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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Draft
Restoration Plan #1.1 and
Environmental Assessment; Louisiana
Trustee Implementation Group
Department of the Interior.
Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990, the National
Environmental Policy Act, the Final
Programmatic Damage Assessment
Restoration Plan and Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS), and the
Consent Decree, the Federal and State
natural resource trustee agencies for the
Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared
Draft Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment #1.1:
Restoration of Queen Bess Island (Draft
RP/EA #1.1), describing and proposing
construction activities for the
restoration of Queen Bess Island. The
Queen Bess Island Restoration Project
was approved for engineering and
design in a 2016 restoration plan
entitled Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group Draft Restoration
Plan #1: Restoration of Wetlands,
Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats;
Habitat Projects on Federally Managed
Lands; and Birds (RP 1). The Queen
Bess Island Restoration Project would
continue the process of restoring birds
injured as a result of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, which occurred on or
about April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of
Mexico.
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Submitting Comments: We will
consider public comments received on
or before January 22, 2019.
Public Meeting: The Trustees will host
a public meeting on January 3, 2019, in
association with the Louisiana Wildlife
and Fisheries Commission meeting at
the Wildlife and Fisheries Headquarters
Building, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton
Rouge, LA 70808. The exact meeting
time will be posted on the Trustees’
website (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: You may
download the Draft RP/EA #1.1 from
any of the following websites:
• https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov;
• https://www.doi.gov/
deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord; or
• https://www.la-dwh.com.
Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the Draft RP/EA #1.1 (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments on the Draft RP/EA
#1.1 by one of the following methods:
• Via the Web: https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/louisiana.
• Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 49567,
Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be
considered, mailed comments must be
postmarked on or before the comment
deadline given in DATES.
• In Person: Verbal comments may be
provided at the public meeting on
January 3, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nanciann Regalado, via email at
nanciann_regalado@fws.gov, via
telephone at 678–296–6805, or via the
Federal Relay Service at 800–877–8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On 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 oil spill
in U.S. history, discharging millions of
barrels of oil over a period of 87 days.
In addition, well over one 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
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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 1990 (OPA; 33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 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. The 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.
The Trustees reached and finalized a
settlement of their natural resource
damage claims with BP in an April 4,
2016, Consent Decree approved by the
U.S. District Court for the Eastern
District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that
Consent Decree, restoration projects in
Louisiana are now selected and
implemented by the Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group (TIG). The
Louisiana TIG is composed of the
following Trustees:
• 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;
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• 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.
Background
The Final Programmatic Damage
Assessment Restoration Plan and Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS) provides
for TIGs to propose phasing restoration
projects across multiple restoration
plans. A TIG may propose funding a
planning phase (e.g., initial engineering,
design, and compliance) in one plan for
a conceptual project. This would allow
the TIG to develop information needed
to fully consider a subsequent
implementation phase of that project in
a future restoration plan. In 2016, the
LA TIG included the Queen Bess Island
Restoration Project as a preferred
alternative to fund engineering and
design (E&D) in RP #1. After approval,
the Queen Bess Island Restoration
Project began E&D. It is currently at a
stage of E&D where National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)
analyses can be conducted on the design
alternatives. Therefore, the Louisiana
TIG is proposing in RP/EA #1.1 the
implementation phase for the Queen
Bess Island Restoration Project.
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Overview of the Louisiana TIG Draft
RP/EA #1.1
The Draft RP/EA #1.1 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,
and Final PDARP/PEIS.
In the Draft RP/EA #1.1, the Louisiana
TIG proposes a preferred design
alternative for the Queen Bess Island
Restoration Project, which was
approved for E&D in a 2016 Louisiana
TIG final restoration plan, under the
bird restoration type. After screening six
design alternatives, the Louisiana TIG
analyzed in detail in the Draft RP/EA
#1.1 one other design alternative and a
no action alternative.
The proposed design alternative is
intended to continue the process of
using Deepwater Horizon restoration
funding to restore natural resources
injured or lost as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The total
estimated cost for construction of the
proposed Queen Bess Island Restoration
Project is $16,710,000. Details are
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provided in the Draft RP/EA #1.1.
Additional restoration planning for the
Louisiana Restoration Area will
continue.
Next Steps
As described above, the Trustees will
hold a public meeting to facilitate the
public review and comment process.
After the public comment period ends,
the Trustees will consider and address
the comments received before issuing a
Final RP/EA #1.1.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you can ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for this Draft RP/
EA #1.1 can be viewed electronically at
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/
adminrecord.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.), 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.).
