Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA)
Public Meeting
Thursday, November 18
Tulane Law School
6329 Freret Street
New Orleans, LA
2:30 p.m.-4:30 pm
Room 357

The State of Louisiana, in conjunction with the other Gulf Coast States and federal natural resource trustees, are conducting a Natural Resource Damage Assessment for the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Louisiana's lead trustee agency for the Oil Spill, along with the Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, are hosting a series of public meetings on this topic across coastal Louisiana. The public is invited to learn the fundamentals of the Natural Resource Damages Assessment process through these meetings and find out how they can participate in restoration planning to restore our state's natural resources injured by the spill.

Agenda:

-Welcome/Introductions
-NRDA Presentation, Karolien Debusschere, Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office
-Questions and Answers, State and Federal NRDA Trustee representatives
-Media Availability

Tulane Contact:
Contact: Mark Davis at (504) 865-5982 or (504) 919-8324 (cell)

For press inquiries:
Contact: Andrea Taylor at (225)229-5126

Hosted by Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy