Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #7: Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; and Birds; and Finding of No Significant Impact, 75373-75374 [2020-26029]
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Lori Nordstrom,
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Services.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Final Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment #7:
Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore
Habitats; and Birds; and Finding of No
Significant Impact
Department of the Interior.
Notice of availability.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA); the
National Environmental Policy Act of
1969 (NEPA); the Final Programmatic
Damage Assessment Restoration Plan
and Final Programmatic Environmental
Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS)
and Record of Decision; and the Consent
Decree, the Federal and State natural
SUMMARY:
If we decide to issue permits to any
of the applicants listed in this notice,
we will publish a notice in the Federal
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We publish this notice under section
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resource trustee agencies for the
Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group (LA TIG) prepared the Louisiana
Trustee Implementation Group Final
Restoration Plan #7 and Environmental
Assessment: Wetlands, Coastal and
Nearshore Habitats; and Birds (RP/EA
#7), and Finding of No Significant
Impact (FONSI). In the final RP/EA #7,
the LA TIG selected projects to help
restore bird habitat and marshes injured
as a result of the Deepwater Horizon
(DWH) oil spill in the Louisiana
Restoration Area under the ‘‘Wetlands,
Coastal and Nearshore Habitats’’ and
‘‘Birds’’ restoration types described in
the Final PDARP/PEIS. The total cost to
implement the LA TIG’s five selected
projects is approximately $234,100,000.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You
may download the final RP/EA #7 from
either of the following websites:
• https://www.doi.gov/
deepwaterhorizon
• https://
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/louisiana
Alternatively, you may request a CD
of the final RP/EA #7 (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies are also
available for review at the locations
listed in the following table:
Library
Address
City
St. Tammany Parish Library ............................
Terrebonne Parish Library ...............................
New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana Division.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library ....................
Jefferson Parish Library, East Bank Regional
Library.
Jefferson Parish Library, West Bank Regional
Library.
Plaquemines Parish Library .............................
St. Bernard Parish Library ...............................
St. Martin Parish Library ..................................
Alex P. Allain Library ........................................
Vermilion Parish Library ...................................
Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library .............
South Lafourche Public Library ........................
Calcasieu Parish Public Library Central
Branch.
Iberia Parish Library .........................................
Mark Shirley, LSU AgCenter ............................
310 W 21st Avenue .........................................
151 Library Drive .............................................
219 Loyola Avenue ..........................................
Covington ................................
Houma ....................................
New Orleans ...........................
70433
70360
70112
7711 Goodwood Boulevard .............................
4747 W Napoleon Avenue ..............................
Baton Rouge ...........................
Metairie ...................................
70806
70001
2751 Manhattan Boulevard .............................
Harvey .....................................
70058
8442 Highway 23 .............................................
1125 E St. Bernard Highway ...........................
201 Porter Street .............................................
206 Iberia Street ..............................................
405 E St. Victor Street ....................................
314 St. Mary Street .........................................
16241 E Main Street .......................................
301 W Claude Street .......................................
Belle Chasse ...........................
Chalmette ................................
St. Martinville ..........................
Franklin ...................................
Abbeville .................................
Thibodaux ...............................
Cut Off ....................................
Lake Charles ...........................
70037
70043
70582
70538
70510
70301
70345
70605
445 E Main Street ...........................................
1105 West Port Street .....................................
New Iberia ...............................
Abbeville .................................
70560
70510
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 DWH 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
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
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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 DWH oil spill under the Oil
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA; 33 U.S.C.
2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA, Federal
and State agencies act as trustees on
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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 to baseline (the resource
quality and conditions that would exist
if the spill had not occurred). This
includes the loss of use and services
provided by those resources from the
time of injury until the completion of
restoration.
The DWH 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 United States
District Court for the Eastern District of
Louisiana entered a Consent Decree
resolving civil claims by the Trustees
against BP arising from the DWH oil
spill: United States v. BPXP et al., Civ.
No. 10–4536, centralized in MDL 2179,
In re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig
‘‘Deepwater Horizon’’ in the Gulf of
Mexico, on April 20, 2010 (E.D. La.)
