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AAI's Environmental Desktop Review report includes the following:

1. Review of an environmental database
2. Review of readily available historical records for the subject property, including: historical aerials, assessor records; online building records, historic topo maps and Sanborn Fire Insurance maps.
3. A file search with local environmental oversight agencies
4. Drafting of general site plan
5. Drafting of site vicinity map
6. Submittal of environmental questionnaire to owner or occupant, if they are available.
7. Review of local groundwater conditions, uses, depth and flow direction from available sources.
8. Issuance of a Report with conclusions and recommendations.

These risk analysis reports are used by some lenders or property buyers and owners for lower risk properties where a full Phase I Environmental Site Assessment may not be needed. For many of our customers the Environmental Desktop Review is a viable alternative. If the need for a full Phase 1 Environmental report is determined during the Desktop Review, then the data obtained can be used for the Phase 1 upgrade.

The Environmental Desktop Review reports are conducted for properties that are not located in industrial areas or other higher risk locations. This report is essentially the research portion of the Phase 1 ESA without the fieldwork and site visit. These reports are effective for many properties in locations where paying for a full Phase 1 is not necessarily needed, but a determination of the potential for soil or groundwater contamination can be analyzed by our professionals by doing extensive research of the subject property and nearby properties.