Information Resources for Contractors
in the Construction Trades
Listed below are a number of web links with environmental information for firms and individuals engaged in the construction trades, including architects, engineers, general contractors, new home construction contractors, renovation and demolition contractors, roofers, plumbers, electricians, painting and siding contractors, flooring and drywall contractors, masons, and others. If you have a question on any of the following subjects, please call the contact telephone number listed in the web page for that subject. If no contact phone number is listed, call 860-424-3000, or send us an email.
Aggregate Recycling Facilities
Asbestos Abatement and Demolition Notification Forms (CT Department of Health)
Asbestos Abatement/Removal (CT Department of Health)
Asbestos Abatement/Removal (US EPA)
Asbestos Demolition and Renovation Notification Form (CT DEEP)
Asbestos in Schools (US EPA)
Composting and Organics Recycling
Construction and Demolition Waste Management and Recycling
Contaminated Soil and/or Sediment Staging and Transfer General Permit
Corrugated Cardboard Recycling
Deconstruction (a different kind of demolition)
Demolition Codes and Demolition Licensing
Drinking Water Supplies (CT Department of Health)
Fluorescent Lamp Recycling Facilities Fact Sheet
Freon Removal and Disposal (US EPA)
Fugitive Dust Emission Regulation (see in particular Section 22a-174-18(c))
Green Building (general information)
Green Building (requirements for state buildings and public K-12 schools)
Indoor Air Quality (CT DPH)
Lead-Based Paint Abatement/Removal (CT Department of Health)
Lead-Based Paint Disposal Fact Sheet
Lead-Based Paint Disposal Training PowerPoint Presentation
Lead-Based Paint Testing and Disposal Guidance Document
Lead-Safe Housing Rule (US HUD)
List of Landfills in Connecticut
Management of Residential Construction Waste for the Single Family Home Contractor
Mercury-Containing Devices in Residential Buildings - Proper Management (US EPA)
Mold - Indoor Air Quality (CT DPH)
PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyls)
PCBs in Caulk (DEEP Guidance)
PCBs in Caulk (EPA Guidance)
Radon (CT Department of Health)
Renovation and Demolition: Environmental, Health, and Safety Requirements You Should Know About
Renovation and Demolition: "Red Flag List" for Local Code Officials
Renovation and Demolition: sample checklist for EH&S requirements
Renovation and Demolition: "Strategies for Success" handout
Renovation, Repair and Painting ("RRP") Rule (CT Department of Health)
Renovation, Repair, and Painting ("RRP") Rule (US EPA)
Spill Prevention and Reporting
State Building Inspector's Office
State of Connecticut Solid Waste Management Plan (see especially pages 4-67 to 4-73)
Structures, Dredging, and Fill in Tidal Wetlands and Tidal, Coastal or Navigable Waters
Stormwater Management at Construction Sites
Treated Lumber (Proper Use and Disposal)
Underground Storage Tanks (General Info)
Underground Storage Tanks (Residential Fuel Tanks)
Universal Waste (Batteries, Fluorescent Lamps, Used Electronics, Mercury-Containing Devices)
Worker Health and Safety (CONN OSHA)
Worker Health and Safety (US OSHA)
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Content Last Updated October 28, 2022