There is a piece of property that belongs to a family member that was a gas station. It is currently being occupied by a auto repair shop. If my family wanted to sell the property how would we go about getting it cleaned up for an EPA inspection?
2006-08-30 14:51:11 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
YOU CAN SELL IT AS IS TO A PERSON WITH NO EPA CERTIFICATE . NO BANK WILL LEND ON IT THOUGH WITHOUT THE CERTIFICATE ATTACHED TO THE LAND TITLE SO YOU WOULD HAVE TO SELL IF FOR ALL CASH AND AT A STEEP DISCOUNT ALSO . BAD BUY ON YOUR PART WITHOUT THE EPA CERTIFICATE .
2006-08-30 18:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to do an environmental audit. Depending on the size of the property, it will cost you a few bucks. The environmental engineering firm will do a Phase 1 audit first which may cost you a couple thousand bucks. They will look at the historic usage of the property and then physically inspect the property and do some preliminary tests. If all goes well, they will issue you a clean report. If they suspect contamination, they will they go into an environmental Phase 2 study which will cost you a few thousand. That is a very in depth study.
If you are going to sell the property, they buyer as well the lender will insist on a clean environmental report. Knowing that the property is an auto repair shop and gas station, (and they are know notorious polluters), prepare for the worse. The environmental engineering firms will let you know what need to be done to clean it up, who and how much.
2006-08-30 22:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by robert S 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Judy and Becca. I had a gas station and it was site for one form or another to to with petroleum for almost 60 years. I only had it for 9 years but when I went to sell it all hell broke loose. They drilled 7 test holes and one group came up positive. What cost me the most was my own environmental engineers ( these guys have a license to print money. Once I fired them and paid the contractors myself and took the soil to the land fill. It was better. After I was sure the contamination was excavated I called in the engineers to get there sniffer in and all was clear. Then you just put clean fill in. You still have to pay for the contaminated soil to be turned every once in a while. I was lucky because after I got rid of the engineers it only cost me $46,000. I know if I would have kept them on it would cost double or triple that. Once you start digging you don't know where it will end. I know some gas stations that cost over 2 million. In some places you can go back and everyone who was there for a period of time has to pay a percentage depending on how long they owned it. But you have to find them. So good luck.
2006-08-30 22:14:59 · answer #3 · answered by whtcamp 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you havescrape the earth down to below any oil contamination and re fill and topsoil it Its gonna cost you a fortune to have the contaminated soil removed. You may want to talk to the gas company and try to get them to pay for part of the cleanup
2006-08-30 21:55:29 · answer #4 · answered by judy_r8 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have to call a specialist for that kind of clean-up. You can also get the previous owner to pay for the clean-up if you can proof that he was responsible or if he did anything illegal.
2006-08-30 21:59:35 · answer #5 · answered by tiger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i agree with judy_r8. my grandpa had a general store with a couple of gas pumps out front and after he died, it was hell. we had to dig down and around the contaminated area, haul out the old soil, dispose of it as hazardous waste, then refill with clean topsoil. ye gods, what a mess.
2006-08-30 21:58:20 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get the goverment to pay for it!
there are tons of programs like this out there. and just as many firms willing to do the work.
2006-08-30 21:54:41 · answer #7 · answered by Tyrsblade 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