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By Steve Dwyer
With an impressive track record in handling a wide range of environmental and development matters in the state of Connecticut, Gary B. O’Connor recently joined the Hartford, Conn.-based law firm of Pullman & Comley, LLC.
.jpg) O’Connor has joined the firm as a partner based in Hartford and Waterbury. His practice focuses on environmental, real estate and development matters, and boasts extensive experience in all aspects of complex industrial and commercial real estate transactions, particularly those affected by environmental conditions, and in the fields of regulatory compliance, permitting and litigation.
Working closely with regulators from DEP, EPA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and local agencies on behalf of his private and public sector clients, O'Connor has also successfully negotiated major federal and state grant and loan agreements in connection with large-scale public and private remediation and redevelopment projects.
Pullman and Comley is latching onto O'Connor's expertise at a good time as it relates to Connecticut brownfields. A bill is currently before Connecticut’s General Assembly that would significantly ramp up the state's willingness to push the needle on brownfield redevelopments.
Along those lines, Section 17 of House Bill No. 6526 would create a new brownfields remediation and revitalization program enforced by the Connecticut Dept. of Economic and Community Development (DECD) with the involvement of the Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP). The new program looks to position Connecticut to attract increased economic investment in the return of the state’s brownfields to productive reuse.
As incentive, the Section 17 bill component would offer a wide range of long-term incentives, both revenue-based and non-revenue.
O'Connor currently serves as co-chair of Connecticut's Brownfields Working Group, and has been one of the leaders in Connecticut in revising state environmental laws. He recently served as co-chair of the Environment Committee of Gov. Daniel Malloy's Transition Team.
O'Connor is presently working with the Governor's Office and leadership of the General Assembly to create a comprehensive brownfields initiative in the state. Under his leadership, the Office of Brownfields Remediation and Development has been created, which will serve as the clearinghouse for state brownfield issues.
Recently named one of “Greater Hartford’s Top Attorneys” by Hartford Magazine, O'Connor received his J.D., cum laude, from Boston College Law School and his B.A., summa cum laude, from Boston College.
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