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September 2009

EDR database searching: It's a no-brainer

Q: Which field restrictions and carefully formulated queries are best for tailoring your searches in Environmental Data Resources (EDR) databases?
A: It doesn't matter.

User-friendly search templates are now available for all EDR databases on Westlaw. You can just type information in the appropriate text boxes, click Search Westlaw, and harvest your results. No expertise necessary.

These databases include (but are not limited to) the following:

  • Environmental Data Resources–Civil Enforcement Docket (EDR-DOCKET)
  • Environmental Data Resources–Combined Materials (EDR-COMB)
  • Environmental Data Resources–Compliance Records (EDR-COMPLY)
  • Environmental Data Resources–National Priorities List (NPL) and Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) (EDR-NPLPRP)
  • Environmental Data Resources–Superfund Materials (EDR-SFUND)
  • Individual State Environmental Records (EDR-XX), where XX is a state's two-letter postal abbreviation

This enhancement makes it especially easy to retrieve all EDR documents available for a particular individual or facility. For example, to identify all state and federal environmental records on file for 1145 E. 233rd St., Carson, Calif., access EDR-COMB. Type 1145 /3 233rd & carson in the Facility or Owner's Address text box and ca in the Facility or Owner's State text box. Then click Search Westlaw.


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