The following checklist is to prepare purchasers, operators or vendors of commercial properties of the issues that could impair the value or delay the completion of a sale. This list is meant to be used as a reference only and is not intended to be a complete environmental/building condition inventory. For specific advice contact an environmental professional.
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| Stream setback for development |
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| Site registry search |
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Subject site |
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| Adjacent sites |
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| Grade and level of water table |
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| Phase 1 Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) |
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| Site Profile (BC only – required in BC by CSR) |
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| Chemical industries and activities |
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Adhesives manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Chemical manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Explosives or ammunition manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Fire retardant manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Fertilizer manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Ink or dye manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Leather or hides tanning |
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| Paint, lacquer or varnish manufacturing, formulation, recycling or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Pharmaceutical products manufacturing |
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| Plastic products (foam or expanded plastic products) manufacturing |
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| Textile dying |
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| Pesticide manufacturing, formulation or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Resin or plastic monomer manufacturing, formulation or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Electrical equipment industries and activities |
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Battery (lead acid or other) manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Communications stations using or storing equipment that contains PCBs |
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| Electrical equipment manufacturing, refurbishing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Electrical transmission or distribution substations |
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| Electronic equipment manufacturing |
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| Transformer oil manufacture, processing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Metal smelting, processing or finishing industries and activities |
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Foundries or scrap metal smelting |
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| Galvanizing |
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| Metal plating or finishing |
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| Metal salvage operations |
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| Nonferrous metal smelting or refining |
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| Welding or machine shops (repair or fabrication) |
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| Mining, milling or related industries and activities |
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Asbestos mining, milling, wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Coal coke manufacture, wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Coal or lignite mining, milling, wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Milling reagent manufacture, wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Nonferrous metal concentrate wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Nonferrous metal mining or milling |
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| Miscellaneous industries, operations or activities |
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Appliance, equipment or engine repair, reconditioning, cleaning or salvage |
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| Ash deposit from boilers, incinerators, or other thermal facilities |
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| Asphalt tar manufacture, wholesale storage and distribution |
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| Coal gasification (manufactured gas production) |
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| Medical, chemical, radiological or biological laboratories |
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| Rifle or pistol firing ranges |
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| Road salt storage facilities |
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| Measuring instruments (containing mercury) manufacture, repair or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Dry cleaning facilities or operations and dry cleaning chemical storage |
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| Sites which have been or likely have been contaminated by substances migrating from other properties |
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Petroleum and natural gas drilling, production, processing, retailing and distribution |
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Petroleum or natural gas drilling |
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| Petroleum or natural gas production facilities |
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| Natural gas processing |
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| Petroleum coke manufacture, wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Petroleum product dispensing facilities, including service stations and cardlots |
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| Petroleum, natural gas or sulphur pipeline rights of way excluding rights of way for pipelines used to distribute natural gas to consumers in a community |
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| Petroleum or natural gas product or produced water storage in above ground or underground tanks |
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| Petroleum product wholesale bulk storage or distribution |
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| Petroleum refining wholesale bulk storage or shipping |
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| Solvent manufacturing or wholesale bulk storage |
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| Sulphur handling, processing or wholesale bulk storage and distribution |
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| Transportation industries, operations and related activities |
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Aircraft maintenance, cleaning or salvage |
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| Automotive, truck, bus, subway or other motor vehicle repair, salvage or wrecking |
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| Bulk commodity storage or shipping (e.g. coal) |
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| Dry docks, ship building or boat repair |
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| Marine equipment salvage |
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| Rail car or locomotive maintenance, cleaning, salvage or related uses, including railyards |
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| Truck, rail or marine bulk freight handling |
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| Waste disposal and recycling operations and activities |
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Antifreeze bulk storage or recycling |
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| Barrel, drum or tank reconditioning or salvage |
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| Battery (lead acid or other) recycling |
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| Biomedical waste disposal |
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| Bulk manure stockpiling and high rate land application or disposal (nonfarm applications only) |
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| Construction demolition material landfilling |
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| Contaminated soil storage, treatment or disposal |
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| Dredged waste disposal |
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| Drycleaning waste disposal |
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| Electrical equipment recycling |
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| Industrial waste lagoons or impoundments |
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| Industrial waste storage, recycling or landfilling |
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| Industrial woodwaste (log yard waste, hogfuel) disposal |
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| Mine tailings waste disposal |
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| Municipal waste storage, recycling, composting or landfilling |
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| Organic or petroleum material landspreading (landfarming) |
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| Sandblasting waste disposal |
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| Septic tank pumpage storage or disposal |
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| Sewage lagoons or impoundments |
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| Special (hazardous) waste storage, treatment or disposal |
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| Sludge drying or composting |
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| Street or yard snow removal dumping |
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| Waste oil reprocessing, recycling or bulk storage |
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| Wire reclaiming operations |
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Wood, pulp and paper products and related industries and activities |
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| Article board manufacturing |
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| Pulp mill operations |
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| Pulp and paper manufacturing |
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| Sawmills |
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| Treated wood storage at the site of treatment |
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| Veneer or plywood manufacturing |
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| Wafer board manufacturing |
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| Wood treatment (antisapstain or preservation) |
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| Wood treatment chemical manufacturing, wholesale bulk storage |
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Building Condition |
| Roof systems |
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| Wall systems |
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| Structural elements |
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Seismic conditions |
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| Interior finishes |
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| Site features |
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| Mechanical systems |
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Heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) |
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| Fire protection |
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| Electrical Systems |
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Electrical power |
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| Fire alarm system and life safety |
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| Code compliance overview |
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Tenant Operations |
| Audited tenant waste streams |
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| Prior operations (potential for prior operators to leave contamination) |
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| Environmental infractions (Ministry of Environment search) |
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| Emissions (does the site require regional district permits for water or air?) |
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| Current discharge permits |
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Hazardous Materials |
Asbestos inventory (will be a cost liability on demolition or renovation) |
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| Lead paint (pre-1990; especially external paint) |
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| Mercury (thermostats and lamps) |
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| Halons and CFC (chillers and fire suppression) |
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| Bird and bat droppings (health issue especially air intakes or occupied areas) |
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| Mould (often not visible but present – intrusive investigation required) |
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| PCBs (light ballasts, transformers and oils) |
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