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Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs) are a critical tool for corporate managers, investors, borrowers, and lenders to meet legal, financial and ethical needs for due diligence research on properties before purchase, sale, development, refinancing...

Clean Water Act The Clean Water Act (CWA) regulates discharges to surface waters with the overall goal to restore and protect the nation's surface waters. The Act may be implemented either by the EPA or by state agencies.

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act Section 404 of the Clean Water Act establishes a program to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States. The Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 defined navigable waters of the United States as “those waters that...

Common acronyms of the environmental industry Common acronyms of the environmental industry . ASTM . American Standards for Testing and Materials . BE . Biological Evaluation . BLM . Bureau of Land Management . CAA . Clean Air Act . CatEx or CE . Categorical Exclusion . CERCLA ....

Endangered Species Act The Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973 provides a framework for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and their habitats. The most common applications of the ESA for industry are Section 7 consultations for projects wi...

National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) The National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 established an environmental policy with the goal of protecting, maintaining, and enhancing the human environment. NEPA brought environmental concerns to the forefront of federal decision making...

National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) The goal of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) is to encourage federal agencies to act as responsible stewards of our nation's cultural resources and historic resources. The NHPA also created the Advisory Council on Historic Preservatio...

Rivers and Harbors Act - Section 10 Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act (33 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) requires authorization from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for the construction of any structure in or over any navigable water of the United States, the excavation and dredging or...