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Former Mystic Seaport director and advocates urge expanded brownfield remediation and studies linking hemp phytoremediation to HB 1403
Summary
A former Mystic Seaport waterfront director and other witnesses urged the Commerce Committee to support HB 1403 on brownfield remediation and recommended studying industrial hemp phytoremediation, pointing to substantial unmet demand for remediation funding in Connecticut.
Witnesses told the Commerce Committee that Connecticut has a large inventory of brownfield sites and that state remediation funding and research should be expanded to return properties to productive use.
Duncan Markovich, a former Mystic Seaport waterfront director, testified in support of House Bill 14‑03 (HB 1403), "an act concerning brownfield remediation," and recommended that the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD)…
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