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Final Damage Assessment and
Restoration Plan for the Bayou Verdine
and Calcasieu River
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AGENCY: National Oceanic and
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Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a
document entitled, ‘‘Final Damage
Assessment and Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment for the
Bayou Verdine Site, Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana’’ (Final DARP/EA), has been
approved by the State and Federal
natural resource trustee agencies (the
Trustees). The National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration is the lead
agency publishing this notice in the
Federal Register on behalf of the United
States Fish & Wildlife Service, acting on
behalf of the U.S. Department of the
Interior (USFWS/DOI); Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality
(LDEQ), and Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). The
Final DARRP/EA is now available to the
public. The document describes the
Trustees’ assessment of natural resource
injuries and resource services losses in
the upper Calcasieu Estuary due to past
releases of hazardous substances from
two facilities situated in the upper
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Calcasieu Estuary, in Calcasieu Parish,
LA, that are presently owned and
operated by ConocoPhillips Company
and Sasol North America Inc.
(collectively, the ‘‘potentially
responsible parties’’ or PRPs). The Final
DARP/EA identifies the restoration
project that the Trustees have chosen for
use to restore resources and services to
compensate the public for assessed
losses. The project selected by the
Trustees—the Sabine Unit 99
Restoration Project—will create over 14
new acres of marsh, enhance the
ecological functioning of approximately
247 acres of existing marsh, and
increase the expected functional
lifespan of these marshes. The
restoration site is within the Sabine
National Wildlife Refuge, within the
Calcasieu Estuary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information contact Jean Cowan,
at (225) 578–7924 or e-mail:
Jean.Cowan@noaa.gov. The Final
DARP/EA is available for downloading
at https://www.darrp.noaa.gov (by
clicking on the document title in the
Bayou Verdine announcement on that
page). A copy may also be requested by
sending a written request to Jean Cowan
of NOAA by e-mail:
Jean.Cowan@noaa.gov or by mail to:
Jean Cowan, LSU Sea Grant Building,
Room 124C, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bayou
Verdine is a shallow, sinuous bayou in
the upper Calcasieu Estuary, southwest
of the City of Westlake and slightly
northwest of the City of Lake Charles, in
Calcasieu Parish, LA. It originates in an
agricultural area immediately north and
northwest of petroleum facilities owned
and operated by ConocoPhillips
Company and Sasol North America Inc.,
and flows in a south-southeast direction
through this industrialized segment
before entering the Calcasieu River at
Coon Island Loop. Historical operations
at these two facilities have resulted in
releases of hazardous substances, such
as polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons
(PAHs), heavy metals, and other
hazardous compounds, into Bayou
Verdine and Coon Island Loop, within
the Estuary.
The upper Calcasieu Estuary has been
the focus of a number of past
investigations related to contaminant
releases and is the subject of several ongoing response or corrective action
planning processes under the direction
or oversight of the U. S. Environmental
Protection Agency (USEPA) and/or
LDEQ. The most extensive effort to
identify the nature and extent of
hazardous substances present in the
Estuary to date is the federal-lead
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Remedial Investigation (RI) of
contaminants in sediments, surface
water, and biota in the Calcasieu
Estuary undertaken by the USEPA in
1999. Results from this investigation,
combined with other relevant data and
information, prompted the Trustees to
pursue a natural resource damage
assessment (NRDA) to determine and
quantify resource injuries and losses in
the Estuary attributable to hazardous
substances from the PRPs’ facilities, and
to develop a restoration plan that would
be sufficient to compensate for those
losses.
The Trustees’ decision to proceed
with this NRDA was identified in a
‘‘Notice Of Intent To Perform Damage
Assessment & Develop Restoration Plan
for Natural Resources Injured by
Hazardous Substances in Bayou Verdine
& Coon Island Loop in Calcasieu Parish,
Louisiana’’ published September 26,
2004, in the American Press, a
newspaper of general circulation in
Calcasieu Parish, LA. That notice also
invited public input regarding potential
restoration opportunities in the
watershed that the Trustees could
consider in developing an appropriate
restoration plan. The public was also
afforded an opportunity to review and
comment on the Trustees’ assessment
and restoration plan when the plan was
released as a Draft DARP/EA on March
27, 2009. 74 FR 13193 (March 26, 2009);
American Press, March 27. 2009. The
Trustees received no comments on the
Draft DARP/EA during its 60-day public
comment period. The PRPs were
cooperatively involved in the NRDA
process as well, consistent with 43 CFR
11.32.
The selected restoration project is
expected to be implemented by the
PRPs, under the Trustees’ oversight, in
accordance with the terms of a Consent
Decree that will resolve the liability of
these PRPs for natural resource damages
due to past releases of hazardous
substances attributable to these
facilities.
In undertaking this NRDA and in
releasing this Final DARP/EA, the
Trustees are acting in accordance with
their designation and authorities under
Section 107(f) of the Comprehensive
Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act
(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(f), Section
311 of the Federal Water Pollution and
Control Act (FWPCA), 33 U.S.C. 1321,
Subpart G of the National Oil and
Hazardous Substances Pollution
Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR
300.600–300.615, and regulations at 43
CFR part 11 which are applicable to
natural resource damage assessments
under CERCLA. The Trustees act on
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behalf of the public under these
authorities to protect and restore natural
resources injured or lost as a result of
discharges or releases of hazardous
substances.
