Phase I - Environmental Site Assessments

The services to be provided for the environmental assessment include the following tasks:

• Visual reconnaissance of the property, and improvements thereon, for indications of possible hazardous materials, or potentials for contamination on the property. The reconnaissance will consists of systematically walking the site to provide an overlapping field of view.
• Visual reconnaissance of adjacent properties, conducted from the project site perimeter, for the presence of potentially environmentally adverse conditions.
• Reviewing various available regulatory agencies for pertinent information regarding possible sources of contamination within the radii defined by ASTM.
• National Priorities (Superfund) List
• CERCLIS List
• Landfills/Solid Waste Facilities
• RCRA Hazardous Waste Generators/Handlers
• ERNS Emergency Response Notification System
• Petroleum Storage Tanks - PST Site Reports
• Leaking Petroleum Storage Tanks - LPST Site Reports
• SPILLS

• Review of existing aerial photographs for obvious evidence of environmentally adverse conditions such as systematic dumping or landfilling on or adjacent to the property.
• Review of property chain-of-title documents for obvious ownership that may have environmentally adverse implications. These documents include deeds, easements, leases, restrictions, covenants, and clean-up liens from the past 50 years as a minimum.
• Documentation and photographing the site conditions observed at the time of the on-site inspection.
• Researching National Wetland Inventory Maps, Flood Insurance Rate Maps, U.S.G.S. 7.5 Minute Topographic Maps, U.S.D.A. Soil Surveys, Geologic Maps, and Hydrologic Literature for the project site and surrounding areas.