1、Designation:E152713Standard Practice forEnvironmental Site Assessments:Phase I EnvironmentalSite Assessment Process1This standard is issued under the fixed designation E1527;the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or,in the case of revision,the year of
2、 last revision.A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval.Asuperscript epsilon()indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.1.Scope1.1 PurposeThe purpose of this practice is to define goodcommercial and customary practice in the United States ofAmerica for
3、conducting an environmental site assessment2of aparcel of commercial real estate with respect to the range ofcontaminants within the scope of the Comprehensive Environ-mental Response,Compensation and Liability Act(CERCLA)(42 U.S.C.9601)and petroleum products.As such,thispractice is intended to perm
4、it a user to satisfy one of therequirements to qualify for the innocent landowner,contiguousproperty owner,or bona fide prospective purchaser limitationson CERCLA liability(hereinafter,the“landowner liabilityprotections,”or“LLPs”):that is,the practice that constitutesall appropriate inquiries into t
5、he previous ownership and usesof the property consistent with good commercial and custom-ary practice as defined at 42 U.S.C.9601(35)(B).(SeeAppendix X1 for an outline of CERCLAs liability and defenseprovisions.)Controlled substances are not included within thescope of this standard.Persons conducti
6、ng an environmentalsite assessment as part of an EPA Brownfields Assessment andCharacterization Grant awarded under CERCLA 42 U.S.C.9604(k)(2)(B)must include controlled substances as definedin the Controlled Substances Act(21 U.S.C.802)within thescope of the assessment investigations to the extent d
7、irected inthe terms and conditions of the specific grant or cooperativeagreement.Additionally,an evaluation of business environ-mental risk associated with a parcel of commercial real estatemay necessitate investigation beyond that identified in thispractice(see Sections 1.3 and 13).1.1.1 Recognized
8、 Environmental ConditionsIn defining astandard of good commercial and customary practice forconducting an environmental site assessment of a parcel ofproperty,the goal of the processes established by this practiceis to identify recognized environmental conditions.The termrecognized environmental con
9、ditions means the presence orlikely presence of any hazardous substances or petroleumproducts in,on,or at a property:(1)due to any release to theenvironment;(2)under conditions indicative of a release to theenvironment;or(3)under conditions that pose a material threatof a future release to the envir
10、onment.De minimis conditionsare not recognized environmental conditions.1.1.2 Petroleum ProductsPetroleum products are includedwithin the scope of this practice because they are of concernwith respect to many parcels of commercial real estate andcurrent custom and usage is to include an inquiry into
11、 thepresence of petroleum products when doing an environmentalsite assessment of commercial real estate.Inclusion of petro-leum products within the scope of this practice is not basedupon the applicability,if any,of CERCLA to petroleumproducts.(See X1.1.2.1 for discussion of petroleum exclusionto CE
12、RCLA liability.)1.1.3 CERCLA Requirements Other Than AppropriateInquiriesThis practice does not address whether require-ments in addition to all appropriate inquiries have been met inorder to qualify for the LLPs(for example,the duties specifiedin 42 U.S.C.9607(b)(3)(a)and(b)and cited in Appendix X1
13、,including the continuing obligation not to impede the integrityand effectiveness of activity and use limitations(AULs),or theduty to take reasonable steps to prevent releases,or the duty tocomply with legally required release reporting obligations).1.1.4 Other Federal,State,and Local EnvironmentalL
14、awsThis practice does not address requirements of any stateor local laws or of any federal laws other than the allappropriate inquiries provisions of the LLPs.Users are cau-tioned that federal,state,and local laws may impose environ-mental assessment obligations that are beyond the scope of thisprac
15、tice.Users should also be aware that there are likely to beother legal obligations with regard to hazardous substances orpetroleum products discovered on the property that are notaddressed in this practice and that may pose risks of civiland/or criminal sanctions for non-compliance.1This practice is
16、 under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E50 on Environ-mental Assessment,Risk Management and Corrective Action and is the directresponsibility of Subcommittee E50.02 on Real Estate Assessment and Manage-ment.Current edition approved Nov.1,2013.Published November 2013.Originallyapproved in 1993.Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E1527 05.DOI:10.1520/E1527-13.2All definitions,descriptions of terms,and acronyms are defined in Section 3.Whenever terms defined in 3.2 are used in this practic
