CFR > Title 15 - Commerce and Foreign Trade > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Commerce and Foreign Trade > CHAPTER IX—NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE (parts 902 to 996) > SUBCHAPTER E—OIL POLLUTION ACT REGULATIONS (parts 990 to 990) > PART 990—NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS > SUBPART D—Preassessment Phase (§990.40 to §990.45) > 990.43—Data collection.

990.43—Data collection.

Trustees may conduct data collection and analyses that are reasonably related to Preassessment Phase activities. Data collection and analysis during the Preassessment Phase must be coordinated with response actions such that collection and analysis does not interfere with response actions. Trustees may collect and analyze the following types of data during the Preassessment Phase:
(a) Data reasonably expected to be necessary to make a determination of jurisdiction under § 990.41 of this part, or a determination to conduct restoration planning under § 990.42 of this part ;
(b) Ephemeral data; and
(c) Information needed to design or implement anticipated assessment procedures under subpart E of this part.