Tag: Phase I
ASTM Standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Awaits Approval
ASTM Standard 1527-13 for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments is now on the streets but it does not have EPA’s stamp of approval quite yet. In August, EPA issued a final rule stating that the soon-to-be-released 1527-13 Standard would be acceptable, alternatively, to the 1527-05 Standard. In reaction to a slew of comments which were […]
NEW ASTM Standard to be Published Next Week
ASTM E1527-05 (2013) “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process” has passed balloting by the technical committee and should be available to the public next week. SMG will review this version of the standard and provide a summary of the approved changes in a future notice. We will also explain […]
Federal Update to Phase I Processes is Open to Public Comment
On Aug. 15, 2013, USEPA issued notice in the Federal Register that it intends to endorse the updated “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process,” issued by ASTM, through a Final Rule amending 40 C.F.R. Part 312. If there are no adverse comments to this direct Final Rule the rule […]
Intern Diary: Week 2
It is only my second week interning for Smith Management Group and I have already learned so much! Last week I worked mainly on researching Phase 1 standards and procedures and putting together photo logs of ongoing projects. This week I was able to go on-site with Sara Smith, SMG’s president, and Sarah Carty, an […]
Diary of an SMG Summer Intern: Week 1
My name is April Johnson, and this past May I graduated from Sewanee: University of the South with a B.S. in environmental chemistry. I was invited to intern with SMG this summer to learn about environmental consulting and working in a small firm. The first day of my internship I was greeted by everyone in the office and […]