15 CFR § 990.40 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t15/s990.40"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "15 CFR § 990.40 - Purpose."
title_number: 15
title_name: "Commerce and Foreign Trade"
section_number: "990.40"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE"
subchapter_number: "E"
subchapter_name: "OIL POLLUTION ACT REGULATIONS"
part_number: "990"
part_name: "NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 2701"
regulatory_source: "61 FR 500, Jan. 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "990"
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# 990.40 Purpose.

The purpose of this subpart is to provide a process by which trustees determine if they have jurisdiction to pursue restoration under OPA and, if so, whether it is appropriate to do so.