Importance of environmental site assessment ever expanding

First, some background. Although the public tends to think of the Superfund statute in connection with the worst hazardous waste sites (remember Love Canal?), it can apply to almost any property where hazardous waste requires remediation. Without causing the contamination, a new owner, a local government, a tenant or a charitable organization could each find themselves ensnared in the law’s strict liability framework by virtue of acquiring property or leasing property with preexisting pollution. Read more here.

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