---
kind: "section"
citation: "15 C.F.R. § 990.50"
title: "15"
number: "990.50"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/15/990.50"
---

# §990.50. Purpose.


The purpose of this subpart is to provide a process by which trustees evaluate and quantify potential injuries (injury assessment), and use that information to determine the need for and scale of restoration actions (restoration selection).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.

### Source

Source: 61 FR 500, Jan. 5, 1996, unless otherwise noted.