Environmental legacy-liability management is a challenge for the most sophisticated company.  Our consulting services focus on the following areas of environmental risks and issues:

CERCLA Cost Allocation – For multi-party sites the allocation of costs is the bottom line.  This stage of liability exposure is often where a party can best minimize its exposure if properly prepared.  CR Consulting has over 30 years of experience in the development, analysis and advocacy for articulable and defensible allocation positions.  Our experience provides us the background to identify weakness or errors in adverse party positions allowing us to assist our clients in evaluating their exposure.

Historical Forensics – Research and evaluation of available information is necessary for developing an effective and prevailing allocation position.  The key to allocation arguments is “context” and context is determined from understanding the activities and overlying conditions giving rise to the environmental issue.  CR Consulting is expert in identifying, locating and assessing historical information relative to environmental liabilities.  The ability to determine the underlying facts provides the basis upon which all other actions are based.

 Waste-In Databases – Experienced CERCLA practitioners are familiar with waste-in databases and related information.  In some instances these databases are insufficient and not properly designed lacking dynamic analytical capabilities or excluding key information that later is necessary for parties to review.  A properly designed and developed data system allows parties to fully assess their individual positions in an allocation and the overall model for resolution flows from this tool.  CR Consulting is expert in the development, implementation, and analysis of waste disposal information into electronic format.

Cost Recovery – What happens when you are left holding the bag yet others may also be responsible for the environmental costs?  We are experienced in recovering cost from other liable parties through the use of historical forensic research, data analysis, on-line settlement tools and coordination with other experts.

Mediator/Allocator – Short of litigation the next step might be the retention of a third party to help the group resolve their conflicts and reach an allocation the parties can agree upon.

Expert Testimony – C R Consulting staff testify as expert witnesses on the topics of allocation, waste-in database development, site nexus, environmental forensics and related topics.  We have been qualified numerous times in federal district court to testify on these topics.