Property Disclosure and Environment Exam 1

Question 1

Purpose of CERCLA law (1980)

Answer 1

Identify, force clean up, super fund, strict liability, retroactive liability

Question 2

Environmental assessment that reviews records to determine contamination risk on property is a (which phase)

Answer 2

Phase I Environmental assessment

Question 3

EPA enforces which laws

Answer 3

clean water laws

Question 4

Does SARA potentially hold new owners liable for previous contamination

Answer 4

YES

Question 5

Industrial sites with contamination are called

Answer 5

Brownfields