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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Alabama
Trustee Implementation Group Draft
Restoration Plan III and Environmental
Assessment: Birds and Provide and
Enhance Recreational Opportunities
Department of the Interior.
Notice of availability; request
for public comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 Restoration Plan and Final
Programmatic Environmental Impact
Statement, Record of Decision, and
Consent Decree, the Federal and State
natural resource trustee agencies for the
Alabama Trustee Implementation Group
(AL TIG) have prepared a draft
restoration plan and environmental
assessment entitled Alabama Trustee
Implementation Group Draft Restoration
Plan III/Environmental Assessment:
Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities, and Birds (RP III/EA),
analyzing a reasonable range of
alternatives to help restore natural
resources and the services they provide
that were injured in the Alabama
Restoration Area as a result of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The
alternatives considered in the draft RP
III/EA include five preferred by the AL
SUMMARY:
TIG for implementation to address lost
recreational use, and two preferred for
the restoration of birds. We invite public
comment on the draft RP III/EA.
Submitting Comments: We will
consider public comments on the draft
RP III/EA received on or before October
3, 2019.
Public meeting: The AL TIG will host
an open house public meeting on
September 11, 2019, in conjunction
with the AL TIG’s annual meeting. The
meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Five
Rivers Tensaw Theater, located at 30945
Five Rivers Boulevard in Spanish Fort,
Alabama.
DATES:
Obtaining Documents: You
may download the draft RP III/EA from
either of the following websites:
• https://www.doi.gov/
deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
• https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/alabama.
Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the draft RP III/EA (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies of the
draft RP III/EA are also available for
review during the public comment
period at the following locations:
ADDRESSES:
Address
City
Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, Admin Building ......................
Thomas B. Norton Public Library .............................................
101 Bienville Boulevard ..........
221 West 19th Avenue ...........
Dauphin Island ........................
Gulf Shores .............................
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Address
Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, State Lands Division, Coastal Section Office.
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve ..................
Mobile Public Library, West Regional Library ..........................
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Submitting Comments: You may
submit comments on the draft RP III/EA
by one of the following methods:
• Via the Web: https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/alabama.
• Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 29649,
Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be
considered, mailed comments must be
postmarked on or before the comment
deadline given in DATES.
• During the public meeting: Oral and
written comments may be provided
during the public meeting on September
11, 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
City
Zip
31115 Five Rivers Boulevard
Spanish Fort ...........................
36527
11300 U.S. Highway 98 ..........
5555 Grelot Road ...................
Fairhope ..................................
Mobile .....................................
36532
36609
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 completion
of restoration to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred).
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.
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 Alabama
Restoration Area are now chosen and
managed by the AL TIG. The AL TIG
comprises the following Trustees: State
of Alabama Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources and Geological
Survey of Alabama; DOI; NOAA; EPA;
and USDA.
Background
In preparation for the draft RP III/EA
planning process, on December 19,
2018, the AL TIG posted a notice on two
websites: the NOAA Gulf Spill web
portal at https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov, and
the Alabama Department of
Conservation and Natural Resources
Project Portal at https://
www.alabamacoastalrestoration.org/.
The notice requested public input on
restoration project ideas in the Alabama
Restoration Area, asking the public to
focus their input on ‘‘Provide and
Enhance Recreational Opportunities’’
and ‘‘Birds’’ restoration types The AL
TIG reviewed and considered these
restoration project ideas.
Overview of the AL TIG Draft RP III/
EA
The draft RP III/EA is being released
in accordance with OPA NRDA
regulations found in the Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR part 990,
NEPA and its implementing regulations
found at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508, the
Final PDARP/PEIS, and the Consent
Decree. The draft RP III/EA provides
OPA and NEPA analyses for a
reasonable range of alternatives,
addressing two restoration types:
‘‘Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities’’ and ‘‘Birds’’. The draft
RP III/EA evaluates a total of 10
alternatives, seven of which are
preferred (see table below). The AL TIG
proposes to implement the preferred
alternatives using approximately $26.6
million in DWH settlement funds in
accordance with the Consent Decree.
Preferred
Y/N
Alternatives
Restoration Type—Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities
Perdido River Land Acquisition (Molpus Tract) ......................................................................................................................................
Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement Phases IIa and IIb ..........................................................................................................
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Y/N
Alternatives
Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement Phase IIa .........................................................................................................................
Gulf State Park Pier Renovation ............................................................................................................................................................
Perdido Beach Public Access Coastal Protection ..................................................................................................................................
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Enhancement—Mobile Street Boardwalk ................................................................
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Enhancement—Centennial Trail Boardwalk ............................................................
N
Y
Y
Y
N
Restoration Type—Birds
Stewardship of Coastal Alabama Beach Nesting Bird Habitat ..............................................................................................................
Stewardship of Coastal Alabama Beach Nesting Bird Habitat—Stewardship and Monitoring Only .....................................................
Dauphin Island West End Acquisition ....................................................................................................................................................
Next Steps
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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 III/EA.
Bureau of Land Management
Public Availability of Comments
Filing of Plats of Survey: Idaho
Bureau of Land Management,
Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
SUMMARY:
Administrative Record
ADDRESSES:
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for the RP III/EA
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.) and its
implementing regulations found at 40
CFR parts 1500–1508.
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Mexico Restoration.
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The plats of survey of the
following described lands are scheduled
to be officially filed in the Bureau of
Land Management, Idaho State Office,
Boise, Idaho, in 30 days from the date
of this publication.
Boise Meridian, Idaho
T. 50 N, R. 4 W, accepted July 16, 2019
T. 48 N, R. 5 W, accepted July 17, 2019
T. 35 N, R. 2 E, accepted July 17, 2019
T. 2 S, R. 5 W, accepted July 17, 2019
T. 2 S, R. 6 W, accepted July 17, 2019
A copy of the plats may be
obtained from the Public Room at the
Bureau of Land Management, Idaho
State Office, 1387 S. Vinnell Way, Boise,
Idaho 83709, upon required payment.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Timothy A. Quincy, (208) 373–3981
Branch of Cadastral Survey, Bureau of
Land Management, 1387 South Vinnell
Way, Boise, Idaho, 83709–1657. Persons
who use a telecommunications device
for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal
Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8339
to contact the above individual during
normal business hours. The FRS is
available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week,
to leave a message or question with Mr.
Quincy. You will receive a reply during
normal business hours.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A person
or party who wishes to protest one or
more plats of survey identified above
must file a written notice with the Chief
Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho, Bureau of
Land Management. The protest must
identify the plat(s) of survey that the
person or party wishes to protest and
contain all reasons and evidence in
support of the protest. The protest must
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be filed before the scheduled date of
official filing for the plat(s) of survey
being protested. Any protest filed after
the scheduled date of official filing will
be untimely and will not be considered.
A protest is considered filed on the date
it is received by the Chief Cadastral
Surveyor for Idaho during regular
business hours; if received after regular
business hours, a protest will be
considered filed the next business day.
If a protest against a plat of survey is
received prior to the scheduled date of
official filing, the official filing of the
plat of survey identified in the protest
will be stayed pending consideration of
the protest. A plat of survey will not be
officially filed until the next business
day following dismissal or resolution of
all protests of the plat.
Before including your address, phone
number, email address, or other
personal identifying information in a
protest, you should be aware that the
documents you submit, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available in their
entirety at any time. While you can ask
us to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
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Chief Cadastral Surveyor for Idaho.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[FWS-R4-ES-2019-N104; FVHC98220410150-XXX-FF04H00000]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Alabama Trustee Implementation Group
Draft Restoration Plan III and Environmental Assessment: Birds and
Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities
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 (OPA), the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the Deepwater Horizon
Oil Spill Final Programmatic Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and
Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, Record of Decision,
and Consent Decree, the Federal and State natural resource trustee
agencies for the Alabama Trustee Implementation Group (AL TIG) have
prepared a draft restoration plan and environmental assessment entitled
Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan III/
Environmental Assessment: Provide and Enhance Recreational
Opportunities, and Birds (RP III/EA), analyzing a reasonable range of
alternatives to help restore natural resources and the services they
provide that were injured in the Alabama Restoration Area as a result
of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The alternatives considered in the
draft RP III/EA include five preferred by the AL TIG for implementation
to address lost recreational use, and two preferred for the restoration
of birds. We invite public comment on the draft RP III/EA.
