# 15 CFR § 990.11: Scope

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.11

## Section

- **Citation:** 15 CFR § 990.11
- **Heading:** Scope
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 15—Commerce and Foreign Trade > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE > SUBCHAPTER E—OIL POLLUTION ACT REGULATIONS > PART 990—NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS > Subpart A—Introduction

## Text

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq., provides for the designation of federal, state, and, if designated by the Governor of the state, local officials to act on behalf of the public as trustees for natural resources and for the designation of Indian tribe and foreign officials to act as trustees for natural resources on behalf of, respectively, the tribe or its members and the foreign government. This part may be used by these officials in conducting natural resource damage assessments when natural resources and/or services are injured as a result of an incident involving an actual or substantial threat of a discharge of oil. This part is not intended to affect the recoverability of natural resource damages when recoveries are sought other than in accordance with this part.

## Nearby sections

- [15 CFR § 990.10 § 990.10 Purpose.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.10.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.11 § 990.11 Scope.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.11.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.12 § 990.12 Overview.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.12.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.13 § 990.13 Rebuttable presumption.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.13.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.14 § 990.14 Coordination.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.14.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.15 § 990.15 Considerations to facilitate restoration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.15.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.20 § 990.20 Relationship to the CERCLA natural resource damage assessment regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.20.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.21 § 990.21 Relationship to the NCP.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.21.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.22 § 990.22 Prohibition on double recovery.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.22.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.23 § 990.23 Compliance with NEPA and the CEQ regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.23.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.24 § 990.24 Compliance with other applicable laws and regulations.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.24.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.25 § 990.25 Settlement.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.25.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.26 § 990.26 Emergency restoration.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.26.md)
- [15 CFR § 990.27 § 990.27 Use of assessment procedures.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-15-990.27.md)

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