Congress enacted the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known also as Superfund, in 1980 to address the horror of sites like Love Canal where discarded toxic chemicals began...more
On May 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of the Interior (“Interior”) updated an important policy memorandum associated with its Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration (“NRDAR”) Program. ...more
On June 3, 2019, the United States lodged a proposed Consent Decree under the Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act that would resolve a suite of natural resource damages (NRD) claims by federal, state, and tribal...more
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