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Product Description Product Description: How to Avoid Environmental Litigation - for the Non-Professional is a pragmatic book written for the novice that can also be useful to those with more experience. Environmental issues are described in an easy to understand manner. Yet, there is enough meat on the bone to satisfy those readers with more experience and the need to understand the legal and regulatory implications of owning, renting or leasing real estate. This book presents the authors' practical advice in a format that both informs and teaches. The authors simplify environmental issues to make them seem like a walk in the park. Buy This book if: YOU OWN COMMERCIAL or INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY, large or small, and suspect a tenant may have created an environmental problem for you; YOU OWN A BUSINESS that generates or handles hazardous waste and want to be proactive about educating yourself and taking precautions for your employees and customers; YOU'RE A TENANT, and you've gotten a call from your landlord, the EPA, or a state of local environmental regulator regarding environmental contamination; or, YOU WANT HELP navigating the arcane insurance issues related to contamination, toxic or hazardous materials. This book will help you ask the right questions to get the answers you need. From the Publisher Start here to get expert advice - even before you need to hire lawyers or consultants. Being confronted with environmental issues is tricky and stressful. If you're already knee-deep in the quicksand of environmental litigation, this book just might be your lifeline! Jody Freeman, Harvard Professor of Law, writes, "This book is a useful resource for the non-lawyer in dealing with potential on-site contamination issues, landfills, or other unknown environmental quagmires. The authors have written an easy to read book that translates basic environmental scientific issues into understandable la