Phase I Environmental Site Assessment in Harrison, NJ

Yes. Resource Renewal serves Harrison and all of Hudson County, with three decades of project work across the North Jersey industrial and transit-oriented redevelopment markets. ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESA, Phase II Site Investigation, NJDEP-compliant remediation, and brownfield redevelopment are all delivered locally. RCC’s Mount Holly HQ at the Resource Renewal Business Park reaches Harrison via the New Jersey Turnpike and Interstate 280, and field crews mobilize routinely to Harrison, East Newark, Kearny, North Arlington, Newark, Belleville, and the broader West Hudson market.

A Phase I Environmental Site Assessment is a documented review of a property’s current and historical land use, regulatory database records, and environmental conditions, conducted under ASTM E1527-21. It is typically required by lenders, buyers, sellers, and tenants in connection with the acquisition, financing, or refinancing of commercial, industrial, or multifamily real estate. In Harrison, Phase I ESAs are routinely required for residential conversions inside the waterfront redevelopment area, transit-oriented projects near the PATH station, warehouse and industrial acquisitions, redeveloper and PILOT designations, NJ EDA financing, and NJDEP brownfield grant and HDSRF loan applications. RCC delivers ASTM E1527-21 Phase I ESAs layered with NJDEP Preliminary Assessments so projects carry both federal CERCLA Landowner Liability Protections and statutory defenses under SRRA.

A typical Phase I ESA runs two to three weeks from authorization to draft delivery, depending on environmental database turnaround, depth of historical research, agency file review timing, and site access. RCC can accelerate timelines for time-sensitive transactions when scope and access permit. Layered NJDEP Preliminary Assessment work is coordinated within the same engagement. Under ASTM E1527-21, a Phase I ESA is valid for 180 days, with extensions of up to one year possible if specific components are refreshed.

When Recognized Environmental Conditions are identified, the natural next step is a Phase II Site Investigation: a defined sampling plan, certified laboratory analysis, and data evaluation against NJDEP standards. If contamination is confirmed, RCC develops a Remedial Investigation and a Remedial Action Workplan, pursuing a Response Action Outcome under LSRP oversight. For owners who prefer to exit the property rather than carry it through closure, DSR brownfield acquisition and environmental liability transfer are available as an alternative path.

DSR is Resource Renewal's brownfield redevelopment company, with experience across more than 100 brownfield sites in NJ, NY, PA, MA, and OH. DSR services include site evaluation, environmental liability transfer, and full redevelopment. DSR is a member of the EPA Landfill Methane Outreach Program and the Brownfield Coalition of the Northeast, and applies its Turn Brown to Green™ (TB2G™) model for landfill closure and beneficial reuse. EPA Brownfields Program grants and incentives may apply to qualifying Harrison and Hudson County sites.

Under the NJ Site Remediation Reform Act of 2009, contaminated sites are remediated under Licensed Site Remediation Professional oversight rather than direct NJDEP case management. The LSRP defines the technical approach, files key submissions, and issues a Response Action Outcome when site conditions meet applicable remediation standards. Typical sequencing is Preliminary Assessment, Site Investigation, Remedial Investigation, Remedial Action, and final RAO issuance. The RAO confirms regulatory closure and supports transactions, financing, and redevelopment.

Harrison’s 250-acre waterfront redevelopment area — declared in 1997 and covering roughly a third of the town — has been converting former Beehive of Industry manufacturing parcels into mid- and high-rise residential, hotel, and mixed-use buildings for more than two decades, with nearly 3,000 units delivered so far. The $256 million Harrison PATH station rebuild, the soccer stadium, and continuing Riverbend District phases keep institutional buyers, redevelopers, and lenders ordering Phase I ESAs. Historic-fill characterization, metals and chlorinated solvent delineation, soil vapor intrusion screening, and floodplain and dewatering constraints then push a high share of those transactions into Phase II investigation across Harrison, East Newark, and Kearny.

The Resource Renewal Business Park at 10 Lippincott Lane is itself a brownfield redevelopment project that moved through the same investigation, remediation, regulatory closure, and reuse process RCC and DSR deliver for clients. It is a working demonstration that contaminated parcels can move from environmental liability to productive operating real estate when investigation, remediation, regulatory strategy, and redevelopment are executed by an integrated team. Prospective clients are welcome to walk the site as part of project scoping.