Newsletter Fall 2009

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ERIS Risk Check Report - Your first step in assessing environmental risk on your property!

Next business day turnaround time for Site Reports

When selecting reports, most ERIS clients will order the Standard report as it meets the Canadian due diligence standard. For others, only a cursory or preliminary search is required. In those cases, clients will frequently order ERIS site reports, which are reports that include a search of all available databases for the one-site address.

In an effort to aid our clients in obtaining fast and accurate information for their site, ERIS is now offering a next business day turnaround time for site reports.
 
REALTOR® QUEST October 2009

On October 22nd, 2009, ERIS attended the REALTOR® QUEST Exhibitor Appreciation Day at the Toronto Congress Centre. The show was a scaled-down version of the trade show held earlier in May 2009 but still attracted many visitors. It was a great opportunity for ERIS to showcase its latest initiatives such as the ERIS Risk Check Report.

Our thanks go out to the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB) for hosting an event in appreciation of its exhibitors. The ERIS team looks forward to participating in future events with TREB.

Environmental Compliance Conference Summary

EcoLog environmental conference hears from experts on the changing brownfields landscape 11/13/2009

To view presentations
click here.

ERIS at Brownfields 2009 – Going for Gold

Canadian Brownfields 2009 was held in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia from October 26-28. The focus of this year’s conference was brownfield redevelopment and the challenges posed to potential redevelopers. ERIS participated along with many other exhibitors in this sold-out event. ERIS is dedicated to providing risk assessment reports that are relevant to those looking to remediate brownfield sites.
 
In the news

Contract boosts Bennett Environmental profit 11/16/2009

BC funding initial work for five brownfields 11/08/2009

Remediation Certificates - Encouraging brownfield development in Alberta
Fall 2009

Thank-you

Thank-you for taking the time to read this edition of In the Crosshairs.  As always, your feedback is appreciated.  Please send your comments to: mthompson@eris.ca.

What comes to mind when you think of the colours red and green? Stop and Go? High Risk vs Low Risk? The ERIS Risk Check Report was specifically designed, but not limited, to assist real estate agents and lenders in making a preliminary judgment and due diligence on environmental risks pertaining to a specific Canadian property and any adjacent properties. The report will alert clients as to whether their property is considered a low risk or an elevated risk in terms of environmental concerns. The report includes a search and review of all government current and historical records and provides information on enforcement actions or infractions, contamination and environmental investigations that have been publicly registered. It is the only ERIS Report that is evaluated and interpreted by a qualified

environmental consultant from Lender Consulting Services Inc (LCS). Included in the report is an ERIS Standard Report, Fire Insurance Plan*, City Directory*, Topographic Map and Executive Summary.

For more information, call Mark Mattei at 416-510-6859 or Isabel Pereira at
416-510-5205.

(* if available)

NEW BC Report Types

BC Site Registry report now available

A search of BC's Site Registry regarding potentially contaminated sites is a requirement of any Stage 1 Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) in British Columbia. ERIS' NEW BC Site Registry report provides just that. This report will provide clients with all the information on a potentially contaminated site/Site Registry as well as all Detail Reports for each record found with 500 m of a subject property. Information provided includes: general site information, notations, site participants, land-use and other site-specific information.
The cost of the report is $199.

BC Standard Report Plus report - New and Improved!

A Stage 1 Preliminary Site Investigation (PSI) in British Columbia requires a review of historical records and, specifically, a review of potential contamination at the subject site and adjacent sites. The BC Standard Report Plus is designed to meet the requirements in the review of historical records for a PSI by searching all of ERIS' environmental and historical databases out to 250 m and the Site Registry (Potentially Contaminated Sites-PCS) out to 500 m. This report will also include all Detail Reports for each specific record found in the Site Registry up to 500 m.
The report is priced at $395.

What's New With the Databases?

The following is a list of our latest updates.

The Water Well databases in British Columbia and Ontario have been updated and enhanced.
• The British Columbia Water Well database has been enhanced to include lithology information.
• The Ontario Water Well database now includes stratigraphy information.
• Spills in Saskatchewan have been updated to September 2009.
• In Manitoba, the Generators of Waste database is current up to September 2009.
• Contaminated sites on federal land have been updated to September 2009.
• All the Yukon databases have been updated to July 2009.
• All Prince Edward Island databases are current up to July 2009.

For more details, please see our website: www.eris.ca. It’s always a good idea to refer to the database listings on ERIS’ website for the most current updates.
 

ERIS Profile, Eleanor Goolab, Additional Products Coordinator

For the last nine years, Eleanor Goolab has been actively involved with the Environmental Department at Business Information Group (umbrella organization for EcoLog ERIS). During that time she served in various capacities from Client Services Specialist to Sales Representative for EcoLog Environmental Group products. She has a broad-based knowledge of the company and its products and services. In February 2007, she parlayed that experience by joining the ERIS team. Starting in an administrative capacity she has now taken over the roll of Additional Products Coordinator for the team. From Aerial Photos, Land Title Searches and Insurance Products to

Topographic Maps, City Directories, and Site Reports, Eleanor is your first point of contact when ordering supplementary risk information products.  She can be reached at egoolab@eris.ca.
 
Eleanor’s interests include travel, world cuisine and Latin dancing.

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