[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR11.40]

[Page 239]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
PART 11--NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart D--Type A Procedures
 
Sec. 11.40  What are type A procedures?


    (a) A type A procedure is a standardized methodology for performing 
Injury Determination, Quantification, and Damage Determination that 
requires minimal field observation. There are two type A procedures: the 
type A procedure for coastal and marine environments; and the type A 
procedure for Great Lakes environments. The type A procedure for coastal 
and marine environments incorporates a computer model called the Natural 
Resource Damage Assessment Model for Coastal and Marine Environments 
Version 2.51 (NRDAM/CME). The NRDAM/CME technical document (incorporated 
by reference, see Sec. 11.18) includes and explains the NRDAM/CME. The 
type A procedure for Great Lakes environments incorporates a computer 
model called the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Model for Great 
Lakes Environments Version 1.51 (NRDAM/GLE). The NRDAM/GLE technical 
document (incorporated by reference, see Sec. 11.18) includes and 
explains the NRDAM/GLE. The authorized official must follow Secs. 11.41 
through 11.44 when using the type A procedures.
    (b) The reasonable and necessary costs incurred in conducting 
assessments under this subpart shall be limited to those costs incurred 
or anticipated by the authorized official for, and specifically 
allocable to, incident-specific efforts taken in the assessment of 
damages for natural resources for which the agency or Indian tribe is 
acting as trustee. Such costs shall be supported by appropriate records 
and documentation, and shall not reflect regular activities performed by 
the agency or the Indian tribe in management of the natural resource. 
Activities undertaken as part of the damage assessment shall be taken in 
a manner that is cost-effective, as that phrase is used in this part.

[52 FR 9096, Mar. 20, 1987, as amended at 53 FR 5175, Feb. 22, 1988; 61 
FR 20611, May 7, 1996; 62 FR 60459, Nov. 10, 1997; 65 FR 6014, Feb. 8, 
2000]