Dated: April 21, 2010.
David G. Westerholm,
Director, Office of Response and Restoration,
National Ocean Service, National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Final Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan for the Bayou
Verdine and Calcasieu River
AGENCY: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a document entitled, ``Final
Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for
the Bayou Verdine Site, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana'' (Final DARP/EA),
has been approved by the State and Federal natural resource trustee
agencies (the Trustees). The National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration is the lead agency publishing this notice in the Federal
Register on behalf of the United States Fish & Wildlife Service, acting
on behalf of the U.S. Department of the Interior (USFWS/DOI); Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ), and Louisiana Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF). The Final DARRP/EA is now available to
the public. The document describes the Trustees' assessment of natural
resource injuries and resource services losses in the upper Calcasieu
Estuary due to past releases of hazardous substances from two
facilities situated in the upper
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Calcasieu Estuary, in Calcasieu Parish, LA, that are presently owned
and operated by ConocoPhillips Company and Sasol North America Inc.
(collectively, the ``potentially responsible parties'' or PRPs). The
Final DARP/EA identifies the restoration project that the Trustees have
chosen for use to restore resources and services to compensate the
public for assessed losses. The project selected by the Trustees--the
Sabine Unit 99 Restoration Project--will create over 14 new acres of
marsh, enhance the ecological functioning of approximately 247 acres of
existing marsh, and increase the expected functional lifespan of these
marshes. The restoration site is within the Sabine National Wildlife
Refuge, within the Calcasieu Estuary.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information contact Jean
Cowan, at (225) 578-7924 or e-mail: Jean.Cowan@noaa.gov. The Final
DARP/EA is available for downloading at https://www.darrp.noaa.gov (by
clicking on the document title in the Bayou Verdine announcement on
that page). A copy may also be requested by sending a written request
to Jean Cowan of NOAA by e-mail: Jean.Cowan@noaa.gov or by mail to:
Jean Cowan, LSU Sea Grant Building, Room 124C, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Bayou Verdine is a shallow, sinuous bayou in
the upper Calcasieu Estuary, southwest of the City of Westlake and
slightly northwest of the City of Lake Charles, in Calcasieu Parish,
LA. It originates in an agricultural area immediately north and
northwest of petroleum facilities owned and operated by ConocoPhillips
Company and Sasol North America Inc., and flows in a south-southeast
direction through this industrialized segment before entering the
Calcasieu River at Coon Island Loop. Historical operations at these two
facilities have resulted in releases of hazardous substances, such as
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), heavy metals, and other
hazardous compounds, into Bayou Verdine and Coon Island Loop, within
the Estuary.
The upper Calcasieu Estuary has been the focus of a number of past
investigations related to contaminant releases and is the subject of
several on-going response or corrective action planning processes under
the direction or oversight of the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency
(USEPA) and/or LDEQ. The most extensive effort to identify the nature
and extent of hazardous substances present in the Estuary to date is
the federal-lead Remedial Investigation (RI) of contaminants in
sediments, surface water, and biota in the Calcasieu Estuary undertaken
by the USEPA in 1999. Results from this investigation, combined with
other relevant data and information, prompted the Trustees to pursue a
natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) to determine and quantify
resource injuries and losses in the Estuary attributable to hazardous
substances from the PRPs' facilities, and to develop a restoration plan
that would be sufficient to compensate for those losses.
The Trustees' decision to proceed with this NRDA was identified in
a ``Notice Of Intent To Perform Damage Assessment & Develop Restoration
Plan for Natural Resources Injured by Hazardous Substances in Bayou
Verdine & Coon Island Loop in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana'' published
September 26, 2004, in the American Press, a newspaper of general
circulation in Calcasieu Parish, LA. That notice also invited public
input regarding potential restoration opportunities in the watershed
that the Trustees could consider in developing an appropriate
restoration plan. The public was also afforded an opportunity to review
and comment on the Trustees' assessment and restoration plan when the
plan was released as a Draft DARP/EA on March 27, 2009. 74 FR 13193
(March 26, 2009); American Press, March 27. 2009. The Trustees received
no comments on the Draft DARP/EA during its 60-day public comment
period. The PRPs were cooperatively involved in the NRDA process as
well, consistent with 43 CFR 11.32.
The selected restoration project is expected to be implemented by
the PRPs, under the Trustees' oversight, in accordance with the terms
of a Consent Decree that will resolve the liability of these PRPs for
natural resource damages due to past releases of hazardous substances
attributable to these facilities.
In undertaking this NRDA and in releasing this Final DARP/EA, the
Trustees are acting in accordance with their designation and
authorities under Section 107(f) of the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9607(f),
Section 311 of the Federal Water Pollution and Control Act (FWPCA), 33
U.S.C. 1321, Subpart G of the National Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP), 40 CFR 300.600-300.615, and
regulations at 43 CFR part 11 which are applicable to natural resource
damage assessments under CERCLA. The Trustees act on behalf of the
public under these authorities to protect and restore natural resources
injured or lost as a result of discharges or releases of hazardous
substances.
Dated: April 21, 2010.
David G. Westerholm,
Director, Office of Response and Restoration, National Ocean Service,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
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