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interviews—those portions of this practice that address questions to be asked of past and present owners, operators, and occupants of the property and questions to be asked of local government officials. key site manager — the person identified by the owner or operator of a property as having good knowledge of the uses and physical characteristics of the property. landfill- a place, location, tract of land, area, or premises used for the disposal of solid wastes as defined by state solid waste regulations. The term is synonymous with the term solid waste disposal site and is also known as a garbage dump,trash dump, or similar term. Landowner Liability Protections (LLPs) — landowner liability protections under CERCLA; these protections include the bona fide prospective purchaser liability protection, contiguous property owner liability protection, and innocent landowner defense from CERCLA liability. See 42 USC §§9601(35)(A), 9601(40), 9607(b), 9607(q), 9607(r). local government agencies—those agencies of municipal or county government having jurisdiction over the property. Municipal and county governments include but are limited to cities, parishes, townships, and similar entities. local street directories — directories published by private (or sometimes government) sources that show ownership, occupancy, and/or use of sites by reference to street addresses. Often local street directories are available at libraries, or historical societies, and/or local municipal offices. LUST sites — state lists of leaking underground storage tank sites. RCRA gives EPA and states, under cooperative agreements with EPA, authority to clean up releases from UST systems or require owners and operators to do so(42 USC §6991b). major occupants—those tenants, subtenants, or other persons or entities each of which uses at least 40% of the leasable area of the property or any anchor tenant when the property is a shopping center. material safety data sheets (MSDS) — written or printed material concerning a hazardous substance which is prepared by chemical manufacturers, importers, and employers for hazardous chemicals pursuant to OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard,29 CFR§1910.1200. material threat—a physically observable or obvious threat which is reasonably likely to lead to a release that, in the opinion of the environmental professional, is threatening and might result in impact to public health or the environment. An example might include an aboveground storage tank system that contains a hazardous substance and which shows evidence of damage. The damage would represent a material threat if it is deemed serious enough that it may cause or contribute to tank integrity failure with a release of contents to the environment. Migrate/migration — for the purposes of ASTM E1527-13 "migrate" and "migration" refers to the movement of hazardous substances or petroleum products in any form, including, for example, solid and liquid at the surface or subsurface, and vapor in subsurface. National Contingency Plan (NCP) —the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, found at 40 CFR Part 300, that is the EPA's blueprint on how hazardous substances are to be cleaned up pursuant to CERCLA.