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Superfund: Outlook for and Experience With Natural Resource Damage Settlements

RCED-96-71 Published: Apr 16, 1996. Publicly Released: May 17, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed natural resource damage provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), focusing on: (1) the prospect for future claims by the federal government against polluters for natural resources damage; (2) the amount and use of settlements that federal agencies have already collected from polluters; and (3) the guidelines used by federal agencies to determine an appropriate amount of compensation for natural resources damage.

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Claims settlementConservationDamage claimsDamages (legal)Environmental lawEnvironmental policiesGovernment collectionsLiability (legal)Natural resourcesPollution control