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Oct 18, 2013

EPA to Clarify Brownfields Due Diligence

EPA has announced that it will withdraw its direct final rule published in the Federal Register on August 15, which updated brownfields due diligence requirements, and will issue a new final rule.  The August due diligence rule had been criticized because it allowed use of an outdated ASTM standard for “all appropriate inquiry” (AAI) when acquiring brownfield sites, as well as the updated ASTM standard.  It was asserted that allowance of two different standards would create regulatory confusion on the level of due diligence required.  EPA had been expected to state that ASTM’s latest version of the AAI standard, E1527-13,… Read more