Comfort/Status Letter

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005692",
  "term": "Comfort/Status Letter",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definitions": [
    "1. EPA sends a letter to parties that provides information regarding the potential for EPA action at the property.\n\n2. Letter regarding reusing and/or redeveloping contaminated, potentially contaminated, and formerly contaminated property (“impacted properties”).",
    "Letters that provide any releasable information EPA has about a site, what that information means, and the likelihood that EPA will take Federal Superfund action. Comfort/ status letters are used when (1) they may facilitate cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields, (2) there is a realistic perception or probability of incurring Superfund liability, and (3) no other mechanism could adequately address a party's concerns."
  ],
  "subject": [
    "Land, waste and cleanup",
    "Health and safety"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Superfund Glossary",
    "EPA EV-Regulatory Activities-Enforcement and Compliance",
    "Superfund Reforms Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/comfort-status-letter/"
}