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| Aquifer Protection Area Program |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To provide protection for drinking water aquifers. |
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| Contact: Aquifer Protection Program |
| Phone: (860) 424-3020 |
| Email: aquiferprotection@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2685&q=322252&depNav_GID=1625 |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance, Training and Education |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 22a-354a et.seq., RCSA Sec. 354i-1 through 354i-10 |
| Description |
| The Aquifer Protection Area Program protects major public water supply wells in sand and gravel aquifers to ensure future drinking water supply. |
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| Classification of Water Company owned land |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: Sets criteria for determining the proper identification and classification of the three classes of water company owned lands set forth in CGS Sec. 25-37c relative to any disposition or change of use of such lands under CGS Sec. 25-37d. |
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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. 25-37c, RCSA Sec. 25-37c-1 and c-2 |
| Description |
| Sets criteria for determining the proper identification and classification of the three classes of water company owned lands set forth in CGS Sec. 25-37c relative to any disposition or change of use of such lands under CGS Sec. 25-37d |
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| Coastal Nonpoint Source Management Program |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To protect coastal waters from nonpoint source pollution. |
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| Contact: Mary-beth Hart |
| Phone: (860) 424-3034 |
| Email: marybeth.hart@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2705&q=323554&depNav_GID=1709 |
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| Type of Assistance: Workshops and Technical Assistance |
| Authority: Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 (Federal law, 16 U.S.C. sections 1451 through 1465) |
| Description |
| Workshops and other technical assistance are available to management area towns to help identify the existing tools available to implement the Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Management Program (CNP). |
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| Community Resource Inventory |
| Agency: Center for Land Use Education and Research |
| Purpose: To provide an understanding of the resources and "character" of a town. |
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| Contact: John Rosum |
| Phone: (860) 345-4511 |
| Email: john.rozum@uconn.edu |
| Website: http://nemo.uconn.edu/tools/cri/index.htm |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical |
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| Description |
| A complete Community Resource Inventory (CRI) is made up of three different resource inventories: natural, cultural, and economic.This website allows town to interactively develop a CRI |
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| Connecticut Geospatial Information Systems Council |
| Agency: Department of Information Technology |
| Purpose: To coordinate a uniform geospatial information system capacity for municipalities, regional planning agencies, the state and others, as needed, |
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| Contact: Michael Varney |
| Phone: (860) 622-2462 |
| Email: michael.varney@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/gis |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical, potential for financial support in the future |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| The system GIS must guide and assist state and local officials involved in transportation; economic development; land use planning; environmental, cultural, and natural resource management; public service delivery; and other areas as necessary. |
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| Connecticut Land Use Academy |
| Agency: Office of Policy and Management |
| Purpose: The Academy provides an introduction to a variety of topics and skillsets pertinent for local land use decision makers in Connecticut. |
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| Contact: Terri Erwin |
| Phone: (860) 345-5205 |
| Email: terri.erwin@uconn.edu |
| Website: http://clear.uconn.edu/lua.htm |
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| Type of Assistance: Education |
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| Description |
| Each Academy series is composed of a core curriculum of three courses. The series is conducted three times a year in locations across the state |
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| Connecticut Main Street Center, Inc. (CMSC) |
| Agency: Department of Economic and Community Development |
| Purpose: Provides access to resources, training & technical assistance to communities selected to participate in the CMSC program. |
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| Contact: John Simone |
| Phone: (860) 280-2337 |
| Email: ctmainst@nu.com |
| Website: http://www.ctmainstreet.org |
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| Type of Assistance: Technical Assistance, Training, Resources, Network |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 32-223(d)(1) & (6) |
| Description |
| Provide selected communities with free resources, training & technical assistance. Designated municipalities benefit from national expertise in downtown revitalization & participation in a unique Network Exchange at the National Main Street Center. |
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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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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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| 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. |
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| 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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| Model Regulations |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
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| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2703&q=390248&depNav_GID=1634&depNav=|#LSModelRegulations |
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| Type of Assistance: Techincal Assistance |
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| Description |
| Includes Aquifer Protection, Inland Wetlands Regulations, Parking Regulations that Reduce Impervious Cover, Stormwater, and Tidal Wetlands Buffers |
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| Municipal Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commissioner Training |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To provide training for municipal inland wetlands and watercourses commissioners and their staff |
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| Contact: Municipal Wetlands Program |
| Phone: (860) 424-3019 |
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| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2720&q=325686&depNav_GID=1654 |
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| Type of Assistance: Training |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 22a-39 |
| Description |
| The Municipal Inland Wetland Commissioners Training Program, is an annual course encompassing a broad range of issues including the administrative, legal and scientific aspects of municipal wetlands regulation. |
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| Municipal Wastewater |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To assist municipalities in providing appropriate wastewater treatment. |
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| Contact: Municipal Wastewater Program |
| Phone: (860) 424-3704 |
| Email: |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2719&q=325580&depNav_GID=1654 |
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| Type of Assistance: Guidance & information |
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| Description |
| The Municipal Facilities section handles all aspects of interactions between the municipalities and DEP regarding wastewater treatment. It provides guidance, support, and regulatory efforts related to wastewater at the municipal level. |
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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 |
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| 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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| 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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| 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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