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Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Services
Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) Services
CRA has been involved in the evaluation and successful negotiation of Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) claims brought by Trustee Agencies. With expertise in population and community ecology, ecological restoration, wetlands, fish consumption advisories, and economics, CRA provides a variety of NRDA services, including:
- Habitat Equivalency Analysis (HEA)
- Quantitative assessments of injury to terrestrial and aquatic resources
- Critical evaluation of the scientific basis of fish consumption advisories
- Assessment of injury to groundwater resources
- Primary and compensatory restoration design and implementation
- Incorporation of ecological restoration into remedial design
- Assessment of potential NRDA liability
- Negotiation of NRDA settlements
- Expert testimony
