Liability Protection

EPA - All Appropriate Inquiry (website)

EPA website, http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/regneg.htm Information about All Appropriate Inquiries. All appropriate inquiry refers to the requirements for assessing the environmental conditions of a property prior to its acquisition.
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EPA Fact Sheet - "EPA Brownfields Grants CERCLA Liability and All Appropriate Inquiries"

EPA Fact Sheet - EPA Brownfields Grants CERCLA Liability and All Appropriate Inquiries (April 2009) All appropriate inquiry refers to the requirements for assessing the environmental conditions of a property prior to its acquisition.
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EPA Guidance Document (“Common Elements”)

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/policies/cleanup/superfund/common-elem-guide.pdf EPA guidance entitled Interim Guidance Regarding Criteria Landowners Must Meet in Order to Qualify for Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser, Contiguous Property Owner, or Innocent Landowner Limitations on CERCLA (“Common Elements”)
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EPA’s AAII: A New Phase iin ESAs? by EDR May 2005

Posted with permission from EDR.
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Summary of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act

EPA website http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/laws/sblrbra.htm
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