Comments on: Where does the landowner start? http://brownfields-development.com/where-does-the-landowner-start/ The smart growth and revitalization movements have converged to bring Brownfields Redevelopment to the forefront. The time is now to restore the environment, create jobs and re-create "Places for People." Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:48:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Andy Knoch http://brownfields-development.com/where-does-the-landowner-start/#comment-11 Andy Knoch Fri, 15 Jun 2007 01:29:45 +0000 http://brownfields-development.com/where-does-the-landowner-start/#comment-11 Ken, I was just injecting some brownfield humor with the comment about the divorce attorney; that’s an exaggeration but the point is not everyone knows where to start. FANTASTIC ADVICE about hiring the consultant through an attorney so that the data is confidential, and also about the possibility of being able to select your regulatory agency of choice. Readers - keep these suggestions in your brownfield file - they might save you alot of heartache in the future. Ken, Thanks for your very helpful comments, I will call to discuss further. Ken, I was just injecting some brownfield humor with the comment about the divorce attorney; that’s an exaggeration but the point is not everyone knows where to start. FANTASTIC ADVICE about hiring the consultant through an attorney so that the data is confidential, and also about the possibility of being able to select your regulatory agency of choice. Readers - keep these suggestions in your brownfield file - they might save you alot of heartache in the future. Ken, Thanks for your very helpful comments, I will call to discuss further.

]]> By: Ken LaConde http://brownfields-development.com/where-does-the-landowner-start/#comment-15 Ken LaConde Wed, 13 Jun 2007 19:11:58 +0000 http://brownfields-development.com/where-does-the-landowner-start/#comment-15 A divorce lawyer? I don’t think so. Why not try the more obvious route and contact a qualified environmental consultant who has a good reputation for solving problems such as this. My advice would be to proceed cautiously by carefully interviewing the plant personnel to get a better knowledge of past and current chemical usages and then proceeding to perform a limited surface and subsurface soil and /or soil gas investigation as an initial effort to get a handle on the problem. This investigation would preferably be performed under contract with the client’s environmental attorney so that the data is confidential. If the contamination is a “reportable” event(again, ask your attorney), then you would need to select a regulatory agency to report the findings. This is not always discretionary but it may be and that could be the beginning of a nightmare is you select the wrong agency. If you want more advice on this latter issue, I’d rather discuss it on the phone(562-857-1685) A divorce lawyer? I don’t think so.

Why not try the more obvious route and contact a qualified environmental consultant who has a good reputation for solving problems such as this.

My advice would be to proceed cautiously by carefully interviewing the plant personnel to get a better knowledge of past and current chemical usages and then proceeding to perform a limited surface and subsurface soil and /or soil gas investigation as an initial effort to get a handle on the problem. This investigation would preferably be performed under contract with the client’s environmental attorney so that the data is confidential.
If the contamination is a “reportable” event(again, ask your attorney), then you would need to select a regulatory agency to report the findings. This is not always discretionary but it may be and that could be the beginning of a nightmare is you select the wrong agency. If you want more advice on this latter issue, I’d rather discuss it on the phone(562-857-1685)

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