But, as is often the case in such difficult matters, Congress left the hard work to the regulators: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was told to write rules describing exactly what steps developers had to take to gain this valuable liability protection.

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Still other experts write on estate and gift tax strategies and asset protection.

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Mr Peacock said he also intends to write to the Scottish Social Services Council, responsible for registering social workers, asking them to ensure that child protection training was a high priority in the future registration of social workers.

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