Environmental Use Controls

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The Environmental Use Control Act became state law on July 1, 2003 with regulations becoming effective on April 7, 2006.

Environmental Use Controls are more commonly known as institutional controls, which are legal controls intended to restrict or prohibit human activities and property use in such a way as to prevent or reduce exposures to contamination. Some examples of environmental use controls include: preventing disturbance of soil caps, covers, berms, etc.; prohibiting the drilling of water wells for domestic or other purposes; restricting and providing notification during utility excavation of an area; restricting use of a property for residential purposes; and restricting access to the property.

• Environmental Use Controls - Fact Sheet (177.7KB) (.pdf)
• Application package (181.1KB) (.pdf)
• Environmental Use Control Regulations (8.04MB) (.pdf)
• Procedures for Demonstrating Financial Assurance at Property with Environmental Use Controls (114.5KB) (.pdf)
• Evaluation of Existing Institutional Controls Report (2.58MB) (.pdf)