Ask Not for Whom the All Appropriate Inquiry Standard Tolls…

Did you know that the All Appropriate Inquiry (aka “due diligence” or “innocent purchaser”) standard now applies to persons who purchase land for any “commercial” purpose? That includes residential properties purchased as investment rentals or for development. Before...

Do you “designate as” dangerous waste?

What’s in a name? Did you know that, according to the Department of Ecology, anything you “designate as” a dangerous waste is regulated as a dangerous waste? It has long been the practice of generators of solid waste to label certain wastes as “dangerous” (or...