Preliminary Environmental Site Assessments (PESA)

Various Clients

OBJECTIVE

Preliminary Environmental Site Assessments (PESAs) are necessary to identify potential environmental risks associated with a site, ensuring compliance with regulations and mitigating liabilities. They provide crucial information for risk management, financial due diligence, and protecting human health and the environment. PESAs help stakeholders assess the viability of development projects or property transactions, meeting insurance requirements and preventing adverse impacts on communities and ecosystems.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Hampton, Lenzini and Renwick, Inc. (HLR) conducts Preliminary Environmental Site Assessments in accordance with IDOT Standards. The general PESA scope includes preparing a report using historical and geological information. The specific methods used to conduct the assessment are contained in: 1) ASTM Standards E1527-13, 2) A Manual for Conducting Preliminary Environmental Site Assessments for Illinois Department of Transportation Highway Projects, 3) Special Wastes Procedures (IDOT Local Roads Manual, Chapter 20-12), and 4) IDOT Bureau of Design and Environment Manual (BDE Manual), Section 27-3. A PESA includes a database search and on-site evaluation, as well as reviews of available records, documents, past and present site use, adjacent land use, on-site reconnaissance, and various interviews, to reveal evidence of potential Recognized Environmental Conditions (RECs) related to the project locations. A recognized REC is defined by the BDE as the presence or likely presence of any regulated substances on a property under conditions that indicate an existing release, a past release, or a material threat of a release of any regulated substances into structures on the property or into the ground, groundwater, or surface water of the property.

In the past several years, HLR has completed the following projects:

• Main Street Reconstruction, City of Sandwich, 2023-2024
• Salem Drive (Schaumburg Road to Parker Drive), Village of Schaumburg, 2023
• Muirhead Road over CC&P (CN) Railroad, Plato Township, 2023
• Bunker Road Extension, Kane County Division of Transportation, 2023
• Dundee-Center-Villa Corridor Improvements, City of Elgin, 2023
• Lucinda Avenue Resurfacing and Roundabout, City of DeKalb, 2023
• Salem Drive (Weathersfield Way to Schaumburg Road), Village of Schaumburg, 2022
• Richview Road, Jefferson County Highway Department, 2022
• Plank Road (Brier to Romke), Kane County Division of Transportation, 2022 
• Revere Road, DeWitt County Highway Department, 2022
• Lexington Avenue, Lawrenceville, 2022
• 2022 Joliet Streets Program, City of Joliet, 2022 
• St. Charles Road Railroad Interconnect, City of Elmhurst, 2022 
• Bridgeport Road over CSX Railroad, Lawrence County, 2022
• Franklin Park Bike Path, Village of Franklin Park, 2021
• Dix Irvington Road, Jefferson County, 2021
• Bode and Springinsguth Resurfacing, Village of Schaumburg, 2021
• First Street Bridge, City of DeKalb, 2020-2021
• Lucinda Avenue Bridge, City of DeKalb, 2020-2021
• IL Route 59 Pedestrian Bridge, Village of Streamwood, 2020
• Randall Road and Big Timber Road Intersection Improvement, Kane County Division of Transportation (KDOT), 2020