May 20th Reopen Information

May 20th Reopen Information

Last week, we shared with you Governor Lamont’s reopening plan that businesses who fall in to Phase I must follow. The first phase – which includes restaurants; offices; hair salons and barbershops; retail stores; and outdoor museums and zoos – is scheduled to...
May 20th Reopen Information

May 20th Reopen Plan Released

During Governor Lamont’s news briefing yesterday, the Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner David Lehman outlined some of the details for Phase 1 of Connecticut’s reopening plans on May 20.   This morning, documents containing...
RVP Waiver Extension

RVP Waiver Extension

As you are aware, CEMA has been negotiating with the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the Department of Consumer Protection for weeks about clarifying and extending the RVP waiver already proposed by the federal government. The waiver language was...
RVP Waiver Extension

CEMA’s COVID-19 Heroes Nominations Now Open

We would like to thank all of our members for the important role you are playing during this public health crisis. As an essential business, you and your employees bravely face the public every day to make sure that they can fill up their cars, ensure that their...
RVP Waiver Extension

Revised Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers Issued

Governor Lamont signed an Executive Order that builds upon his efforts to encourage mitigation strategies that slow down transmission of COVID-19. In addition to the Governors order the Department of Economic and Community Development (DECD) has revised their Safe...
DEEP Issues Policy on Enforcement Discretion

DEEP Issues Policy on Enforcement Discretion

The Department Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) announced a new enforcement policy that will provide broad leniency to regulated entities that encounter “extenuating circumstances” associated with the COVID-19 emergency that would prevent you...