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-AAI
-Requirements for assessing
the environmental conditions of a property prior to its acquisition. |
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| Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
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Definition
-RCRA
-Extend the reach of Federal Governmental Control
-Control solid waste landfills
-Provide comprehensive approach to
hazardous waste determination, generation, transportation, and disposal |
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| National Contingency Plan |
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Definition
| Made government disclose environmental hazards associated with large projects |
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Term
| What tools can be used to describe the physical setting of a site |
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Definition
| Topographic maps, Groundwater maps, bedrock and surficial geology maps, US Soil Conservation Service maps, Flood insurance rate maps |
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Term
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Definition
| Recognized environmental condition |
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Term
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Definition
| Must make something safe regardless of intent |
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Term
| Joint and Several Cercla liability |
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Definition
| Apportioned liability from group involvement |
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Term
| Retroactive Cercla liability |
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Definition
| responsibility for matters that predated CERCLA |
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Term
| Comprehensive env. response, compensation and liability act |
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Definition
-CERCLA
-Defined owner and operator potential liabilities
-manages abandoned sites
-established national contingency plan |
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Term
| Assessment planning considerations |
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Definition
-Detailed proposal or work plan
-liability limits
-report reliance
-insurance requirements |
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Term
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Definition
-Must include Key Site Manager
-Site contacts and users may know and disclose info on past incidences, law suits, etc. |
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Term
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Definition
-Term often associated with determining the hazard of asbestos
-alterable, can be deteriorated easily |
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Term
| Business Environmental Risk |
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Definition
| -Often out of scope issues which can be expenses that drop property values dramatically |
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