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        <PUBLICATION>
            <PUBLICATION_ID>200404</PUBLICATION_ID>
            <PUBLICATION_TITLE>Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions</PUBLICATION_TITLE>
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        <AGENCY>
            <CODE>2050</CODE>
            <NAME>Solid Waste and Emergency Response</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>SWER</ACRONYM>
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            <CODE>2000</CODE>
            <NAME>Environmental Protection Agency</NAME>
            <ACRONYM>EPA</ACRONYM>
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        <RULE_TITLE>Standards and Practices for Conducting All Appropriate Inquiries</RULE_TITLE>
        <ABSTRACT><![CDATA[The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (the "Brownfields Amendments") amended a number of provisions in CERCLA including section 101(35)(B) and includes, among other things, new provisions regarding CERCLA liability protections for certain landowners. As part of these provisions, the Brownfields Amendments require bona fide prospective purchasers, contiguous property owners, and innocent landowners to conduct "all appropriate inquiries" into prior ownership and use of the property at the time the party acquires the property. In the Brownfields Amendments, Congress directed EPA to promulgate regulations establishing standards and practices for conducting "all appropriate inquiries." Section 101 (35)(B)(iii) of CERCLA, as amended, includes criteria that EPA is required to address in setting these standards and practices. This regulation, when finalized, will establish the federal standards for conducting "all appropriate inquiries," pursuant to the statute. Recipients of Brownfields Assessment Grants awarded under section 104(k)(2)(B) of CERCLA also will be regulated by the final action.  Purchasers of contaminated properties seeking any of the protections from CERCLA liability will be required  to follow the promulgated procedures and standards. EPA developed the proposed federal standard for all appropriate inquiries under a negotiated rulemaking process. EPA established a FACA Committee charged with negotiating a federal standard in accordance with the statutory criteria.]]></ABSTRACT>
        <PRIORITY_CATEGORY>Other Significant</PRIORITY_CATEGORY>
        <RIN_STATUS>Previously Published in The Unified Agenda</RIN_STATUS>
        <RULE_STAGE>Proposed Rule Stage</RULE_STAGE>
        <MAJOR>No</MAJOR>
        <UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
            <UNFUNDED_MANDATE>No</UNFUNDED_MANDATE>
        </UNFUNDED_MANDATE_LIST>
        <CFR_LIST>
            <CFR>40 CFR  312</CFR>
        </CFR_LIST>
        <LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
            <LEGAL_AUTHORITY>42 USC 9601 et seq</LEGAL_AUTHORITY>
        </LEGAL_AUTHORITY_LIST>
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                <DLINE_TYPE>Statutory</DLINE_TYPE>
                <DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>Final</DLINE_ACTION_STAGE>
                <DLINE_DATE>01/11/2004</DLINE_DATE>
                <DLINE_DESC>Small Business Liability Protection Act section 223, CERCLA 101(35)(B)(2)(ii)</DLINE_DESC>
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        <RPLAN_ENTRY>Yes</RPLAN_ENTRY>
        <TIMETABLE_LIST>
            <TIMETABLE>
                <TTBL_ACTION>NPRM</TTBL_ACTION>
                <TTBL_DATE>12/00/2004</TTBL_DATE>
            </TIMETABLE>
        </TIMETABLE_LIST>
        <ADDITIONAL_INFO>SAN 4739. State, local and Tribal governments affected if they are grant recipients.</ADDITIONAL_INFO>
        <RFA_REQUIRED>No</RFA_REQUIRED>
        <SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
            <SMALL_ENTITY>Businesses</SMALL_ENTITY>
        </SMALL_ENTITY_LIST>
        <GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Federal</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Local</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>State</GOVT_LEVEL>
            <GOVT_LEVEL>Tribal</GOVT_LEVEL>
        </GOVT_LEVEL_LIST>
        <FEDERALISM>No</FEDERALISM>
        <ENERGY_AFFECTED>No</ENERGY_AFFECTED>
        <PRINT_PAPER>NA</PRINT_PAPER>
        <INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>Not Collected</INTERNATIONAL_INTEREST>
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            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Patricia</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Overmeyer</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 566-2774</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 566-1476</FAX>
                <EMAIL>overmeyer.patricia@epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Mail Code 5105T,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
            </CONTACT>
            <CONTACT>
                <FIRST_NAME>Helen</FIRST_NAME>
                <LAST_NAME>Keplinger</LAST_NAME>
                <AGENCY>
                    <CODE>2050</CODE>
                    <NAME>Office of Land and Emergency Management</NAME>
                    <ACRONYM>OLEM</ACRONYM>
                </AGENCY>
                <PHONE>202 564-4221</PHONE>
                <FAX>202 229-3954</FAX>
                <EMAIL>Keplinger.Helen@epamail.epa.gov</EMAIL>
                <MAILING_ADDRESS>
                    <STREET_ADDRESS>2272A,</STREET_ADDRESS>
                    <CITY>Washington</CITY>
                    <STATE>DC</STATE>
                    <ZIP>20460</ZIP>
                </MAILING_ADDRESS>
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