Number: RS20772
Title: SUPERFUND AND NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGES
Authors: Mark Reisch, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: Natural resource damages (NRD) has become an issue because of very large claims that have been filed, and because of the prospect of more of them. Key questions are: (1) what costs should be included and how they should be measured; (2) who should bear the burden of proof in NRD cases (the rebuttable presumption question); and (3) when NRD cases go to court, should review be based solely on the compiled administrative record, or should the parties be permitted to introduce new evidence?
Pages: 6
Date: Updated January 8, 2001