Natural Resource Damages definition

Natural Resource Damages or “NRD” means any damages recoverable by the United States or the State on behalf of the public for injury to, destruction of, or loss or impairment of Natural Resources at the Site as a result of a release of hazardous substances, including but not limited to: (i) the costs of assessing such injury, destruction, or loss or impairment arising from or relating to such a release; (ii) the costs of restoration, rehabilitation, or replacement of injured or lost natural resources or of acquisition of equivalent resources; (iii) the costs of planning such restoration activities; (iv) compensation for injury, destruction, loss, impairment, diminution in value, or loss of use of natural resources; and (v) each of the categories of recoverable damages described in 43 C.F.R. § 11.15 and applicable state law.

Natural Resource Damages or “Damages” means the compensation sought by the Department as a result of injury, destruction, or loss of natural resources or services, or the restoration or replacement of such natural resources or services.

Natural Resource Damages means damages for injury to, destruction of, or loss of natural resources as defined in 42 U.S.C. § 101(16) and includes natural resource damages assessment costs and Restoration Actions.

Examples of Natural Resource Damages in a sentence

• Subject only to the reservations of rights in Paragraphs 64 and 65, the United States also covenants not to sue BPXP and/or other BP Entities for (a) past, present, or future Natural Resource Damages, whether known or unknown, including assessment costs, resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Incident; and (b) costs of response or removal related to the Deepwater Horizon Incident.61.

• No Gulf State shall designate any new Trustee for the purpose of asserting a claim for Natural Resource Damages resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Incident.

• The Assumed Year presented in Table 3 shall be adjusted, if necessary, so that the first payment is due 60 Days after the Effective Date and each subsequent payment is due, respectively, on the subsequent anniversary of the Effective Date.Table 3: Schedule for Payment of Past Federal and State Natural Resource Damages Assessment Costs Eastern District of Louisiana.

• Interest on all unpaid portions of the Natural Resource Damages payments required under this Paragraph shall accrue in accordance with Section VII and shall be paid as provided in Paragraph 21.a.Table 2: Payment Schedule for $7.1 Billion Payment for Natural Resource Damages 17.

• Subject only to the reservation of rights in Paragraph 64, the Gulf States also covenant not to sue BPXP and/or BP Entities for (a) past, present or future Natural Resource Damages, whether known or unknown, including assessment costs, resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Incident; and (b) costs of response or removal related to the Deepwater Horizon Incident.62.

More Definitions of Natural Resource Damages

Natural Resource Damages means any damages recoverable by the United States, the State, or the Tribe on behalf of the public, pursuant to Sections 107(a)(4)(C) and 107(f) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. §§ 9607(a)(4)(C) and 9607(f), Section 311(f)(4) or (5) of the Clean Water Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. §1321(f)(4) or (5), Section 1002(b)(2)(A) of the Oil Pollution Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. § 2702(b)(2)(A), State Natural Resource Damage Law, or any other federal, state, or local law or regulation or common law, for injury to, destruction of, loss of, loss of use or non-use of, or impairment of Natural Resources, including any services such Natural Resources provide, resulting from

Natural Resource Damages means the damages described at Section 1002(b)(2)(A) of OPA, 33 U.S.C. § 2702(b)(2)(A).

Natural Resource Damages means compensation for injury to, destruction of, or loss of, Natural Resources in the Ashtabula River Area arising from or relating to releases of hazardous substances into, or which have migrated into, the Ashtabula River Area, as set forth in Section 107(a)(4)(C) of CERCLA. Natural Resource Damages includes reimbursement of Assessment Costs incurred by the Trustees in assessing such injury, destruction, or loss arising from or relating to such a release, and each of the categories of damages described in 43 C.F.R. §11.15.

Natural Resource Damages means the damages described at Section 1002(b)(2)(A) of OPA, 33 U.S.C. § 2702(b)(2)(A), and at Section 552(2) of the Oil Law.

Natural Resource Damages means compensatory relief or damages, including the reasonable costs of assessing such damages, that are recoverable

Natural Resource Damages means any damages recoverable by the State and the Tribal Trustees on behalf of the public for injury to, destruction of, loss or impairment of Natural Resources as set forth in CERCLA Section 107(a)(4)(C), 42 U.S.C.

Natural Resource Damages means any costs or damages recoverable by the United States or any of the Gulf States (including the Trustees) as trustees or parens patriae on behalf of the public under Section 1002(b)(2)(A) of OPA, 33 U.S.C. § 2702(b)(2)(A),the Park System Resource Protection Act, 54 U.S.C. § 100722 and the former 16 U.S.C. § 19jj-1 (repealed Dec. 19, 2014), the National Marine Sanctuaries Act, 16 U.S.C. § 1443, Section 311(f)(4) and (5) of the CWA, 33 U.S.C. §§ 1321(f)(4) and (5), Section 107(a)(4)(C) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. § 9607(a)(4)(C), any other federal law, state law, common law, or any federal, state, or local regulation, rule, guidance or ordinance, as compensation to the public for injury to, destruction of, loss of, or loss of use of Natural Resources, including any natural resource services they provide, resulting from a release or threat of release of oil or a hazardous substance or any removal or response action (including any diversion of freshwater). Natural Resource Damages include, without limitation: (i) the costs of assessing injury, destruction, loss of, or loss of use of Natural Resources and the resulting damages; (ii) the costs of restoration, rehabilitation, or replacement of injured, destroyed, or lost Natural Resources and natural resource services or of acquisition of equivalent resources; (iii) the costs of planning and monitoring such restoration activities; and (iv) any other compensation for diminution in value or loss of use or non-use values of Natural Resources.