Type B technical information document: guidance on use of Habitat Evaluation Procedures and Habitat Suitability Index models for CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act) applications

Technical Report · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:5769667

The document provides recommendations on the use of Habitat Evaluation Procedures (HEP) and Habitat Suitability Index (HSI) models for type B natural resource damage assessments within the 43 CFR Part 11 regulations. It provides information to assist in quantifying habitat changes resulting from a discharge of oil or a release of hazardous substances. In the quantification section of that rule, provision is made for measuring the effects of injury, and consequently the damages, due to oil or hazardous substances based on restoration of services lost. The procedures described here are among a number of alternative methods for determining the extent of such injury. It provides recommendations concerning one of several alternative methods of quantifying the effects of injury based on habitat changes. Sources of information for oil and hazardous substances, including data bases and guidance on selecting specialists for assistance with habitat evaluation studies, are discussed. The document also discusses possible applications of HEP in the development of restoration plans. The information in the document supplements the guidance in 43 CFR Part 11, but is not required to be followed to obtain the rebuttable presumption provided by those regulations.

• Research Organization: National Ecology Center, Fort Collins, CO (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5769667
• Report Number(s): PB-88-100151/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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