec. 22a-133k-1 through 22a-133k-3 |
| Description |
| Goal is to clean up contaminated sites and brownfields to meet Connecticut’s Remediation Standard Regulations, which ensure that human health and the environment are protected. |
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| Special Contaminated Properties Remediation and Insurance Fund (SCPRIF) |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Site assessment, remediation, brownfields assistance |
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| Contact: Chet Camarata |
| Phone: (860) 270-8140 |
| Email: Chet.Camarata@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ctbrownfields.gov |
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| Type of Assistance: Loans |
| Authority: CGS-22a-133u |
| Description |
| This program provides loans to Environmental Site Assessments, clean-up and demolition on sites that are underutilized due perceived site contamination problems. This "brownfield" redevelopment loan program is available statewide. |
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| State Housing Tax Credit Contribution Program (HTCC) |
| Agency: Connecticut Housing Finance Authority |
| Purpose: To provide an incentive to businesses to support affordable housing |
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| Contact: Sheila Stone |
| Phone: (860) 657-4504 |
| Email: Sheila.stone@chfa.org |
| Website: http://www.chfa.org/TaxCredits/taxcredits.asp |
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| Type of Assistance: Tax Credit |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 8-395 |
| Description |
| Provides tax credit vouchers for businesses making cash contributions to non-profit corporations that develop, sponsor, or manage housing programs which benefit low and moderate income individuals and families. A component supports workforce housing. |
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| Subsurface Sewage Disposal System Code Administration |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: Ensure Protection of Public Health and the Environment |
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| Contact: Robert Scully, P.E. |
| Phone: (860) 509-7296 |
| Email: robert.scully@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3140&q=387438&dphNav_GID=1828&dphPNavCtr=|#47142 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 22a 430g, PHC 19-13-B100a & 19-13-B103 |
| Description |
| The regulations and associated Technical Standards cover site evaluations, suitability, and design and installation requirements for such systems. Local planning & zoning agencies use the suitability criterion for subdivision approvals. |
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| The Green Plan: Guiding Land Acquisition and Protection in Connecticut 2007-2012 |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To guide land acquisition and protection in Connecticut |
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| Contact: Ms. Margaret Welch |
| Phone: (860) 424-3618 |
| Email: margaret.welch@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/lib/dep/open_space/green_plan.PDF |
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| Type of Assistance: Guidance |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| The Green Plan identifies goals, describes the status and sets conservation and recreation priorities for land acquisition and protection by DEP and by our partners through the Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program. |
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| Urban Act Funds |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Promote urban planning & development activities. |
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| Contact: Chet Camarata |
| Phone: (860) 270-8140 |
| Email: chet.camarata@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/ecd/LIB/ecd/20/14/Urban%20Act%20Application%20URI.PDF |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 4-66c |
| Description |
| Statewide municipal funding for planning, design & development projects which redirect, improve & expand state activities that promote community conservation & development & improve the quality of life for urban residents of the state. |
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| Urban Sites Remedial Action Program |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Environmental site assessment, remediation, and related costs in the State’s distressed areas |
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| Contact: Chet Camarata |
| Phone: (860) 270-8140 |
| Email: Chet.Camarata@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ctbrownfields.gov |
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| Type of Assistance: Grants or Loans |
| Authority: Chapter 22a-133m |
| Description |
| To facilitate the transfer, reuse and redevelopment of potentially polluted commercial and industrial real property (brownfields) which otherwise would remain vacant. When necessary, the state can commit funds to prepare the planning and implementation. |
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| Water Supply Plans |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: To require public water systems that serve =1,000 persons to develop and maintain a water supply plan for the purpose of assuring the purity and adequacy of Connecticut’s public drinking water supplies. |
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| Contact: Lori Mathieu |
| Phone: (860) 509-7333 |
| Email: lori.mathieu@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3139&q=387304&dphNav_GID=1824&dphNav=| |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: CGS 25-32d; RCSA Sec. 25-32d-1 to d-6 |
| Description |
| Water supply plans include current and future system needs, supply and system demands, source water information, emergency contingency plans, conservation and drought plans, and other critical or long term issues over a 5, 20, and 50 years planning period |
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| Water Utility Coordinating Committee |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: To provide for a coordinated approach to long-range water supply planning by addressing water quality and quantity issues from an area-wide perspective. |
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| Contact: Lori Mathieu |
| Phone: (860) 509-7333 |
| Email: lori.mathieu@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dph/cwp/view.asp?a=3139&q=387352 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 25-33c - j |
| Description |
| The process is designed to bring together public water system representatives and regional planning organizations to discuss long-range water supply issues and to develop a plan for dealing with those issues. |
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