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“A park ranger could have very easily parked his or her truck, and walked a few-minute hike to top of the trail and just done a visual inspection,” Robertson said.

Take an issue like termites, Gonzales says: it’s much less of a setback—and could be less expensive—to identify and fix the issue before a prospective buyer uncovers it during an inspection.

It also calls for cutting inspection costs for small processors, ramping up “Product of USA” labeling and expanding the domestic cattle herd.

The CQC used its own inspection reports and published data to draw up its annual analysis.

All wells at the site are subject to real-time pressure readings and visual inspections four times a day, among other protocols, SoCalGas said.