Project:
Commercial Vineyards
Bottom Line: Performed rapid-turnaround environmental screening of 32 vineyards throughout California and estimated future costs for client acquisition.
Summary of Project
Multiple sites encompassed 32 operating vineyards in the Napa Valley region and 10 operating vineyards in the expanding central coast region of California. The total acreage involved in the property sale transaction was over 20,000 acres.
- Conducted a rapid, preliminary environmental reconnaissance at 42 operating vineyards. Of the 42 locations, 32 were in Napa, Sonoma, and Lake counties and 10 were in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties.
- Completed site inspections, key personnel interviews, and review of environmental records and documents for all of the locations within 7 days.
- Identified significant environmental issues developed from the available information and site visits for use by legal counsel.
- Estimated possible remedial costs for the issues noted. Despite the lack of environmental data available and extremely short project schedule, provided the client with regulatory compliance scenarios and possible technical responses based on previous environmental experience.