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ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS for PROPERTY
TRANSFERS
EHP has been engaged by financial
institutions, law firms, property and portfolio managers and several
major industrial companies to conduct site assessments as part of real
property transactions. We have evaluated property across the
United States. Assessments range from site reconnaissance visits
to comprehensive physical and chemical characterizations coupled with
detailed historical operations reviews. EHP utilizes the most
modern technologies and investigative techniques and follows strict
quality control procedures. EHP's timely response to the
client's needs eliminates transaction delays due to environmental data
need. EHP provides flexible scope of work options to meet the
various needs of various client transaction requirements.
ASBESTOS ASSESSMENT,
MANAGEMENT, and ABATEMENT CONSULTING
Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) is
one of the more common issues facing owners and managers of real
estate in the current market. EHP has trained and licensed professionals who
have conducted hundreds of ACM assessments, prepared operations and
maintenance (O&M) plans, and managed ACM abatement projects
ranging from several thousand to almost two million dollars. EHP
has played integral roles in several large scale urban abatement
projects keeping development
projects on time and within budget.
INDOOR
AIR QUALITY (IAQ) & MOISTURE INTRUSION CONSULTING / MANAGEMENT
Although generally not regulated by
governmental agencies at this time, indoor air quality (IAQ)
conditions, especially fungal and airborne volatile organic compounds,
are becoming areas of increasing concern by owners and occupants of
enclosed structures (retail, residential, commercial, and public
purpose facilities such as schools, libraries, etc.). EHP has
engaged in providing beneficial consulting options for several IAQ projects including an
emergency mold assessment and abatement project at a community
facility, assessment of several multi-family apartment complexes
for a major property management company, preparation of an IAQ
Management Plan for a major Dallas-Fort Worth municipality which
included instruction and training of the city's health and maintenance
staff. In addition, EHP has conducted numerous other projects
ranging in scale from individual residences to larger commercial
office and retail buildings throughout the DFW area and select
portions of the southwestern U.S.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
TANK REMOVAL
A typical project occurred in eastern
New Mexico where a grocery store chain decided to discontinue the sale
of gasoline and to remove its tanks. EHP obtained all required
permits from the Environmental Improvement Division of the New Mexico
Department of Health and the Environment and verified that all
required local permits and notifications were made. EHP then
secured a New Mexico approved excavation and removal contractor and
made contingency plans for treatment of contaminated soil. We
supervised the work of the contractor, following American Petroleum
Institute safety guidelines for removal of tanks and pipes. We
obtained clean closure approval from the regulators. All
required forms were filled out and provided to our client in order to
fully close the project. EHP finished the project by submitting
a report including photographs documenting the safe and complete
removal of all tank and pipe, and their final disposition.
REIMBURSEMENT from
STORAGE TANK TRUST FUNDS
EHP has several national clients for
which it conducts reimbursement services. This can include a
full service program ranging from eligibility determinations,
application, preparation and submission, monitoring for payment
processing, and negotiation of appeals on unpaid claims. EHP has
filing experience in ever state with a UST Trust Fund or comparable
insurance fund.
GROUNDWATER
CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT
The groundwater hydrogeology and soil
conditions are complex in central Texas, leading others to incorrect
interpretations of contamination potential. A major convenience
store owner retained EHP to assess a site where more than $100,000 had
previously been spent on assessment and remediation. EHP's
experienced personnel immediately recognized the site complexity and
through the use of nested monitoring well data correctly interpreted
site conditions. We demonstrated that the combination of low
vertical hydraulic conductivity of the aquifer by flow from the upper
aquifer. We also demonstrated that the flux of contaminants
off-site through the upper aquifer is very small. EHP negotiated
a limited monitoring program with the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission, saving our client large amounts of additional
assessment and remediation costs.
GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION
 EHP
assessed a site where gasoline from an underground storage tank had
contaminated groundwater in southwest Texas. The most cost
effective and technically appropriate method of treating the
groundwater was to install a vacuum extraction system. We
negotiated acceptance of this approach for our client with the TNRCC.
Following the issuance of air permits, the system was installed in
1990 and successfully treated both soils and groundwater.
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