From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 26 Aug 2004 16:49:35 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | EPA Proposes AAI Rule in Federal Register |
Today (August 26, 2004), U.S. EPA published its proposed rule for All Appropriate Inquiries in the Federal Register. To view the proposed rule, as well as instructions for submitting comments, go to http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html and type in "All Appropriate Inquiries" in the search field. The announcement appears first in the list of results. We have pasted the introduction below: ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 40 CFR Part 312 [SFUND?2004?0001; FRL?7806?2] RIN 2050?AF04 Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Proposed rule. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today is proposing federal standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiries as required under Sections 101(35)(B)(ii) and (iii) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The proposed rule would establish specific regulatory requirements and standards for conducting all appropriate inquiries into the previous ownership, uses, and environmental conditions of a property for the purposes of meeting the all appropriate inquiries provisions necessary to qualify for certain landowner liability protections under CERCLA. The standards and practices proposed today also would be applicable to persons conducting site characterization and assessments with the use of grants awarded under CERCLA Section 104(k)(2)(B). DATES: Comments on today?s proposed rule must be submitted on or before October 25, 2004. ... FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact the RCRA/ Superfund/EPCRA/UST Call Center at (800) 424?9346 (toll free) or TDD (800) 553?7672 (hearing impaired). In the Washington, DC Metropolitan area, call (703) 412?3323 or TDD (703) 412?9810. For detailed information on specific aspects of the proposed rule, contact Patricia Overmeyer of EPA?s Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment at (202) 566?2774 or at overmeyer.patricia@epa.gov. -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org | |
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