ü Environmental Baseline Surveys (EBS);

ü Environmental Condition of Property;

ü Transaction Screening (TSQs);

ü Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESA);

ü Phase II Environmental Site Investigations (ESI);

ü Phase III Environmental Site Investigations (ESI);

ü Facilities Environmental Checklists;

ü Real Estate Disposal Surveys;

ü Environmental Assessments (NEPA Policy Act);

ü Threatened and Endangered Species Surveys;

ü Fish and Wildlife;

ü Preliminary visual screening for hazardous materials;

ü Cultural resource surveys;

ü Floodplain evaluations;

ü Wetland evaluations;

ü Coastal zone management area impacts;

ü Historic district evaluations;

ü Stormwater evaluations;

ü Environmental Impact Statements;

ü National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA).

Environmental Due Diligence is the process of investigation performed by a real estate investor prior to engaging in a contract. Environmental due diligence researches the current and former property uses to determine the likelihood of environmental impact from former on-site operations, and support the “Innocent Landowner’s Defense” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, also known as CERCLA.  By performing environmental due diligence on a property prior to purchase, a prospective owner can document baseline conditions of a property, and assess the potential liability or risk associated therein.