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  type: guide
  id: va-m26-7-ch12-t35
  authority: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 35 — Potential
    Environmental Problem
  description: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 35 — Potential
    Environmental Problem.
  coverage_tier: operative
obligations:
- id: va-m26-7-ch12-t35-full
  canonical_id: va-m26-7-ch12-t35-full
  section: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 35 — Potential
    Environmental Problem
  type: do
  tags:
  - regulator-direct
  - va
  - va-handbook
  - corpus-expansion
  - tier-operative
  primary_source:
    tier: 1
    authority: VA Lenders Handbook (VA Pamphlet 26-7), Chapter 12, Topic 35 — Potential
      Environmental Problem
    source_class: va-handbook
    source_url: https://www.benefits.va.gov/warms/pam26_7.asp
    snapshot_id: 824171a914866a59
    fetched_at: '2026-05-23T01:53:53Z'
    content_hash: sha256:71efd8bb39bb5596ad194f1b13e6f979cfa1afbf5566e897e26836fc1ab0429e
    paragraph_quote: '35. Potential Environmental Problem Change Date March 28, 2019
      • This chapter has been revised in its entirety. a. Potential Environmental
      Problem The appraiser must report and consider the effect on value of any apparent
      indication of a potential environmental problem. b. Examples Examples include,
      but are not limited to: • underground storage tanks, • slush pits, • oil and
      gas wells (operating or abandoned), • hydrogen sulfide gas emitted from petroleum
      product wells, • chemical contamination (including methamphetamine) or • soil
      contamination from sources on or off the property. c. Appraisal Considerations
      The appraisal report must be prepared subject to correction of the problem in
      accordance with any local, state, or federal requirements, or documentation
      from the appropriate local, state, or federal authority that the condition is
      acceptable. VA Pamphlet 26-7, Revised Chapter 12: Minimum Property Requirements
      12-44'
  judgment: false
