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Six-story brick walls are nearly all that remain of the Bristol-Babcock building after it was gutted by fire in 2015. Sitting on 6.1 acres, Bristol-Babcock operated as a metal-based manufacturing company for a hundred years until 1989. Connecticut has long been an outlier in how it regulated the cleanup of abandoned and underused contaminated properties, known as brownfields, relying on the state’s Transfer Act. But a law that took effect March 1, 2026, aims to streamline the cleanup process and bring Connecticut in line with most other states.
Mark Mirko
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New release-based cleanup regulations require property owners or long-time tenants to report, investigate and remediate pollution when it’s discovered.
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