The 2010 Oil Spill: Natural Resource Damage Assessment Under the Oil Pollution Act
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The 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill leaked an estimated 4.1 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, damaging the waters, shores, and marshes, and the fish and wildlife that live there. When resources in the public trust are harmed by contamination, federal, state, foreign, and tribal governments may seek compensation for damage to natural resources under certain laws. This is done in two steps: first, by assessing the harm; then, by determining how and what restoration will take place.…
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Date:
September 8, 2010
Creator:
Alexander, Kristina
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