DATES: Submitting Comments: We will consider public comments on the
draft RP III/EA received on or before October 3, 2019.
Public meeting: The AL TIG will host an open house public meeting
on September 11, 2019, in conjunction with the AL TIG's annual meeting.
The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. at the Five Rivers Tensaw Theater,
located at 30945 Five Rivers Boulevard in Spanish Fort, Alabama.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the draft RP III/EA
from either of the following websites:
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord.
https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/alabama.
Alternatively, you may request a CD of the draft RP III/EA (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies of the draft RP III/EA are also
available for review during the public comment period at the following
locations:
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Location Address City Zip
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dauphin Island Sea Laboratory, Admin 101 Bienville Boulevard... Dauphin Island............ 36528
Building.
Thomas B. Norton Public Library......... 221 West 19th Avenue...... Gulf Shores............... 36542
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Alabama Department of Conservation and 31115 Five Rivers Spanish Fort.............. 36527
Natural Resources, State Lands Boulevard.
Division, Coastal Section Office.
Weeks Bay National Estuarine Research 11300 U.S. Highway 98..... Fairhope.................. 36532
Reserve.
Mobile Public Library, West Regional 5555 Grelot Road.......... Mobile.................... 36609
Library.
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Submitting Comments: You may submit comments on the draft RP III/EA
by one of the following methods:
Via the Web: https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/alabama.
Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box
29649, Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be considered, mailed comments
must be postmarked on or before the comment deadline given in DATES.
During the public meeting: Oral and written comments may
be provided during the public meeting on September 11, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanciann Regalado, via email at
[email protected], 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 completion of restoration to baseline (the
resource quality and conditions that would exist if the spill had not
occurred).
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.
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 Alabama Restoration Area are now chosen and managed by the AL TIG.
The AL TIG comprises the following Trustees: State of Alabama
Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Geological Survey
of Alabama; DOI; NOAA; EPA; and USDA.
Background
In preparation for the draft RP III/EA planning process, on
December 19, 2018, the AL TIG posted a notice on two websites: the NOAA
Gulf Spill web portal at https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov, and
the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Project
Portal at https://www.alabamacoastalrestoration.org/. The notice
requested public input on restoration project ideas in the Alabama
Restoration Area, asking the public to focus their input on ``Provide
and Enhance Recreational Opportunities'' and ``Birds'' restoration
types The AL TIG reviewed and considered these restoration project
ideas.
Overview of the AL TIG Draft RP III/EA
The draft RP III/EA is being released in accordance with OPA NRDA
regulations found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR
part 990, NEPA and its implementing regulations found at 40 CFR parts
1500-1508, the Final PDARP/PEIS, and the Consent Decree. The draft RP
III/EA provides OPA and NEPA analyses for a reasonable range of
alternatives, addressing two restoration types: ``Provide and Enhance
Recreational Opportunities'' and ``Birds''. The draft RP III/EA
evaluates a total of 10 alternatives, seven of which are preferred (see
table below). The AL TIG proposes to implement the preferred
alternatives using approximately $26.6 million in DWH settlement funds
in accordance with the Consent Decree.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alternatives Preferred Y/N
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Restoration Type--Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Perdido River Land Acquisition (Molpus Tract)... Y
Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement Phases Y
IIa and IIb.
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Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement Phase N
IIa.
Gulf State Park Pier Renovation................. Y
Perdido Beach Public Access Coastal Protection.. Y
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Recreation Y
Enhancement--Mobile Street Boardwalk.
Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Recreation N
Enhancement--Centennial Trail Boardwalk.
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Restoration Type--Birds
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Stewardship of Coastal Alabama Beach Nesting Y
Bird Habitat.
Stewardship of Coastal Alabama Beach Nesting N
Bird Habitat--Stewardship and Monitoring Only.
Dauphin Island West End Acquisition............. Y
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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 III/EA.
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 the RP III/
EA 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.) and its
implementing regulations found at 40 CFR parts 1500-1508.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Department of the Interior, Director, Gulf of Mexico Restoration.
[FR Doc. 2019-18920 Filed 8-30-19; 8:45 am]
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