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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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| 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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| 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 |
| Authority: |
| 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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| Conservation and Development Policies Plan |
| Agency: Office of Policy and Management |
| Purpose: The Plan serves as a statement of the development, resource management and public investment policies for the State. |
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| Contact: Daniel Morley |
| Phone: (860) 418-6343 |
| Email: daniel.morley@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/opm/cdplan |
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| Type of Assistance: |
| Authority: CGS Sec 16a-24 through 16a-33 |
| Description |
| The use of state funds for an amount in excess of $200,000 for the acquisition, development, or improvement of real property or for the acquisition of public transportation equipment or facilities are required to be consistent with the plan. |
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| Disposition and Use of Water Company-owned Lands |
| Agency: Department of Public Health |
| Purpose: To determine if a proposed sale, lease, assignment or change in use of class I and II land as defined in CGS Sec 25-37c may have a significant adverse impact upon an applicant's water supply |
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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 25-37d, S 25-32(b) to (f), RCSA 25-37d-1 to 9 |
| Description |
| No water company shall sell, lease, assign or otherwise dispose of or change the use of any watershed lands, and any off-watershed Class II lands, except as provided in Section 25-37c-1 and 2, and 25-37d-1 through 9 without approval of DPH. |
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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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| 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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| Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Training for Regional Planning Organizations |
| Agency: Office of Policy and Management |
| Purpose: To provid training in the use of Geospatial Information Systems for staff of Regional Plannig Organizations |
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| Contact: Daniel Morley |
| Phone: (860) 418-6395 |
| Email: daniel.morley@ct.gov |
| Website: |
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| Type of Assistance: Training |
| Authority: |
| Description |
| Training is provided though funding provided by OPM and is avaibale to staff of the regional Planning Organization. The course are tailored to the needs idenitified by the RPO's |
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| Greenways |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: Grant program for the planning, design and implementation of greenways around the state. |
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| Contact: Laurie Giannotti |
| Phone: (860) 424-3578 |
| Email: laurie.giannotti@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2707&q=323854&depNav_GID=1704&depNav=| |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant payment |
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| Description |
| Grants of up to $5000 for planning, design and implementation of greenways. Land acquisition and/or construction activities are not eligible for these grants. Funding provided through the sale of greenway license plates. |
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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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| 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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| Open Space and Watershed Land Acquisition Grant Program |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To provide funding to municipalities, non-profit land conservation organizations, and water companies to protect open space |
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| Contact: David Stygar |
| Phone: (860) 424-3016 |
| Email: David.Stygar@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2706&q=323834&depNav_GID=1641 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant payment |
| Authority: CGS Sec. 7-131d through 7-131i |
| Description |
| Grants may be made for the purchase of land that has specific environmental attributes outlined on website. |
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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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| Regional Planning Grant-In-Aid |
| Agency: Office of Policy and Management |
| Purpose: To provide general financial support to 15 Regional Planning Organizations in the performance of their statutory responsibilities and associated elective work activities. |
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| Contact: Richard Van Ausdall |
| Phone: (860) 418-6432 |
| Email: richard.van_ausdall@ct.gov |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?a=2985&q=383160&opmNav_GID1807 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant |
| Authority: CGS Sec 4-124c through 4-124q and 8-31 through 8-37b. |
| Description |
| Each Regional Planning Agency, each Regional Council of Governments and each Regional Council of Elected Officials in a region without a regional planning agency, is entitled to a grant-in-aid to support its various planning activities. |
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| Section 319 Grant Program (Nonpoint Source Pollution) |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To protect public health and the environment from the impacts of nonpoint sources of pollution. |
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| Contact: Stan Zaremba |
| Phone: (860) 424-4055 |
| Email: stanley.zaremba@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2719&q=325594&depNav_GID=1654 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant Payment |
| Authority: The Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1329) |
| Description |
| Funding priorities are for implementation projects, particularly those that address a documented non-point source pollution-related water quality impairment identified on Connecticut’s List of Impaired Waterbodies. |
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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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| Surface Transportation Enhancement Program |
| Agency: Department of Transporation |
| Purpose: To fund projects that go above and beyond what is customarily considered part of a transportation activity. |
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| Contact: Kathryn A. Faraci |
| Phone: (860) 594-2160 |
| Email: kathryn.faraci@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dot |
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| Type of Assistance: Reimbursement program at 80% |
| Authority: SAFETEA-LU Section(s) 113, 1122, 6003 |
| Description |
| The enhancement activities must relate to the Intermodal transportation system by reason of function or impact and must be encompassed in one of the twelve federally-eligible enhancement areas. |
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| The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality (CMAQ) Improvement Program. |
| Agency: Department of Transportation |
| Purpose: To fund transportation projects or programs that will contribute to attainment or maintenance of the national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for ozone, carbon monoxide (CO), and particulate matter (PM) |
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| Contact: Grayson Wright |
| Phone: (860) 594-2154 |
| Email: grayson.wright@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dot |
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| Type of Assistance: Reimbursement program (80% or for limited projects 100%) |
| Authority: Federal Clean Air Act (CAA), Title 42, |
| Description |
| Funds transportation projects and programs that contribute to the attainment or maintenance of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) in non-attainment or air quality maintenance areas for ozone, carbon monoxide, or particulate matter. |
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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 Forestry Program |
| Agency: Department of Environmental Protection |
| Purpose: To support and further advance urban forestry in Connecticut. |
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| Contact: Chris Donnelly |
| Phone: (860) 424-3718 |
| Email: chris.donnelly@po.state.ct.us |
| Website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2697&q=322872&depNav_GID=1631 |
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| Type of Assistance: Grant payments and technical assistance |
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| Provides technical assistance and grants to promote urban forestry, including trees along roads and highways, in park and recreation areas, and in residential and commercial neighborhoods. |
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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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