by grsgrouptest | Feb 3, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Property buyers who fail to perform all appropriate inquiry before acquiring real estate may not qualify for defenses to CERCLA liabilities. “All Appropriate Inquiry” (AAI) is a process defined by EPA and requires both an assessment by an environmental...
by grsgrouptest | Jan 27, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
HREC or Historical Recognized Environmental Condition is a sometimes misunderstood term used in Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and is commonly used to describe situations in which contamination is known to have occurred at a property and cleanup has been...
by grsgrouptest | Jan 20, 2012 | Blog, Uncategorized
Under federal laws, property owners are responsible for cleaning up contamination at real property they own. This is true even if the problem was caused by a previous occupant or resulted from an action that was legal when the contamination occurred. Since the...