The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued a $4,500 penalty to Ronald Carl Nunn for performing an asbestos abatement project in Grants Pass last November without a license. The penalty stems from the contractor’s removal of about 70 square feet of asbestos-containing flooring from a commercial building in Grants Pass.
Environmental Site Assessments?
Just as you want to have a used car inspected before paying for it, you must know what you are getting into when you purchase property.
This is why Environmental Site Assessment surveys are extremely important in the property selection process.
Know the Facts
You have to have the facts before you can make an intelligent decision! So if you’re buying a used automobile, you want to know: the condition of the engine, what service records have been kept and if it was involved in any accidents at least!
In the same way, there are critical facts you need to discover about a piece of property. But what should you be looking for?
10 Critical Facts you must know about your site:
1. Are there any buried oil tanks?
2. Was it a previous Gas Station site?
3. Is there danger from Asbestos?
4. Is there hazardous waste from adjacent properties?
5. Was this previously an industrial site?
6. Are there dangerous PCB’s present?
7. Is Lead present in the paint, or elsewhere?
8. Was this a previous Military Site?
9. Is your water supply system contaminated?
10. Are any dangerous farming chemicals or pesticides present?
These are things you must know. We can help you find out!
