Ohio v. Department Of Interior

880 F.2d 432 (D.C. Cir. 1989)

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Nature of the Case

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Facts

DOI promulgated a regulation providing that damages for despoilment of natural resources shall be the lesser of restoration or replacement costs or diminution of use values. This regulation was challenged in that CERLA required damages to be at least sufficient to pay the cost in every case of restoring, replacing, or acquiring the equivalent of the damaged resource. Because the lost value of use could be lower than the cost of restoration, DOI's rule would result in damages too small to pay for the costs of restoration.