Natural resource damage assessment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-018293",
  "term": "Natural resource damage assessment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Natural Resource Damage Assessment",
  "definition": "An assessment or measurement of the losses suffered by the public when public air, water, lands, plants, or animals have been injured by the release of hazardous substances. Authorized by the Federal Clean Water Act, Superfund law, and Oil Pollution Act, the assessment is carried out by certain Federal, State, and Tribal agencies who have been designated as natural resource trustees. The value of the losses suffered by the public is calculated by determining the extent of the injuries, and conducting economic studies to determine the value that the public places on the injured resources and services. In the Lower Fox River project, the FWS, the NOAA, and the Oneida and Menominee Tribes are conducting a joint natural resource damage assessment. In addition, the State of Wisconsin and potentially responsible parties are jointly conducting a separate collaborative natural resource damage assessment pursuant to an agreement they signed in January of 1997.",
  "abbreviation": "NRDA",
  "subject": "Land, waste and cleanup",
  "references": [
    "Region 5 Cleanup Sites Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/natural-resource-damage-assessment/"
}