Part 11 — Natural Resource Damage Assessments
Current through Aug 12, 2026
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 9651(c), as amended.
Source: 51 FR 27725, Aug. 1, 1986, unless otherwise noted.
Sections
- § 11.10 Scope and applicability.
- § 11.11 Purpose.
- § 11.12 Biennial review of regulations.
- § 11.13 Overview.
- § 11.14 Definitions.
- § 11.15 What damages may a trustee recover?
- § 11.16 [Reserved]
- § 11.17 Compliance with applicable laws and standards.
- § 11.18 Incorporation by reference.
- § 11.19 [Reserved]
- § 11.20 Notification and detection.
- § 11.21 Emergency restorations.
- § 11.22 Sampling of potentially injured natural resources.
- § 11.23 Preassessment screen—general.
- § 11.24 Preassessment screen—information on the site.
- § 11.25 Preassessment screen—preliminary identification of resources potentially at risk.
- § 11.30 What does the authorized official do if an assessment is warranted?
- § 11.31 What does the Assessment Plan include?
- § 11.32 How does the authorized official develop the Assessment Plan?
- § 11.33 What types of assessment procedures are available?
- § 11.34 When may a trustee use a Type A procedure?
- § 11.35 How does the trustee decide whether to use Type A or Type B procedures?
- § 11.36 May the trustee use both a Type A and Type B procedure for the same release?
- § 11.37 Must the trustee confirm exposure before implementing the Type B Assessment Plan?
- § 11.38 Assessment Plan—preliminary estimate of damages.
- § 11.40 How does a trustee use the Type A procedure?
- § 11.41 What information is included in a Type A Report?
- § 11.42 What documents must be in the administrative record when the Type A Report is published?
- § 11.43 What is the process for Type A Report comments?
- § 11.44 How do the trustees conclude the Type A procedure?
- § 11.60 Type B assessments—general.
- § 11.61 Injury determination phase—general.
- § 11.62 Injury determination phase—injury definition.
- § 11.63 Injury determination phase—pathway determination.
- § 11.64 Injury determination phase—testing and sampling methods.
- § 11.70 Quantification phase—general.
- § 11.71 Quantification phase—service reduction quantification.
- § 11.72 Quantification phase—baseline services determination.
- § 11.73 Quantification phase—resource recoverability analysis.
- § 11.80 Damage determination phase—general.
- § 11.81 Damage determination phase—restoration and compensation determination plan.
- § 11.82 Damage determination phase—alternatives for restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, and/or acquisition of equivalent resources.
- § 11.83 Damage determination phase—use value methodologies.
- § 11.84 Damage determination phase—implementation guidance.
- § 11.90 What documentation must the authorized official prepare after completing the assessment?
- § 11.91 How does the authorized official seek recovery of the assessed damages from the potentially responsible party?
- § 11.92 Post-assessment phase—restoration account.
- § 11.93 Post-assessment phase—restoration plan.
- Appendix I to Part 11—Methods for Estimating the Areas of Ground Water and Surface Water Exposure During the Preassessment Screen