EnvReview: HUD environmental reviews for Georgia

One mile around the address with FEMA flood hazard areas shaded along the river east of town — FEMA flood hazard areas shaded, one mile around the address.

One review, line by line

The engine’s first run, on a test address in Blackshear, Pierce County: 17 files saved in about eight seconds. 6 lines cleared, 2 not applicable, 3 waiting on a person. Pick a line.

cleared waiting on a person not applicable

3. Flood insurance

Not in a Special Flood Hazard Area. Flood insurance not required. Review concluded.

FIRM zone X (area of minimal flood hazard) on panel 13229C0215D, effective 25 Sep 2009; no other zone within 50 ft.

Status: Cleared by the engine
Law: Flood Disaster Protection Act
Source: FEMA National Flood Hazard Layer
Saved: 2026-10-29 16:30:37 UTC · SHA-256 4f84b281b7d0…

Read the full sample review How the rules work

Records in, checklist out

Every review runs the same three steps. The rules are written down as data, so a reviewer can read exactly why a line cleared, and a changed limit is a one-line edit.

Gather
One address goes to nine public sources at once. Every response is saved with its source, time and SHA-256.
Decide
Fixed rules apply DCA’s distances and dollar limits. Anything within 10% of a limit goes to a person.
Sign
You approve, revise, comment on or hold each flagged line. The certifying officer signs.

Built to DCA’s numbers

The Tier 2 checklist’s own limits, kept in a rule file the engine reads for every address.

Airports2,500 ft civil · 15,000 ft military
Listed sites500 ft · 3,000 ft · 1 mile
Flood zoneZone A or V and over $10,000
FloodplainRepairs at 50% of value
WetlandsAt the house or within 50 ft
CoastBelow 9 ft in seven counties
Lead paintBuilt before 1978

Three services, one engine

Reviews, prepared

For grant administrators and county program staff working HRRP applications. Send the addresses; each Tier 2 site checklist comes back filled, with its maps, sources and open questions, ready for your certifying officer.

Each Tier 2 checklist filled, line by line
Map exhibits for flood, wetlands, listed sites and airports
Every source saved with its time and SHA-256
Open questions marked for your inspector and SHPO reviewer

Priced per address · batches by application list · other Part 58 worksheets on request

Start a pilot

Valdosta at night, August 2024 and two days after Hurricane Helene.

The engine, licensed

For firms and grant administrators who prepare reviews in-house. Run an address, work the flagged lines in one queue, keep every source and every change on record, and sign off in the same place.

A review queue: approve, revise, comment or hold
Evidence and an audit trail kept with every review
Your organisation’s data walled off from everyone else’s
DCA’s limits kept in one rule file, not in code

Priced per program · logins for your team · evidence kept with each review

Pierce County HRRP / 312 Nichols StRun 29 Oct, 16:30

Airport hazardsCleared
Coastal barrier resourcesN/A
Flood insuranceCleared
Coastal zone managementN/A
Contamination and toxic substancesNeeds you
Endangered speciesCleared
Floodplain managementCleared
Historic preservationNeeds you
Wetlands protectionCleared

Part I: record the site inspection. Any obvious signs of hazardous materials from the public right of way?

ApproveReviseCommentHold

Phase I records pack

For Georgia environmental consultants. The records half of a Phase I ESA, gathered for your Environmental Professional: federal and state lists, historical maps and aerials, and records requests.

Federal and Georgia regulatory lists, searched by radius
Historical sources: Sanborn maps, topographic maps, aerials
Records requests drafted and tracked
Organised for your Environmental Professional’s report

In development · per site · for an EP to review and sign

Ask about the pack

Sanborn fire insurance map of Blackshear from 1885 showing the public square, the courthouse block and the railroad — Blackshear on the 1885 Sanborn fire insurance map.

Fair questions

Who signs the review?

The Responsible Entity’s certifying officer, always. We prepare the checklist and its evidence; the determination is theirs. Lines that need a qualified person, such as a SHPO allowance or a site observation, are marked and left for them.

Where does the data come from?

Public sources only: the Census geocoder, FEMA’s National Flood Hazard Layer, the USFWS National Wetlands Inventory, FAA airport data, USGS elevation, EPA’s Superfund and cleanup lists, and Georgia EPD’s Hazardous Site Inventory and solid waste permits. Each answer points to the saved response.

What if a source is wrong or missing?

The line goes to a person instead of clearing. Records with no coordinates are listed by city for someone to check, and nothing within 10% of a limit is ever cleared automatically.

Which programs does it cover?

Georgia DCA’s HRRP Tier 2 Site-Specific Checklist, for the 44 counties in the 2023–2024 hurricanes CDBG-DR program. Other Part 58 checklists come next.

Does it replace the site visit?

No. The contamination site observation, bat sightings for reconstruction and the historic scope review need someone at the property. The engine asks for them and waits.

How is our data kept?

Each organisation’s reviews are walled off from every other organisation’s by row-level security, evidence files are private to members, and every change to a line is recorded with who made it and when.

What does a pilot look like?

Create an account and order five addresses from a current application list. You get five filled checklists with their maps and evidence to compare against your own work.

Is this a Phase I ESA or legal advice?

Neither. It is a prepared draft of HUD’s environmental review checklist for your reviewer to verify. Phase I ESAs stay with an Environmental Professional.

The Pierce County Courthouse in Blackshear, a red-brick building with white columns

Send five addresses

Pick them from a current application list. Each comes back as a filled Tier 2 checklist with its maps and evidence, so you can judge it against your own.