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As a realtor, you need someone you can trust to help you and help your clients in residentail and commercial Real Estate transactions. Greenspring, Inc. has been providing environmental services since the late 1997 and is still here to provide you with quality service through innovative solutions.

A real estate professional agent should consider a few things when listing a property in the United State that may now or in the past years have contained an underground storage tank.

UST on any property: Keep in mind that any property may contain an UST (or more than one). USTs have been found in many unusual places, and some USTs do not give any visible indication of their presence below ground. Here are some items to look for abandoned USTs: Old vent piping, fill pipes, dispensers, and abandoned piping.

Possible contamination: Please be sure to call us. We'll be happy to discuss how a property assessment can assist you in effectively managing the risks associated with your upcoming real estate transaction.

Greenspring, Inc. offers Phase I and Phase II environmental property assessments to the commercial lending community of Maryland and surrounding areas.

PHASE I:

The Greenspring, Inc. Phase I assessment involves a visual site inspection and review of available information to determine the possibility of contamination, which includes:


• Documentation of property history
• Past and present owners of the property
• Waste disposal practices at the property
• Types, quantities, containments, and usages of hazardous substances
• History of contaminant releases, violations, and environmental permits.


The goal of the effective Phase I is not to simply identify potential problems. Many assessments commonly fail to include what the buyer and seller really need from the report, which are recommendations and conclusions as to precisely what the identified issues mean to the transaction. Too often, the results of a Phase I site assessment merely state the obvious features of a property which are of potential concern. In many cases, the property owner or potential buyers is, to a degree, already aware of such risks.

If the results of the Phase I investigation are inconclusive or suggest that the property may be contaminated by hazardous substances, Greenspring is fully capable of proceeding with a Phase II confirmation.

A Greenspring, Inc. Phase II investigation is designed on a case-by-case basis to conclusively determine the extent of contamination and, if present, the associated risk involved with the contaminated property.

IMPORTANT: A way to investigate a property with USTs is to have the property owner contract to conduct a home survey of the entire property at the time of listing.

Greenspring, Inc. offers advanced testing process that will not harm the underground tank or associated piping in any way. Call for an appointment and we can send our tank-soil testing technician the next day. Our results are available on-site, usually in less than 90 minutes. Written reports are available the next day.