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The Group was founded in June 1988 by major corporations in wide-ranging industrial sectors, in cooperation with Barbara J. Goldsmith & Company, to enable ongoing communication among companies that were, or might become, the subject of natural resource damage (NRD) actions under CERCLA or “Superfund”, the Oil Pollution Act, and other federal, state, and local laws. For over two decades, the Group has assumed principal responsibility for coordinating industry positions on NRD matters nationally (exclusive of lobbying) and it acts as a clearinghouse for the industrial community on wide-ranging NRD-related issues. The Group maintains contact with many hundreds of companies, individual practitioners (scientists, attorneys, economists), consulting firms and law firms, and industry/business trade organizations across the United States and abroad in an effort to promote consistency on NRDAR issues throughout the industrial community, advance best practices, and serve as a resource on NRD and ELD-related matters.
The Group has played a major role in informing the EU industrial community about the ELD and how it can affect businesses. A White Paper was prepared soon after the Directive was enacted in 2004 and various issue papers and case studies have helped companies to better understand the scope of the ELD, how it may affect their company across the EU, and the key issues that are likely to arise in practice. |
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Industry's Leading NRDAR Group