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Notice of Availability of the Deepwater
Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group Final
Supplemental Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment for the
Lake Charles Science Center and
Educational Complex Project
Modification and Finding of No
Significant Impact
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the
National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA), the Federal and State natural
resource trustee agencies for the
Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared
the Final Supplemental Restoration Plan
and Environmental Assessment for the
Lake Charles Science Center and
Educational Complex Project
Modification (Final Supplemental RP/
EA). The Final Supplemental RP/EA
describes and, in conjunction with the
associated Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI), selects the modified
Lake Charles Science Center and
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Educational Complex (SCEC) project
considered by the Louisiana TIG to
compensate for recreational use services
lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon
oil spill. The Louisiana TIG evaluated
project alternatives under criteria set
forth in the OPA natural resource
damage assessment (NRDA) regulations,
and evaluated the environmental
consequences of the alternatives in
accordance with the NEPA. The selected
project is consistent with the restoration
alternatives selected in the Deepwater
Horizon oil spill Final Programmatic
Damage Assessment and Restoration
Plan/Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The
Federal Trustees of the Louisiana TIG
have determined that implementation of
the Final Supplemental RP/EA is not a
major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human
environment within the context of the
NEPA. They have concluded a FONSI is
appropriate, and, therefore, an
Environmental Impact Statement will
not be prepared. The purpose of this
notice is to inform the public of the
approval and availability of the Final
Supplemental RP/EA and FONSI.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may download the Final Supplemental
RP/EA at any of the following sites:
• https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov
• https://www.la-dwh.com
Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the Final Supplemental RP/EA (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:
• Louisiana—Joann Hicks, 225–342–
5477
• EPA—Tim Landers, 202–566–2231
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 off shore
oil spill in U.S. history, discharging
millions of barrels of oil over a period
of 87 days.
The Trustees conducted the natural
resource damage assessment for the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the
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Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 United
States Code 2701 et seq.). Under the
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 oil spill
Trustees are:
• U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA);
• 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);
• State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority
(CPRA), Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office
(LOSCO), Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ), Department of Wildlife
and Fisheries (LDWF), and Department
of Natural Resources (LDNR);
• 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 Parks and Wildlife
Department, General Land Office, and
Commission on Environmental Quality.
On April 4, 2016, the Trustees
reached and finalized a settlement of
their natural resource damage claims
with BP in a Consent Decree approved
by the United States District Court for
the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Pursuant to that Consent Decree,
restoration projects in the Louisiana
Restoration Area are now chosen and
managed by the Louisiana TIG. The
Louisiana TIG is composed of the
following Trustees: CPRA, LOSCO,
LDEQ, LDWF, LDNR, EPA, DOI, NOAA,
USDA.
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Background
The original scope and design of the
Lake Charles SCEC project were
evaluated in the Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill Louisiana TIG Final Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessment #2:
Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities (Final RP/EA #2), which
was published on July 20, 2018. As
described in the Final RP/EA #2, the
Lake Charles SCEC project would
enhance recreational opportunities by
providing indoor and outdoor public
visitation and outreach components,
including fisheries extension, access,
outreach, and education to the public.
Following release of the Final RP/EA #2,
the City of Lake Charles requested that
the Louisiana TIG consider collocating
the Lake Charles SCEC with the City’s
planned Lake Charles Children’s
Museum (LCCM). The Louisiana TIG
prepared a Draft Supplemental
Restoration Plan and Environmental
Assessment for the Lake Charles SCEC
Project Modification (Draft
Supplemental RP/EA) to evaluate
potential revisions to the Lake Charles
SCEC project, to inform the public about
potential modifications to the project,
and to seek public comment. A Notice
of Availability of the Draft
Supplemental RP/EA was published in
the Federal Register on April 19, 2019.
The Louisiana TIG hosted a public
meeting on May 8, 2019, in Lake
Charles, and the public comment period
for the Draft Supplemental RP/EA
closed on May 20, 2019. The Louisiana
TIG considered the public comments
received on the Draft Supplemental RP/
EA, which informed the Louisiana TIG’s
analyses and selection of the modified
Lake Charles SCEC project in the Final
Supplemental RP/EA. A summary of the
public comments received and the
Trustees’ responses to those comments
are included in Section 7 of the Final
Supplemental RP/EA.
Overview of the Final Supplemental
RP/EA
The Final Supplemental RP/EA
evaluates modifications to the Lake
Charles SCEC project and considers
alternatives, consistent with the purpose
and need of the original project.
