PURPOSE |
SPECIFIC ALLOCATIONS |
Compensate for natural resource damages, state and local response costs, and individual financial damage. |
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Fund research projects and consortia to understand, respond to, and mitigate the impacts of petroleum pollution and related stressors of the marine and coastal ecosystems, with an emphasis on the Gulf of Mexico. |
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Inform residents of the Gulf region about their own health and facilitate access, now and in the future, to skilled frontline health care providers supported by networks of specialists knowledgeable in addressing physical, behavioral, and mental health needs. |
$50 million to the Primary Care Capacity Project; $36 million to the Mental and Behavioral Health Capacity Project; $4 million to the Community Health Workers Training Project; and $15 million to the Environmental Health Capacity and Literacy Project |
Establish a new research program focused on human health and environmental protection in the Gulf of Mexico and on the U.S. outer continental shelf, including issues relating to offshore oil drilling and hydrocarbon production and transportation. |
For work in three program areas: oil system safety, human health, and environmental resources using three approaches: research and development, education and training, and environmental monitoring. Allocation among program areas and approaches were not specified. |
Fund wetlands restoration and conservation projects located in states bordering the Gulf of Mexico or otherwise designated to benefit migratory bird species and other wildlife and habitat affected by the oil spill. |
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Remedy harm and eliminate or reduce the risk of future harm to Gulf Coast natural resources that were adversely affected by the DWH explosion and oil spill. |
$1.272 billion for barrier island and river diversion projects in LA; $356 million for natural resource projects in each of AL, FL, and MS; $203 million for projects in TX. |
Create community–university partnerships to examine the long-term impact from the oil spill on the health of Gulf Coast residents and communities. This NIEHS research initiative and other related programs help communities and institutions in the Gulf and around the country understand how to be prepared for disasters and limit negative health effects related to disasters. |
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Restore natural resources impacted by the spill to the condition they would have been in had the spill not occurred. |
NOAA and the Department of the Interior (DOI) will each receive $100 million for projects to restore federal trust resources. The trustees for each Gulf State will receive $100 million; $300 million will be used for restoration projects that the state trustees suggest, and that NOAA and DOI select. |
Fund federal agencies to administer the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), respond to future oil spills, and support research and development. |
$50 million for the Emergency Fund, used for spill response and to initiate natural resource damage assessments. The rest is for the Principal Fund used to compensate those harmed by an oil spill when responsible parties cannot pay and, when appropriated by Congress to cover the costs of administering provisions of the OPA. |
Varies with the process, but generally for restoration and protection of the natural resources, ecosystems, and economies of the Gulf Coast. |
35% of the fund goes directly to the five Gulf States in equal shares; 30% goes to a regional Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council; 30% goes to the five Gulf States based on a formula that considers their respective disturbance from the DWH oil spill; 2.5% will support a NOAA-led Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology program; 2.5% will sustain a competitive grant program to establish Centers of Excellence to conduct Gulf Coast research. |