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Phase I ESAs and Transaction Screens
Most pre-transactional evaluations of properties begin with an
environmental consultant performing a Phase I ESA or Transaction Screen. The
methodology ALWI typically uses in performing this Phase I ESA follows ASTM Standard
No. E 1527-00, and our typical Transaction Screen follows ASTM Standard No. E
1528-00. The advantage of following published standards is in ensuring
greater objectivity and defensibility of the work. ESAs generally include
personal interviews, a site reconnaissance, a site history review and a
review of available and applicable state and local government records.
Transaction Screens are similar to Phase I ESAs but are more streamlined
in the degree of historical research required. ESAs and Transaction Screens
supplement, but do not replace, engineering and other technical
evaluations, which are intrinsic to pre-acquisition evaluations of commercial
properties.
ESAs and Transaction Screens are preliminary in nature, carry no intrinsic
or expressly stated warranty of environmental integrity, and are not
comprehensive environmental assessments or audits of properties. Due to
the non-invasive nature of this preliminary assessment, environmental
consultants who perform ESAs and Transaction Screens cannot confer an
absolute assurance of the absence of RECs remaining from prior uses and
activities or otherwise associated with a given site.
Phase II ESAs
Experience and Credentials in Complex Projects
Typical Scope of Services
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