[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 2]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR136.207]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
    CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION (CONTINUED)
 
PART 136--OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND; CLAIMS PROCEDURES; DESIGNATION OF SOURCE; AND ADVERTISEMENT--Table of Contents
 
               Subpart C--Procedures for Particular Claims
 
Sec. 136.207  Authorized claimants.

    (a) Claims for uncompensated natural resource damages may be 
presented by an appropriate natural resources trustee. However, in order 
to facilitate the processing of these claims with respect to a single 
incident where multiple trustees are involved and to prevent double 
recovery, the affected trustees should select a lead administrative 
trustee who will present consolidated claims on behalf of the trustees.
    (b) A trustee may present a claim for the reasonable cost of 
assessing natural resources damages separately from a claim for the cost 
of developing and implementing plans for the restoration, 
rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of the equivalent of the 
natural resources damaged.