40 CFR 312.25: Searches for recorded environmental cleanup liens
- Subpart C—Standards and Practices
- Revised as of July 1, 2025
Section 312.25 of the federal All Appropriate Inquiries rule, 40 CFR part 312, the rule a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is performed to satisfy. The section is below as the regulation prints it.
Searches for recorded environmental cleanup liens
- 40 CFR 312.25
- Revised as of July 1, 2025
Section 312.25 of the federal All Appropriate Inquiries rule, 40 CFR part 312, the rule a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is performed to satisfy. The section is below as the regulation prints it.
§ 312.25 Searches for recorded environmental cleanup liens.
(a) All appropriate inquiries must include a search for the existence of environmental cleanup liens against the subject property that are filed or recorded under federal, tribal, state, or local law.
(b) All information collected regarding the existence of such environmental cleanup liens associated with the subject property by persons to whom this part is applicable per § 312.1(b) and not by an environmental professional, may be provided to the environmental professional or retained by the applicable party.
For the All Appropriate Inquiries rule the regulation governs. This page copies the Code of Federal Regulations' annual edition revised as of July 1, 2025, which is kept up to date by the Federal Register; amendments published there since that date are not shown. This page is a reference copy and not legal advice. Check the current regulation before relying on it.
Source
- Environmental Protection Agency, 40 CFR part 312, in Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 300 to 399, revised as of July 1, 2025, as the U.S. Government Publishing Office posts it. File read October 6, 2026.