A Phase 1 ESA (Environmental Site Assessment) is typically the first step in the environmental due diligence process, providing a “paper review” of the property’s environmental history to identify potential impacts from current or former uses of the property and/or nearby parcels.

Such potential concerns, known as “Recognized Environmental Conditions” or “RECs”, are identified by reviewing available historic information sources, conducting a site reconnaissance inspection, and interviewing available historical documentation.

Athenica’s Phase 1 ESA are prepared in conformance with the latest version of ASTM Standard Practice E1527 (Standard Practice for Environmental Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process), to meet the USEPA requirements for all appropriate inquiries in support of innocent landowner liability protection.