EPA Proposes AAI Rule in Federal Register

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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.

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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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