Title 22 as an alternative compliance path?

Megan Dougherty

Sustainability Coordinator

Dougherty + Dougherty Architects

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July 31, 2012

We are building a new classroom building on an existing school site. We did not perform a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, but did perform soils testing to ensure compliance with California, Title 22. Would this serve as a sufficient path for alternative compliance?

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Tristan Roberts

Representative

Vermont House of Representatives

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Thu, 08/30/2012 - 17:49

Megan, it would be hard to say for sure unless you ask GBCI directly, either through contacting them, or a CIR, or by submitting the prereq with this documentation and seeing how they review it.

Larry Sims

Principal

Studio4, LLC

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Sun, 09/16/2012 - 13:19

Megan, given the fact that a Phase I is a requirement for this prerequisite, I doubt the soils testing alone would suffice as it would likely not be adequate for determining if any portion of the site had previously been used as a landfill. The Phase I could still be done and its particular value in this instance would be researching the history of this site to verify no landfill ever existed. The value of the soils testing you’ve had done is verifying no contamination currently exists. For SSp2, history is important. But as Tristan suggested, just dialup GBCI and ask.