Document Overview

Notice of Contamination intended to provide notice to anyone reviewing the chain of title (e.g., lenders, prospective purchasers) about contamination on a property and potential land and/or resource uses that could result in unacceptable exposures to contamination. These recorded notices, also known as deed notices, are contained in deeds conveying real property or an interest therein, or some other written instrument that would be examined during a title search on a particular parcel or parcels. Notices of Contamination include a description of the contaminants of concern, location of the contamination, concentration of the contamination, any land or resource use recommendations, and a legal description of the property, among other pertinent information. Notices of this type generally do not serve as an enforceable instrument that imposes restrictions on the use of properties, but these informational institutional controls attach to the property at issue and generally will remain in the local land records even after the property is transferred.

Supporting Documents

Institutional Controls: A Guide to Planning, Implementing, Maintaining, and Enforcing Institutional Controls at Contaminated Sites Exit
Date: 12/04/2012
Guidance for site managers, attorneys and other interested parties for planning, implementing, maintaining and enforcing (PIME) institutional controls for Superfund, brownfields, UST, RCRA, and federal facility cleanups.

Institutional Controls: A Guide to Preparing Institutional Control Implementation and Assurance Plans at Contaminated Sites
Date: 12/04/2012
Guidance to the EPA Regions for developing Institutional Control Implementation and Assurance Plans (ICIAPs) at contaminated sites where the response action includes an institutional controls (ICs) component. An ICIAP is a document designed to systematically: (a) establish and document the activities associated with implementing and ensuring the long-term stewardship of ICs: and (b) specify the persons and/or organizations that will be responsible for conducting these activities.

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