by Caltha Company | Nov 5, 2012 | Hazardous Materials
Caltha LLP provides expert environmental diligence services and environmental site assessment services across Wisconsin. Clients and their legal team use Caltha to provide fast and reliable environmental due diligence assessments, including any combination of Phase I...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Caltha Company | Nov 5, 2012 | Environmental Audit
Caltha LLP provides expert environmental diligence services across Minnesota. We understand that due diligence requires a great deal of experience and a broad knowledge of environmental liabilities and environmental impacts. Therefore, Caltha only assigns our most...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Caltha, LLP | Oct 19, 2012 | Due Diligence, Environmental Audit, Environmental Site Assessment
From time-to-time, Caltha will receive calls requesting an “environmental audit” of a property. Upon further discussion, it is usually determined that they are actually looking for an “environmental assessment”. It is not unusual for the terms “audit” and “assessment”...				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Caltha, LLP | Oct 19, 2012 | Due Diligence, Environmental Site Assessment
Conducting environmental site assessments for large tracts of forested or rural lands presents a challenge to strict adherence to the ASTM Standard Method for Phase I environmental site assessments (ASTM E 1527-05). Recognizing this, in December 2008, the U.S....				
					 
			
					
				
															
					
					 by Caltha, LLP | Oct 19, 2012 | Due Diligence, Environmental Site Assessment, FAQ
In 2008, ASTM published “Standard Guide for Property Condition Assessments: Baseline Property Condition Assessment Process” (ASTM E 2018-08) to define the process for conducting a Property Condition Assessment (PCA).   Actually, a PCA and an ESA have only minimal...