August Mack was awarded 100 new projects in February. So you might
ask, what types of projects are you doing? Here is a sampling of
the types of projects that our clients awarded us recently:
- Air Permitting
- Phase 1 Site Assessments
- Tier II Reporting
- Groundwater Sampling
- Industrial Hygiene Sampling
- Permit Review
August Mack specializes in
environmental, health and safety compliance; environmental due
diligence; environmental site remediation; and sustainable business
strategies to the...
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Milk, bottled water, canned
food...and even, Phase One Environmental Site Assessments
(ESAs) have expiration dates. The only thing that reportedly
doesn't go bad...SPAM!!!*
Under the AAI Final Rule, a prospective property owner may use a
Phase I ESA report without having to update any information
collected as part of the inquiry:
•If the all appropriate inquiries investigation was
completed less than 180 days prior to the date of acquisition of
the property; or
•If the Phase I ESA report was...
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If you are currently in the
process of purchasing a property, you should know about the
advantages of performing a Phase One Environmental Site
Assessment (ESA) prior to purchase. Property transactions are often
completed without an understanding of the environmental conditions
and how they could cause you or your business financial risk. The
purpose of the Phase I ESA is to identify environmental concerns
related to a property. The Phase I includes an evaluation of the
potential for soil and...
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The Phase One Environmental Site
Assessment (ESA) Update is performed in order to update a previous
ESA performed at a property. Utilized to reflect current site
conditions and changes since the preparation of the original
report(s).
The scope of
work for the update of a Phase 1 Site Assessment includes an
onsite reconnaissance of the property supplemented by a review of
available environmental records concerning the property and
surrounding areas and a review of a previous Phase...
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The scope
of work for the TSA was designed to comply with the standards and
protocols set forth in the ASTM standard designation E-1528-06. The
purpose of the TSA is to provide a cost-effective means of
identifying potential environmental due diligence concerns as
defined in the ASTM standard. The TSA is a tool for identifying any
current or past potential environmental due diligence concerns at
low-risk sites or other sites for which CERCLA liability is not a
concern.
The TSA
consists of a...
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The definition
of a Desktop Review, as it relates to Phase One Environmental Site
Assessment, is not so subtly hidden in its name. Below is a
brief snapshot of what all is involved with this type of
assessment.
There is no
on-inspection is included in a Desktop Review. A Desktop Review
usually includes all or some of the following:
- Reviews of previous Phase 1 Environmental Assessments, Phase II
Environmental Site Assessments or other Environmental Records as
they pertain to a property
- Regulatory...
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Environmental Site
Assessments are done usually during commercial real estate
transactions. An investor finds a property of interest
and prior to closing the sale he or she would have a
Phase One Environmental
Site Assessment ordered.
A Phase 1 Site Assessment is a report that includes
record reviews, interviews and physical property inspections to
identify areas of potential hazardous substance contamination to
the surrounding environment. A Phase I is used to identify
areas from which samples...
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Phase 1 Site Assessments
typically include a section on PCBs.
Typically this section comments on transformers and other
hydraulics at a site identified during Environmental Due
Diligence activities. I can honestly say
I have not seen caulk brought up in the PCB section of an
Environmental Site Assessment
Report. I have been waiting to see what
the new environmental trend would be in building materials.
My speculation was that we would soon be removing the
fiberglass insulation that replaced the...
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When properties exchange hands,
there is a level of responsibility the new owner must consider.
Many times new owners are unaware of the potential environmental
cost and liability when acquiring a new property or facility.
Environmental due
diligence includes understanding the potential
environmental liability pertaining to state and federal
regulations. An environmental
site assessment report can help reveal
potential or existing environmental contamination liabilities. It
helps identify both...
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I would like to again answer this
common question that I get..."What does your company do?" We
do lots of things that will take up too much time to completely
write in today's blog. But, since this blog is primarily for
health care facilities, I will give you a few examples of things we
have done for hospitals. It is also important to reiterate the
meaning of the word "environmental" for this blog since it can have
a different meaning for hospitals. When I refer to
"environmental", it primarily...
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Recently, the issue has arisen about
Phase I Updates. When do they need to be done? When can you do
an update and not a full Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment? What components of a Phase I Environmental Site
Assessment must be completed during the update? Here is what
you need to know about the continued viability of an ASTM 1527-05
compliant Phase I ESA.
A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is
valid for 180 days. If the information in the
Phase I has been collected or updated within one...
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The Michigan Department of
Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has developed a
proposed cleanup and redevelopment program for the state Superfund
and leaking underground storage tank (LUST) programs. The last
revision was in 1995 when cleanup criteria was established via
Risk-Based Corrective Action protocol, and liability was changed
from the federal Superfund concept of joint and several liability
(i.e., where any party who owned or operated at the polluted
property could be held liable for its...
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Here is a list of terms that you may
hear when people are discussing environmental issues:
- Corporate Environmental Compliance
- Environmental Assessment and Remediation
- Environmental Due Diligence
- Environmental Management System
- Sustainability Solutions
These are all terms for macro issues
related to environmental issues. The following terms are the micro
issues or tasks that fulfill some of the regulatory
requirements:
- SPCC Plan
- Tier Two Reporting
- Phase One Site Assessment
- ISO 14001
- Energy Audits
And the...
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