Natural Resource Damage Assessments & OHS Spill Contingency Planning

EPA - Oil Spill Prevention & Response

Applied Science Associates Inc. (ASA)

MAP Software

Athena Technologies, Inc.

PCCI Marine and Environmental Engineering

NRDA's conducted under CERCLA regulations (42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.)

DOI's Natural Resource Damage Assessment Model for Coastal and Marine Environments (NRDAM/CME)

CERCLA/EPCRA Guidance Memos and Documents

NRDA's conducted under OPA/CWA regulations (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.)

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (an amendment to the Clean Water Act)

NOAA's Damage Assessment and Restoration (DARP) Homepage

Contingent Valuation (CV) Methodologies for calculating Natural Resource Damages

NOAA's Final Guidance Documents

NOAA's Legal Authorities for Restoring Coastal Resources

Coastal and Marine Natural Resource Restoration Related Web Sites

NOAA's Office of Ocean Resources Conservation and Assessment (ORCA)

Tidal Models (as input into spill trajectory models)

JPL PO.DAAC - Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center

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