Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution (ECCR)

The Conflict Prevention and Resolution Center (CPRC) supports EPA’s regulatory, enforcement, and voluntary programs by providing Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution (ECCR) services to the entire agency. ECCR is alternative dispute resolution (ADR) focused on environmental conflicts. Expert CPRC staff, ECCR specialists in the EPA’s 10 regions, and dispute resolution professionals engaged through the Environmental Collaboration and Conflict Resolution Services contract, help EPA and its stakeholders exchange ideas and information, identify areas of concern and common interest, develop recommendations, prevent and overcome disputes, and reach agreements. CPRC supports ECCR across the Agency, pursuant to EPA’s ADR Policy (pdf).