Notice of Availability; Florida Trustee Implementation Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final Phase V.2 Restoration Plan and Supplemental Environmental Assessment; Florida Coastal Access Project, 11558-11559 [2018-05137]
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Implementation Group Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Final Phase V.2
Restoration Plan and Supplemental
Environmental Assessment; Florida
Coastal Access Project
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ACTION:
Department of the Interior.
Notice of availability.
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage
Assessment and Restoration Plan and
Final Programmatic Environmental
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Obtaining Documents: You
may download the Final Phase V.2 RP/
SEA at any of the following sites:
• https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon
• https://www.gulfspill
restoration.noaa.gov
• https://dep.state.fl.us/
deepwaterhorizon/default.htm
Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You
may also view the document at any of
the public facilities listed at https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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AGENCY:
Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS),
and the resulting Consent Decree, the
Federal and State natural resource
trustee agencies for the Florida Trustee
Implementation Group (Florida TIG)
have approved the Final Phase V.2
Restoration Plan and Supplemental
Environmental Assessment (Final Phase
V.2 RP/SEA) and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI). The Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA supplements the
2016 Final Phase V Early Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessment
(Final Phase V ERP/EA) and selects to
fund the second phase of the Florida
Coastal Access Project intended to
continue the process of restoring natural
resources and services injured or lost as
a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill.
On or about April 20, 2010, the
mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater
Horizon, which was being used to drill
a well for BP Exploration and
Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo
prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252–
MC252), experienced a significant
explosion, fire, and subsequent sinking
in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an
unprecedented volume of oil and other
discharges from the rig and from the
wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater
Horizon oil spill is the largest offshore
oil spill in U.S. history, discharging
millions of barrels of oil over a period
of 87 days. In addition, well over 1
million gallons of dispersants were
applied to the waters of the spill area in
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an attempt to disperse the spilled oil.
An undetermined amount of natural gas
was also released into the environment
as a result of the spill.
The Trustees conducted the natural
resource damage assessment (NRDA) for
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under
the Oil Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. 2791 et
seq.; OPA). Pursuant to OPA, Federal
and State agencies act as trustees on
behalf of the public to assess natural
resource injuries and losses and to
determine the actions required to
compensate the public for those injuries
and losses. OPA further instructs the
designated trustees to develop and
implement a plan for the restoration,
rehabilitation, replacement, or
acquisition of the equivalent of the
injured natural resources under their
trusteeship, including the loss of use
and services from those resources from
the time of injury until the time of
restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred) is
complete.
The Deepwater Horizon Trustees are:
• U.S. Department of the Interior
(DOI), as represented by the National
Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, and Bureau of Land
Management;
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA), on behalf of
the U.S. Department of Commerce;
• U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA);
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA);
• State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority,
Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,
Department of Environmental Quality,
Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
and Department of Natural Resources;
• State of Mississippi Department of
Environmental Quality;
• State of Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources and
Geological Survey of Alabama;
• State of Florida Department of
Environmental Protection and Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
• State of Texas: Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department, Texas General
Land Office, and Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality.
Upon completion of the NRDA, the
Trustees reached and finalized a
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settlement of their natural resource
damage claims with BP in an April 4,
2016, Consent Decree approved by the
United States District Court for the
Eastern District of Louisiana. Pursuant
to that Consent Decree, restoration
projects in the Florida Restoration Area
are now chosen and managed by the
Florida TIG. The Florida TIG is
composed of the following six Trustees:
State of Florida Department of
Environmental Protection and Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission;
DOI; NOAA; EPA; and USDA.
A notice of availability of the Draft
Phase V.2 Restoration Plan and
Supplemental Environmental
Assessment was published in the
Federal Register on November 8, 2017
(82 FR 51858). The public was provided
with a period to review and comment
on the Draft Restoration Plan, from
November 8, 2017, through December 8,
2017, and a public meeting was held on
November 16, 2017, in Port St. Joe,
Florida. The Florida TIG considered the
public comments received, which
informed the TIG’s analyses and
selection of the preferred restoration
alternative, the Salinas Park Addition
project, in the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA.
A summary of the public comments
received, and the Florida TIG’s
responses to those comments, are
addressed in Chapter 6 of the Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA. The FONSI is
included as Appendix C of the Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA.
Background
In the 2011 Framework Agreement for
Early Restoration Addressing Injuries
Resulting from the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill (Framework Agreement), BP
agreed to provide to the Trustees up to
$1 billion toward early restoration
projects in the Gulf of Mexico to address
injuries to natural resources caused by
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The
Framework Agreement represented a
preliminary step toward the restoration
of injured natural resources and was
intended to expedite the start of
restoration in the Gulf in advance of the
completion of the injury assessment
process. In the five phases of the early
restoration process, the Trustees
selected, and BP agreed to fund, a total
of 65 early restoration projects expected
to cost a total of approximately $877
million. The Trustees selected these
projects after public notice, public
meetings, and consideration of public
comments.
