Posts from October 2014.
On October 6, 2014, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") adopted a final rule which will eventually eliminate one of the two recognized ASTM International standards to conduct environmental site assessments, which were designed to comply with EPA's "All Appropriate Inquires Rule" ("AAI"). Complying with the AAI rule is required to claim protection from CERCLA (Superfund) liability as a bona fide prospective purchaser, contiguous property owner, or innocent landowner. Effective October 6, 2015, ASTM International's Standard E1527-05 will not be recognized as ...
A developer or property owner may have a permit application for a project that meets the criteria for the applicable regulations, and might receive approval from local government or environmental staff. At that point, the applicant thinks he or she is in good shape going into the public hearing with the city or county commissioners, only to walk in to commission chambers and discover a small army of citizens with identical t-shirts or "Save our Neighborhood" buttons protesting the application because they don't want the development in their backyard -- the dreaded NIMBYs (Not In My ...
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