Services
Phase I & II Environmental Site Assessment
Evaluate environmental concerns affecting property transactions and development.
Discuss your project
UNDERSTAND YOUR OPTIONS
A closer look at your assessment.
Environmental contamination can present potential risks to property occupants, workers, surrounding properties, future land use, and property transactions. BNF provides Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) for commercial, industrial, and development properties. Phase I assessments evaluate historical property use, regulatory databases, environmental records, adjoining and surrounding properties, site reconnaissance, and other relevant information to identify recognized environmental conditions (RECs), controlled RECs, historical RECs, and other potential environmental concerns, as applicable under the assessment standard. Where warranted, Phase II investigations use soil, groundwater, soil-gas, indoor-air, surface-water, or other targeted environmental sampling and laboratory analysis to investigate potential impacts identified during the Phase I assessment. Assessments may be performed in accordance with applicable ASTM standards, EPA requirements, state environmental programs, and applicable regulatory requirements, depending on the project.
ASSESSMENT SCOPE
What your assessment
may include.
- Federal, state, and local environmental database review
- Historical property research
- Sanborn fire insurance map review
- Historical aerial photograph review
- Historical map and city-directory research where available
- Site reconnaissance and photographic documentation
- Adjoining and surrounding property review
- Owner/operator interviews
- Environmental records review
- REC, CREC, and HREC evaluation where applicable
- Environmental Professional review and opinion where applicable
- Targeted Phase II environmental investigation where warranted
WHAT TO EXPECT
From your first question
to your final report.
- 01
Scope & Quote
Tell us the property address, current and historical property use, year built, transaction or development purpose, known environmental concerns, surrounding land uses, and intended use of the assessment. BNF determines the appropriate ESA scope and applicable ASTM and regulatory requirements.
- 02
BNF Environmental Site Assessment
Qualified environmental professionals conduct the appropriate historical research, regulatory database review, environmental records review, adjoining-property evaluation, interviews, and site reconnaissance to identify potential environmental concerns and applicable recognized environmental conditions.
- 03
Phase II Investigation
Where warranted, BNF develops a targeted investigation based on the Phase I findings. Sampling may include soil, groundwater, soil-gas, indoor air, surface water, or other environmental media, with laboratory analysis performed using appropriate methods.
- 04
Technical Review & Report
BNF evaluates the records, field observations, analytical results, and applicable criteria and prepares documentation consistent with the applicable ASTM standards, EPA requirements, state environmental programs, and project-specific regulatory requirements.
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A CLEARER START
Questions & answers.
Why is ASTM E1527-21 important?
ASTM E1527-21 is the recognized ASTM standard for applicable Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and is recognized by EPA as consistent with the federal All Appropriate Inquiries framework.
How long does a Phase I ESA take?
Turnaround depends on property complexity, records availability, site access, regulatory research, interviews, and the required reporting scope.