The April 4, 2016, Consent Decree
terminated and replaced the Framework
Agreement and provided that the
Trustees shall use remaining early
restoration funds as specified in the
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early restoration plans and in
accordance with the Consent Decree.
The Trustees have determined that
decisions concerning any unexpended
early restoration funds are to be made
by the appropriate TIG, in this case the
Florida TIG.
Overview of the Final Phase V.2 RP/
SEA
The Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA/FONSI
is being released in accordance with
OPA, NRDA regulations found in the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 15
CFR part 990, NEPA, the Consent
Decree, the Final PDARP/PEIS, the
Phase III ERP/PEIS and the Phase V
ERP/EA. The purpose of this notice is to
inform the public of the availability of
the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA and FONSI.
The Florida TIG has selected to fund
the second phase of the Florida Coastal
Access Project in the Final Phase V.2
RP/SEA to address lost recreational
opportunities in Florida caused by the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. In the Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA, the Florida TIG
selected to fund one alternative, the
Salinas Park Addition, which involves
the acquisition and enhancement of a
6.6-acre coastal parcel. The Florida
Coastal Access Project was allocated
approximately $45.4 million in early
restoration funds, and the Salinas Park
Addition will cost approximately $3.2
million of the $6.4 million remaining
funds not utilized in the first phase of
the Florida Coastal Access Project.
Details on the second phase of the
Florida Coastal Access Project are
provided in the Final Phase V.2 RP/
SEA. Additional restoration planning
for the Florida Restoration Area will
continue.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for the Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA can be viewed at
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/
administrativerecord.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.) and its implementing Natural
Resource Damage Assessment
regulations found at 15 CFR part 990
and the National Environmental Policy
Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Kevin D. Reynolds,
Designated Department of the Interior Natural
Resource Trustee Official for the Florida
Implementation Group.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Impact Statement and a
Possible Land Use Plan Amendment
for the Proposed Crescent Peak Wind
Project, West of Searchlight in Clark
County, Nevada; and a Notice of Public
Lands Segregation
Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of intent.
AGENCY:
As requested by Crescent
Peak Renewables, LLC, and in
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as
amended (NEPA), the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), Las Vegas Field
Office will prepare an Environmental
Impact Statement (EIS), which may
include a Plan Amendment to the 1998
Las Vegas Resource Management Plan
(RMP) or subsequent RMP, for a
proposed wind energy project located
on public lands 10 miles west of
Searchlight in Clark County, Nevada.
Publication of this Notice initiates the
scoping process and opens a 90-day
public comment period. The BLM is
considering a Plan Amendment to
change the Visual Resource
Management classification of the project
area. Through a separate ongoing
process, the 1998 Las Vegas RMP is
being revised. If the BLM issues a
Record of Decision (ROD) before the
RMP revision is completed, and a
change to the plan is determined to be
necessary, then the ROD would amend
the 1998 RMP. If the ROD comes after
RMP revision is completed, and a
change to the plan is necessary, then the
ROD would amend the revised RMP.
Publication of this Notice serves to
segregate the public lands from
appropriation under the public land
laws, including location under the
Mining Law, but not the Mineral
Leasing Act or the Materials Act, subject
to valid existing rights. This Notice
initiates the public scoping process and
the segregation.
DATES: Comments on issues may be
submitted in writing until June 13,
2018. The date(s) and location(s) of the
scoping meetings will be announced at
least 15 days prior in a news release and
on the BLM website at: https://bit.ly/
2tkVGC5.
Comments must be received prior to
the close of the scoping period or no
later than 15 days after the last public
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Notice of Availability; Florida Trustee Implementation Group
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final Phase V.2 Restoration Plan and
Supplemental Environmental Assessment; Florida Coastal Access Project
AGENCY: Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS),
and the resulting Consent Decree, the Federal and State natural
resource trustee agencies for the Florida Trustee Implementation Group
(Florida TIG) have approved the Final Phase V.2 Restoration Plan and
Supplemental Environmental Assessment (Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA) and
Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI). The Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA
supplements the 2016 Final Phase V Early Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment (Final Phase V ERP/EA) and selects to fund the
second phase of the Florida Coastal Access Project intended to continue
the process of restoring natural resources and services injured or lost
as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the Final Phase V.2
RP/SEA at any of the following sites:
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon
https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov
https://dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/default.htm
Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA
(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You may also view the document
at any of the public facilities listed at https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanciann Regalado, at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On or about April 20, 2010, the mobile offshore drilling unit
Deepwater Horizon, which was being used to drill a well for BP
Exploration and Production, Inc. (BP), in the Macondo prospect
(Mississippi Canyon 252-MC252), experienced a significant explosion,
fire, and subsequent sinking in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an
unprecedented volume of oil and other discharges from the rig and from
the wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the
largest offshore oil spill in U.S. history, discharging millions of
barrels of oil over a period of 87 days. In addition, well over 1
million gallons of dispersants were applied to the waters of the spill
area in an attempt to disperse the spilled oil. An undetermined amount
of natural gas was also released into the environment as a result of
the spill.
