After a U.S. company performed an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Gary Larson and his team had their work cut out for them.
Since then, Baha Mar has invested considerably in restoration.
Foremost on their list was oil-spill management, brought on by two old energy plants that once rested on Baha Mar property.
With one located near Commercial Village, and another close to Corridor 7, the team identified oil had seeped into the ground.
Left unchecked, it could spread to surrounding areas and contaminate the environment.
"There was the threat of oil seeping into the ponds and golf course," he told Guardian Business.  "It wasn't required, but Baha Mar put in a slurry wall, because there is a risk the oil could move."
The first slurry wall near Commercial Village, placed six feet below the surface, is three feet wide and approximately 500 feet long.  In essence, it creates a protected coating around the infected soil.  The second slurry wall, near Corridor 7, is approximately the same size, but because the spill is more severe, plans are being made to construct a second wall encircling the site, which will be double in size.
With the oil contained, environmentalists have committed to the arduous task of digging up the contaminated area and bringing it to the surface.  According to Larson, this soil has been revitalized through frequent "turns" and exposure to the sun.
However, closer to the Cable Beach Golf Course, soon to be the Jack Nicklaus Signature Golf Course, EIA surveys discovered stockpiles of harmful pesticides near the old maintenance facility that proved more troublesome.
These chemicals, Larson said, are also seeped down into the soil.
Unlike the oil, the toxins couldn't be removed from the soil, so his team has removed the earth to another area of the Baha Mar site.
The plan is to pave over it, thus containing the chemicals, and create a parking lot.
"All of these initiatives have been approved by the government," he added.  "We have also placed wells in the ground and we're continuously testing."

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