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 Please
contact Bill Graves or
Mark Newell, or call
1.800.75.ENSAT
The
principals who started ENSAT were key players in the evolution of
the environmental site assessment industry in the mid-atlantic market
region in the 1980s, and, consequently, from the earliest days of
the company, ENSAT has offered ESA services to our real estate clients.
ENSAT remains a strong provider of ESA services nationwide. Our
real estate clients have included lending institutions, property
management firms, development companies, and others.
For
a typical Phase I ESA, ENSAT personnel perform the following services:
- Inspection
of the property and surrounding areas to search for the presence
of any evidence of potential toxic, hazardous, or petroleum-based
substances.
- Survey
for:
- Underground
and aboveground storage tanks and piping,
- asbestos,
- soil
discoloration,
- waste
burial or unusual areas of fill,
- past
or on-going dumping,
- PCB
transformers or capacitors,
- materials
management practices,
- waste
generation,
- potentially
contaminated adjacent properties.
- Historical
assessment of the subject site.
- Review
of deed records.
- Analysis
of historical aerial photographs and topographic maps.
- Interviews
with individuals familiar with the history of the subject site.
- Assessment
of the physical setting of the site including geology, soils,
topography, and hydrology.
- Analysis
of current databases of federal and state environmental agencies
to determine if the site or properties in the vicinity of the
site are subject to any enforcement, monitoring, remediation,
or other actions.
- Analysis
of spills or other incidents that might have environmental implications
for the property.
- Assessment
for wetlands, radon contamination, and contamination due to lead-based
or asbestos-containing building materials.
- Environmental
Impact Statement scoping, preparation, and review.
- NEPA
review
ENSAT
Corporation utilizes experienced geologists, environmental scientists,
and engineers to perform Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
at sites where potential impairment has been identified during
a Phase I ESA. Phase II assessments are focused on the specific,
potential contaminants identified during the Phase I.
At
the completion of each Phase I and II ESA, the client is provided
with a confidential report of the findings of the assessment, including
a comprehensive discussion of procedures and findings and recommendations
for further assessment or clean-up.
ENSAT
has performed hundreds of environmental site assessments over the
course of its history for private clients including homeowners,
small businesses, large corporations, and lending institutions.
Our Phase I ESA projects have included extensive rural tracts, to
operating commercial and industrial facilities, and from single-family
residences and small businesses to previous Superfund sites
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