Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Phase II Restoration Plan: #3.2: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

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September 23, 2022

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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 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Federal and State natural resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) prepared the Final Phase II Restoration Plan #3.2: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (Final Phase II RP #3.2). The Final Phase II RP #3.2 presents the Louisiana TIG's OPA evaluation of a proposed 75,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) capacity Mid-Barataria sediment diversion (i.e., Alternative 1, the Proposed MBSD Project) and five alternatives to help restore natural resources and ecological services injured or lost as a result of the DWH oil spill. The Louisiana TIG evaluated these alternatives under criteria identified in the Final Phase II RP #3.2, including those set forth in the OPA natural resource damage assessment regulations. In accordance with NEPA, the environmental consequences of the MSBD alternatives are evaluated in the associated U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District (USACE CEMVN) Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Mid Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, Plaquemines and Jefferson Parishes (MBSD FEIS). The Louisiana TIG Federal Trustees participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the MBSD FEIS. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the availability of the Final Phase II RP #3.2, the Louisiana TIG's selection of Alternative 1 as its preferred alternative, and following adoption of the MBSD FEIS, the Louisiana TIG's intention to make an OPA NRDA decision regarding implementation of the preferred alternative.

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 184 (Friday, September 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58067-58070]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20570]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XC317]

Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Phase II Restoration Plan:
#3.2: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

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 Deepwater Horizon (DWH) Federal
and State natural resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee
Implementation Group (Louisiana TIG) prepared the Final Phase II
Restoration Plan #3.2: Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (Final Phase II
RP #3.2). The Final Phase II RP #3.2 presents the Louisiana TIG's OPA
evaluation of a proposed 75,000 cubic feet per second (cfs) capacity
Mid-Barataria sediment diversion (i.e., Alternative 1, the Proposed
MBSD Project) and five alternatives to help restore natural resources
and ecological services injured or lost as a result of the DWH oil
spill. The Louisiana TIG evaluated these alternatives under criteria
identified in the Final Phase II RP #3.2, including those set forth in
the OPA natural resource damage assessment regulations. In accordance
with NEPA, the environmental consequences of the MSBD alternatives are
evaluated in the associated U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans
District (USACE CEMVN) Final Environmental Impact Statement for the
Proposed Mid Barataria Sediment Diversion Project, Plaquemines and
Jefferson Parishes (MBSD FEIS). The Louisiana TIG Federal Trustees
participated as cooperating agencies in the preparation of the MBSD
FEIS. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the
availability of the Final Phase II RP #3.2, the Louisiana TIG's
selection of Alternative 1 as its preferred alternative, and following
adoption of the MBSD FEIS, the Louisiana TIG's intention to make an OPA
NRDA decision regarding implementation of the preferred alternative.

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the Final Phase II RP
#3.2 at: <a href="http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana">http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana</a>. The associated MBSD FEIS may be downloaded at: <a href="http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/Mid-Barataria-Sediment-Diversion-EIS/">http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/Mid-Barataria-Sediment-Diversion-EIS/</a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration--Mel Landry, NOAA Restoration Center, (301) 427-8711,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0b7a5bcb6a3a0b9bcbcfea2b5a3a4bfa2b1a4b9bfbe90bebfb1b1feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b7c6e777d686b72777735697e686f74697a6f7274755b75747a7a357c746d">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

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 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 DWH Federal and State natural resource trustees (DWH Trustees)
conducted the natural resource damage assessment (NRDA) for the DWH oil
spill under 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. 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 DWH Trustees are:
<bullet> 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;
<bullet> National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), on
behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce;
<bullet> U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA);
<bullet> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA);
<bullet> 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);
<bullet> State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality;
<bullet> State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural
Resources and Geological Survey of Alabama;
<bullet> State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection
and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
<bullet> State of Texas: Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas
General Land Office, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
The DWH Trustees reached and finalized a settlement of their
natural resource damage claims with BP in an April 4, 2016 Consent
Decree approved

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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 selected and implemented by the
Louisiana TIG. The Louisiana TIG is composed of the following Trustees:
CPRA; LOSCO; LDEQ; LDWF; LDNR; NOAA; DOI; EPA; and USDA.

