Author: Allan Blanchard

Cost of an SPCC Plan Do environmental regulations require your facility to have a Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plan to achieve environmental compliance? Are you worried that if your SPCC Plan is not done—and done correctly—your facility may Read More

North Carolina Phase II ESA Providers Did your bank request the completion of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) when you asked for a loan for your commercial property transaction? Are you completing a Phase I ESA to be Read More

New York Phase I ESA Providers Is the bank requiring you to complete a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) before they will give you a loan for a commercial property? Do you need a Phase I ESA ensure your Read More

Pennsylvania Phase I ESA Providers Did the bank request the completion of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) before they will give you a loan for a commercial property? Do you need a Phase I ESA to be sure Read More

How to remove an underground storage tank Do you have an unused underground storage tank on your property? Are you worried about the potential of a leak coming from the tank? Do you wonder if the presence of a tank Read More

SPCC Plans We field plenty of questions regarding Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure (SPCC) Plans—most commonly “What is an SPCC Plan?” and “Do I really need an SPCC Plan?” These are legitimate concerns. There are big fines for being out Read More

How can outsourcing environmental services benefit your business? Does your business have environmental compliance obligations? Keeping track of permit applications, data gathering, report submittal deadlines, knowledge of which processes require environmental permits and developing relationships with regulators can be complicated Read More

Our company has completed thousands of Environmental Site Assessments, which have ranged from simply reviewing the environmental history of a property and collecting a few samples to conducting extensive subsurface investigations at facilities over 100 acres in size. In many Read More

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) was prepared for a property and the report identified a Recognized Environmental Condition (REC) and recommends a Phase II Environmental Site Assessment. Does that mean the property has an environmental liability and an Read More

Every week we get questions about Phase I Environmental Site Assessments. A couple of the most common questions we answer are, "What is a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment and why do I need one?" It is usually posed by Read More