potentially responsible parties

potentially responsible parties (PRPs)

Under federal law, persons who may be responsible for the cleanup of a contaminated site,either because they were an owner,operator,transporter,or disposer of waste products for that site.The Environmental Protection Agency looks for evidence of the identity of potentially responsible parties by reviewing documents,performing a site investigation, conducting interviews,using “information request letters”to gather information,and by performing title searches.(PRPs are not limited to the persons who caused the contamination,but may include all subsequent owners or occupiers of the property.)