Dirty Property

Earlier this week, the Governor signed two trailer bills, ABX1 26 and ABX1 27 that essentially eliminated the State of California’s various redevelopment agencies (RDAs). The RDAs are are to be shut down permanently on October 1, 2011 unless the various government agencies that established the RDAs agree to reduced funding. This is expected to [...]

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced that $1.4 million is being awarded for cleanup efforts at contaminated California sites known as brownfields. Both the California Department of Toxic Substances Control and City of Sacramento were chosen to receive the grant funds. A brownfield is a parcel of land where hazardous substances or pollutants are [...]

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It was an exiting day here in the office on July 13th. We received a gift from the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board (RWQCB), a closure letter for one of our client’s sites located in Reseda. I would say that the Los Angeles RWQCB was very generous, but as my 5th grade teacher [...]

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This post will continue a post series that I started toward the beginning of this blog and including: Regulatory FAQ Regulatory FAQ II Definition of Terms and Industrial Facility Those posts described the basic steps associated with the work I do at various types of sites. This post will describe my involvement in the standard [...]

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As a resident of the City of Long Beach, I have been following the recent developments of the land swap between the City of Long Beach and Tom Dean. The proposed deal is some city owned land on the West Side of the city for the Los Cerritos Wetlands on the East Side of the [...]

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For this post, I thought I would continue on a subject that I began a couple of years ago on this blog: Regulatory FAQ ?????????Regulatory FAQ II and Definition of Terms Those posts described the basic steps associated with investigation of your standard corner retail gas station. For this post, let’s assume that you own [...]

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I have been asked to review a number of properties that are essentially raw land that has been graded and prepared for the development of tract homes. This has been going on essentially since November and December of 2008 when I posted the article about DR Horton selling off a number of their properties a [...]

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The Underground Storage Tank (UST) Orphan Site Cleanup Fund Program (OSCF) administered by the State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) through the federal stimulus program, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (The Stimulus Package) is now accepting applications from eligible applicants that meet established requirements and are ready to move forward with cleanup activities. The [...]

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The U.S. House of Representative’s version of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, better known as the economic stimulus plan includes A number of programs directed toward the redevelopment of Brownfield sites.  The specific direction of these funds includes: • Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup: $800 million to clean up hazardous and toxic waste [...]

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It appears as though Tesla Motors will be shopping for a brownfield site with an existing building for thier new Model S sedan plant.  The electric automaker had formerly planned to use a vacant property in Silicon Valley for the plant, but with the cost of construction rising, the demand for vehicles falling, and the [...]

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