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7. Environmental Assessment
What?
Environmental site assessments are used to identify the nature
and extent of contaminants on a specific site.
A complete Environmental Site Assessment can involve several
Phases (I, II, III), depending upon the size, type, construction
and location of the property; the past and present intended
use(s) of the property; and availability and access to complete
records.
Why?
Legislative Compliance
Environmental or CSR policy
Financial Reporting
Merger or Acquisition, Due Diligence
Land Development
Site Closure
Pollution Incident

8. Environmental Assessment – Objectives
Identify (current/historical) contamination conditions at the site.
Establish environmental risks and potential liabilities associated
with contamination conditions at the site.
Is there a risk?
What is the liability associated with the risk?
Identify suitable mitigation measures within context of current or
proposed use together with an estimate of likely associated
costs.

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Observations outside of buildings

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Does this site look like it may be contaminated?

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Does this site look like it may be contaminated?

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Spot the contamination source??

19. Phase II Environmental
Assessment
Phase II Environmental Site Assessment is an
investigation which collects original samples of
soil, groundwater, surface water or building
materials to analyze for quantitative values of
various contaminants.
This investigation is normally undertaken when a
Phase I ESA determines a likelihood of site
contamination.
The most frequent substances tested are
petroleum hydrocarbons, heavy metals,
pesticides, solvents, asbestos, etc.

20. Site Investigation Design
Establish locations to sample based
on contamination sources
Identified;
Establish end use;
Establish how contaminants may
have behaved in the subsurface;
Establish nature of ground conditions
to determine drilling method;
Establish sampling strategy; and
Create a preliminary design for
borehole construction.

21. How extensive is soil
contamination?
How extensive is groundwater
contamination?
How clean does the site need to
be?
Is remediation required and if so
how long will remediation take?
How much will it cost?
Quantify issues – Minimise risk

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23. Interpretation of Data
Once we have completed our site investigation then we need to
complete data interpretation and undertake a Contamination
Assessment
General approach
Romanian legislation and guidance on the assessment of
contaminated sites acknowledges the need for a tiered risk based
approach comprising:
Tier 1 Assessment: Comparison of site contaminant levels against
generic standards and compliance criteria including an
assessment of risk using the source-pathway-target model.
Tier 2 Assessment: Derivation of site specific risk assessment
criteria and calculation of site specific clean-up goals.

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