Alternatives considered include the
collocation of the Lake Charles SCEC
and LCCM with variations of indoor and
outdoor components to support
recreational and educational
opportunities, as well as a No Action
alternative. In the Final Supplemental
RP/EA, the Louisiana TIG selects project
Alternative C: Revised Location with
Fishing Pier. The selected alternative
would collocate the Lake Charles SCEC
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with the planned LCCM on the north
shore of Lake Charles. The modified
project would include immersive
exhibits, aquaria, touch tanks, outdoor
walking trails, and a recreational fishing
pier over Lake Charles. In the Final
Supplemental RP/EA, the Louisiana TIG
presents to the public its plan to
continue the process of restoring
recreational use services lost in the
Louisiana Restoration Area as a result of
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The
total estimated cost of the selected
project, as modified, is $7 million.
Additional restoration planning for the
Louisiana Restoration Area will
continue.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for the Final
Supplemental RP/EA can be viewed
electronically at https://www.doi.gov/
deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 2701 et
seq.), its implementing NRDA
regulations at 15 CFR part 990, and the
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 9, 2019.
Benita Best-Wong,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of
Water.
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Environmental Impact Statements;
Notice of Availability
Responsible Agency: Office of Federal
Activities, General Information 202–
564–5632 or https://www.epa.gov/
nepa/.
Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact
Statements
Filed 07/08/2019 Through 07/12/2019
Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.
Notice
Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act
requires that EPA make public its
comments on EISs issued by other
Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters
on EISs are available at: https://
cdxnodengn.epa.gov/cdx-enepa-public/
action/eis/search.
EIS No. 20190161, Draft, BR, CA,
Auburn State Recreation Area
Preliminary General Plan and Auburn
Project Lands Draft Resource
Management Plan Draft
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Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement,
Comment Period Ends: 09/03/2019,
Contact: Bonnie Van Pelt 916–537–
7062
EIS No. 20190162, Draft Supplement,
BLM, CA, United States Gypsum
Company Expansion/Modernization
Project, Imperial County, California,
Comment Period Ends: 09/03/2019,
Contact: Miriam Liberatore 541–618–
2400
EIS No. 20190163, Draft Supplement,
FAA, CA, Gnoss Field Airport
Proposed Extension of Runway 13/31,
Comment Period Ends: 09/06/2019,
Contact: Doug Pomeroy 650–827–
7612
EIS No. 20190164, Final, USFS, OR,
Black Mountain Vegetation
Management Project, Review Period
Ends: 09/03/2019, Contact: Elysia
Retzlaff 541–416–6436
EIS No. 20190165, Final, BR, OR,
ADOPTION—Swan Lake North
Pumped Storage Project, Review
Period Ends: 08/19/2019, Contact:
Kirk Young 541–880–2589
The Bureau of Reclamation has
adopted the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) Final EIS No.
20180333, filed 01/25/2019 with the
EPA. Reclamation was not a cooperating
agency on this project. Therefore,
recirculation of the document is
necessary under Section 1506.3(b) of the
CEQ Regulations.
EIS No. 20190166, Draft, USACE, TX,
Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Brazos
River Floodgates and Colorado River
Locks, Texas, Comment Period Ends:
08/01/2019, Contact: Daniel Allen
817–886–1821
Under Section 1506.10(d) of the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has
Granted a 32-Day Waiver for the above
EIS.
Amended Notice
EIS No. 20180157, Draft, USACE, TX,
Matagorda Ship Channel, Port Lavaca,
Texas, Comment Period Ends: 08/08/
2019, Contact: Harmon Brown 409–
766–3837
Under Section 1506.10(d) of the
Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for Implementing the
Procedural Provisions of the National
Environmental Policy Act, the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency has
Granted a 25-Day Waiver for the above
EIS.
