Baton Rouge, LA - The State of Louisiana and federal natural resource trustees have completed development of The Louisiana Regional Restoration Planning Program and the first of nine Regional Restoration Plans. The statewide program was developed to assist the trustees in carrying out their Natural Resource Damage Assessment responsibilities for discharges or substantial threats of discharges of oil.

NRDA is the mechanism by which the trustees pursue damages from responsible parties to compensate the public for injuries to natural resources resulting from oil spills.

The RRP Program aims to expedite and reduce the cost of the NRDA process and to