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Department of the Interior, Director of Gulf
of Mexico Restoration.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[FWS-R4-ES-2018-N153; FVHC98220410150-XXX-FF04H00000]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Draft Restoration Plan #1.1 and
Environmental Assessment; Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group
AGENCY: Department of the Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, the National
Environmental Policy Act, the Final Programmatic Damage Assessment
Restoration Plan and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(Final PDARP/PEIS), and the Consent Decree, the Federal and State
natural resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared Draft Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessment #1.1: Restoration of Queen Bess
Island (Draft RP/EA #1.1), describing and proposing construction
activities for the restoration of Queen Bess Island. The Queen Bess
Island Restoration Project was approved for engineering and design in a
2016 restoration plan entitled Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group
Draft Restoration Plan #1: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and
Nearshore Habitats; Habitat Projects on Federally Managed Lands; and
Birds (RP 1). The Queen Bess Island Restoration Project would continue
the process of restoring birds injured as a result of the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill, which occurred on or about April 20, 2010, in the
Gulf of Mexico.
DATES:
Submitting Comments: We will consider public comments received on
or before January 22, 2019.
Public Meeting: The Trustees will host a public meeting on January
3, 2019, in association with the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries
Commission meeting at the Wildlife and Fisheries Headquarters Building,
2000 Quail Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808. The exact meeting time will be
posted on the Trustees' website (see ADDRESSES).
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: You may download the Draft RP/EA #1.1 from any
of the following websites:
https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov;
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord; or
https://www.la-dwh.com.
Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Draft RP/EA #1.1 (see
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Submitting Comments: You may submit comments on the Draft RP/EA
#1.1 by one of the following methods:
Via the Web: https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana.
Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box
49567, Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be considered, mailed comments
must be postmarked on or before the comment deadline given in DATES.
In Person: Verbal comments may be provided at the public
meeting on January 3, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanciann Regalado, via email at
nanciann_regalado@fws.gov, via telephone at 678-296-6805, or via the
Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Introduction
On 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 oil spill in
U.S. history, discharging millions of barrels of oil over a period of
87 days. In addition, well over one 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
1990 (OPA; 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). 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. The 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.
The Trustees reached and finalized a settlement of their natural
resource damage claims with BP in an April 4, 2016, Consent Decree
approved by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree, restoration projects in
Louisiana are now selected and implemented by the Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group (TIG). The Louisiana TIG is composed of the
following Trustees:
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;
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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.
Background
The Final Programmatic Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS) provides
for TIGs to propose phasing restoration projects across multiple
restoration plans. A TIG may propose funding a planning phase (e.g.,
initial engineering, design, and compliance) in one plan for a
conceptual project. This would allow the TIG to develop information
needed to fully consider a subsequent implementation phase of that
project in a future restoration plan. In 2016, the LA TIG included the
Queen Bess Island Restoration Project as a preferred alternative to
fund engineering and design (E&D) in RP #1. After approval, the Queen
Bess Island Restoration Project began E&D. It is currently at a stage
of E&D where National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) analyses can be
conducted on the design alternatives. Therefore, the Louisiana TIG is
proposing in RP/EA #1.1 the implementation phase for the Queen Bess
Island Restoration Project.
Overview of the Louisiana TIG Draft RP/EA #1.1
The Draft RP/EA #1.1 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, and Final PDARP/PEIS.
In the Draft RP/EA #1.1, the Louisiana TIG proposes a preferred
design alternative for the Queen Bess Island Restoration Project, which
was approved for E&D in a 2016 Louisiana TIG final restoration plan,
under the bird restoration type. After screening six design
alternatives, the Louisiana TIG analyzed in detail in the Draft RP/EA
#1.1 one other design alternative and a no action alternative.
The proposed design alternative is intended to continue the process
of using Deepwater Horizon restoration funding to restore natural
resources injured or lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill. The total estimated cost for construction of the proposed Queen
Bess Island Restoration Project is $16,710,000. Details are provided in
the Draft RP/EA #1.1. Additional restoration planning for the Louisiana
Restoration Area will continue.
Next Steps
As described above, the Trustees will hold a public meeting to
facilitate the public review and comment process. After the public
comment period ends, the Trustees will consider and address the
comments received before issuing a Final RP/EA #1.1.
Public Availability of Comments
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the Administrative Record for this Draft
RP/EA #1.1 can be viewed electronically at https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
Authority
The authority of this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 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.).
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Department of the Interior, Director of Gulf of Mexico Restoration.
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