Welcome to the Superfund and Natural Resource Damages Litigation Committee. Our members include attorneys with a wide variety of practices within the superfund and natural resource damage assessment and restoration arenas: tribal, state, and federal government attorneys representing private and government parties, regulators and the regulated community, NRD trustees and responsible parties; and law students who are future superfund and NRD practitioners. The Committee is intended to be a comprehensive source of information regarding developments in superfund and NRD litigation, law, and policy; and a forum for debate and discussion among Committee members and with other Committees. If you are not yet a member of the Committee, we would be glad to include you among our ranks.

It is an interesting time in superfund and NRD litigation, and we have a number of programs in the works for the 2009-2010 ABA year to keep you informed. We are planning quick teleconferences, brown bags, quarterly newsletters, contributions to the Year in Review, and a program at the Annual Winter Meeting of the Environmental Committees in Salt Lake City in March.

The Committee supports and endorses the Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER)’s "One Million Trees Project - Right Tree for the Right Place at the Right Time" nationwide public service project. I rolled up my sleeves and planted trees in Baltimore, Maryland before the Fall SEER section meeting, alongside members of a number of other Committees and John Cruden, SEER Chair. I encourage Committee members to participate in local tree-planting events, including one planned for the Winter Meeting in Salt Lake City, to contribute to the goal of planting one million trees across the United States in the next five years.

Thank you for visiting. If you have ideas for additions to the page, or additional information or resources that would help you in your practice, just e-mail me or any of the Committee Vice-Chairs identified in the box to the right. We would be happy to hear from you.

The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) is pleased to make available the results of a comprehensive review of the core federal environmental statutes to assess the suitability of each to address issues pertinent to human health and the environment arising from applications of nanotechnology. Earlier this year, the Section offered to brief representatives of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of General Counsel (OGC) and pertinent other EPA representatives in EPA program offices on legal and regulatory issues arising in connection with the application of existing statutory and regulatory authorities to engineered nanoscale materials. Specifically, the Section offered to prepare detailed briefing documents on each of the six core environmental statutes, and a briefing document on innovative governance mechanisms, that identify key legal and regulatory issues EPA can be expected to encounter as it considers how best to address issues likely to arise in connection with nanotechnology.

Section Nanotechnology Project Home Page

CERCLA Nanotechnology Issues