If you plan to purchase, lease, or refinance a commercial or industrial property, you
could be liable for pre-existing environmental conditions on the site.  These include:

  • Hazardous Waste
  • Chemical spills
  • Petroleum spills
  • Soil contamination
  • Groundwater contamination

Limit Your Liability
To protect yourself and to limit your liability it is highly recommended that you perform
a  Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (Phase I ESA) of the property in question.  

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment satisfies one of the requirements of the
Innocent Landowner Defense to liability imposed by the Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Phase I ESAs are ordered by buyers, sellers, brokers, lessees, and lenders involved
in the sale, purchase, re-finance or leasing of industrial, commercial and agricultural
properties. Phase I ESAs are typically required by lenders in order to assure that
properties do not possess environmental conditions that could diminish the value of
the property, the ability of the borrower to repay, or to establish baselines to allocate
responsibility for clean-up costs.

What is a Phase I ESA?
A Phase I ESA is a detailed study of the property and surrounding properties including
a thorough site inspection, occupant interviews, historical records searches, a study
of past land uses, spills, tanks, and other environmental conditions.  Gathered
information is presented in a written report format.

Our Phase I ESAs are conducted by experienced environmental professionals and
are performed in general accordance with ASTM Standard E1527-05.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessments
What's needed to proceed?

Once a study is underway, we'll typically ask
you to provide the following data if available:

(1) Documents (if available):
  • Boundary survey or site plan.
  • Property title.
  • Previous environmental reports.

(2) Information:
We need as much of the following
information as available:
  • Accurate property address.
  • Property tax ID number.
  • Name, address, and telephone of
    the current owner and, if possible,
    previous owners.
  • Name, address, and telephone of
    the current occupant(s) and, if
    possible, past occupants.
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COST

The cost of a Phase I ESA depends on
several factors including:

  • Site size, configuration, and location
  • Number and size of buildings
  • Past or current operations

Typical Phase I ESAs run from $1,700 to
$2,400.