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Sterling EDC asks state program to confirm status, responsibility for former Revere Textile site
Summary
The Sterling Economic Development Commission asked staff to confirm whether the former Revere Textile site remains subject to state monitoring, land‑use restrictions, or enforcement and to identify who currently holds responsibility for the property; the commission asked for an update at its next meeting.
The Sterling Economic Development Commission voted March 10 to ask staff to confirm the regulatory status and responsible party for the former Revere Textile site before any redevelopment planning proceeds. Recording Secretary Susanne Tetreault said she has contacted the Connecticut Brownfields and Remediation Program staff to check whether the parcel remains listed in Connecticut’s Brownfields Inventory, whether post‑remedy monitoring or environmental land‑use restrictions remain in effect, and whether any enforcement matters or regulatory review triggers would apply to redevelopment.
The commission sought clarity on five specific points: whether the property is currently listed on state contaminated‑sites records; whether active remediation files or monitoring requirements exist; whether engineering or institutional controls (activity and use limitations, ELURs) remain in place; whether DEEP anticipates regulatory review triggers tied to redevelopment; and whether any open enforcement obligations remain. "Before proceeding with any redevelopment planning, we would like to confirm" those items, the commission said in its discussion.
Marisa Rokstad moved that Tetreault determine who is responsible for the Revere site and provide an update at next month’s meeting; Scott Blinkhorn seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The commission did not propose redevelopment plans at this meeting and recorded that the site had previously been listed on the National Priorities list and removed after remediation, per the discussion.
Why it matters: unresolved monitoring requirements, land‑use restrictions or enforcement obligations can affect who may sell, remediate or redevelop a former industrial parcel and can impose conditions on allowable future uses. The commission’s next steps are administrative: Tetreault will report back with what DEEP confirms about listings, controls, obligations and any recommended contacts for property responsibility.
The commission recorded the action as a directive to staff rather than adoption of a redevelopment plan; no formal timeline for remediation or redevelopment was set at the meeting.
