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Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Recent Court Decisions Demonstrate that a Non-Compliant Phase I ESA May Jeopardize a Real Property Purchaser’s Defense Status

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It is standard practice today for real property purchasers to conduct an Environmental Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (“Phase I ESA”) or otherwise satisfy the All Appropriate Inquiries (“AAI”) requirement “in...more

Pullman & Comley, LLC

2020 Environmental Legislative Update No. 2: “Be Careful What You Wish For” - The End of the Transfer Act?

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Two major environmental bills have come forward on the Senate side. One, proposing changes to the Transfer Act, is largely what might have been expected from the working group created by PA 19-175 to study further...more

Lathrop GPM

New Kansas Act Allows Relief for Purchase of Contaminated Property

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On May 9, 2016, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback signed into law the Contaminated Property Redevelopment Act (the “Act”). The goal of this Act is to allow purchasers in Kansas to acquire real property with pre-existing...more

Porter Hedges LLP

Environmental Alert: "Clearly Allocate Risk of Change Interpretations in Transactions"

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When buyers request that sellers warrant compliance with environmental law, sellers need to appreciate that agency interpretation or agency enforcement discretion may have played a role in the seller’s apparent ongoing...more

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