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practice for conducting an ESA of a parcel of commercial real estate with respect to the range of contaminants within the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. 9601) and petroleum products. This practice is intended to permit a user to satisfy one of the requirements to qualify for the innocent landowner, contiguous property owner, or bona fide prospective purchaser limitations on CERCLA liability. The practice constitutes “all appropriate inquiries into the previous ownership and uses of the property consistent with good commercial and customary standards and practices” as defined at 42 U.S.C. 9601(35)(B). As part of ASTM E 1527-21, Phase I ESAs must be conducted by or under the supervision of a qualified Environmental Professional. The AAI Final Rule defines an Environmental Professional as someone who possesses sufficient specific education, training, and experience necessary to exercise professional judgment to develop opinions and conclusions regarding conditions indicative of releases or threatened releases on, at, in, or to a property, sufficient to meet the objectives and performance factors of the rule.

11.2 Detailed Scope-of-Services

As part of this Phase I ESA, and in accordance with the provisions of ASTM E 1527-21, VERTEX performed a visual reconnaissance of the subject property, noted use of adjoining properties, and conducted historical and regulatory records research. The following provides a more detailed description of the scope of services:

• Visual assessment of the subject property building(s), if present, and grounds to identify potential for on-site petroleum or hazardous material release(s).

• Visual assessment and categorization of the use of abutting and adjoining properties as potential off-site sources of petroleum or hazardous substance contamination to the subject property.