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Brownfields Amendments — amendments to CERCLA pursuant to the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act,Pub. L.No. 107-118 (2002),42 USC §§9601 et seq. building department records — those records of the local government in which the property is located indicating permission of the local government to construct, alter, or demolish improvements on the property. business environmental risk—a risk which can have a material environmental or environmentally-driven impact on the business associated with the current or planned use of a parcel of commercial real estate, not necessarily limited to those environmental issues required to be investigated. commercial real estate- any real property except a dwelling or property with no more than four dwelling units exclusively for residential use (except that a dwelling or property with no more than four dwelling units exclusively for residential use is included in this term when it has a commercial function, as in the building of such dwellings for profit). The term includes but is not limited to undeveloped real property and real property used for industrial, retail, office, agricultural, other commercial, medical, or educational purposes;property used for residential purposes that has more than four residential dwelling units; and property with no more than four dwelling units for residential use when it has a commercial function, as in the building of such dwellings for profit. commercial real estate transaction — a transfer of title to or possession of real property or receipt of a security interest in real property, except that it dos not include transfer of title to or possession of real property with respect to an individual dwelling or building containing fewer than five dwelling units, nor does it include the purchase of a lot or lots to construct a dwelling for occupancy by a purchaser, but a commercial real estate transaction does include real property purchased or leased by persons or entities in the business of building or developing dwelling units. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS)—the list of sites compiled by EPA that EPA has investigated or is currently investigating for potential hazardous substance contamination for possible inclusion on the National Priorities List. construction debris — concrete, brick, asphalt, and other such building materials discarded in the construction of a building or other improvement to property. contaminated public wells — public wells used for drinking water that have been designated by a government entity as contaminated by hazardous substances (for example, chlorinated solvents), or as having water unsafe to drink without treatment. contiguous property owner liability protection — (42 USC §9607(q)) — a person may qualify for the contiguous property owner liability protection if, among other requirements, such person owns real property that is contiguous to, and that is or may be contaminated by hazardous substances from real property that is not owned by that person. Furthermore, such person conducted all appropriate inquiry at the time of acquisition of the property and did not know or have reason to know that the property was or could be contaminated by a release or threatened release from the contiguous property. The all appropriate inquires must not result in knowledge or contamination. If it does, then such person did "know" or "had reason to know" of contamination and would not be eligible for the contiguous property owner liability protection.