Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Dayton, OH

Yes. Resource Renewal supports environmental consulting, investigation, remediation, compliance, and redevelopment projects in Dayton and throughout Montgomery County through RCC and affiliated DSR. Ohio project work is supported from Resource Renewal’s headquarters at the Resource Renewal Business Park, 10 Lippincott Lane in Mount Holly, NJ, a completed brownfield redevelopment project that serves as the home base for RCC and DSR operations. RCC has provided environmental consulting and remediation services since 1992.

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment evaluates a property’s current and historical uses, regulatory records, surrounding properties, and observable site conditions under ASTM E1527-21. Its purpose is to identify Recognized Environmental Conditions that may indicate the presence or likely presence of hazardous substances or petroleum products. A Dayton property may need a Phase I ESA during acquisition, refinancing, lender due diligence, redevelopment, or another commercial real estate transaction where environmental risk and potential liability are important considerations.

A Phase I ESA is commonly completed within approximately two to three weeks, although timing depends on property complexity, site access, availability of historical records, regulatory-file review, and transaction deadlines. Former automotive, manufacturing, metalworking, warehouse, rail-served, and other historically intensive-use properties in Dayton may require additional research.

A Recognized Environmental Condition does not automatically mean contamination is present. It indicates that further investigation may be appropriate. RCC can proceed with a Phase II Environmental Site Investigation using targeted soil, groundwater, and soil vapor sampling, laboratory analysis, and other investigative methods. If contamination is confirmed, additional site characterization, remediation, Ohio EPA coordination, or evaluation under the Voluntary Action Program may be appropriate depending on the property and regulatory circumstances.

Yes. Through affiliated DSR, Resource Renewal can support brownfield acquisition, remediation, environmental liability transfer, redevelopment planning, and long-term stewardship of environmentally impaired properties. These services can be particularly relevant to Dayton’s former automotive facilities, manufacturing plants, metalworking properties, warehouses, rail-served industrial sites, and other properties being evaluated for adaptive reuse or redevelopment.

Ohio’s Voluntary Action Program provides a pathway for eligible contaminated properties to be investigated and remediated using Ohio EPA standards. Work can involve a Certified Professional, Phase I and Phase II property assessments, risk evaluation, remediation, and preparation of a No Further Action letter when applicable. If Ohio EPA reviews and accepts the submission, the property may qualify for a Covenant Not to Sue. Not every contaminated site proceeds through the VAP, so the appropriate regulatory pathway depends on the property, contamination, and project objectives.

Dayton has a long history of automotive production, manufacturing, metalworking, machining, aerospace-related industry, warehousing, rail activity, and commercial development. These historical uses can create materially different environmental risks from parcel to parcel. A Phase I ESA can help buyers, lenders, developers, and counsel identify potential concerns involving petroleum storage, solvents, degreasers, plating operations, hazardous-material handling, historical releases, contaminated soil or groundwater, vapor intrusion, and nearby regulated properties before acquisition, financing, or redevelopment.

Resource Renewal’s headquarters at the Resource Renewal Business Park in Mount Holly, NJ is itself a completed brownfield redevelopment project. It demonstrates the integrated approach RCC and DSR apply to environmentally impaired real estate: evaluating site conditions, investigating environmental concerns, implementing remediation, addressing regulatory requirements, and returning property to productive use. That same methodology can support brownfield and adaptive-reuse projects involving former industrial, automotive, manufacturing, warehouse, and commercial properties in Dayton.