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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Bona Fide Purchaser Contaminated Properties

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

How to Effectively Manage Vapor Intrusion Risks When Acquiring and Developing Property

With increasing concern and attention being raised by regulatory agencies and the public on protecting building occupants from exposure to vapor intrusion (VI)-related contaminants, parties acquiring and developing property...more

Cole Schotz

EPA Issues Revised Enforcement Guidance Regarding Tenant Liability Under CERCLA’s Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser Provision

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Late last year, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued Revised Enforcement Guidance Regarding the Treatment of Tenants under the Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...more

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EPA Lifts Threat of CERCLA Liability for Some Tenants of Brownfields

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Tenants who lease currently or formerly contaminated property can now benefit from protections from cleanup liability that were once available only to purchasers of such property. EPA announced its new policy in a December...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Should Tenants Worry About Environmental Liabilities For Their Leased Property?

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By 2013, most property owners have heard of the advantages of performing environmental due diligence and conducting “All Appropriate Inquiry” by obtaining an Environmental Site Assessment before purchase. Doing so is key to...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

EPA Revises Guidance Regarding Tentants As Bona Fide Prospective Purchasers

On December 5, 2012, EPA issued new guidance discussing the potential applicability of the bona fide prospective purchaser (BFPP) protection to tenants....more

Burr & Forman

EPA Guidance Further Clarifies The Protections Available To Tenants Under Superfund’s BFPP Defense

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As part of an evolving effort to encourage the redevelopment of brownfield properties, the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA” or “Superfund”) was amended in 2002 to provide...more

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