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• 3'' Oct. 19 ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE ACT P.L. 102-426 SEC. 3. REQUIREMENT FOR IDENTIFICATION OF LAND ON WHICH NO Et. 4016]; October 19, 1992 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES OR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS OR THEIR DERIVATIVES WERE STORED. RELEASED, OR DISPOSED OF. '4MENTAL RESPONSE PION ACT Section 120(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9620(h)) is Report or P.L. 102-426 amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: see Re p f "(4) IDENTIFICATION OF UNCONTAMINATED PROPERTY.—(A) slative History Section. In the case of real property to which this paragraph applies (as set forth in subparagraph (E)), the head of the department, ntal Response,Compensation,and Liability Ad agency,or instrumentality of the United States with jurisdiction before termination of Federal activities on any over the Fproperty shall,stances the real property on which to identify real property where no hazardous no hazardous subbstances and no petroleum products or their d of. derivatives were stored for one year or more, known to have and House of Representatives of been released, or disposed of. Such identification shall be based egress assembled, on an investigation of the real property to determine or discover the obviousness of the presence or likely presence of a release or threatened release of any hazardous substance or any petro- :he "Community Environmental leum product or its derivatives, including aviation fuel and y motor oil, on the real property. The identification shall consist, at a minimum, of a review of each of the following sources of information concerning the current and previous uses of the real property: g: z` "(i) A detailed search of Federal Government records in Federal facilities is having pertaining to the property. mies of local communities by "(ii) Recorded chain of title documents regarding the ith such facilities, and delay in real property. contamination of real property "(iii) Aerial photographs that may reflect prior uses ransfer and private development of the real property and that are reasonably obtainable through State or local government agencies. nc instrumentality of the "(iv) A visual inspection of the real property and any wit al communities, should buildings, structures, equipment, pipe, pipeline, or other operty that offers the greatest improvements on the real property, and a visual inspection each facility under of properties immediately adjacent to the real property. velopment on (v) A physical inspection of property adjacent to the ent, agency, each instrumentality ng real property, to the extent permitted by owners or opera- ding remedial investigations and tors"( such property. vi) Reasonably obtainable Federal, State, and local ve actions at such Federal facili- government records of each adjacent facility where there anner to facilitate environmental has been a release of any hazardous substance or any Zfer of such excess real property etroleum product or its derivatives, including aviation adverse economic effects on the fuel and motor oil,and which is likely to cause or contribute p to a release or threatened release of any hazardous sub- sncy, or instrumentality of the stance or any petroleum product or its derivatives, includ- 'th applicable law, should make ing aviation fuel and motor oil,on the real property. cess real property. "(vii) Interviews with current or former employees 1 property owned by the United involved in operations on the real property. ther person, the United States Such identification shall also be based on sampling, if appro- esponsible for conducting any riate under the circumstances.The results of the identification Lion necessary to protect human shall be provided immediately to the Administrator and State with respect to any hazardous and local government officials and made available to the public. ct or its derivatives, including "(B) The identification required under subparagraph (A) that was present on such real is not complete until concurrence in the results of the identifica- tion is obtained, in the case of real property that is part of a facility on the National Priorities List, from the Admuuo- trator, or, in the case of real property that is not part of a facility on the National Priorities List, from the appropriate 2174 lou.S.Cong.News'92-6 106 STAT. 2175 •