[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR25.803]

[Page 103]
 
                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
          CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
 
PART 25--CLAIMS--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart H--Pollution Removal Damage Claims
 
Sec. 25.803  Claims payable.

    A claim for damage to or loss of real or personal property is 
payable under this subpart if:
    (a) Caused by the United States, its employees, agents or 
contractors during containment, countermeasures, cleanup, mitigation, 
and disposal activities under the National Contingency Plan; and
    (b) In the exercise of care reasonable under the circumstances, the 
incident giving rise to the claim was necessary and the damage 
unavoidable.