Access

This category includes EPA policy and model documents regarding gaining access to property needed as part of a Superfund investigation or cleanup effort.

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Issuance of Revised EPA Model Unilateral Administrative Order Directing Compliance with Request for Access - (9/30/20) Memorandum transmits the revised Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Model Unilateral Administrative Order Directing Compliance With Request For Access (“Model Access UAO”). https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/issuance-2020-model-access-uao (PDF 178K)

Clarification of CERCLA Entry Policy - (3/3/10) Memorandum provides Regional Counsel with a clarification to EPA 1987 access policy regarding the savings provision in section 104(e)(6) of Superfund. https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/guidance-clarification-superfund-entry-policy (PDF 165 K)

Entry and Continued Access Under CERCLA - (6/5/87) Memorandum sets forth EPA's policy on entry and continued access to facilities by EPA officers, employees and representatives for the purposes of response and civil enforcement activities under CERCLA. OSWER No. 9829.2 https://www.epa.gov/enforcement/guidance-superfund-entry-and-continued-access (PDF 673 K)

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