Click on the following links for more information on our environmental
sie assessment services.
Limited Environmental Assessment
Phase 1 Site Assessments
Phase 2 Site Assessments
LIMITED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
The Limited Environmental Assessment is used as informational
purposes only. This assessment is often referred to as a Screening
Report. The report may help the client make a good business
decision early on in the process without wasting time and
money. In most cases, lending institutions will not accept
this level of due diligence; however, it is a way to get a
snap-shot of the site prior to moving forward. If the client
decides to continue with interest in the site, BES will apply
the charges for the Screening Report to the cost of the Phase
I Environmental Assessment for the property.
The Limited Environmental Assessment Report (Screening Report)
will include the following:
- Local, State and Federal government environmental database
search;
- Review of at least one readily available historical record
(aerial photographs, Sanborn fire insurance maps),
- Written analysis of nearby listed properties of concern
to determine potential impact to the subject property,
- Review of interview with current owner,
- A limited conclusion regarding potential environmental
risk.
A Screening Report is recommended for sites that past uses
included: residential, churches, office and apartment buildings.
The report will not be recommended for sites that past uses
included any of the following: industrial, manufacturing,
agricultural, gas stations and dry cleaners.
Please note that this initial report may indicate a need to
do the more intensive Phase I Environmental assessment to
make any recommendations about the site.
PHASE 1 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I) can be used
as a risk management tool for current owners, lenders and
potential purchasers of property. These properties can be
residential, industrial, commercial, and agricultural uses.
The purpose of a Phase I is to identify potential and/or recognized
environmental concerns and conditions associated with the
subject property. The process involves:
- Research into the historical land uses of the subject
and neighboring properties,
- Research into local, state, and federal regulatory environmental
files and databases for the subject property, and
- A site reconnaissance of the subject and neighboring properties.
- The outcome of the research is a detailed organized concise
report summarizing the potential and/or recognized Environmental
Concerns related to the site. The report will also offer
recommendations, which may include filling of data-gaps
and the potential for sampling of groundwater and soils
on the site.
It is important to note that there is no actual soil or groundwater
sampling conducted during the Phase I process.
The results of the Phase I report can be used to offer assurance
to potential purchasers, brownfields developers and lenders
that they are acquiring property without environmental liability
or assist them with decisions regarding the management of
environmental risks. Our Phase I reports will meet the requirements
of All Appropriate Inquiry (AAI) as described in the Federal
Register 40 CFR Part 312 dated November 1, 2005, if requested.
BES will discuss with the client as to if the requirements
of AAI is needed. If AAI is followed, the report also can
be used as a defense of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) for innocent landowner.
Click here to view the The All Appropriate
Inquiry Rule requirements for Phase I Environmental Assessments.
PHASE 2 ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT
Phase 2 assessments are the next step in the process.This
assessment will include shallow soil samples and groundwater
sampling as needed.
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