comprehensive site investigation and remediation objectives report

material risk of harm to public health or the environment and that generally would not be
the subject of an enforcement action if brought to the attention of appropriate
governmental agencies.”
• The term “historical recognized environmental conditions” is typically used to identify
conditions of past releases that have been addressed to the satisfaction of the responsible
regulatory agency. Historical recognized environmental conditions are defined in ASTM E
1527-05 as “an environmental condition, which in the past would have been considered a
recognized environmental condition, but which may or may not be considered a
recognized environmental condition currently.”
• A data gap is defined as a lack of or inability to obtain information required by this practice
despite good faith efforts by the environmental professional to gather such information.
Data gaps may result from incompleteness in any of the activities required by this practice,
including, but not limited to site reconnaissance (for example, an inability to conduct the
site visit), and interviews (for example, an inability to interview the key site manager,
regulatory officials, etc.).
Additional definitions are included in Appendix X.
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