ASTM Update: February 2021

A Look Back at the ASTM Phase I ESA Standard

Which of the following are most influential in your decision to review historical information

on adjoining properties?

SOURCE: Survey of EPs attending December 2020 EDR LightBox webinar

100%

80%

60%

40%

20%

0%

84.6%

68.0%

30.1% 32.7%

80.1%

14.7%

Long development history of the

property & surrounding

area

Current uses of hazardous substances or

petroleum products

Historical changes to

street names & addresses

Client scope requirements

ASTM E 1527-13

requirements

Other(please specify)

“This round of revisions is different from previous efforts in that it is more focused on refinements and clarifications, but there could be a lot more to them than you think. The great news is that the Task Group will be including more examples and better training support material in the document than ever before to help Users and Producers with a smooth transition.”

Alan Agadoni General Manager, LightBox

TASK GROUP UPDATE

January’s Task Group discussions focused on addressing negatives from the last balloting progress, particularly in the areas of Historical Research, Activity Use Limitations (AULs) and Environmental Professional's duties. Task Group calls will be held weekly to continue addressing outstanding negatives.

DID YOU KNOW... ?

Read our blog on the LightBox website for a summary of our December 2020 webinar previewing potential revisions to the ASTM E 1527 Standard.

CONTENT SPOTLIGHT

HOW TO GET INVOLVED:UPCOMING:

Inaugural Edition

Current government records are part and parcel of environmental due diligence, but did you know that many government databases provide valuable historical information as well? We examined 58 state underground storage tank databases, comprising almost 3 million tanks across the United States. Of those listed tanks, about 81% (2.5 million) were used in the past, but are no longer currently active. Similarly, of the 975,000 facilities reporting USTs, about 790,000 of those facilities no longer have any active USTs, but instead would be considered historical facilities. Stay tuned as we share more insights uncovered from within the LightBox collection.

1990 1995 2010 2015

First ASTM committee formed to develop

guidance on satisfying AAI for property purchasers

SARA Amendment to Superfund included innocent landowner

protection under CERCLA

First publication of E1527 standard

Release of E 1527-94

Publication of E1527-97 standard

Brownfields Amendments to CERCLA require U.S. EPA to promulgate regulations for

conducting All Appropriate inquiries

Publication ofE 1527-13

Expected publicationof E 1527-21

Publication of E1527-00 standard

2000

ASTM E1527-05 published in Summer

2005, followed closely by...... the first Federal AAI Rule recognizing E 1527-05 as appropriate protocol for

meeting AAI under CERCLA

2005 2020

Early balloting on revisions to E 1527-13

This is the first in a new series of fun,

informational updates to keep LightBox clients

educated about upcoming changes to the

ASTM Phase I ESA standard as efforts near

completion this year.

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Q&A from December Webinar - Questions regarding how the Task Group was handling PFAS, shelf life, recommendations, REC definitions, adjoining property research, responsible charge, databases, vapor intrusion, and the COVID-19 pandemic.

2nd LightBox ASTM Webinar will focus on ASTM users and producers. Date TBD.

All Task Group members have access to the proposed changes. To join the Task Group, visit https://www.astm.org/MEMBERSHIP/index.html