Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Florence, NJ
Florence Township sits within one of Burlington County’s important industrial, transportation, and redevelopment corridors, positioned along Route 130 with convenient access to Interstate 295, the New Jersey Turnpike, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Property owners, developers, contractors, municipalities, lenders, and counsel working across Florence Township, Burlington County, and surrounding South Jersey communities rely on focused, locally informed environmental due diligence. Resource Renewal supports these projects through RCC’s ASTM E1527-21 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment scope, layered with NJDEP-compliant Preliminary Assessments to address both federal and New Jersey due diligence requirements.
Resource Renewal connects three service tracks under one platform: ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESAs and NJDEP Preliminary Assessments delivered by RCC; Phase II Site Investigations and Remedial Investigations when Recognized Environmental Conditions or Areas of Concern warrant further evaluation; and full remediation and brownfield redevelopment delivered with affiliated platform DSR. Project teams can coordinate with the NJDEP Site Remediation Program and pursue site closure under Licensed Site Remediation Professional oversight toward a Response Action Outcome where applicable.
Why Property Owners and Developers in Burlington County Choose Resource Renewal
Resource Renewal brings proven brownfield redevelopment experience to Florence Township, applying the same methodology RCC and DSR use across client sites throughout Burlington County and South Jersey. Our work supports property owners, developers, and project teams navigating environmental due diligence, site investigation, remediation, and redevelopment from initial assessment through regulatory closure.
- ASTM E1527-21 Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Florence, NJ
- NJDEP Preliminary Assessment for Burlington County properties
- Phase II Site Investigation for RECs & AOCs
- Soil, groundwater & soil vapor investigation
- LSRP-led NJDEP remediation & RAO closure pursuit
- Brownfield remediation & redevelopment via DSR
- Commercial & industrial due diligence across Florence Township & Burlington County
- 30+ years of New Jersey environmental consulting & remediation experience
Industrial and Commercial Heritage
Florence Township’s environmental history is closely tied to its location along the Delaware River and the growth of heavy industry, manufacturing, transportation, and later warehouse and commercial development. The township is best known for the former John A. Roebling & Sons steel and wire mill in the Village of Roebling, a major industrial complex that operated for decades and later became a significant federal cleanup and redevelopment site. Florence has also seen substantial commercial and industrial growth along the U.S. Route 130 corridor and within established industrial areas, supported by access to Interstate 295, the New Jersey Turnpike, and regional freight routes.
Current Environmental Profile
Florence Township contains a mix of active commercial and industrial properties, redevelopment parcels, former manufacturing sites, petroleum-related properties, and environmentally sensitive land along the Delaware River and its tributaries. The former Roebling Steel Company property is a particularly important part of the township’s environmental history. EPA records document contamination associated with decades of steel manufacturing, including impacts to soil, sediment, and groundwater, as well as historical waste-handling areas, tanks, lagoons, and other industrial features. Portions of the site have since been cleaned up and reused, including the Roebling Museum, public open space, and riverfront trail areas. Parcel-level review remains important because environmental conditions can vary considerably across Florence Township.
Real Estate and Development Market
Florence Township is an established Burlington County industrial and commercial market with significant development activity along U.S. Route 130 and in its industrial districts. Township planning documents identify the Route 130 corridor as an important area for commerce, industry, infill development, adaptive reuse, and redevelopment. The former Roebling Steel Mill site also remains a major redevelopment focus, with Florence Township and regional planning agencies evaluating future reuse opportunities for the large Delaware River waterfront property. These conditions make environmental due diligence especially relevant for acquisitions, redevelopment projects, industrial properties, warehouses, and underutilized commercial sites where historical manufacturing, storage, petroleum use, or prior remediation may affect future plans.
