Recent environmental laws require that prospective owners of properties conduct a reasonable and appropriate inquiry into the property, its past users, and the associated environmental liabilities. Failure to recognize environmental problems at the site can result in significant financial liabilities to the purchaser or the seller. Science Engineering, Ltd. combines its depth of experience in environmental site assessments with current guidelines of the EPA to ensure our clients secure properties that do not pose environmental and health risks to themselves and the public.
SEL provides Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessment studies to the Golden Triangle and Greater Houston areas.
Services include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Conduct an on-site reconnaissance to visually observe the subject site and identify, by physical evidence, the presence of possible adverse environmental conditions
- Coordinate with key on-site personnel and property representatives (if available) to obtain information relevant to the subject site and adjoining properties
- Review historical data including, but not limited to, aerial photographs, fire insurance maps (where available), local city directories, and topographic maps to verify past uses of the subject site and immediately bordering properties,
- Identify immediately adjacent properties’ current uses and status in order to ascertain their potential to act as sources of off-site contamination
- Review relevant Local, State and Federal regulatory agency databases to determine past violations, hazardous waste spills, and/or other reported environmental incidents that may have occurred at the subject site or in the immediate vicinity of the property. The search distance will conform to the ASTM Standard Practice E1527-13 radius for each database
- If LPST or state superfund sites are identified within 500 feet of the subject site, the latest comprehensive assessment or monitoring report on file will be reviewed for those sites
- If a federal superfund site is identified within a ¼ mile of the subject site, existing files for that site available from the public library will be reviewed and summarized
- Conduct interviews with owners or occupants of adjacent facilities, local residents and/or public officials knowledgeable of the subject site and vicinity
- Conduct an oil and gas survey if the subject site lies within an area of known oil and gas production
- Prepare a written report summarizing our investigations and findings. Included in the report are any suspected environmentally degrading conditions as well as recommendations for further investigations if necessary