What happens when the Phase 1Environmental Site Assessment (Phase 1 ESA) report finds aproblem or a “recognized environmental concern”? For manyclients a REC is the dreaded conclusion, because it can pose aroadblock to their deal or require spending more money to assessthe situation.
Some assume that if a Phase 1 ESA finds a REC, that the nextstep is automatically to do Phase 2Subsurface Testing. Sometimes that is the case, but notalways. There are several options beyond the Phase 1 ESA thatcan help mitigate environmental risk.
The first thing we do when we find a recognized environmentalconcern is contact our client to discuss the issue and try to finda solution.
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