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December 1, 2018

Will There Be a Phase I ESA ASTM Update in 2019?

By Nicole TK Moore, REPA

COMMITTEE WEIGHING KEY CHANGES IN THE COMING YEAR

The Environmental Protection Agency lays out and enforces the requirements for All Appropriate Inquiry and CERCLA liability. However, the industry standard for conducting and reporting environmental due diligence is the ASTM E1527 standard (the Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment Process), which was designed by ASTM International specifically to meet the AAI requirements. First released in 1993, the standard has been revised in 1997, 2000, 2005, and most recently in 2013.

The current standard for the Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment, ASTM E1527-13, is up for renewal.  This has been a known likelihood over the course of 2018, as the committee has met on numerous occasions and suggested revisions have been put up for consideration. The deadline for finalizing a new standard is 2021, when the current standard sunsets, however the hope is to pass it by late 2019.

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About the Authors

Nicole TK Moore, REPA

Nicole TK Moore, REPA

National Technical Director of Environmental Site Assessments
A founding member, shareholder and executive member of Partner Engineering and Science, Inc., Nicole TK Moore serves as the National Technical Director for the Environmental Consulting Practice where her expertise has been instrumental in propelling the firm to the top of the industry. By creating and implementing a detailed and invaluable training program and by providing on-going guidance for existing and new Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) professionals across the company, Ms. Moore continually advances Partner’s technical excellence in the field. Ms. Moore plays a critical role in recruitment, on-boarding and training of staff and Project Managers in the environmental group. Under her directorship, Partner’s Environmental Practice has grown fifty-fold. Ms. Moore not only pushes her staff to be the best in the industry, she also has played a key role during her 20+ years in the ESA industry in progressing the industry itself. By being a member of ASTM International (ASTM) and the Environmental Bankers Association (EBA), she has influenced significant changes to ASTM, Freddie Mac, Fannie Mae and other ESA scopes.

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