When do the Federal Natural Resource Trustees become involved in coordinating the necessary assessment and restoration of natural resource damages?
Top The Office of Natural Resource Restoration, as the State’s natural resource trustee representative for the Commissioner of NJDEP, is a co-trustee with designated Federal Natural Resource Trustee agencies under Federal law. The trustee agencies that the Office of Natural Resource Restoration most frequently interacts with are the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. When natural resources under their authority are also impacted, the Trustees can participate in assisting with the identification of natural resources injured, determining the extent of the injuries, recovering compensatory restoration and damages from those responsible, and carrying out natural resource restoration activities.
