Environmental covenants and use restrictions

Environmental covenants

• Land use restrictions may be used to ensure the cleanup remedy adequately protects human health and the environment when a contaminated site isn't cleaned up completely.

Sites with environmental covenants and use restrictions
Statewide map of covenant/environmental use restriction sites (Zoom in to area of interest to see sites.)
GIS maps and web services (HM GIS Data page, scroll down to Covenants and institutional control sites.)

Guidance and policy

• Institutional controls implementation guidance. (2020)
• Timing of environmental covenants and notices of environmental use restrictions policy. (2011)
• Selecting and drafting environmental use restrictions for environmental covenants and notices of environmental use restriction guidance. (2022)

Model language

• Model covenant language. (2023)
• Model environmental use restriction language.(2023)