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.