Under this fund certain damage assessment and restoration activities can also be paid for. The Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, financed by a tax on oil was created for the US Coast Guard to clean up spills that the responsible party is incapable or unwilling to perform. In conjunction with CERCLA, it mandates a "National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP) to provide organizational structure and procedures for preparing and responding to discharges of oil and releases of hazardous substances". The statute addressed oil pollution and established liability for the discharge and substantial threat of a discharge of oil into navigable waters of the U.S. The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) was passed in the wake of the March 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. The last revision was in 2008 and it was based on the recommendations of a Federal Advisory Committee.
#History of greenbooks series#
The regulations went through a series of challenges and litigation over the years. The Department's Office of Environmental Policy and Compliance (OEPC) was originally charged with establishing the NRDA regulations and formed an interdisciplinary team, to draft the regulations, final rules were issued for "Type B" in 1986 and "Type A" in 1987. The President delegated the NRDA rulemaking authority to the Secretary of the Department of the Interior. "Type B" site-specific procedures for detailed assessments for individual cases.ĬERCLA mandates biennial review and revision, as appropriate, of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment regulations.
History of Department of the Interior's Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Programīrief History of the CERCLA NRDAR Regulations
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