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Performing a Phase 1 ESA is common practice in order to know whether a property is likely to contain any environmental issues, or recognized environmental conditions. Recognized environmental conditions include the presence, or likely presence, of hazardous materials or petroleum products due to a release or a
A Phase I ESA typically includes the following: A site visit to observe current and past conditions and uses of the property and adjacent properties;Interviews with current and past property owners, operators, and occupants, or others familiar with the property.
Organic contaminants may exist in the subsurface in four distinct phases: mobile free product, absorbed phase, dissolved phase and vapor phase. The free product is known as non-aqueous phase liquid (NAPL) and can be denser than water, DNAPL, or lighter than water, LNAPL.
Identifies potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities. 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.
Typically, a Phase II ESA can cost anywhere from $5,000 to well over $100,000. Phase II ESA initial sampling activities (to determine if there is a problem) usually cost around $5,000. The success of the experience is tied to communication of needs and matching effort to the needs.
A typical Phase I ESA, undertaken using ASTM 1527-13 the latest guidance available usually runs around $2,000 to $3,000. That said, at complex facilities, I have had to charge as much as $45,000 or more for Phase Is; sometimes even more for environmental site assessment projects done outside the United States.
Phase 1. An environmental assessment starts with Phase 1, a visual, historical inspection. An environmental consultant looks for visual evidence of actual or potential contamination, such as underground storage tanks.
A Phase I primarily assesses the likelihood that a site is contaminated through visual observations, historical use reviews and regulatory records, while a Phase II assesses whether contamination is in fact present.