Natural Resource Damage Assessment: Methods and Cases

1) Name and location of case: ______________________________________________________
2) Under which statute(s) is(are) this case pursued? ___OPA ___CERCLA ___Other ( )
define
3) Trustees involved: ____________________________________________________________
4) How many responsible parties are involved? #____
5) When did the event/activity responsible for the injury begin? CY ______
How long did it last? # months ______
6) Event/activity was: ___ NPL site ___ Spill ___ Voluntary ___ Other ( ___ )
describe
7) What was the nature of the contamination? (Check each that applies)
___ Petroleum ___ Hazardous substances ( ) ___ Other ( )
describe describe
8) What was the mass or volume of contaminant(s) released? _____________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
9) The duration (actual or expected) of the injury is (answer one): # months _______
In perpetuity since CY _______
10) What kinds of resources were injured? (Check each that applies)
___ Groundwater ___ Surface water ___ Wetland ___ Air ___ Fish
___ Non-fish wildlife ___ Recreational area ___ Cultural resource ___ Other ( )
describe
11) What was the magnitude of the injury? (e.g. miles of stream damaged, # animals killed, volume
groundwater contaminated) _________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
12) When was the pre-assessment screen performed? CY _______
13) Was a NRDA done for this case? ___ yes ___ no (IF NOT YES, FORM IS DONE)
14) When was the NRDA completed? CY _______
15) Did you hire a consultant to assist with the damage assessment process? ____ yes ____no
16) What was the total cost to your office of the NRDA (including fees)? $ ___________
17) What total estimated damages emerged from your NRDA? $ ___________
18) Many methods are available to determine damages. For this case, check each of the following
methods that were used by your staff, another Trustee, or consultants hired by the Trustees:
In-house
Other Trustee
Consultant(s)
Do not know
Not applicable
Own valuation tool
Benefits transfer
DOI Type A
computer models
NOAA compensation
formulas
Appraisal method
Factor-income
analysis
Market price analysis
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Hedonic analysis
Travel-cost analysis
Averting behavior
analysis
Contingent valuation
Conjoint analysis/
contingent ranking
Habitat equivalency
analysis
Other (specify):