The Trustees conducted the natural resource damage assessment
(NRDA) for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the Oil Pollution Act
(33 U.S.C. 2791 et seq.; OPA). Pursuant to OPA, Federal and State
agencies act as trustees on behalf of the public to assess natural
resource injuries and losses and to determine the actions required to
compensate the public for those injuries and losses. OPA further
instructs the designated trustees to develop and implement a plan for
the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of the
equivalent of the injured natural resources under their trusteeship,
including the loss of use and services from those resources from the
time of injury until the time of restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist if the spill had not occurred)
is complete.
The Deepwater Horizon Trustees are:
U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), as represented by
the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau
of Land Management;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on
behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce;
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA);
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority, Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, Department of Environmental
Quality, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and Department of
Natural Resources;
State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality;
State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources and Geological Survey of Alabama;
State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection
and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
State of Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas
General Land Office, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Upon completion of the NRDA, the Trustees reached and finalized a
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settlement of their natural resource damage claims with BP in an April
4, 2016, Consent Decree approved by the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree,
restoration projects in the Florida Restoration Area are now chosen and
managed by the Florida TIG. The Florida TIG is composed of the
following six Trustees: State of Florida Department of Environmental
Protection and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; DOI; NOAA;
EPA; and USDA.
A notice of availability of the Draft Phase V.2 Restoration Plan
and Supplemental Environmental Assessment was published in the Federal
Register on November 8, 2017 (82 FR 51858). The public was provided
with a period to review and comment on the Draft Restoration Plan, from
November 8, 2017, through December 8, 2017, and a public meeting was
held on November 16, 2017, in Port St. Joe, Florida. The Florida TIG
considered the public comments received, which informed the TIG's
analyses and selection of the preferred restoration alternative, the
Salinas Park Addition project, in the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA. A summary
of the public comments received, and the Florida TIG's responses to
those comments, are addressed in Chapter 6 of the Final Phase V.2 RP/
SEA. The FONSI is included as Appendix C of the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA.
Background
In the 2011 Framework Agreement for Early Restoration Addressing
Injuries Resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (Framework
Agreement), BP agreed to provide to the Trustees up to $1 billion
toward early restoration projects in the Gulf of Mexico to address
injuries to natural resources caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill. The Framework Agreement represented a preliminary step toward
the restoration of injured natural resources and was intended to
expedite the start of restoration in the Gulf in advance of the
completion of the injury assessment process. In the five phases of the
early restoration process, the Trustees selected, and BP agreed to
fund, a total of 65 early restoration projects expected to cost a total
of approximately $877 million. The Trustees selected these projects
after public notice, public meetings, and consideration of public
comments.
The April 4, 2016, Consent Decree terminated and replaced the
Framework Agreement and provided that the Trustees shall use remaining
early restoration funds as specified in the early restoration plans and
in accordance with the Consent Decree. The Trustees have determined
that decisions concerning any unexpended early restoration funds are to
be made by the appropriate TIG, in this case the Florida TIG.
Overview of the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA
The Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA/FONSI is being released in accordance
with OPA, NRDA regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations
(CFR) at 15 CFR part 990, NEPA, the Consent Decree, the Final PDARP/
PEIS, the Phase III ERP/PEIS and the Phase V ERP/EA. The purpose of
this notice is to inform the public of the availability of the Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA and FONSI.
The Florida TIG has selected to fund the second phase of the
Florida Coastal Access Project in the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA to address
lost recreational opportunities in Florida caused by the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill. In the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA, the Florida TIG
selected to fund one alternative, the Salinas Park Addition, which
involves the acquisition and enhancement of a 6.6-acre coastal parcel.
The Florida Coastal Access Project was allocated approximately $45.4
million in early restoration funds, and the Salinas Park Addition will
cost approximately $3.2 million of the $6.4 million remaining funds not
utilized in the first phase of the Florida Coastal Access Project.
Details on the second phase of the Florida Coastal Access Project are
provided in the Final Phase V.2 RP/SEA. Additional restoration planning
for the Florida Restoration Area will continue.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the Final
Phase V.2 RP/SEA can be viewed at https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/administrativerecord.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and its implementing Natural Resource Damage
Assessment regulations found at 15 CFR part 990 and the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Kevin D. Reynolds,
Designated Department of the Interior Natural Resource Trustee Official
for the Florida Implementation Group.
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