(https://www.justice.gov/enrd/deepwaterhorizon). Pursuant to the Consent
Decree, restoration projects in the
Louisiana Restoration Area are chosen
and managed by the LA TIG. The LA
TIG is composed of the following
Trustees: State of Louisiana Coastal
Protection and Restoration Authority;
Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office;
Louisiana Departments of
Environmental Quality, Wildlife and
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NOAA; EPA; and USDA.
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Background
Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
As provided for in the Final PDARP/
PEIS, TIGs may propose conceptual
projects for funding of a planning phase
(e.g., initial engineering and design
[E&D]) in a restoration plan. This allows
the TIG to develop information needed
to fully consider a subsequent
implementation phase of the project in
a subsequent restoration plan. In the
final RP/EA #7, the LA TIG selected
conceptual projects to fund for E&D and
projects that have been fully developed
to fund for construction.
Overview of the LA TIG Draft RP/EA #7
RP/EA #7 provides the LA TIG’s
analysis of alternatives under the
‘‘Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore
Habitats’’ restoration type and the
‘‘Birds’’ restoration type. Under the
‘‘Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore
Habitats’’ restoration type, the selected
alternatives include one project for E&D
and two for construction. These
alternatives are: (1) Bird’s Foot Delta
Hydrologic Restoration project (E&D),
(2) Terrebonne Basin Ridge and Marsh
Creation Project: Bayou Terrebonne
Increment (construction), and (3)
Grande Cheniere Ridge Marsh Creation
(construction). Under the ‘‘Birds’’
restoration type, the LA TIG selected
two conceptual projects to undergo
E&D: (1) Isle au Pitre Restoration and (2)
Terrebonne Houma Navigation Canal
Island Restoration.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the
Administrative Record for RP/EA #7 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 found at 15 CFR 990, and
the National Environmental Policy Act
of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and its
implementing regulations found at 40
CFR 1500–1508.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Department of the Interior, Director of Gulf
of Mexico Restoration.
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International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Vehicle Control
Systems, Vehicles Containing the Same,
and Components Thereof, DN 3508; the
Commission is soliciting comments on
any public interest issues raised by the
complaint or complainant’s filing
pursuant to the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
public version of the complaint can be
accessed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
For help accessing EDIS, please email
EDIS3Help@usitc.gov.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server at United
States International Trade Commission
(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The
public record for this investigation may
be viewed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission has received a complaint
and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b)
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure filed on behalf of Jaguar
Land Rover Limited and Jaguar Land
Rover North America, LLC on November
19, 2020. The complaint alleges
violations of section 337 of the Tariff
Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the
importation into the United States, the
sale for importation, and the sale within
the United States after importation of
certain vehicle control systems, vehicles
containing the same, and components
thereof. The complaint names as
respondents: Porsche AG of Germany;
Porsche Cars North America, Inc., of
Atlanta, GA; Automobili Lamborghini
S.p.A. of Italy; Automobili Lamborghini
America, LLC of Herndon, VA;
Volkswagen AG of Germany;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[FWS-R4-ES-2020-N145; FVHC98220410150-XXX-FF04H00000]
Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Deepwater Horizon Oil
Spill Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #7: Wetlands,
Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; and Birds; and Finding of No
Significant Impact
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 Final
Programmatic Damage Assessment Restoration Plan and Final Programmatic
Environmental Impact Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS) and Record of
Decision; and the Consent Decree, the Federal and State natural
resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee Implementation
Group (LA TIG) prepared the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group
Final Restoration Plan #7 and Environmental Assessment: Wetlands,
Coastal and Nearshore Habitats; and Birds (RP/EA #7), and Finding of No
Significant Impact (FONSI). In the final RP/EA #7, the LA TIG selected
projects to help restore bird habitat and marshes injured as a result
of the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) oil spill in the Louisiana Restoration
Area under the ``Wetlands, Coastal and Nearshore Habitats'' and
``Birds'' restoration types described in the Final PDARP/PEIS. The
total cost to implement the LA TIG's five selected projects is
approximately $234,100,000.
ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the final RP/EA #7
from either of the following websites:
https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon
https://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana
Alternatively, you may request a CD of the final RP/EA #7 (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). Copies are also available for review at
the locations listed in the following table:
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Library Address City Zip
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St. Tammany Parish Library.............. 310 W 21st Avenue......... Covington................. 70433
Terrebonne Parish Library............... 151 Library Drive......... Houma..................... 70360
New Orleans Public Library, Louisiana 219 Loyola Avenue......... New Orleans............... 70112
Division.
East Baton Rouge Parish Library......... 7711 Goodwood Boulevard... Baton Rouge............... 70806
Jefferson Parish Library, East Bank 4747 W Napoleon Avenue.... Metairie.................. 70001
Regional Library.
Jefferson Parish Library, West Bank 2751 Manhattan Boulevard.. Harvey.................... 70058
Regional Library.
Plaquemines Parish Library.............. 8442 Highway 23........... Belle Chasse.............. 70037
St. Bernard Parish Library.............. 1125 E St. Bernard Highway Chalmette................. 70043
St. Martin Parish Library............... 201 Porter Street......... St. Martinville........... 70582
Alex P. Allain Library.................. 206 Iberia Street......... Franklin.................. 70538
Vermilion Parish Library................ 405 E St. Victor Street... Abbeville................. 70510
Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library.... 314 St. Mary Street....... Thibodaux................. 70301
South Lafourche Public Library.......... 16241 E Main Street....... Cut Off................... 70345
Calcasieu Parish Public Library Central 301 W Claude Street....... Lake Charles.............. 70605
Branch.
Iberia Parish Library................... 445 E Main Street......... New Iberia................ 70560
Mark Shirley, LSU AgCenter.............. 1105 West Port Street..... Abbeville................. 70510
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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 DWH 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 DWH oil spill under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA;
33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA, Federal and State agencies
act as trustees on
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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 to baseline (the resource quality and
conditions that would exist if the spill had not occurred). This
includes the loss of use and services provided by those resources from
the time of injury until the completion of restoration.
The DWH 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 United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Louisiana entered a Consent Decree resolving civil claims
by the Trustees against BP arising from the DWH oil spill: United
States v. BPXP et al., Civ. No. 10-4536, centralized in MDL 2179, In
re: Oil Spill by the Oil Rig ``Deepwater Horizon'' in the Gulf of
Mexico, on April 20, 2010 (E.D. La.) (https://www.justice.gov/enrd/deepwater-horizon). Pursuant to the Consent Decree, restoration
projects in the Louisiana Restoration Area are chosen and managed by
the LA TIG. The LA TIG is composed of the following Trustees: State of
Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority; Louisiana Oil
Spill Coordinator's Office; Louisiana Departments of Environmental
Quality, Wildlife and Fisheries, and Natural Resources; DOI; NOAA; EPA;
and USDA.
Background
As provided for in the Final PDARP/PEIS, TIGs may propose
conceptual projects for funding of a planning phase (e.g., initial
engineering and design [E&D]) in a restoration plan. This allows the
TIG to develop information needed to fully consider a subsequent
implementation phase of the project in a subsequent restoration plan.
In the final RP/EA #7, the LA TIG selected conceptual projects to fund
for E&D and projects that have been fully developed to fund for
construction.
Overview of the LA TIG Draft RP/EA #7
RP/EA #7 provides the LA TIG's analysis of alternatives under the
``Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats'' restoration type and the
``Birds'' restoration type. Under the ``Wetlands, Coastal, and
Nearshore Habitats'' restoration type, the selected alternatives
include one project for E&D and two for construction. These
alternatives are: (1) Bird's Foot Delta Hydrologic Restoration project
(E&D), (2) Terrebonne Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation Project: Bayou
Terrebonne Increment (construction), and (3) Grande Cheniere Ridge
Marsh Creation (construction). Under the ``Birds'' restoration type,
the LA TIG selected two conceptual projects to undergo E&D: (1) Isle au
Pitre Restoration and (2) Terrebonne Houma Navigation Canal Island
Restoration.
Administrative Record
The documents comprising the Administrative Record for RP/EA #7 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 found at 15 CFR
990, and the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq.) and its implementing regulations found at 40 CFR 1500-1508.
Mary Josie Blanchard,
Department of the Interior, Director of Gulf of Mexico Restoration.
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