Overview: U.S. courts have held that a buyer, lessor, or lender of property may be held responsible for remediation of hazardous substance residues on that property, even if a prior owner caused the ...

With all the attention on PFAS over the past few years, you might assume that your standard Environmental Site Assessment would assess the possibility that the property you're buying has been impacted ...

Real estate professionals are no doubt familiar with the use of Phase I environmental site assessments (Phase I ESAs) in the context of the sale, purchase or lease of real property. Since 2013, Phase ...

The American Society for Testing and Materials recently updated its standard for conducting Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, and it specifies what constitutes “good commercial and customary ...

First established back in 1993, Phase I Environmental Site Assessments have become a ubiquitous component of environmental due diligence supporting most commercial and industrial real estate ...

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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), also referred to as the Superfund law, was enacted in 1980 and, among other things, gave the federal government the ...

JACKSON, MI – Demolition crews are tearing down a fire-damaged factory in Jackson to allow experts to continue environmental assessments that could pave the way for redevelopment on the site. The ...

BELFAST, Maine (AP) — The company behind a planned inland salmon farm in Maine says environmental assessments of the property are progressing despite weather-related setbacks. Nordic Aquafarms, of ...

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