Under Option 1 of the credit, we can pursue EITHER the ASTM E1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment OR the 'local voluntary cleanup program'. Our interpretation is that the local voluntary cleanup program should represent a local code equivalent of the ASTM E1903-97 Phase II ((in our case it would be the 'Methodology for the Assessment of Contaminated Areas', issued by the Ministry of Environment of the Czech Republic).
Can someone please confirm that our interpretation is correct? And if yes, has anyone already used this path with success?
Thank you for any advice / thoughts on this
Larry Sims
PrincipalStudio4, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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March 10, 2017 - 12:04 am
Projects outside the U.S. may use a local equivalent to ASTM E1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment. In the U.S., there are 10 regions, where each region includes individual states within that geographical region. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) does not oversee the cleanup of brownfields. Brownfields sites often are cleaned up in accordance with and under the oversight of state “voluntary cleanup programs,” or state response programs. The benefits of enrolling in a state response program include the guidance and oversight provided by the state program, including guidance related to risk-based cleanups and constituent-based cleanup levels, as well as guidance on the use and long-term monitoring of institutional controls. State response programs also provide certain protections from environmental liability for sites cleaned up in accordance with program requirements.
Anna Korinkova
Grinity s.r.o.83 thumbs up
March 13, 2017 - 10:19 am
Thank you for your reply Larry. One more clarification - when using the ASTM E1903-97 Phase II Environmental Site Assessment route, the E1903-97 is prescribed in the manual. However, the latest revision is the E1903-11. I guess that it the latest version (E1903-11) should be / is Ok to be used.
Larry Sims
PrincipalStudio4, LLC
LEEDuser Expert
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March 13, 2017 - 12:52 pm
Anna, I would use the version as prescribed in the manual due to the fact that ASTM E1903-97 is the version as directed by USGBC when you registered your project under LEED NC 2009.