International Property Management Firm's Annual Environmental Audits

 

Ninyo & Moore conducts Annual Environmental Audits (AEAs) for properties managed by one of the largest property management companies in the world. The AEAs are conducted in accordance with the firm's Scope of Work which was developed inhouse by their environmental and financial risk specialists to reduce their exposure to environmentally risky tenant activities at their properties. The sites subjected to these audits include Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Large Quantity Generators, chemical processing plants, electronics manufacturing and repair, medical and chemical laboratories, biomedical research facilities, light manufacturing facilities, and light office facilities throughout the Southwest. The audits include a review of tenant's environmental permits (air and wastewater discharge, hazardous materials storage, RCRA) and other pertinent information required by law and associated with the property; an evaluation of the presence of friable and nonfriable asbestos containing building material (ACBM); interviews with property representatives at the individual tenant spaces; review of applicable stormwater pollution prevention best management practices for the site, including inspection for evidence of contamination that may affect surface water discharge from the property; determination of the presence of underground storage tanks (USTs) or aboveground storage tanks (ASTs) on the property; determination of compliance for all storage tanks with applicable state, federal and local regulations including UST compliance under RCRA, Spill Prevention Countermeasures and Control (SPCC) Plans, and Leaking UST monitoring and characterization plans; observation of the use, storage, handling, or disposal of hazardous substances and/or wastes on the property; wastewater disposal practices from the sites; and evaluation of equipment that may contain polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). This information is evaluated independently and compared to previous site audit information.