The 2010 Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution ACT (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781288662784)

The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaked an estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging the waters, shores, and marshes, and the fish and wildlife that live there. The Oil Pollution Act (OPA) establishes a process for assessing the damages to those natural resources and assigning responsibility for restoration to the parties responsible. BP was named the responsible party for the spill. The Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA) process allows Trustees of affected states and the federal government (and Indian tribes and foreign governments, if applicable) to determine the levels of harm and the appropriate remedies.

Author: Kristina Alexander
ISBN-10: 1288662785
ISBN-13: 9781288662784
Publisher: Bibliogov
Language: English
Published: 01/28/2013
Pages: 22
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.13lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.05d