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Having practiced as environmental lawyers with real estate and land use experience for over 30 years, Wire Gill LLP partners Jim Thornhill and John Lain have seen the creation of the innocent purchaser defense, the origins of Phase I environmental site assessments, the issuance of U.S. EPA underground storage tank rules in the late 1980’s, numerous revisions to the wetlands rules, including the multi-year Water of the United States saga, the rise of renewable energy permitting and the creation of environmental attributes markets . They have written, presented and counseled clients on environmental due diligence and environmental regulatory matters their entire careers. The Environmental Due Diligence Files provide Jim Thornhill and John Lain the opportunity to discuss different topics related to environmental due diligence in real estate, energy and corporate transactions as well as new environmental regulatory matters and to drill down into details of the nuances of such matters. New articles will be posted periodically on Phase I environmental site assessments, regulatory changes and other environmental topics in our Blog.