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| Company Overview |
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East & Associates
specializes in the environmental consulting business for
the commercial real estate industry. Nearing our
twentieth year of business, our independent consulting
services and project management expertise cover a broad
range of the environmental spectrum. |
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Company Focus |
The key to the successful completion of a real
estate transaction is to know the potential risk of
exposure to any liabilities and to incorporate those
risks in the evaluation. The most logical approach
to handling these environmental hazards is to become
informed about the problems so they can be
appropriately managed. It is our goal to meet every
customer’s need for environmental consulting or
project management services in a prompt and
professional manner.
Our company has furnished hundreds of environmental
assessment reports to financial institutions, real
estate developers, investors, and individuals. The
environmental site assessment reports are completed
in a timely manner. Once our clients understand the
environmental issues and the potential
ramifications, we outline various courses of action
with our goal toward minimizing costs and lessening
current or potential liabilities. |
Delivering For Clients |
A Phase I ESA report completed by our firm will
accomplish this task. Prior to the initial site
visit, our in-house mapping programs allow us to
print a regulatory hazards map and database based on
ASTM/AAI standards. During the site inspection and
review of nearby properties, these plotted hazards
sites can be confirmed and field notes can be taken.
The comprehensive historical city directory review
section of a Phase I ESA report combines the county
appraisal district property information, aerial
photograph summary along with the city directory
review of the study site and the adjacent
properties. The report is prepared to current
ASTM/AAI standards.
Our clients requested our firm to develop an
economical environment assessment report that could
be used for the smaller dollar amount and less risk
potential commercial loans. The ESA Letter Report
can be used by the lender for these low-capped loan
applications. This letter report addresses details
regarding the limited site inspection and
information involving the adjacent properties.
Appendices include a current aerial photograph, site
photographs, site maps, flood map, topographical map
and regulatory database report. Many of our
customers have indicated that the ESA Letter Report
is an effective tool to use during the loan renewal
process on some of the commercial real estate loans
they have in their current portfolios. |
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Company Team Bios |
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Richard D. East
President |
Since
1965, Richard East has built his career in the
oilfield supply and service industry. During these
years, Mr. East has held executive level
administrative duties for three oilfield and
industrial supply firms. Under Mr. East’s direction,
starting in 1989, the company began providing
professional environmental consulting and project
management services to banking, financial,
investment, real estate land development,
construction, manufacturing, oil and gas,
transportation, legal, governmental and other
entities.
Mr. East received an undergraduate degree in
Business Management from the University of Tulsa.
Mr. East has attended seminars in Superfund,
Underground Storage Tanks, Asbestos and Hazardous
Waste Disposal to complement his vast work
experience in the oilfield and in environmental
consulting.
Mr. East is an active member of the National
Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP)
and the Texas Association of Environmental
Professionals (TAEP). <Back To Top> |
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LinkedIn. |
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Ann F . East
Vice President
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Ann East is responsible for
obtaining regulatory compliance information required
on Phase I environmental site assessments. Mrs. East
compiles all special resources review information
and communicates with various state agencies to
secure the most current information available on a
site-specific basis.
Customer confidentiality and information security is
East & Associates, Inc.’s commitment to the client.
Mrs. East maintains the client files, reports and
other documentation and is responsible for
information security issues. Mrs. East is also
responsible for the coordination of site visits by
the professional site investigators and the
completion of the final report in a timely manner to
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Kimberly Casey
Hydrogeologist
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Ms. Casey is a
hydrogeologist with more than seventeen years of
experience in the environmental industry
specializing in soils and groundwater
investigations, and aquifer remediation projects.
She has been actively involved in and responsible
for all phases of hydrogeologic site assessments and
remediation. She has experience in all phases of
sites activities including emergency response
action, subsurface environmental site assessments,
PST closures, risk-based site assessments,
risk-based regulatory closures, soil and groundwater
remediation, groundwater management, multimedia
remediation, divestiture-related due diligence
activities for clients in the oil and gas industry,
petroleum marketing field, commercial/industrial
markets, law firms, and banking industry. Ms.
Casey graduated from Sam Houston State University
and is licensed by the TCEQ as a corrective action
project manager. (CAPM00465). Other professional
registrations include the Texas Professional
Geoscientist (No. 4870), American Institute of
Professional Geologists (CPG-10221), and the State
of Colorado PST-Listed Consultant (No. C277).
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Bernadette Chiasson
Environmental
Scientist |
Ms. Chiasson is an environmental
scientist with over 20 years experience in the
environmental industry specializing in environmental
regulatory compliance. Her regulatory compliance
expertise includes waste, wastewater, storm water,
groundwater and spill response. She has experience
in Phase I site assessments, risk assessment, SARA
313 reporting, environmental regulations training,
and policy and procedure development and
implementation. Clients include oil and gas
industry, petrochemical industry, refineries, coal
industry, and small businesses requiring
environmental compliance assistance.
Ms. Chiasson graduated from Newcomb College at
Tulane University with a B.S. in Biology and from
Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine
with a MSPH in Environmental Science. She is a
member of the Delta Omega Public Health Honor
Society, Texas Association of Environmental
Professionals and National Registry of Environmental
Professionals (No. 4057).
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Connie Franco
Researcher |
Connie Franco has more than
twenty-five years experience in abstracting and
examining deed records for several large title
companies. Mrs. Franco’s experience covers both real
estate and the oil and gas industry. In addition to
gathering the necessary deed and title information
to prepare a 50-year recorded chain of title, Connie
Franco also performs other duties for East &
Associates, Inc. These duties include specific
historical research involving city directories, oil
and gas records and site-specific deed research.
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