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 [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]