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Nearby Hazards VISTA Information Services, Inc. is the nation's leader in providing risk-related information on residential real estate to professionals such as engineers, real estate agents, lenders, insurors and the public. Their web site, www.NearMyHome.com presents nearby hazards information through interactive maps. Home buyers today worry about the effect of hazards on their health and investment and appreciate this quick and easy way to learn more about their area of interest. They can even search by zip code. Their web site databases are based on information from government sources. Their reports on environmental damage include leaking underground storage tanks, solid waste landfills, and other toxic sites.  The Environmental Protection Administration also maintains an official repository of hazardous and toxic waste sites, site inspections, preliminary assessments and remedial status dating back to 1983 referred to as
CERCLIS (The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System. The records include active Superfund sites. |
