Phase II Environmental Site Assessments are critical to agency closure or property transaction in cases where soil gas, soil, or groundwater contamination is a potential or known environmental issue. The primary objectives of a remedial investigation are to characterize the nature and extent of contaminants in soil and/or groundwater; however, they also serve to add value to a property scheduled for sale by providing regulatory closure and “No Further Action” decisions for a new owner.

 

Another primary goal for Waterstone remedial investigation strategy is minimizing long-term client liability. Waterstone reviews all its environmental closure strategies (many times in conjunction with client’s counsel) with an eye on potential environmental issues that could occur even after a “No Further Action” decision from the oversight agency is achieved. We provide our clients options for lessening future liability through negotiation of environmental insurance policies, risk-based decisions, modeling, or other strategies based on the client’s needs and the project scope.

 

Careful planning and selection of the investigative strategy leading to closure of environmental issues is performed prior to field work so that our client’s ultimate goal for the property may be achieved. Where appropriate, a risk-based approach may be the piece of information needed to achieve regulatory closure or with an end goal of deriving site-specific cleanup levels in soil or groundwater if remediation is deemed necessary.