4.1 Uses—This practice sets forth a procedure for conducting limited environmental due diligence . This practice is intended for use on a voluntary basis by parties who wish to assess the environmental condition of commercial real estate where a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is, initially, deemed to be unnecessary by the user and the parties do not seek CERCLA LLPs . This practice is intended primarily as a commercially prudent or reasonable approach to conducting an inquiry designed to identify potential environmental concerns in connection with a property.
4.2 Clarifications on Use:
4.2.1 Use Not Intended for CERCLA Liability Protection—This document is not intended to permit a user to satisfy CERCLA LLPs, that is, the practices that constitute “all appropriate inquiries into the previous ownership and uses of the property consistent with good commercial or customary practice” as defined in 42 U.S.C. §9601(35)(B).
4.2.2 Transaction Screen Does Not Identify Recognized Environmental Conditions—This practice does not define a scope of assessment sufficient to identify recognized environmental conditions as defined in 3.2.74 of Practice E1527 and 3.2.80 of Practice E2247.
4.2.3 Residential Tenants/Purchasers and Others—Although this document is not intended for residential purposes, it may be used at the user’s discretion for residential tenants of multifamily residential buildings, tenants of single-family homes or other residential real estate, or purchasers of dwellings for residential use, to conduct a transaction screen in connection with these transactions.
4.2.4 Site-Specific—This practice is site-specific in that it relates to assessment of environmental conditions on a specific parcel of commercial real estate. Consequently, this practice does not address many additional issues raised in transactions such as purchases of business entities, or interests therein, or of their assets, that may well involve environmental liabilities pertaining to properties previously owned or operated or other off-site environmental liabilities.
4.3 Who May Conduct—The transaction screen process may be conducted by the user, or some other person, including environmental consultants, lenders, brokers, appraisers, corporations, lawyers, government agencies or any other party looking to screen environmental property risk. The transaction screen process ......
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