Transaction screen pre-check (free)
- Property and current use
- Past uses and industry codes
- Owner and operator interview questions
- Nearby cleanup and tank sites
- Flood zone
- What the environmental professional must conclude
Small-loan borrowers and their lenders
What's the property address?
Free pre-check before a transaction screen: past uses, nearby cleanup sites and owner questions, and when an SBA lender needs a Phase I instead.
- Free to read
- No sign-up until the draft
- Hands off to the right door
ePlan fills in
- Regulated facilities
- Cleanup sites nearby
- Superfund sites
- Flood zone
- Aerial imagery
How it works
Transaction screen pre-check, from one answer
- Enter the address, the business and the loan size.
- ePlan lists nearby cleanup sites and the questions the screen will ask.
- Read the pre-check free. Need a Phase I? Price one and draft the user questionnaire.
What you get
Transaction screen pre-check and 1 more document
The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the Phase 1 ESA cost calculator door.
Phase I ESA user questionnaire
- Environmental cleanup liens
- Activity and use limitations
- Specialized knowledge
- Purchase price versus fair market value
- Commonly known information about the property
From public data
What ePlan fills in, and from where
- Regulated facilities nearbyEPA ECHO
- Superfund, brownfield and cleanup sitesEPA Cleanups in My Community
- Flood zoneFEMA National Flood Hazard Layer (Map Service Center)
- Aerial imageryUSDA NAIP
1 year
is how recent a Transaction Screen must be for an SBA loan: dated within one year of the SBA loan number
Source: SBA SOP 50 10 8.1
Ready for the paperwork?
Estimate a Phase I environmental site assessment's cost and timing, then fill in the ASTM E1527-21 user questionnaire your consultant needs. Free to read.
Questions
Transaction Screen: what people ask
Who can do a transaction screen for an SBA loan?
SBA requires an environmental professional to supervise the site visit and conclude whether more investigation is warranted. The screen follows ASTM E1528-22: an owner or operator interview, a site visit, two questionnaires and a records review.
Does a transaction screen protect me under Superfund?
Not on its own. The federal All Appropriate Inquiries rule lists ASTM E1527-21 and E2247-23 Phase I standards as ways to comply; the E1528 transaction screen is not on that list.
What happens if the screen finds a problem?
If the environmental professional concludes further investigation is warranted, the SBA lender must get a Phase I ESA. Skipping straight to a Phase II needs an exception from SBA's Environmental Committee.
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Transaction Screen: check it free
Answer it and ePlan opens the Phase 1 ESA cost calculator door with your answer filled in.