Environmental Audits
Negotiating a Business or Property Deal? Don’t Sign on the Dotted Line Without an EEC Environmental Audit.
Acquisition of a business or industrial property can hold costly surprises for the new owner or lender who fails to discover an existing environmental hazard. EEC has devised a program to minimize liability concerns and demonstrate due diligence to all parties of a transaction.
Most commonly, EEC’s engineers and scientists implement a Phase I audit with a historical review of a site and its surrounding area. Public documents, including the paper and online files of regulatory agencies, provide such information as aerial photographs, topographic maps, appraisal reports, chain of title, and groundwater information. A site inspection of the property and structures is next, by followed by extensive interviews with the owners and past and present employees.
The objective is to identify any activities that may have contaminated the site, including waste disposal practices or the use of underground tanks, asbestos building materials, and other toxic or hazardous materials. EEC’s researchers don’t stop at the property line. They check regulatory enforcement lists, including EPA’s Superfund and FDEP contaminated site records in Florida’s Petroleum Cleanup Program, and assess surrounding properties for evidence of any improper chemical use or spillage.
We Bring Solutions to Environmental Problems.
EEC performs the following services for property managers, financial institutions, attorneys, insurance companies and real estate professionals:
- Environmental audits for business transactions
- Investigations of contaminated soil and groundwater
- Asbestos surveys and management plans
- Radon measurement and mitigation design
- Indoor air investigations