American Bar Association Energy and Resources Committees

Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee

2010-2011 Committee Chair:

Rebecca Wright Pritchett, Pritchett Law Firm LLC, Birmingham, AL

ETAB Committee Publications

Todd Davis, Brownfields: A Comprehensive Guide to Redeveloping Contaminated Property (2nd Edition) (3rd Edition coming soon!)
Amy L. Edwards, Implementing Institutional Controls at Brownfields and Other Contaminated Sites (2nd Edition coming soon!)

About Committee

The Environmental Transactions and Brownfields Committee deals with the role of environmental law in transactions of all kinds, with special attention to the redevelopment of brownfields, including assumption and apportionment of liability, voluntary clean-up laws, prospective purchaser agreements, insurance, institutional controls, environmental justice, parent and successor liability, underground storage tanks and audit privilege.

ETAB Hot Topics

From time to time list serve discussions generate helpful practice tips in the form of e-mail discussions among our members. To give each of our members access to these discussions without clogging up the list serve, we are going to post the e-mail discussions. Today, we post an informative discussion about CERCLA windfall liens. We hope you find this new resource helpful you have general feedback, please feel free to contact us by e-mail.

CERCLA windfall liens - First Half
CERCLA windfall liens - Second Half

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Harry Weiss : Former Vice Chair for Technology
Ken Whittaker: Former Vice Chair for Web Site Improvement