SBA SOP 50 10 8, A.Ch5.E.1 — Environmental Contamination Risks
Verbatim text of SBA SOP 50 10 8 section A.Ch5.E.1 (Environmental Contamination Risks), effective 2025-06-01. 1 provision(s) quoted from the SOP PDF. SBA's own document page serves superseded editions, and the SOP is further amended by policy notices — read this with the notices that touch it.
Verbatim regulatory text
Verbatim provisions from SBA SOP 50 10 8, A.Ch5.E.1 — Environmental Contamination Risks — each quote is a verified substring of the regulator-published source snapshot, not retyped. Quoted for reference; this is not legal advice. The operational layer (P&P updates, prompts) lives in the regulation update kits.
SOP 50 10 8 A.Ch5.E.1
1. Environmental Contamination Risks The risks of environmental Contamination include: The costs of Remediation could impair the Borrower’s ability to repay the loan and/or continue to operate the business; The value and marketability of the Property could be diminished. If the Borrower defaults, the SBA Lender or SBA might have to abandon the Property to avoid liability or accept a reduced price for the Property; The SBA Lender or SBA could be liable for environmental clean-up costs and third-party damage claims arising from Contamination if title to contaminated Property is taken as a result of foreclosure proceedings and/or the SBA Lender or SBA exercises operational control at the Property; and If a Governmental Entity cleans a site, it may be able to file a lien for recovery of its costs which may be superior to SBA’s lien.
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