As indicated in our latest blog post, here, on US EPA’s adoption of the new ASTM E1527-13 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process, US EPA has taken the step necessary to make it clear that the 2013 Phase I standard should dictate future landowner efforts to meet the
Innocent Purchaser Defense
US EPA Approves, But Does Not Require, Use of the New ASTM Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard
By David P. Steinberger on
When a party buys or leases real estate, they may become liable for the cleanup of pre-existing environmental contamination, even if the new property owner/tenant did not release the contaminants. That liability exists under the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, also known as the Superfund law. Most states also have similar laws…