EPA Weighs Granting Equivalency For New Brownfields 'Inquiry' Standard

摘要

EPA is weighing whether to endorse a strict new private sector standard for assessing contamination at brownfields sites as being equivalent to its due diligence requirements that are used to determine whether certain parties are exempt from cleanup liability at the sites. But some developers are concerned that if the agency finds that ASTM International's new environmental assessment standard is equivalent to its All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI) rule, it could result in costly new record-searching requirements and retroactive consideration of possible exposure to vapor intrusion.