Due Diligence and Environmental Compliance Services at Manufacturing and Maintenance Facilities
Geosyntec’s client is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of diesel engines, diesel and natural gas generators, and diesel-powered refrigeration units. To provide life-cycle services to its customers, our client operates multiple manufacturing plants supported by a regionally-owned distributor network of approximately 200 sales and service shops throughout North America; these regional distributorships are the backbone of our client’s engine business, providing sales, support, and maintenance. During the periodic ownership transfers of the distributorships, our client voluntarily audits facility infrastructure, including environmental compliance and physical plant conditions, to identify areas opportunities to prevent pollution. Our client’s environmental commitment is a core company value that extends to its approach to current and potential sources of contamination at its properties. During each transaction, an facility evaluation is conducted that includes a traditional ASTM Phase I ESA and a high-level environmental compliance evaluation. This evaluation process also helps our client establish the CERCLA “innocent landowner defense” while establishing the baseline environmental status of the property from both compliance and existing-contamination-conditions perspectives.