EIS No. 20190107, Draft, NMFS, REG,
Draft Regulatory Amendment to
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[FRL-9996-65-OW]
Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Supplemental Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lake Charles Science Center
and Educational Complex Project Modification and Finding of No
Significant Impact
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice of availability.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal and State natural
resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared the Final Supplemental Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Lake Charles Science Center
and Educational Complex Project Modification (Final Supplemental RP/
EA). The Final Supplemental RP/EA describes and, in conjunction with
the associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), selects the
modified Lake Charles Science Center and Educational Complex (SCEC)
project considered by the Louisiana TIG to compensate for recreational
use services lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The
Louisiana TIG evaluated project alternatives under criteria set forth
in the OPA natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) regulations, and
evaluated the environmental consequences of the alternatives in
accordance with the NEPA. The selected project is consistent with the
restoration alternatives selected in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan/Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The Federal Trustees of
the Louisiana TIG have determined that implementation of the Final
Supplemental RP/EA is not a major federal action significantly
affecting the quality of the human environment within the context of
the NEPA. They have concluded a FONSI is appropriate, and, therefore,
an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared. The purpose of
this notice is to inform the public of the approval and availability of
the Final Supplemental RP/EA and FONSI.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the Final Supplemental
RP/EA at any of the following sites:
https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov
https://www.la-dwh.com
Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Final Supplemental RP/EA
(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:
Louisiana--Joann Hicks, 225-342-5477
EPA--Tim Landers, 202-566-2231
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 off shore oil
spill in U.S. history, discharging millions of barrels of oil over a
period of 87 days.
The Trustees conducted the natural resource damage assessment for
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
United States Code 2701 et seq.). Under the 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 oil spill Trustees are:
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
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);
State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority (CPRA), Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO), Department of
Environmental Quality (LDEQ), Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
(LDWF), and Department of Natural Resources (LDNR);
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 Parks and Wildlife Department, General Land
Office, and Commission on Environmental Quality.
On April 4, 2016, the Trustees reached and finalized a settlement
of their natural resource damage claims with BP in a Consent Decree
approved by the United States District Court for the Eastern District
of Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree, restoration projects in
the Louisiana Restoration Area are now chosen and managed by the
Louisiana TIG. The Louisiana TIG is composed of the following Trustees:
CPRA, LOSCO, LDEQ, LDWF, LDNR, EPA, DOI, NOAA, USDA.
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Background
The original scope and design of the Lake Charles SCEC project were
evaluated in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana TIG Final
Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2: Provide and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities (Final RP/EA #2), which was published on
July 20, 2018. As described in the Final RP/EA #2, the Lake Charles
SCEC project would enhance recreational opportunities by providing
indoor and outdoor public visitation and outreach components, including
fisheries extension, access, outreach, and education to the public.
Following release of the Final RP/EA #2, the City of Lake Charles
requested that the Louisiana TIG consider collocating the Lake Charles
SCEC with the City's planned Lake Charles Children's Museum (LCCM). The
Louisiana TIG prepared a Draft Supplemental Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment for the Lake Charles SCEC Project Modification
(Draft Supplemental RP/EA) to evaluate potential revisions to the Lake
Charles SCEC project, to inform the public about potential
modifications to the project, and to seek public comment. A Notice of
Availability of the Draft Supplemental RP/EA was published in the
Federal Register on April 19, 2019. The Louisiana TIG hosted a public
meeting on May 8, 2019, in Lake Charles, and the public comment period
for the Draft Supplemental RP/EA closed on May 20, 2019. The Louisiana
TIG considered the public comments received on the Draft Supplemental
RP/EA, which informed the Louisiana TIG's analyses and selection of the
modified Lake Charles SCEC project in the Final Supplemental RP/EA. A
summary of the public comments received and the Trustees' responses to
those comments are included in Section 7 of the Final Supplemental RP/
EA.
Overview of the Final Supplemental RP/EA
The Final Supplemental RP/EA evaluates modifications to the Lake
Charles SCEC project and considers alternatives, consistent with the
purpose and need of the original project. Alternatives considered
include the collocation of the Lake Charles SCEC and LCCM with
variations of indoor and outdoor components to support recreational and
educational opportunities, as well as a No Action alternative. In the
Final Supplemental RP/EA, the Louisiana TIG selects project Alternative
C: Revised Location with Fishing Pier. The selected alternative would
collocate the Lake Charles SCEC with the planned LCCM on the north
shore of Lake Charles. The modified project would include immersive
exhibits, aquaria, touch tanks, outdoor walking trails, and a
recreational fishing pier over Lake Charles. In the Final Supplemental
RP/EA, the Louisiana TIG presents to the public its plan to continue
the process of restoring recreational use services lost in the
Louisiana Restoration Area as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil
spill. The total estimated cost of the selected project, as modified,
is $7 million. Additional restoration planning for the Louisiana
Restoration Area will continue.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the Final
Supplemental RP/EA can be viewed electronically at https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
Authority
The authority for this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), its implementing NRDA regulations at 15 CFR part
990, and the NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.).
Dated: July 9, 2019.
Benita Best-Wong,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.
[FR Doc. 2019-14992 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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