If you’re new to the environmental aspect of property transfers, we can explain it to you better than anyone else.
We provide a complete range of property-transfer environmental services, including Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III investigations. In addition to Phase I – III investigations, we have done Conceptual Site Models, ECAF’s, and Forms I-IV for "Establishment" sites in Connecticut.
Our Phase I reports meet or exceed the standards specified in ASTM 1527-00, plus the soon-to-be implemented standards in 40 CFR 312 – the brownfields All Appropriate Inquiry standards. Reports on sites in Connecticut comply with the Transfer Act Site Assessment Guidance Document, and those on sites in Massachusetts meet the requirements set forth in 310 CMR 40.0480 – 0483, in addition to the ASTM and AAI standards. Our Phase I’s have been accepted by lenders across the state – we’ve never had one rejected for failure to meet standards for Phase I reports. Our staff have performed over 600 Phase I investigations on a very wide variety of sites, including foundries, rubber-product manufacturers, semiconductor lithographers, electroplating shops, screw-machine shops, auto-body shops, furniture strippers, shopping malls, offices, hospitals, and many others. Our reports are thorough and well-written, and all are reviewed by an in-house Licensed Environmental Professional, so you know they’re quality reports.
Our Phase II and III investigations are designed to provide lenders with the assurance they need regarding the quality of the site’s soil or groundwater, without unnecessary damage to our clients’ bank balances. Of course, they also meet the ASTM standard E1903-97 for Phase II investigations as well as the multitude of ASTM standards that describe individual Phase II tasks, such as installation of test borings using hollow-stem augers. Our staff have performed soil-gas surveys, installed hand borings, cut through building floors, and installed test borings and monitoring wells at over 150 sites. We are familiar with all the common investigative techniques.
"Establishment" sites (in Connecticut – dry cleaners, furniture strippers, auto-body shops, and generators of hazardous wastes) have special requirements with which we are closely familiar. The most difficult problem is how to satisfy the CT-DEP in a cost-effective manner. We have extensive experience with the CT-DEP and have a very good idea of what they will require at any particular site, so we won’t propose any unnecessary work. We are closely familiar with the Remediation Standard Regulations, which govern investigation and remediation of Establishments. We have a full-time, in-house LEP available to certify all work relating to "Establishments".
