Enforcement Discretion Language Inserts for Comfort/Status Letters
Enforcement Discretion Language Inserts (.Doc/.Docx, 2 pp, 25 K)
Model Information
09/30/2025
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For insertion in a comfort/status letter when an interested party is concerned about lender liability, i.e., the secured creditor exemption under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act; contaminated groundwater migration under the impacted property, i.e., EPA’s Final Policy Toward Owners of Property Containing Contaminated Aquifers; or liability as a residential property owner, i.e., EPA’s Policy Towards Owners of Residential Property at Superfund Sites.
Supporting Documents
Transmittal of the Updated and New Model Comfort/Status Letters (2025)
(49 pp,
632.0 K)
Date: 09/30/2025
Memorandum transmits updated and new model comfort/status letters and language inserts for EPA Regions to use when responding to interested parties who may want to acquire “impacted properties.” The updated and new 2025 model letters and language inserts reflect the Agency’s 2019 Comfort/Status Letter Policy and the Agency’s experience in issuing comfort/status letters.