American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM). Current edition approved Nov. 1, 2013. Published November 2013. Originally approved in 1993. Last previous edition approved in 2005 as E1527 – 05. 47 p. The purpose of this practice is to define good commercial and customary practice in the United States of America for conducting an environmental site assessment of a parcel of commercial real estate with respect to the range of contaminants within the scope of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) (42 U.S.C. §9601) and petroleum products.