EnviroAnalytics Group provides a full suite of consulting services centered around the varied and complicated issues of multi-party environmental cleanup disputes. In most instances the critical issue faced is the determination of relative share of liability for each potential responsible party (PRP).
Determining individual PRP cost allotments can be a daunting – fact intensive – process burdened by data gaps, multiple ownership changes, similar and co-mingled pollutants and hostile parties. Failure of PRP’s to agree upon equitable cost sharing allotments often precipitates a requisite judicial determination. All means of alternative dispute resolution should be explored prior to formal litigation.
Formal litigation, including extensive discovery and a trial governed by the rules of evidence, often followed by appellate review, can lead to acceptable allocations. However, the time, expense and distraction can be staggering and often becomes a legal marathon leading to:
- Long solution delays
- Unpredictable and uncontainable transaction costs
- Unpredictable outcomes
- Lengthy complex litigation
The requisite time, expense and uncertainty associated with obtaining a judicial allocation leads many PRP’s to seek an out-of-court environmental dispute resolution. In such cases many factors must be considered including; the number of PRP’s, recalcitrant PRP’s, volumes and toxicity by PRP and much more. EnviroAnalytics Group has successfully negotiated cost and time saving solutions for complex PRP allocation disputes.