Local Regulators, Authorities, and Stakeholders
Environmental projects in Florence Township can involve municipal, county, state, and federal entities depending on the property and scope of work. NJDEP’s Contaminated Site Remediation & Redevelopment Program administers New Jersey site-remediation requirements, with Licensed Site Remediation Professionals overseeing many investigations and cleanups. EPA Region 2 has played a particularly important role in Florence through the Roebling Steel Company Superfund site. Local development and redevelopment reviews may also involve Florence Township’s Planning Board, zoning and engineering officials, Burlington County agencies, and regional planning organizations where applicable. Florence Township continues to maintain formal redevelopment planning for portions of the Route 130 corridor and other designated properties.
Why This Local Context Matters for Your Project
Florence Township is not a uniform suburban environmental market. Its combination of historic heavy industry, Delaware River waterfront property, active industrial and warehouse uses, Route 130 commercial development, redevelopment areas, petroleum-related properties, and previously remediated land can create materially different environmental risks from parcel to parcel. A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment should therefore consider historical manufacturing and industrial uses, underground and aboveground storage tanks, waste handling and disposal history, Recognized Environmental Conditions, Areas of Concern, NJDEP case history, groundwater and soil impacts, institutional controls, prior remediation, and nearby contaminated properties. Understanding a Florence property’s environmental history early can help determine whether an NJDEP Preliminary Assessment, Phase II Site Investigation, Remedial Investigation, remediation, or LSRP involvement may be appropriate before acquisition, financing, or redevelopment.
Environmental Context in Florence and Burlington County
Environmental Services Available to Florence, NJ Projects
Service availability in Florence Township and throughout Burlington County spans two connected tracks: Investigation & Compliance, including transactions, financing, Phase I and Phase II environmental due diligence, and regulatory closure documentation, and Remediation & Redevelopment, including physical cleanup, environmental liability transfer, and conversion of impaired real estate. RCC and DSR jointly support the full project lifecycle, from pre-acquisition due diligence in Florence Township through final regulatory closure and redevelopment.
Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESA with NJDEP-compliant Preliminary Assessment for commercial, industrial, warehouse, mixed-use, and redevelopment properties in Florence Township and throughout Burlington County.
Phase II Environmental Site Investigation
Targeted soil, groundwater, and soil vapor investigation with certified laboratory analysis when RECs or AOCs identified during due diligence warrant further evaluation.
Site Investigation
Site characterization, soil sampling, groundwater investigation, and vapor assessment for Florence properties with suspected or confirmed petroleum, manufacturing, industrial, fill-related, or other environmental concerns.
Environmental Remediation
In-situ and ex-situ soil and groundwater remediation, vapor mitigation, OM&M, Remedial Investigation, and pursuit of NJDEP regulatory closure under LSRP oversight.
Regulatory Compliance
Environmental permitting, compliance audits, hazardous waste management, SPCC planning, and NJDEP regulatory coordination for Florence Township and Burlington County projects.
Brownfield Redevelopment
Acquisition, remediation, entitlement, redevelopment planning, and repositioning of environmentally impaired commercial, industrial, warehouse, and Route 130 corridor properties through DSR.
Environmental Liability Transfer
DSR-led transaction structures that address environmental obligations and create a defined path toward cleanup, regulatory closure, reuse, and redevelopment.
Brownfield Cleanup & Property Reuse
Remediation, long-term stewardship, redevelopment planning, and beneficial reuse strategies for environmentally challenged industrial and commercial real estate through DSR's TB2G™ model.
How Resource Renewal Serves Florence, NJ
Investigation & Compliance (RCC Track)
The ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESA scope covers site reconnaissance, historical land-use review, regulatory database searches, agency file review, and key personnel interviews. For Florence Township and Burlington County properties, RCC can pair the federal ASTM scope with an NJDEP-compliant Preliminary Assessment to address New Jersey-specific due diligence and ISRA considerations. When Recognized Environmental Conditions or Areas of Concern are identified, RCC can proceed into Phase II Site Investigation and, where warranted, Remedial Investigation, coordinating soil, groundwater, and vapor sampling, certified laboratory analysis, and data evaluation under NJDEP Site Remediation Program requirements. Documentation is structured to support NJDEP review, LSRP oversight, property transactions, financing, and regulatory closure.
