16.	Commitments and Contingencies

From time to time, the Company is a named defendant in legal actions arising out of the normal course of business. The Company is not a party to any pending legal proceeding, the resolution of which the management believes will have a material adverse effect on the Company’s results of operations, financial condition or cash flows, or to any other pending legal proceedings other than ordinary, routine litigation incidental to its business. The Company maintains liability insurance against risks arising out of the normal course of business.

Certain contracts contain termination provisions under which the customer may, without penalty, terminate the contracts upon written notice to the Company. In the event of termination, the Company would be paid only termination costs in accordance with the particular contract. Generally, termination costs include unpaid costs incurred to date, earned fees and any additional costs directly allocable to the termination.

On September 21, 2012, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (“CDPHE”) issued a proposed Compliance Order on Consent (the "Proposed Consent Order") to the City and County of Denver ("Denver") and to Walsh. On the date that the Proposed Consent Order was issued, Walsh was a majority-owned subsidiary of EEI. The Proposed Consent Order pertained to construction improvement activities of certain property owned by Denver which was the subject of asbestos remediation. Denver had entered into a contract with Walsh under which Walsh provided certain environmental consulting services (asbestos monitoring services) in connection with the asbestos containment and/or removal performed by other contractors at Denver's real property. On February 13, 2013, without admitting liability or CDPHE’s version of the underlying facts, Walsh entered into a Compliance Order on Consent with CDPHE, paid a penalty of less than $0.1 million and paid for a Supplemental Environmental Project to benefit the public at large in an amount less than $0.1 million. Denver was served with a final Compliance Order and Assessment of Administrative Penalty against Denver alone for approximately $0.2 million. Under Walsh's environmental consulting contract with Denver, Walsh agreed to indemnify Denver for certain liabilities where Walsh could potentially be held responsible for a portion of the penalty imposed upon Denver. In January 2015, Walsh settled this indemnity claim with a payment of less than $0.1 million to Denver.

On February 4, 2011, the Chico Mendes Institute of Biodiversity Conservation of Brazil (the “Institute”) issued a Notice of Infraction to ecology and environment do brasil Ltda (“E&E Brasil”), a majority-owned subsidiary of EEI. The Notice of Infraction concerns the taking and collecting species of wild animal specimens without authorization by the competent authority and imposes a fine of 520,000 Reais, which has a value of approximately $0.2 million at January 31, 2015. No claim has been made against EEI. The Institute has also filed Notices of Infraction against four employees of E&E Brasil alleging the same claims and has imposed fines against those individuals that, in the aggregate, are equal to the fine imposed against E&E Brasil. E&E Brasil has filed administrative responses with the Institute for itself and its employees that: (a) deny the jurisdiction of the Institute; (b) state that the Notice of Infraction is constitutionally vague; and (c) affirmatively state that E&E Brasil had obtained the necessary permits for the surveys and collections of specimens under applicable Brazilian regulations and that the protected conservation area is not clearly marked to show its boundaries. To date, E&E Brasil has attended one meeting where depositions were taken. Management believes that these administrative proceedings will not have a material adverse impact on the operations of the Company.