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EPA’s New Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule
Common renovation activities like sanding, cutting, and demolition can create hazardous lead dust and chips by disturbing lead-based paint, which can be harmful to adults and children.
To protect against this risk, on April 22, 2008, EPA issued a rule requiring the use of lead-safe practices and [...]
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GROUNDWATER VS. GROUND WATER
Everyone knows that “groundwater” is water that exists beneath the surface of the Earth in soils, porous geologic materials, and aquifers. What many people are not aware of is the debate that a raged for years within the environmental consulting arena. Finally the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has settled this issue once and for [...]
Posted in Archives, Environmental Services
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EPA’s Rule For “All Appropriate Inquiry” for Commercial Property Transactions
On November 1, 2006 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s much-anticipated “All Appropriate Inquiries” rule establishing mandatory requirements for assessing commercial real estate for environmental contamination became effective. An environmental investigation known as a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is the minimum level environmental “due diligence” for any buyer, investor, or lender of commercial real estate [...]
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THE REGISTERED ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSOR (REA)
The following information is extracted from the Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) Registered Environmental Assessor website. If you buy, sell, lend, manage, or own commercial real estate or industrial property, the following information can assist you in these endeavors.
PROTECTING YOUR INTEREST
Failure to perform adequate or appropriate environmental assessment may subject you to major liability. [...]
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Environmental, Health and Safety Services
Welcome to our website. Many of you may be unfamiliar with Davis Environmental Services so please allow me to introduce myself and Davis Environmental Services.
My name is Will Davis, I am the senior environmental professional with Davis Environmental Services. I have almost twenty years of expertise in environmental and occupational safety management.
Davis Environmental Services is [...]