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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 36 / Thursday, February 25, 2021 / Notices Dated: February 16, 2021.
Frederick D. Vorck, Jr., Project Clearance Liaison, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health.
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Florida Trustee Implementation Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Draft Restoration Plan 2 and Environmental Assessment: Habitat Projects on Federally Managed Lands, Sea Turtles, Marine Mammals, 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 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 Florida Trustee Implementation Group FL TIG
have prepared the Florida Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan 2 and Environmental Assessment:
Habitat Projects on Federally Managed Lands; Sea Turtles; Marine Mammals;
Birds; and Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities Draft RP/
EA. In the Draft RP/EA, the FL TIG
proposes projects to help restore injured habitats, sea turtles, marine mammals, birds, and to compensate for lost recreational use in the Florida Restoration Area as a result of the Deepwater Horizon DWH oil spill. The approximate cost to implement the FL
TIGs proposed action 19 preferred alternatives is $62,200,000. We invite public comments on the Draft RP/EA.
DATES: We will consider public comments on the Draft RP/EA received on or before Monday, March 29, 2021.
The FL TIG will host a public webinar on March 11, 2021 at 5 p.m. ET. The public webinar will include a presentation of the Draft RP/EA. The public may register for the webinar at https attendee.gotowebinar.com/
register/4537956480105991181. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email with instructions for joining the webinar. Instructions for commenting will be provided during the SUMMARY:

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webinar. Shortly after the webinar is concluded, the presentation material will be posted on the web at https
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/florida.
ADDRESSES:
Obtaining Documents: You may download the Draft RP/EA from either of the following websites:
https www.doi.gov/
deepwaterhorizon https
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/florida Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Draft RP/EA see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT.
Submitting Comments: You may submit comments by one of the following methods:
Via the Web: http
www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/
restoration-areas/florida.
Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 29649, Atlanta, GA 30345. To be considered, mailed comments must be postmarked on or before the comment deadline given in DATES.
During the public webinar: Written comments may be provided by the public during the webinar. Webinar information is provided in DATES.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nanciann Regalado at nanciann_
regalado@fws.gov or 6782966805, or via the Federal Relay Service at 800
8778339.
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 1990 OPA; 33 U.S.C.
2701 et seq.. Pursuant to OPA, Federal
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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 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 Coordinators 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. 104536, 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.
http www.justice.gov/enrd/deepwaterhorizon. Pursuant to the Consent Decree, restoration projects in the Florida Restoration Area are chosen and managed by the FL TIG. The FL TIG is composed of the following Trustees:
State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Fish and
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