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# §1800.200. Oiled shoreline.


Solely for the purpose of calculating the Spill Impact Formula, the following shall apply, rounded to one decimal place with respect to miles of shoreline:


# §1800.201. Miles of shoreline that experienced oiling as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


According to Shoreline Cleanup and Assessment Technique and Rapid Assessment Technique data provided by the United States Coast Guard, the miles of shoreline that experienced oiling on or before April 10, 2011 for each Gulf Coast State are:

- (a) **Alabama—** 89.8 miles.
- (b) **Florida—** 174.6 miles.
- (c) **Louisiana—** 658.3 miles.
- (d) **Mississippi—** 158.6 miles.
- (e) **Texas—** 36.0 miles.

# §1800.202. Proportionate number of miles of shoreline that experienced oiling as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.


The proportionate number of miles for each Gulf Coast State is determined by dividing each Gulf Coast State's number of miles of oiled shoreline determined in [§ 1800.201](/cfr/40/1800.201.md) by the total number of affected miles. This calculation yields the following:

- (a) **Alabama—** 8.04%.
- (b) **Florida—** 15.63%.
- (c) **Louisiana—** 58.92%.
- (d) **Mississippi—** 14.19%.
- (e) **Texas—** 3.22%.

# §1800.300. Inverse proportion of the average distance from Deepwater Horizon at the time of the explosion.


Solely for the purpose of calculating the Spill Impact Formula, the following shall apply, rounded to one decimal place with respect to distance:


# §1800.301. Distances from the Deepwater Horizon at the time of the explosion.

- (a) **Alabama—** The distance from the nearest point of the Alabama shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 89.2 miles. The distance from the farthest point of the Alabama shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 103.7 miles. The average of these two distances is 96.5 miles.
- (b) **Florida—** The distance from the nearest point of the Florida shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 102.3 miles. The distance from the farthest point of the Florida shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 207.6 miles. The average of these two distances is 154.9 miles.
- (c) **Louisiana—** The distance from the nearest point of the Louisiana shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 43.5 miles. The distance from the farthest point of the Louisiana shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 213.7 miles. The average of these two distances is 128.6 miles.
- (d) **Mississippi—** The distance from the nearest point of the Mississippi shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 87.7 miles. The distance from the farthest point of the Mississippi shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 107.9 miles. The average of these two distances is 97.8 miles.
- (e) **Texas—** The distance from the nearest point of the Texas shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 306.2 miles. The distance from the farthest point of the Texas shoreline that experienced oiling from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was 356.5 miles. The average of these two distances is 331.3 miles.

# §1800.302. Inverse proportions.


The inverse proportion for each Gulf Coast State is determined by summing the proportional average distances determined in [§ 1800.301](/cfr/40/1800.301.md) and taking the inverse. This calculation yields the following:

- (a) **Alabama—** 27.39%.
- (b) **Florida—** 17.06%.
- (c) **Louisiana—** 20.55%.
- (d) **Mississippi—** 27.02%.
- (e) **Texas—** 7.98%.

# §1800.400. Coastal county populations.


Solely for the purpose of calculating the Spill Impact Formula, the coastal counties bordering the Gulf of Mexico within each Gulf Coast State are:

- (a) The Alabama Coastal Counties, consisting of Baldwin and Mobile counties;
- (b) The Florida Coastal Counties, consisting of Bay, Charlotte, Citrus, Collier, Dixie, Escambia, Franklin, Gulf, Hernando, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Lee, Levy, Manatee, Monroe, Okaloosa, Pasco, Pinellas, Santa Rosa, Sarasota, Taylor, Wakulla, and Walton counties;
- (c) The Louisiana Coastal Parishes, consisting of Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Mary, St. Tammany, Terrebonne, and Vermilion parishes;
- (d) The Mississippi Coastal Counties, consisting of Hancock, Harrison, and Jackson counties; and
- (e) The Texas Coastal Counties, consisting of Aransas, Brazoria, Calhoun, Cameron, Chambers, Galveston, Jefferson, Kennedy, Kleberg, Matagorda, Nueces, and Willacy counties.

# §1800.401. Decennial census data.


The average populations in the 2010 decennial census for each Gulf Coast State, rounded to the nearest whole number, are:

- (a) For the Alabama Coastal Counties, 297,629 persons;
- (b) For the Florida Coastal Counties, 252,459 persons;
- (c) For the Louisiana Coastal Parishes, 133,633 persons;
- (d) For the Mississippi Coastal Counties,123,567 persons; and
- (e) **For the Texas Coastal Counties, 147,845 persons.**

# §1800.402. Distribution based on average population.


The distribution of funds based on average populations for each Gulf Coast State is determined by dividing the average population determined in [§ 1800.401](/cfr/40/1800.401.md) by the sum of those average populations. This calculation yields the following results:

- (a) **Alabama—** 31.16%.
- (b) **Florida—** 26.43%.
- (c) **Louisiana—** 13.99%.
- (d) **Mississippi—** 12.94%.
- (e) **Texas—** 15.48%.