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The leading industry group on the policy and practice of natural resource damage assessment and restoration (NRDAR) and the related European Union (EU) Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) and related issues.
Welcome to the website of the Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group (“Group”). We are a large group of multinational industrial companies focused on natural resource damages liability and related legal, policy and methodological issues under US Federal and State laws (such as Superfund, Clean Water Act and the Oil Pollution Act) and the Environmental Liability Directive and associated Directives of the European Union.
The Group was founded in 1988. That’s over 20 years experience on virtually every aspect of natural resource damage assessment and restoration issues…and hundreds of years of collective experience among the Group’s members.
In 2002, the Group expanded its purview to the European Union Environmental Liability Directive, which embraces concepts very similar to the natural resource damage schemes under US laws. The Group has been able to use its extensive experience in NRDAR policy and practice to inform stakeholders in the EU as regimes are developed in order to meet the requirements of the Directive.
The Group has an unmatched repository of case and site data and related documents and resource materials on NRDAR and associated topics. The Group has worked to shape sound policies, practices and precedents on NRDAR issues, coordinated industry positions and supported companies in devising corporate-wide and site-specific strategies and assessments.
The Group has spurred state of the art advancements and served as a resource to the broad industrial community. Hundreds of companies turn to the Group when they need NRDAR information – from who to contact in a specific government authority to what techniques are being used to restore certain natural resources. Now, the same can be said about companies in the EU. They are turning to the Group to learn about how the ELD will be implemented in specific Member States and how it may affect their companies.
The Group has its pulse on diverse activities in both the US and the EU. Companies call the Group first. And very often, so do the diverse stakeholders with which we collaborate. Everyone knows that the devil is in the details. The Group is at the forefront of working to effect sound polices and practices because when it comes to actual implementation of NRDAR And ELD policies, this Group could write the book.
The Ad-Hoc Industry Natural Resource Damage Group's programs:
- Establish ongoing communication among Member Companies and between this Group and industrial companies that are, or may become, the subject of natural resource damage and liability actions;
- Inform Member Companies of key technical, economic, legal, and policy developments related to NRDAR and the ELD on a continuing basis, including tracking of legislation, cases, meetings and practice developments;
- Identify and make available to Member Companies continually updated technical, economic, and legal NRDAR and ELD-related reference materials; and
- Provide a forum for the identification and discussion of key issues related to natural resource damage and liability claims, including briefings by experts, research sponsorship, technical workshops and symposia and related projects.
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Industry's Leading NRDAR Group