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Professional and Consulting Services
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& Gas properties... Over time we have helped sell everything from a small five well lease, non-operated working interest to the total assets of an entire company. To view properties. GO
Our beta testers are sending back glowing reports but you can be the final judge. Please give BISMap a try and let us know what you think. We’re always open to your suggestions and ideas. Finally, I would like to thank all of you for your continued business and support. We continue to grow and prosper and we sincerely hope that each of you are benefiting from the growth and vitality of the economy. We are very encouraged about the near term and long term economic prospects of our region and the United States for that matter J. B. Bleckley, President
Congratulations to Pete Lee and David Prescott. Pete, with EcoScience Resource Group, L.L.C., won a Deluxe Fishing Trip on Lake Calcasieu with Calcasiue Charter Services of Lake Charles while attending the LDEQ tradeshow held in Lafayette, LA. While at the Texas Alliance tradeshow, David, of Llano Permian Enviromental, won two tickets and spending money to attend a Texas Rangers baseball game. Stay tuned to the next Issue of the The Solution as we announce who won this years TCEQ Tradeshow Grand Prize, a trip to Las Vegas. |
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BISMap, you will be able to see exactly how much your report will cost,
regardless Currently, we have Water Well information for Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Hawaii available through BISMap and data for other states will soon be loaded. You can also look for BIS Map to add other information to its database in the near future. For more information on BISMap please visit our website, www.banksinfo.com. If you would like a demo or want to set up an account, please call Trace Hight at (800)531-5255. Lower
Price on two key reports... Effective April 13, 2004! The price of the City Directory Search has been reduced from $95.00 (flat rate nationwide) to $90.00. Also seeing its price lowered, the Historical Topographic Maps have been dropped from $60.00 (flat rate nationwide) to $30.00. Both products can be emailed to you for no additional cost. Although the price has dropped, the quality has not. You will always recieve the same high quality work from Banks on these two products. With the City Directory Search, Banks will use one of our many resources to research and offer a comprehensive report detailing the occupants of your subject address and the occupants of the adjacent addresses. You can always request customized City Directory research from us as well. Just let us know what addresses you’re looking for, and we will research it. With the Historical Topographic Map Search, Banks will use one of the largest collections of Historical Maps in the country to provide you with all available topographic maps on your site. Maps are usually in color and will vary in scales and may date back to the 1800’s.
Last year, Kevin Wynne from Berg Oliver Associates, Inc. won our Grand Prize Carnival Cruise Line Giveaway. Who will win this year’s trip to Vegas? It might be you.
The three areas of AAI which will have the greatest effect on the information that environmental professionals order from Banks Information Solutions are:
The additional government databases are Engineering and Institutional Controls and Tribal and Local Government Records. Engineering and Institutional Controls are usually found in deeds and title records. Although the states are not yet centrally tracking the Engineering and Institution Controls, these can usually be found with a Chain-of-Title search. A search of Tribal records was not required by ASTM 1527-00 but AAI does require them to be searched to the extent that they are available. Banks Information Solutions and FirstSearch will work to add these to our available information as they are located. Some existing ASTM databases will need to be searched to different distances under AAI regulations. Fortunately this can be accomplished with a few mouse clicks when using our Environmental FirstSearch software. ASTM 1527-00 lists eight standard historical sources which can be reviewed when conducting a Phase I. These are: aerial photographs, USGS Topos, City Directories, Title records, Property tax records, Fire Insurance maps, Municipal Building Department records and Zoning/Land Use records. The draft AAI rule states that the engineering professional should use his or her best judgment when determining which sources to review. Banks Information Solutions has created a package of products which, we believe, will be used by many environmental professionals when they conduct a Phase I ESA. The package includes a FirstSearch radius report, City Directory report, Aerial Photos, Historic Topos and a letter of No Coverage for Fire Insurance Maps (if there is no coverage). This package is $295 for Texas and Louisiana sites. It is slightly higher in other states due to a greater cost for the aerial photographs. Banks Information will continue to monitor the progress of the AAI regulations and we will adjust our products as necessary in order to help you meet these new requirements.
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