PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT OLD PANOLA ...
PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT OLD PANOLA ...
PHASE I ENVIRONMENTAL SITE ASSESSMENT OLD PANOLA ...
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Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment<br />
Old Panola Mills Building<br />
Batesville, MS<br />
1.0 INTRODUCTION<br />
1.1 Purpose<br />
The MDEQ retained Neel-Schaffer, Inc. to perform a Phase I ESA on a portion of the Old Panola<br />
Mills Building located at 137 Van Voris Street, Batesville, Mississippi. For purposes of this<br />
report, the property is defined as the 33,000 square feet portion of the Old Panola Mills Building<br />
that is scheduled for demolition. The purpose of the Phase I ESA was to identify recognized<br />
environmental conditions at the property in accordance with ASTM Practice E 1527-05 Standard<br />
Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process<br />
and 40 CFR 312 “All Appropriate Inquiry”. ASTM E 1527-05 defines a recognized<br />
environmental condition as…“the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or<br />
petroleum products on a property under conditions that indicate an existing release, a past<br />
release, or a material threat of a release of any hazardous substances or petroleum products into<br />
structures on the property or into the ground, groundwater, or surface water of the property. The<br />
term includes hazardous substances or petroleum products even under conditions in compliance<br />
with laws. The term is not intended to include de minimis conditions that generally do not<br />
present a material risk of harm to public health or the environment and that generally would not<br />
be the subject of an enforcement action if brought to the attention of the appropriate<br />
governmental agencies.”<br />
1.2 Scope of Services<br />
The scope of this assessment included the following activities:<br />
1. The results of an inquiry by an environmental professional.<br />
2. Interviews with past and present owners, operators, and/or occupants of the property for<br />
the purpose of gathering information regarding the potential for contamination at the<br />
facility.<br />
3. Reviews of historical sources, such as chain of title documents, aerial photographs,<br />
topographic maps, Sanborn® maps, building department records, and/or land use records,<br />
to determine previous uses and occupancies of the property since the property was first<br />
developed, or back to 1940, whichever is earlier.<br />
4. Reviews of federal, state and local government records, waste disposal records,<br />
underground storage tank records, and hazardous waste handling, generation, treatment,<br />
disposal and spill records concerning contamination at or near the property.<br />
5. Visual inspections of the property and adjoining properties.<br />
6. Specialized knowledge or experience on the part of the user (the City of Batesville).<br />
7. The relationship of the purchase price to the value of the property, if the property was not<br />
contaminated.<br />
8. Commonly known or reasonably ascertainable information about the property.<br />
9. The degree of obviousness of the presence or likely presence of contamination at the<br />
property, and the ability to detect the contamination by appropriate investigation.<br />
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Neel-Schaffer, Inc. Page 1<br />
Project No. NS.7705.001