EDR Announces "AAI" Package

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

NEWS RELEASE
Contact:    Amy Drescher     April 6, 2004
Public Relations    www.edrnet.com
800/352-0050        adrescher@edrnet.com

EDR RESPONDS TO IMPENDING FEDERAL ENVIRONMENTAL DUE DILIGENCE STANDARD,
INTRODUCES AAI REPORT PACKAGE

Environmental Data Resources Inc., a national provider of environmental
risk management information, today announced the launch of The Works, a
new product package that helps environmental consultants meet the
requirements of the proposed federal "all appropriate inquiry" rule.
(Congress ordered EPA to promulgate a federal standard for AAI under the
2002 Small Business Liability Relief and Revitalization Act.) EDR's The
Works package includes current and historical information required by
AAI, the process by which a property's potential for environmental
contamination is investigated prior to purchase. Conditions of the AAI
rule must be met in order to qualify for liability defense under CERCLA.

Currently in draft form and expected to become final in early 2005, the
AAI rule dictates not only how a Phase I ESA must be performed, but also
who can conduct one. While many of the rule's requirements are similar
to those of ASTM E 1527-00, widely accepted as the current industry
standard, the two differ considerably in several key areas. (To ensure
that E 1527-00 will continue to be used after AAI's promulgation, ASTM
will revise its standard for consistency with AAI.) A resource
participant in the regulatory negotiations process for the AAI rule, EDR
has spent the last year keeping abreast of industry developments and
updating its reports in anticipation of the impending changes.

The Works consists of The EDR Radius Map Report with GeoCheck(r), a map
that identifies sites with real or potential environmental issues and
helps users determine the direction and velocity of contaminant
migration. In addition to ASTM-required databases, the report includes
information such as coal gas sites, geologic and soil data, National
Wetlands Inventory and much more. The Works also includes the following
AAI-required data:

*    Activity and Use Limitations
*    Brownfield Registries
*    Local databases
*    Tribal data

To help satisfy AAI's historical research requirements, The Works
includes EDR Sanborn(r) Maps, an EDR City Directory Abstract,(tm) an EDR
Aerial Photo Decade Package,(tm) and an EDR Historical Topographic
Report.(tm)

Douglas Olson, P.E., Phase I department manager for IVI International,
an environmental consulting firm, remarked, "The Works package offers
the most comprehensive historical and regulatory information available.
Using The Works will increase time savings since it eliminates the need
to manually research the additional databases as required by AAI. Prior
to The Works, our staff was spending between two and five hours
abstracting historical information from various government agencies.
With EDR's new package, that time has been reduced to the click of a
button. IVI can now provide a higher quality report with a faster
turnaround time."

Commenting on The Works' data, Olson said, "Regardless of the time
savings, the advantage of getting four historical sources is that it
drastically reduces, and many times eliminates, data gaps, one of the
new "hot buttons" for the AAI requirements."

Environmental Data Resources Inc. (EDR) offers environmental risk
management data to clients in the environmental, banking, corporate,
insurance, real estate, and legal industries. The company offers current
and historical environmental risk management information, an
environmental market newsletter, demographic and property data, training
workshops, and state-of-the-art online services including interactive
mapping. EDR's headquarters are in Milford, Connecticut; regional
offices are located throughout the United States. EDR is wholly owned by
DMG Information Inc., the business information division of Daily Mail
and General Trust, plc (DMGT). For more information, visit www.edrnet.com.

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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