[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 40, Volume 27]
[Revised as of July 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 40CFR312.28]

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                   TITLE 40--PROTECTION OF ENVIRONMENT
 
         CHAPTER I--ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 312_INNOCENT LANDOWNERS, STANDARDS FOR CONDUCTING ALL APPROPRIATE 
 
                    Subpart C_Standards and Practices
 
Sec.  312.28  Specialized knowledge or experience on the part of the 

defendant.

    (a) Persons to whom this part is applicable per Sec.  312.1(b) must 
take into account, their specialized knowledge of the subject property, 
the area surrounding the subject property, the conditions of adjoining 
properties, and any other experience relevant to the inquiry, for the 
purpose of identifying conditions indicative of releases or threatened 
releases at the subject property, as defined in Sec.  312.1(c).
    (b) All appropriate inquiries, as outlined in Sec.  312.20, are not 
complete unless the results of the inquiries take into account the 
relevant and applicable specialized knowledge and experience of the 
persons responsible for undertaking the inquiry (as described in Sec.  
312.1(b)).