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Fact Sheet: Updated Questions and Answers on the CERCLA Lender Liability Exemption

Updated fact sheet highlights the main rules and EPA policy governing the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, commonly referred to as Superfund) environmental liability for secured creditors for the cleanup of contaminated property. Issued July 2007.

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CERCLA Lender Liability Exemption: Updated Questions and Answers (PDF)(7 pp, 83 K)