All Appropriate Inquiry (ASTM E1527-05)

All Appropriate Inquiry provides the first step toward obtaining EPA liability protection.  This new EPA rule takes effect on November 1, 2006, and provides a significantly more in-depth assessment of a property than previous requirements. 

The assessment is required to be completed by a licensed, qualified individual.  Michaels Engineering meets this requirement by using a licensed professional engineer with over nine years of experience for these assessments. 

All Appropriate Inquiry assessments include all of the information obtained by the other assessment types and include much more detail than the other types, such as addressing any gaps in available data, more environmental database searches, and site Activity and Use Limitations (AULs), among other additional requirements.  The requirements listed below in the ASTM E1527-00 are included in the All Appropriate Inquiry assessment as well.

ASTM E1527-00

This is the standard Phase I Environmental Site Assessment performed in compliance with this ASTM standard, which can help provide EPA liability protection if completed before November 1, 2006.  After that date, the All Appropriate Inquiry assessment must be completed as the first step in obtaining liability protection.

This may be desired if you are not interested in obtaining EPA liability protection (after Nov. 1, 2006), but want details on possible environmental issues with a potential property.

This assessment is a preliminary investigation conducted by an environmental professional.  It includes all the elements of the transaction screen as noted below, but goes into much more detail and requires the judgment of a trained professional, who produces a formal report documenting the results of the assessment.

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