LSI 2010 NRD Santa Fe final conference binder 072110.pdf

Ken L. Frank of Chevron Environmental Management Company Speaker 14: 8
Reduce the unpredictability of the NRDA process
Injury assessments must focus on measurable adverse
changes in natural resources and their services
Injury assessments should be based on the ecologically
relevant resource population level, rather than discrete
individuals
Trustees must demonstrate the baseline ecological
conditions, including prior discharges and physical
alteration of the environment, and to include the baseline
in the injury assessment
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Minimize transaction costs
Incorporate successful experiences achieved under OPA
– Cooperative Assessments
– Timely response and restoration actions
Coordinate the response action with the restoration plan wherever
possible
– Conduct Ecological Risk Assessment at the same time as the Human
Health Risk Assessment
– Include Trustees in development of the assessment work plans to
eliminate duplicative efforts
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Law Seminars International | Natural Resource Damages | 07/15/10 in Santa Fe, NM