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The Connecticut DEP has made significant changes to the General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater Associated with Industrial Activities. The new provisions will be effective on October 1, 2011. Industrial facilities in Connecticut will be required to register for the revised permit and have an updated Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan completed by June 1, 2011. This seminar will provide you with the information you need to prepare for the new requirements and the tools to ensure compliance.

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Many commercial and industrial properties are unused or underutilized due to real or perceived environmental contamination. The consequence of these "brownfields" is loss of tax revenue, fewer job opportunities, and blighted properties that become targets for vandalism.

Brownfield redevelopment poses significant challenges. Yet successful redevelopment is a valuable tool to assist Smart Growth that so many communities desire.

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Many types of Best Management Practices (BMPs) are available to designers and planners to treat and manage storm water. Not all are easy or cost effective for a municipality to maintain. Municipalities should specify designs that help them reduce the costs and responsibilities of managing and maintaining them. This seminar gives examples of BMPs that work well for municipalities and provides a sample ordinance to help towns adopt bylaws requiring certain developments or developers to implement these BMPs according to town requirements at the planning stage. BMP design and maintenance features as well as sample bylaws will be discussed.

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Sustainability: it is one of the most common "buzz-words" used today. It represents the ability to plan responsibly for the future; to make the most out of what resources we have available to us and ensure the continuation of a healthy, prosperous, renewable system. In this seminar, we review the meanings of various sustainable ideas for building construction, land and natural resource conservation and economic growth. We explore a range of methods being used today and investigate the feasibility, socioeconomic challenges and rewards of the implementation of these progressive policies.