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Kevin S. Kennedy Consulting works with small and large businesses to help them address their
environmental issues in an appropriate and effective manner consistent with all of the new regulations
and guidelines. We work closely with the various regulatory agencies, on your behalf, to solve your
environmental problems quickly and efficiently and are your personal liaison with the regulatory agency.
Kevin S. Kennedy Consulting provides environmental site investigation, soil and groundwater assessment
and waste removal and remedial action services. We specialize in expert witness and litigation support
and detailed project management services. Kevin S. Kennedy Consulting’s investigation reports and work
plans have become the standard in the environmental industry.
Services
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RECs are most commonly identified by an
Environmental Professional during the performance
of a Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, or ESA,
of a property, prior to a sale or transfer. The ESA, and
the identification of RECs, is an integral part of thebuyer’s due diligence efforts and is generally
conducted towards providing the buyer with the
“innocent landowner, contiguous property owner, or
bona fide prospective purchaser” liability limitations
under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), or
Superfund.
Now while it seems obvious that any well-qualified
environmental professional would identify a
potential environmental problem area, or REC, on a
property (for example leaking oil drums, oil-stained
soil, old leaking fuel tank), not all EnvironmentalProfessionals see things the same way. One person’s
REC is another’s “other issue” or in some cases, not
identified as an issue at all.
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Over the last several years I have conducted hundreds of Phase I ESAs and have reviewed hundreds moreESA reports prepared by Environmental Professionals from around the globe. During this time I have
often been surprised at what some Environmental Professional identify, or do not indentify, as RECs, and
what some might identify as “other issues” or may not even bother mentioning at all. The most common
example of this discrepancy in REC identification is that related to underground storage tanks, or USTs.
Is a legally installed, double-walled UST, outfitted with interstitial monitoring, overfill sensors, spill
devices and a state-of-the-art continuous leak detection monitor, installed at a properly licensed gas
station, a REC? Does this UST present a “material threat of a release”?
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