ESAs Made Easy

Andre R. Cooper

doi:10.5771/9781461624585

Summary

Learn how to conduct and evaluate a successful Phase I ESA to identify existing or potential environmental hazards and 'special resources' for a subject property. Through its easy-to-follow checklist format and sample ESA, this book shows you everything you need to know about Phase I ESAs, including ESA statement of work, environmental databases, ESA report appendices, ESA process, site history, governmental records, site reconnaissance, environmental hazards, underground and aboveground storage tanks, historic properties and national landmarks, scientific significance, and more.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 1996
ISBN-Print: 978-0-86587-536-4
ISBN-Online: 978-1-4616-2458-5
Publisher: Government Institutes, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 209
Product type: Book Titles

1. Table of Contents No access
2. Preface No access
1. 1.1. Cercla Overview No access
2. 1. 1.2.1: Due-Care Requirement No access
  2. 1.2.2: Due-Care Demonstration No access
  3. 1.2.3: Appropriate Inquiry No access
3. 1.3. Third Party Defense No access
4. 1.4. Readily Available (ESA) Information No access
5. 1.5. Innocent Landowner Status, Need for ESAs No access
6. 1. 1.6.1: Phase I ESA No access
  2. 1.6.2: Phase II ESA No access
  3. 1.6.3: Phase Ill ESA No access
7. 1. 1.7.1: Hazard Investigation Purpose No access
  2. 1.7.2: Special Resource lnvestigation Purpose No access
8. 1. 1.8.1: Property Condition No access
  2. 1.8.2: Attachments and Certifications No access
9. 1.9. Confidentiality No access
10. 1.10. ESA Updates No access
1. 2.1. SOW Need No access
2. 2.2. The Four Methods of Inquiry No access
3. 2.3. Sampling No access
1. 3.1. Scope of Work No access
2. 3.2. Property Information No access
3. 1. 3.3.1: Adjacent Sites No access
4. 3.4. Site History No access
5. 3.5. Regulatory Review No access
6. 3.6. Site lnvestigation and Review of Hazards No access
7. 3.7. Site lnvestigation and Review of Special Resources No access
8. 3.8. Findings: Environmental Hazards and Special Resources No access
9. 1. 3.9.1: ACM Abatement Costs No access
10. 3.10. Warrants No access
11. 3.11. ESA Inspectors No access
1. 4.1. Regulatory Database Searches No access
2. 1. 4.2.1: Federal Databases No access
  2. 4.2.2: State Databases No access
3. 4.3. Search Distances No access
4. 4.4. Database Vendors No access
1. 5.1. ESA Supporting Documents No access
2. 1. 5.2.1: Project Synopsis No access
  2. 5.2.2: Findings No access
  3. 5.2.3: Recommendations Reiterated No access
  4. 5.2.4: Risk Rating No access
  5. 5.2.5: Contact Data No access
3. 1. 5.3.1: Map Templates No access
  2. 5.3.2: ldentifying Site Locations No access
  3. 5.3.3: Site Map Resources No access
  4. 5.3.4: USGS Quads No access
4. 5.4. Sampling and Analysis No access
5. 1. 5.5.1: Plans, Studies, Reports, and Permits No access
6. 5.6. Local Governments No access
1. 6.1. The ESA Process No access
2. 6.2. Bids, Letters, and Agreements No access
3. 6.3. ESA Report Preparation No access
4. 6.4. ESA Report Submission No access
5. 6.5. ESA Report Review No access
1. 1. 7.1.1: ldentifying Uses of the Property No access
2. 1. 7.2.1: Site Vicinity Impacts No access
3. 7.3. Sites Greater Than 50 Acres No access
4. 7.4. Existing Documentation: Environmental Database Reports No access
5. 7.5. Existing Documentation: Special Resources No access
1. 8.1. Title Search/Title Review No access
2. 8.2. Aerial Photographs No access
3. 8.3. Maps and Other Data No access
4. 8.4. Special Resources No access
1. 9.1. General Public Records No access
2. 9.2. Regulatory Compliance Records No access
3. 1. 9.3.1: For Environmental Hazards No access
  2. 9.3.2: For Special Resources No access
4. 9.4. Compliance lnformation Objectives No access
1. 10.1. Immediate Site No access
2. 10.2. Surrounding Area No access
1. 11.1. Visual lnspections of the Subject Site No access
2. 11.2. Visual lnspections of the Site Vicinity No access
3. 11.3. Undeveloped Sites No access
4. 1. 11.4.1: Exterior Site Photos No access
  2. 11.4.2: Exterior Hazard and Special Resource Photos No access
  3. 11.4.3: Interior Photos No access
1. 12.1. Environmental Hazards No access
2. 1. 12.2.1: Agency Environmental Hazard lnformation Requests No access
1. 13.1. Onsite Underground and Aboveground Storage Tanks No access
2. 1. 13.2.1: Removed or Abandoned Tanks No access
3. 13.3. Offsite Leaking Underground Storage Tanks (LUSTS) No access
4. 1. 13.4.1: High Risk No access
  2. 13.4.2: Moderate to High Risk No access
  3. 13.4.3: Moderate Risk No access
  4. 13.4.4: Low to Moderate Risk No access
  5. 13.4.5: Low Risk No access
  6. 13.4.6: No Risk No access
1. 14.1. Site Geology No access
2. 14.2. Soils Investigation No access
1. 1. 15.1.1: Physiographic Features No access
2. 1. 15.2.1: Surface Water No access
  2. 15.2.2: Stormwater Drainage No access
1. 16.1. Hazardous Substances No access
2. 16.2. Storage and Disposal Areas No access
3. 16.3. Hazardous Chemicals No access
1. 17.1. Asbestos Potential No access
2. 17.2. Asbestos Survey No access
1. 18.1. Lead-Based Paint Survey (LBPS) No access
2. 18.2. Lead in Drinking Water No access
1. 19.1. Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Identification No access
2. 19.2. What the Inspector Should Do No access
3. 19.3. PCB Disposal No access
1. 20.1. Landfills No access
2. 20.2. Pits, Sumps, Drywells, and Catchbasins No access
1. 1. 21.1.1: Radon Certification No access
1. 22.1. Special Resources Overview No access
2. 22.2. Special Resource Information Requests No access
1. 23.1. Endangered Species ldentification No access
1. 24.1. Historic Property ldentification No access
2. 24.2. Historic Site Research Objectives No access
3. 24.3. Historic Site Documentation No access
4. 24.4. National Landmarks No access
1. 25.1. Recreational Area ldentification No access
1. 26.1. Identifying Scientific Significance No access
2. 26.2. Agency Responsibility No access
1. 27.1. Sole-Source Aquifer ldentification No access
1. 28.1. Undeveloped Coastal Zones No access
1. 29.1. Wetlands ldentification No access
2. 29.2. Wetlands Review Process No access
3. 29.3. Wetlands Delineation No access
1. 30.1. Undeveloped Floodplains No access
1. 31.1. Wild and Scenic River ldentification No access
1. 32.1. Wilderness Area ldentification No access
1. 1. 33.1.1: Map and Site Plan Sources No access
2. 33.2. Secondary Maps No access
Appendix A: Sample Phase I ESA No access Pages 89 - 162
Appendix B: Phase I ESA Inspection Checklist No access Pages 163 - 172
Appendix C: Asbestos Operations and Maintenance Plans No access Pages 173 - 176
Glossary of Terms No access Pages 177 - 198
Index No access Pages 199 - 209