(1) The compensation schedule determines adequate compensation for unquantifiable damages or for damages not quantifiable at a reasonable cost for persons liable under RCW
90.48.142.
(2) Adequate compensation as determined from the compensation schedule is derived from preexisting information of resource vulnerability to a class of oil spilled in a particular subregion of the state during a particular season, plus any additional information collected at the reconnaissance stage of the spill response.
(3) Under RCW
90.48.366, the amount of compensation assessed under this schedule shall be:
(a) For spills totaling one thousand gallons or more in any one event, no less than three dollars per gallon of oil spilled and no greater than three hundred dollars per gallon of oil spilled; and
(b) For spills totaling less than one thousand gallons in any one event, no less than one dollar per gallon of oil spilled and no greater than one hundred dollars per gallon of oil spilled.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
90.48.366,
90.56.050,
90.48.035. WSR 13-01-055 (Order 11-05), § 173-183-320, filed 12/14/12, effective 1/14/13. Statutory Authority: Chapters
90.56, 88.46,
90.48 RCW. WSR 07-22-119 (Order 07-14), § 173-183-320, filed 11/7/07, effective 12/8/07. Statutory Authority: Chapter
90.48 RCW. WSR 92-10-005 (Order 91-13), § 173-183-320, filed 4/23/92, effective 5/24/92.]