 ENVIRONMENTAL Project Experience
 Phase I / II Environmental Site Assessment
CR 466A Road Widening Project, Lake County, FL
E Sciences completed a Phase I ESA for a parcel of land being acquired for road-widening purposes. Debris piles of concrete, asphalt, scrap wood, PVC pipe, cinder block, limestone rock, and scrap metal were identified as a REC in the Phase I ESA report. E Sciences recommended that a Phase II ESA be completed to identify the contents of the debris piles. Soil laboratory analytical results of the suspect debris piles identified the presence of arsenic at a concentration above the SCTL of 2.1 mg/. E Sciences recommended the excavation and removal of the debris piles or covering the debris piles with a minimum of 2 feet of clean fill material as an engineering control.
Phase I / II Environmental Site Assessment
Former Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation, Lake County, FL
E Sciences completed a Phase I ESA peer review for this former concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) in 2008. Our peer review identified a groundwater exceedence relating to phosphorous exceeding the FGCTLs at various locations across the 350 acre parcel. In regards to these exceedences, E Sciences performed the installation and sampling of twenty direct-push (DP) temporary groundwater monitoring wells. After review of this analytical data, we pinpointed select areas of the site for the installation of nine (9) shallow groundwater monitoring wells for confirmatory and future monitoring.
Phase I / II Environmental Site Assessment
Former Auto Sales Lot, Seminole County, FL
E Sciences’ completed a Phase I ESA which identified RECs on the site which included; a 500-gallon aboveground oil tank with petroleum staining at the base of the tank which was stored on an impervious surface; an approximate 2’x 2’opening in the floor near the center of the auto detail shop; three (3) hydraulic lifts located within the auto repair facilities; and a septic system and associated drain field area. To address the identified RECs, E Sciences conducted a Phase II ESA which included soil and groundwater sampling activities. E Sciences identified evidence of petroleum-impacted soil and groundwater and recommended additional cleanup efforts.
Phase I / II Environmental Site Assessment
Environmentally Sensitive Lands, Lake County, FL
Working under time restrictions to meet a property closing deadline, E Sciences reacted quickly and expeditiously to complete the necessary ecological and environmental activities and reports in order for Lake County to purchase a 136 acre piece of environmentally sensitive land adjacent to Lake May, near Eustis, FL. During completion of a Phase I ESA, an irrigation pumping station was observed on site with what appeared to be petroleum-stained soils near the engine block. Phase II soil and groundwater sampling confirmed petroleum-impacted soils existed. The engine block was dismantled and 29 tones of petroleum-impacted soil was removed and transported off-site. No Further Action (NFA) was recommended and the property transaction proceeded as scheduled.
Phase I / II Environmental Site Assessment
Wastewater Treatment Field, Lake County, FL
E Sciences performed a Phase I ESA at a Site that consisted of ±143 acres that were being used by a municipality as a wastewater treatment facility (WWTF). The Parks & Recreation Department was considering purchasing this property for a proposed recreational complex. E Sciences identified RECs associated with current and historical activities on-site and on the adjoining City Dump property and a Phase II ESA was recommended. E Sciences completed a Phase II ESA which included soil and groundwater sampling. Various recommendations were made by E Sciences that allowed the recreational complex to proceed with development as scheduled.
Phase I / II Environmental Site Assessment
Manufacturing Facility, Orange County, FL
E Sciences completed a Phase I ESA for a manufacturer of paper container products, located on ± 9.0-acres located within the Central Florida Industrial Park. E Sciences identified data failures during the historic review of the Site including: historical aerials not being available between certain periods of time, historical city directories not covering the area for certain years, and historic information pertaining to the former site occupant such as waste management practices and the inconclusive nature of the sanitary sewer/septic disposal system. E Sciences considered the potential presence of the drainfield to be a REC, since historic operations at the facility included the use of solvents and petroleum products. Phase II activities were performed that included soil and groundwater sampling. Working with the buyers and sellers attorneys, E Sciences was able to expedite the sampling to allow the property transaction to occur within the due diligence period.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
Ballet School, Palm Beach County, FL
E Sciences performed a Phase I ESA for a property currently housing a professional ballet company and school lying within a community redevelopment area. The site was found to have been previously developed with residences and a variety of commercial and warehouse operations including a private club and the attendant private laundry for the club, previous lumber operations in the area, and historic open coal storage immediately adjacent to the site. Based upon the findings of the Phase I assessment, a Phase II ESA was recommended.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
Historic Train Station, West Palm Beach County, FL
A Phase I ESA was performed at the circa-1926 Seaboard Train Station in the West Palm Beach Community Redevelopment Area for approval of a grant and financial assistance for pedestrian enhancements for transit riders. Based on the earliest historic documentation of the site (1915 Sanborn Map), the property was developed with dwellings, a grocery store, apartment buildings and a public school building. The property remained generally unchanged until a 1926 map indicating the absence of the former structures and only the Seaboard Train Station. Continuing historic research revealed all potential sources of environmental concerns, including two groundwater monitoring wells and a UST dating from the 1915 era.
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