Publication Summary

Title

FOCUS: Assessing Oil Spill Damage

Month-Year PublishedMarch 2002
Revised onJuly 2008
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Short Description

This Focus sheet describes the process used in Washington to determine natural resource damage from oil spills. It also describes the function of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Committee during and after spills, and the factors the committee considers in determining the dollar value assessed for damages. It explains how money from damage assessments is deposited in the Coastal Protection Fund, and how the money can be spent.

Publication Number02-08-004
Author(s)Dale Davis
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Number of pages 2
Keywords assessment, coastal, hazardous, marine issues, money, natural resource damage assessment, NRDA, oil spill, pollution control, resource, spill
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Chapter 173-183 WAC, Preassessment Screening And Oil Spill Compensation Schedule Regulationsrelated regulation

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