The purpose of this practice is to define good commercial and customary practice in the United States of America for conducting an environmental site assessment of a parcel of commercial real estate with respect to the range of contaminants within the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 USC 9601) and petroleum products. As such, this practice is intended to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for the Innocent Landowner, Contiguous Property Owner, or Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser limitations on CERCLA liability.

Reports conducted by Empire Environmental, Inc. are in compliance with the ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments - ASTM Designation: E1527-05 and the EPA All Appropriate Inquiry Rule, 40 CFR Part 312, as providing All Appropriate Inquiry to permit a client to satisfy one of the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) to qualify for the Innocent Landowner, Contiguous Property Owner, Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser.

PROPERTIES FOR WHICH SOME DEGREE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT SHOULD BE CONDUCTED:

Parcels with On-Site Gas Stations, Auto Repair Shops, Body Shops, and properties which are adjacent to or in close proximity to these types of businesses.

Shopping Centers or parcels adjacent to or in close proximity to shopping centers which could potentially be impacted by dry cleaner solvent discharges.

Agricultural Areas, especially those associated with cultivation or on-site maintenance.

Golf Courses.

Parcels in industrial areas.