Presentation given by:
Beth Barton, Day Pitney LLP
David Hurley, Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.
Robert Bell, CT DEEP
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In 2011, in response to the urging of the development community, the Connecticut legislature unanimously passed, and Governor Malloy signed into law, Public Act No. 11-141, creating a new Brownfields Remediation and Revitalization Program. This program - frequently referred to as the Section 17 Program - can go a long way toward making a significant dent in the logjam preventing the return of many of Connecticut's brownfields to productive reuse. Once accepted into the program, an applicant, acquiring a property needing investigation and remediation because of historical activities, will have no obligation to investigate and remediate off-site impacts due to those activities. If an applicant implements a plan addressing on-site conditions only, that applicant is relieved of any liability for off-site impacts and also any third party claims under state law. The Section 17 Program provides important liability relief and protection as well as a clear path forward. An applicant can still apply for brownfields funding under existing state programs.
This webinar is an opportunity to learn how Connecticut's new Brownfields Program works and is working. Topics covered will include who's eligible, what's required to apply, what's the role of the agencies, what are the benefits of the program, and what's the process once accepted.
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Beth Barton, Day Pitney LLP
Beth Barton is a Partner at Day Pitney LLP, a law firm with 9 East Coast offices, extending from Boston to New York City to Washington, DC. Resident in the Hartford, Connecticut office, Beth has over 20 years of experience in environmental and land use consultation, permitting and litigation at the federal, state and local levels. She served on Governor Malloy's Environmental Policy Transition Team. She was also a member of Governor Rell's Permitting Task Force, the legislatively created Connecticut Task Force on Streamlining Environmental Permitting, and the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's External Advisory Committee on revisions to Connecticut's Remediation Standard Regulations. Beth is a member of the National Brownfields Association's Brownfields Ad vocacy Network, the Board of Directors of the New England Council, the Environmental Policies Council of the Connecticut Business and Industry Association, and the New England Women in Energy and the Environment. On behalf of property owners, developers, lenders, and investors, Beth has worked closely with governmental authorities at all levels on innovative development projects, including large sustainable developments both within and outside New England and smaller urban/suburban initiatives including the Learning Corridor in Hartford, Connecticut and Blue Back Square in West Hartford, Connecticut. She is a frequent author and speaker on environmental issues and a graduate of Tufts University and the University of Connecticut School of Law.
David Hurley, Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.
David F. Hurley, LEP, PG is a vice president with Fuss & O'Neill, Inc. of Manchester, Connecticut, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with offices throughout the east coast. Mr. Hurley is Director of Brownfield Services for Fuss & O'Neill and in that capacity serves as a project director for private developers, state and regional agencies, and municipal clients. His projects typically involve public private partnerships, regulatory strategies, and integration of remediation and redevelopment or adaptive reuse of sites. David has been with Fuss & O'Neill for over 20 years and has more than 25 years of diversified environmental project experience. He is a Connecticut Licensed Environmental Professional (LEP). He received a B.S. in Geology from the State University of New York at Albany and has conducted post-graduate studies at the University of Tennessee. Dave is a member of the Connecticut General Assembly Brownfields Working Group.
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Robert Bell, CT DEEP
Since 2006, Robert Bell has worked at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as an Assistant Director of the Remediation Division. There he leads a team of professionals overseeing cleanup of contaminated sites throughout the state, including state and federal superfund sites, RCRA Corrective Action sites, brownfield redevelopment sites, other industrial/commercial sites, and projects to provide clean drinking water for individuals and communities where releases contaminated drinking water wells. Robert leads the LEAN process and quality improvement actions of the Division. Previously, Robert worked in Massachusetts as an attorney on Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, wetlands, solid and hazardous waste, land use, cleanup and cost recovery cases, where he prosecuted enforcement cases, defended permit appeals and advised the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection in Boston and as Chief Regional Counsel in Springfield.
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Nette Compton, City of New York Parks Department
Eric Rothstein, Vita Nuova 
Karin S. Holland, 
Deborah Taege is an Environmental Engineer with over 10 years of experience in the environmental field focusing on remediation projects. She works for The Boeing Company as a remediation project manager and holds a Bachelors and Masters degree in environmental engineering from Michigan Technological University.
Sara Russell is a Brownfields Project Manger at the U.S. EPA's Pacific Southwest Office in San Francisco. Sara has worked at the EPA for over 11 years in the Office of Public Affairs, Air Division and in Pollution Prevention. She works with brownfield grantees in San Joaquin Valley and Southern California. She also specializes in sustainable development and social media outreach. When not at the office Sara can be found volunteering with the Cub Scouts and Nursing Mothers Counsel.
While the global economy heals its wounds, communities across the nation seek to pull themselves up by their bootstraps. By recognizing the unique attributes, strengths, and talents of local neighborhoods and communities, civic leaders across the country seek to create vibrant, local economies by finding synergies between for profit, non-profit, and government entities. From Michael Porter at Harvard to Burt Chojnowski at Fairfield First, thoughtful leaders are recognizing the need to strengthen local economies for the 21st century. This webinar will highlight work in Ogden, IA, Indianapolis, IN, Toledo, OH, and Meriden, CT. Michael B. Taylor is President of Vita Nuova. He will be joined by guests from these communities for a lively conversation.
Michael Taylor is a leading strategist in implementing redevelopments at brownfields and Superfund sites.
Donald Watson is a leading expert and consultant in planning, architecture, and environmental design. He has served in academic and professional positions for the last 40 years.