Phase I
Environmental Site Assessments
The Phase 1 Site Assessment utilizes documentation of historical uses of the property. Physical evidence or personal knowledge, documented or anecdotal, of existing contamination.
Background
A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, commonly referred to as an ESA, or Phase I ESA, is completed to research the current and historical uses of a property as part of a commercial real estate transaction. The intent of the report is to assess if current or historical property uses have impacted the soil or groundwater beneath the property and could pose a threat to the environment and/or human health. If these issues are found, it presents a potential liability for the lender and/or owner, as well as affecting the value of the property. A Phase I ESA completed prior to the closure of a real estate transaction can be used to satisfy the requirements of CERCLA’s (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act) innocent land owner defense under All Appropriate Inquiries (AAI).
Who can perform Phase I Environmental Site Assessments?
As part of the AAI criteria, EPA established minimum qualification standards for Environmental Professionals who prepare Phase I ESAs.
An Environmental Professional is defined as a person who possesses sufficient specific education, training, and experience necessary to exercise professional judgment to develop opinions and conclusions regarding the presence of releases or threatened releases to the surface or subsurface of a property. The definition includes persons who:
*Hold a Professional Engineer’s or Professional Geologist’s license or registration and have three years of full-time relevant experience.
*Licensed or certified by a state, tribe, or the Federal government to perform All Appropriate Inquiries and have three years of full-time relevant experience.
*Baccalaureate degree or higher from an accredited institution of higher education in a relevant discipline of engineering, environmental science, or earth science and five years of full-time relevant experience.
*10 or more years of full-time relevant experience.
The Right Amount of Energy
Our Phase I Environmental Site Assessments are completed by experienced staff and all are directed by environmental professionals with a minimum of 10-years’ experience. Our projects are very cost-effective, and we have the available staff and experience to complete multi-site portfolios with very short due date
We specialize in fast completion, quality assessments, and competitive cost while meeting the requirements for the ASTM E1527-13 standards and the All Appropriate Inquiry Rule (AAI) 40 CFR Part 312 rule.
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