Chris Venezia, ESA's Director of LSRP Services, explains the Innocent Purchaser Defense as it pertains to the environmental aspects of purchasing real property in New Jersey. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3755H-rguE Typically, real property investments with the potential to yield the greatest return come with the greatest risk. And there are...
ESA commonly answers questions about Phase II scopes of work on a varying scale of complexity. Overall, the questions are aimed at the purpose of a Phase II, what to do if something is discovered, and how to manage the remediation approach in the transaction....
By Stephen E. Fauer If science is empirical, why do environmental consultants often disagree with one another? To some, science-based disagreement is perplexing. But to people on opposite sides of a commercial or industrial real estate transaction, such disagreements are common. Why does it happen and...
By: Stephen E. Fauer My father told me something very prophetic when I was a child. He said, “While fishing, other fishermen may say, ‘You should have been here yesterday, the fishing was unbelievable.’ But don’t believe them. Because that’s what they all say.” Fishing is my favorite hobby. I fly...
ESA often has conversations with clients who claim, “My site is clean,” to which ESA replies, “How do you know?” And the client says something like, “Because the site underwent ISRA back in 2002 and there is an affidavit of Negative Declaration.” Or, they might...
When a parent sends their child to a child care center (CCC), there is the expectation that the child is safe from environmental harm. CCCs were not on the radar screen of New Jersey’s environmental consultants until the Kiddie Kollege mercury debacle was discovered in...
UPDATED 09/15/20 Licensed Site Remediation Professionals (LSRPs) are an integral and indispensable part of the site remediation program in New Jersey. As of the date of this publication, there are roughly 700 LSRPs certified by the state. Each LSRP must meet minimum standards and pass a...