Due Diligence and Auditing

Environmental due diligence is a critical process of business transactions where environmental risks are a concern. Our principal consultant, James Lenoci, is an IEMA-registered environmental auditor and has been carrying out environmental due diligence audits for more than 25 years. Using international guidelines, we work closely with our clients to ensure that environmental liabilities are thoroughly evaluated and valued, so that environmental warranties, indemnities, insurance solutions, and price adjustments are included into the business negotiation.

For operating companies, compliance with environmental and health & safety (EHS) legislation is a complex and ever-changing concern. With our knowledge of regulations and industry best practice, we assist our clients in evaluating legal compliance through comprehensive EHS audits.

Representative environmental due diligence and EHS compliance audits:

Environmental, health & safety compliance audit of three automotive components manufacturing facilities in Hungary.

Environmental due diligence and environmental permitting screening of a brownfield site (former bauxite processing plant) earmarked for a large bio-ethanol plant and biomass energy power plant.

Environmental due diligence and compliance assessment of rubber products manufacturing facilities in Slovenia and Czech Republic.

Phase I and II environmental due diligence assessment of a planned precious mineral mining project in northeast Hungary.

Environmental compliance audit of a large sanitary fixtures manufacturing plant in eastern Bulgaria.

Environmental due diligence and environmental permitting screening for three 20-ha sites in Poland, for a planned forest products manufacturing facility.

Environmental due diligence of an underground coal mine and coal-fired power plant in western Hungary.

Environmental due diligence assessment of three manufacturing facilities in Israel.

Environmental, health & safety compliance audit of a facility in eastern Hungary. Audit included review of facility against U.S. OSHA Voluntary Protection Programs policies and procedures.

Remediation Management

We provide our clients with comprehensive environmental remediation management services, including:

• Designing, permitting, supervising, and interpreting site investigations;
• Risk assessments according to risk-based corrective action legislation;
• Engineering evaluations and feasibility studies;
• Development of remedial solutions and preparation of remediation plans;
• Regulatory liaison;
• Construction and operation supervision and reporting;
• Long-term monitoring;
• Site closure;

We have provided remediation management services sites involving soil and groundwater contamination, hazardous waste landfills, agricultural land reclamation, industrial facilities requiring decontamination including after devastating fires, and indoor air corrective action at industrial and residential properties. Our remediation experience includes numerous types of contaminants including chlorinated solvents, heavy metals, petroleum hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, pesticides, PCBs, acids, caustics, asbestos, and radionuclides.

Representative remediation management projects:

Enhanced in situ bioremediation of trichloroethylene groundwater contamination

Complex groundwater remediation at three industrial facilities. More than 50 pumping wells and 15 treatment plants for chlorinated solvent and heavy metal contamination.

In situ geochemical remediation of hexavalent chromium groundwater contamination at an industrial facility.

Vapor intrusion corrective action at residential properties. Sub-slab depressurization systems successfully prevent volatile organic compounds from entering houses.

In situ chemical oxidation of organic solvent subsurface contamination.

Technical oversight of post-closure operation and monitoring of hazardous waste landfill.

Complex environmental investigation following a large industrial fire at manufacturing facility in eastern Hungary.