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ARTICLES
"Transactions in Connecticut – What Type of Environmental
Due Diligence is Necessary", October 2008 for SIOR and
New England Real Estate Journal, by Robert J. Carr,
P.E., LEP
"Closing the Deal – Utilizing a Remediation Cost Estimate
in the Negotiation Process", July 2007 for SIOR CT
Chapter Newsletter, by Robert J. Carr, P.E., LEP
"The Connecticut Transfer Act – Keeping the End in Mind",
Part I, June 2006 for the Auto
Body Association of Connecticut, by Robert J. Carr,
P.E., LEP
"The Connecticut Transfer Act – Keeping the End in Mind",
Part II, September 2006 for the Auto
Body Association of Connecticut, by Robert J. Carr,
P.E., LEP
"Guidelines for Inspection & Maintenance of Dams", 2001,
CT DEP Bulletin No. 36, co-authored by James C. Otis,
P.E.
NEWS
Marici Zuvic receives Anchor Award
On October 22, 2011, Marici Zuvic, founder and president
of Zuvic, Carr and Associates, Inc., was awarded the
prestigious Anchor Award by the University of Hartford’s
Alumni Association. This award honors alumni "who have
distinguished themselves by achieving the highest level
of professional accomplishments and who possess absolute
standards of integrity and character to positively
reflect and enhance the prestige of The University of
Hartford." more
Goodwin College Cuts Ribbon for New Connecticut River
Academy Building
Goodwin College and its first magnet school, the
Connecticut River Academy, opened a new building at
Riverside Drive in East Hartford on Aug. 30, 2011. Zuvic
Carr provided all Civil and Environmental Engineering
services on this project. Construction was completed on
an accelerated basis.
more
New York Department of
Environmental Conservation Issues Preliminary Revised
Draft Horizontal Drilling and High-Volume
Hydraulic Fracturing (HVHF)
On July 8, 2011, the NYDEC released the revised draft
Supplemental Generic Environmental Impact Statement (SGEIS)
focusing on the operations and environmental impacts
associated with HVHF activities. HVHF is a well
stimulation technique that can greatly increase the
recovery of natural gas from certain rock deposits. The
SGEIS supplements the Generic Environmental Impact
Statement (GEIS) issued by the DEC in 1992, and
identifies the following measures which would eliminate
or mitigate potentially significant adverse impacts from
HVHF operations:
- No HVHF operations allowed on New York City and
Syracuse watersheds, including within a 4,000-foot
buffer zone of these watersheds
- No HVHF operations allowed on primary aquifers,
including within a 500-foot buffer zone of these primary
aquifers
- No HVHF operations allowed on protected State-owned
land
- No HVHF operations allowed on principal aquifers
without a site-specific environmental review, including
within 500 feet of aquifer boundaries
- No HVHF operations allowed within 2,000 feet of a
public drinking water supply and a site specific
environmental review for HVHF operations within 500 feet
of tributaries to a water supply
- No HVHF operations in 100-year floodplains or within
500 feet of private water wells
- Mandatory disclosure of fracking additives and
alternatives analysis required
- Enhanced well casings – a third cemented well casing
will be required in most situations
- Secondary containment and storm water controls required
for well pad development
- Proper disposal of wastewater and solid wastes – Plans
to be approved by DEC
- Air quality control measures and mitigation for
greenhouse gas emissions
- Mitigation of loss of habitat and impacts on wildlife
– Best Management Practices (BMPs) to be required for
surface disturbance in contiguous forest patches of 150
acres of more, and contiguous grassland patches of 30
acres or more
In August 2011, an updated SGEIS will be issued to
include socioeconomic and community impacts analyses,
and a 60 day public comment period on the draft SGEIS is
expected to begin.
Exclusion for Certain Services Related to Hazardous
Waste or Other Contaminants Repealed
General Sales and Use Tax Rate Increased From 6% to
6.35%
The CT Department of Revenue Services (DRS) announced
the following tax changes regarding environmental
services.
- Effective July 1, 2011, the general sales and
use tax rate increased from 6% to 6.35%.
- Effective July 1, 2011, the exclusion from sales
tax for services rendered in the voluntary
evaluation, prevention, treatment, containment or
removal of hazardous waste or other contaminants of
air, water or soil is repealed. Therefore, as of
that date, these services when rendered in
connection with industrial, commercial or income
producing real property are subject to sales and use
tax.
Engineering services continue to be exempt from sales
tax.
Please contact the DRS Taxpayer Services Division at
(860) 382-9463 (Connecticut calls outside the greater
Hartford area) or (860) 297-5962 (from anywhere) for
more information.
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