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Recent Phase 1 environmental site assessment Articles
EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances under Superfund Law
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-04-20T21:37:58-04:00Saturday, April 20th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ASTM E1527-21, CERCLA, Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase 1 environmental site assessment, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, Superfund|
In a landmark regulatory move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken decisive action to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the Superfund law. This final ...
Phase 1 Standard for All Appropriate Inquiries in Limbo
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-08-20T18:42:24-04:00Saturday, July 16th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ASTM E1527-21, Kaplow, Phase 1, Phase 1 environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow|
It is hugely significant that the Phase l Environmental Site Assessment standard is in limbo because that assessment is conducted in the vast majority of the 5.6 million commercial real estate transactions each year in the United States (i.e., including for a real estate purchaser ...






