This program addresses practical challenges and solutions associated with implementing the United States Environmental Protection Agency's recent "All Appropriate Inquiry" ("AAI") rule outlining the new requirements for conducting environmental due diligence. Our presenters work with these new standards and will address practical "lessons learned" from the first few months of AAI implementation and suggest strategies for making best use of AAI as part of a comprehensive environmental due diligence effort.

Topics discussed include:

• The origins of AAI: regulatory goals versus reality.

• What do I need to do to satisfy AAI?

• Will AAI alone satisfy my due diligence obligations?

• What is the environmental consulting profession saying about AAI implementation?

• What is EPA saying about the AAI?

• What works? What doesn't?

Who should view this program: 
In-house counsel, in-house environmental managers, corporate finance executives, real estate investment professionals, environmental engineers and consultants, and other personnel responsible for corporate and real estate due diligence. 

Thomas J. P. McHenry - Tom is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Los Angeles office and a member of the firm's Environment and Natural Resources Practice. He practices environmental law with an emphasis on air quality, hazardous waste, environmental diligence, land use and energy issues. Tom has served on a number of California governmental advisory bodies including the California EPA Blue Ribbon Commission for a Unified Environmental Statute, the Department of Toxic Substances Control CEQA Guidance Advisory Committee, the DTSC Regulatory Structure Update, Fee Reform and Site Mitigation Update Committees and on the Environmental and Consumer Sources Work Group of the California Strategic Planning Project to Eliminate Lead Poisoning. Tom represents clients in negotiations with state and federal environmental agencies including air quality management districts, regional water quality control boards, the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California and U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies in the context of air quality, soil and groundwater cleanup, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), facility siting, permitting and other environmental and natural resources issues.

Alan N. Bick - Alan is a partner in the Environment and Natural Resources Practice of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher's Orange County office. He concentrates on matters arising under the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, RCRA, CERCLA, and ESA, as well as the state analogs to these federal programs. Alan represents clients in agency enforcement actions, citizen enforcement actions, administrative proceedings and general litigation involving federal, state and local environmental law and regulations. He also advises clients on environmental compliance issues and environmental audits, and provides legal advice on due diligence and allocation of risks in real estate and corporate transactions. Alan has extensive experience representing clients in negotiations with state and federal environmental agencies including air quality management districts, regional water quality control boards, the Department of Toxic Substances Control and the California and U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies in the context of air quality, soil and groundwater cleanup, the California Environmental Quality Act, permitting and other environmental and natural resources issues.