Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Planning

After an oil spill, federal agencies study the effects through the Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA) process, identifying the injury to natural resources and lost public uses, best methods for restoration, and amount of restoration required. EPA was designated as a trustee for the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill Natural Resource Damage Assessment under Executive Order 13626.

2015:

• 2015 Early Restoration EPA interim partial claim for DWH NRDA Funding (11 pp, 2MB, About PDF)
• 2015 EPA interim partial claim for DWH NRDA Funding (23 pp, 4MB, About PDF)
• Reformatted 2015 Early Restoration EPA interim partial claim for DWH NRDA funding (59 pp, 8.5MB, About PDF)

2014:

• 2014 EPA interim partial claim for DWH NRDA Funding (7 pp, 1MB, About PDF)
• BP Response Re: 2014 EPA interim partial claim for DWH NRDA funding (March 2014) (5 pp, 96KB, About PDF)
• EPA response to BP correspondence re: 2014 EPA interim partial claim and enclosure (August 2014) (2 pp, 195KB, About PDF)

2013:

• 2013 EPA interim partial claim for DWH NRDA funding (4 pp, 883KB, About PDF)

Additional information on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill:

Official federal government website for spill response and recovery.

Information and materials on EPA’s enforcement response to the DWH Oil Spill

Learn about the DWH Assessment and Restoration Planning.