Remediation & Redevelopment (DSR-Affiliated Track)
Remediation capabilities include in-situ chemical oxidation, bioremediation, soil vapor extraction, ex-situ excavation and disposal, groundwater pump-and-treat systems, permeable reactive barriers, sub-slab depressurization, and long-term operations, maintenance, and monitoring (OM&M). For owners, investors, and developers working with environmentally impaired property in Florence Township, the DSR platform can support brownfield acquisition, environmental liability transfer, remediation, and redevelopment planning. This can be particularly relevant for former industrial and manufacturing properties, petroleum-use sites, commercial and warehouse properties, and redevelopment parcels along Route 130 and other established Florence Township corridors, including areas influenced by the township’s long industrial history and the former Roebling Steel Mill site. Environmental due diligence and redevelopment strategy may need to be coordinated from acquisition through remediation, regulatory closure, and final reuse.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Yes. Resource Renewal supports environmental due diligence, site investigation, remediation, regulatory compliance, and brownfield redevelopment projects in Florence Township and throughout Burlington County. RCC handles investigation and compliance work, while affiliated platform DSR supports remediation, environmental liability transfer, and redevelopment. Resource Renewal’s Mount Holly headquarters also provides a Burlington County base for projects across the region.
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A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is a documented review of a property’s current and historical uses, regulatory records, site conditions, and other environmental information to identify Recognized Environmental Conditions. ASTM E1527-21 is recognized by EPA as consistent with the federal All Appropriate Inquiries requirements. For Florence properties, a Phase I ESA is commonly performed during commercial real estate transactions, lender due diligence, refinancing, redevelopment planning, or before acquiring property with potential environmental concerns.
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The schedule depends on property size, complexity, historical use, records availability, and whether additional agency files need to be reviewed. A straightforward commercial property may move relatively quickly, while former industrial, manufacturing, petroleum-use, or redevelopment properties can require additional research and coordination. The appropriate turnaround should be established during project scoping rather than assuming every Florence property follows the same schedule.
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A REC does not automatically mean contamination is confirmed. It indicates that additional evaluation may be warranted. Depending on the finding, RCC can proceed with a Phase II Site Investigation involving targeted soil, groundwater, or soil-vapor sampling. If contamination is confirmed and New Jersey remediation requirements are triggered, the work may advance through Site Investigation, Remedial Investigation, Remedial Action, and regulatory closure under LSRP oversight. NJDEP provides specific submission pathways for each of these remedial phases.
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Yes. Resource Renewal’s affiliated DSR platform supports brownfield evaluation, environmental liability transfer, remediation, and redevelopment. This can be particularly relevant in Florence Township given its history of industrial and manufacturing activity, Route 130 commercial development, and redevelopment opportunities involving environmentally impaired or previously used properties. Resource Renewal describes DSR as its brownfield redevelopment platform serving projects across New Jersey and other states.
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Under New Jersey’s Site Remediation Reform Act, an LSRP generally oversees the day-to-day investigation and cleanup of contaminated sites while NJDEP retains regulatory authority. The process may include a Preliminary Assessment, Site Investigation, Remedial Investigation, Remedial Action, and final closure. When remediation is complete and applicable requirements have been satisfied, the LSRP can issue a Response Action Outcome, which serves as the final remediation document for the defined scope of the cleanup.
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Deptford includes a mix of highway-oriented commercial properties, former landfill areas, petroleum-use sites, light industrial properties, redevelopment parcels, and environmentally sensitive land. These conditions 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 underground and aboveground storage tanks, petroleum releases, historical disposal activity, hazardous-material handling, groundwater impacts, vapor conditions, institutional controls, and nearby regulated properties before acquisition, financing, or redevelopment.
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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 commercial, industrial, landfill-related, and brownfield redevelopment projects in Deptford Township.
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For ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESA, Phase II Site Investigation, remediation, regulatory compliance, or brownfield redevelopment support on a Florence, NJ project, contact Resource Renewal directly. Project work in New Jersey is delivered under LSRP oversight, with field crews mobilizing from our Mount Holly HQ.. Call (856) 273-1009 or request a project consultation.