Site Assessments - Phase I, Phase II, and Baseline
Environmental Standards conducts its Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) according to ASTM 1527-05 as well as the All Appropriate Inquiries requirements. The Phase I ESA may include recommendations for future assessment work and assistance with Phase II investigation work planning.

Using information gathered during Phase I ESA activities (as well as other pertinent project-specific criteria), Environmental Standards works with our clients to identify whether or not Phase II or baseline site investigations are "appropriate." We present our recommendations and the supporting data to our clients in clear and concise formats.

The Phase II ESAs conducted by Environmental Standards consist of multi-media sampling at the portions of the selected sites where potential areas of concern are identified during Phase I ESA activities. Sampling is conducted using applicable regulatory and standard industry protocols. Appropriate health and safety, decontamination, waste management, and sample custody procedures are used to minimize potential impact to sample integrity. Standard quality assurance (QA) procedures (including compliance with US EPA's Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments) and Environmental Standards-prepared and US EPA-approved QAPPs are followed. Each of our procedures is important in reaching our goal of gathering data that most accurately reflect actual environmental conditions at a site. Data gathered during Phase II investigations are used to make critical project decisions; therefore, it is essential that the data be reliable and defensible.

Development of Site-Specific Cleanup Goals
Brownfields cleanup programs are typically run at the state level. Most of these programs take a three-tiered approach that incorporates background-level, state-promulgated, and site-specific cleanup standards and various levels of liability protection. Environmental Standards understands how to use good science and technology to develop site investigation programs and cleanup plans that are readily acceptable by state agencies tasked with oversight.