Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: November 8, 2024) |
Title 40 - Protection of Environment |
Chapter I - Environmental Protection Agency |
SubChapter J - Superfund, Emergency Planning, and Community Right-to-Know Programs |
Part 312 - Innocent Landowners, Standards for Conducting All Appropriate Inquiries |
Subpart A - Introduction |
§ 312.1 - Purpose, applicability, scope and disclosure obligations. |
§ 312.2 - Standards and practices for all appropriate inquiry. |
Subpart B - Definitions and References |
§ 312.10 - Definitions. |
§ 312.11 - References. |
Subpart C - Standards and Practices |
§ 312.20 - All appropriate inquiries. |
§ 312.21 - Results of inquiry by an environmental professional. |
§ 312.22 - Additional inquiries. |
§ 312.23 - Interviews with past and present owners, operators, and occupants. |
§ 312.24 - Reviews of historical sources of information. |
§ 312.25 - Searches for recorded environmental cleanup liens. |
§ 312.26 - Reviews of Federal, State, Tribal, and local government records. |
§ 312.27 - Visual inspections of the facility and of adjoining properties. |
§ 312.28 - Specialized knowledge or experience on the part of the defendant. |
§ 312.29 - The relationship of the purchase price to the value of the property, if the property was not contaminated. |
§ 312.30 - Commonly known or reasonably ascertainable information about the property. |
§ 312.31 - The degree of obviousness of the presence or likely presence of contamination at the property, and the ability to detect the contamination by appropriate investigation. |