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New ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Takes Legal Effect: What This Means for Scoping Due Diligence

Today, February 13, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) International E1527-21 "Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process" becomes the modern legal...more

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At Last - EPA Approves the New ASTM Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Standard

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On December 15, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took final action to approve the new ASTM International standard for conducting Phase I environmental site assessments. As previously noted, ASTM...more

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Superfund Defenses That The Government Hopes You Don't Know About - Part 1

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With its imposition of strict, joint and several, and retroactive liability, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), also known as the Superfund statute, has raised...more

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California Environmental Law & Policy Update - October 2020 #5

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Trade groups sue California to stop threatened species listing for Western Joshua Tree - Bullet Desert Sun – October 27 - Several trade groups and a high desert town sued in Fresno County Superior Court on October 21 over...more

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ASTM's Proposed Definition of CREC May Jeopardize Landowner Liability Protections Under CERCLA

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ASTM International (ASTM) has proposed redefining a Controlled Recognized Environmental Condition (CREC). The ASTM's definition, as drafted, confuses risk-based decision-making with the implementation of institutional...more

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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Underground Storage Tank Compendium/Correspondence: ASTM Visual Sump Pump Test Standard...

The Petroleum Marketers Association (“PMAA”) publication Weekly Review published a March 26th article addressing a new ASTM Standard for spill bucket and sump testing. Spill bucket and sump testing is required by 40 C.F.R. §...more

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U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General Amended Project Notification: Communication of Human Health Risks Posed by Sites in the...

The Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an Amended Project Notification (“Notification”) dated February 4th titled: Communication of Human Health Risks...more

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Environmental Screening Levels Ratchet Down: Implications for Regional Land Development - Corner Briefing: January 2019

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This Corner Briefing highlights new Environmental Screening Levels (ESLs) established by the San Francisco Regional Water Quality Control Board on Jan. 24, 2019. The new ESLs have the potential for making sites that cleared...more

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CERCLA and the Superfund Task Force: The more things change, the more they stay the same? - Thomson Reuters Westlaw

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601, known as CERCLA or the Superfund law, was enacted in 1980 during the final days of the Carter administration. It was intended to...more

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Tax Sale/Superfund: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Applicability of Third Party Defense

\The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Court”) addressed whether a California tax-sale purchaser was entitled to a third-party defense provided by the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,...more

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Former Slidell, Louisiana Superfund Site: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Recognizes Excellence in Reuse

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a May 18th news release that the City of Slidell, Louisiana, (“Slidell”) was recognized for its reuse of a federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,...more

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Proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Public Notices Settlement Addressing Muncie,...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) public noticed in the April 17th Federal Register a proposed Prospective Purchaser Agreement (“PPA”). See 83 Fed. Reg. 16853. The PPA concerns the Manual...more

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Brownfields: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency March 15th Federal Register Notice Regarding Supplemental Funding/Revolving Loan...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a March 15th Federal Register notice regarding the availability of supplemental funds for the Revolving Loan Fund (“RLF”) capitalization grants: ...more

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Superfund/Applicable, or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements: Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management...

The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) has published a position paper titled: State Concerns with the Process of Identifying Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation...more

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Contaminated Sediment Sites: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Sample CWA/CERCLA Memorandum of Understanding

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has issued a November 21st document related to contaminated sediment sites titled: Sample CWA/CERCLA Memorandum of Understanding for Regions, States, Tribes, and...more

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Modernizing the Superfund Cleanup Program: January 18th U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Environment Hearing...

The Subcommittee on Environment of the United States House Energy and Commerce Committee has scheduled a hearing addressing the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or Superfund...more

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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act/Superfund Award: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced in a January 8th news release that it is awarding $71,430 to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”). The award is stated to be provided...more

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CERCLA/Superfund Sites Targeted for "Immediate/Intense Action": December 21st U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy...

The Chairman and two Subcommittee Chairmen from the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce (“Committee”) addressed a December 21st letter to Administrator Scott Pruitt of the United States...more

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CERCLA/Superfund: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces 21 Sites Targeted for "Immediate/Intense Action"

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 8th news release identifying 21 sites that it has targeted for what it describes as “immediate and intense action.” No Arkansas sites are found on...more

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CDFA Creates New Brownfields Project Marketplace to Advise on Projects and Financing Resources --- Online Marketplace Scheduled...

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (“CDFA”), a national association dedicated to the advancement of development finance concerns and interests, announced the creation of the Brownfields Project Marketplace...more

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Be Careful What You Look For: EPA Updates “All Appropriate Inquiries” Environmental Diligence Standard

On December 30, 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) amended its “All Appropriate Inquiries” rule, which sets out the standard for environmental due diligence in commercial and industrial property...more

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EPA Recognizes New Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments in Real Estate Transactions

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Effective December 30, 2013, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has amended its regulations for site assessments in real estate transactions to add a new standard, ASTM E1527-13, as satisfying the agency’s requirements...more

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EPA Amends All Appropriate Inquiries Rule To Clarify Best Practices

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The EPA has amended its "All Appropriate Inquiries" Rule (AAI Rule) to reference the recently published ASTM International E1527–13 Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment...more

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