Background

The DWH oil spill resulted in the oiling of more than 1,100
kilometers of wetlands, nearly all of which were located in coastal
Louisiana. The heaviest oiling occurred in the Barataria Basin,
resulting in substantial injuries to natural resources in the basin.
The impact of those injuries was intensified by the fragile nature of
the basin. Already suffering from significant coastal erosion, marshes
in the Barataria Basin that experienced heavy oiling subsequently
experienced double or triple the rate of marsh loss. Recognizing that
the resulting loss of marsh productivity affected resources throughout
the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, the State of Louisiana and the
federal Trustees that negotiated the DWH Natural Resource Damages
settlement allocated $4 billion, almost half of the total settlement
amount, to restoring Louisiana's wetland, coastal, and nearshore
habitats.
The DWH NRDA Trustees began analyzing strategies for restoring
those coastal losses that resulted from the DWH oil spill beginning as
part of the settlement process and leading to the preparation of the
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and
Restoration Plan and Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement
(Final PDARP/PEIS, DWH NRDA Trustees, 2016). To address the large-scale
impacts, they agreed that ``[d]iversions of Mississippi River water
into adjacent wetlands have a high probability of providing these types
of large-scale benefits for the long-term sustainability of deltaic
wetlands'' (DWH NRDA Trustees, 2016, page 5-25).
Building on the Final PDARP/PEIS, the Louisiana TIG began
evaluating restoration strategies that could restore for injuries to
natural resources in the Barataria Basin, which resulted in the
Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3: Restoration
of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats in the Barataria Basin,
Louisiana (SRP/EA #3).
In the SRP/EA #3, the LA TIG ultimately determined that a
combination of ``marsh creation and ridge restoration plus a large-
scale sediment diversion would provide the greatest level of benefits
to injured Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats and to the large
suite of injured resources that depend in their life cycle on
productive and sustainable wetland habitats'' (LA TIG, 2018, page 3-32)
in the basin and in the broader northern Gulf of Mexico.
Since finalizing the SRP/EA #3, the Louisiana TIG has evaluated a
variety of potential alternatives for a large-scale sediment diversion
in the Barataria Basin. This Final Phase II RP #3.2, along with the
MBSD FEIS released simultaneously by the USACE CEMVN, set forth the
results of that evaluation.

Overview of the Louisiana TIG Final Phase II RP #3.2

The Final Phase II RP #3.2 is being released in accordance with
NRDA regulations for restoration planning under OPA in 15 CFR part 990,
NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Consent Decree, and the Final PDARP/
PEIS. The structural features of the Proposed MBSD Project and its
alternatives are located in south Louisiana on the west bank of the
Mississippi River at River Mile (RM) 60.7, just north of the Town of
Ironton. The anticipated outfall area for sediment, freshwater, and
nutrients conveyed from the river is located within the Mid-Barataria
Basin. The area of the Proposed MBSD Project and its alternatives
includes the hydrologic boundaries of the Barataria Basin and the lower
Mississippi River Delta Basin, also known as the birdfoot delta. The
Mississippi River itself, beginning near RM 60.7 and extending to the
mouth of the river, is also included in the Proposed MBSD Project area.
In the Final Phase II RP #3.2, the Louisiana TIG selects its
preferred alternative under the DWH Louisiana Restoration Area
Wetlands, Coastal and Nearshore Habitats restoration type. The
preferred alternative (Alternative 1) consists of a controlled sediment
and freshwater intake diversion structure in Plaquemines Parish on the
right descending bank of the Mississippi River at RM 60.7. The
preferred alternative would have a maximum diversion flow of 75,000
cfs, which would occur when the Mississippi River gauge at Belle Chase
reaches 1,000,000 cfs or higher. The diversion would operate at up to
5,000 cfs (base flow) when the river is below 450,000 cfs at Belle
Chase; at river flows above 450,000 cfs, the diversion would be opened
fully. At the downstream end of the diversion channel, an engineered
``outfall transition feature'' would be constructed to guide and
disperse the channel flow into the Barataria Basin. The preferred
alternative is projected to increase land area, including emergent
wetlands and mudflats, in the Barataria Basin across the 50-year
analysis period relative to natural recovery, with a maximum increase
of 17,300 acres in 2050, at the approximate mid-point of the 50-year
analysis period.
The cost of the Proposed MBSD Project at the time of the Draft
Phase II RP #3.2 was anticipated to be approximately $2 billion. Since
the publication of the Draft Phase II RP #3.2, substantial increases in
the general inflation rate as well as corresponding increases to most
cost components of the Proposed MBSD Project, including but not limited
to construction materials, construction activities, and wages, have
occurred. CPRA has experienced an average 25% increase in costs on its
recent restoration projects. If selected for implementation, CPRA will
not know the amount of the cost increase for the Proposed MBSD Project
until it completes negotiations for a Guaranteed Maximum Price for
project construction with the Construction Management At Risk
contractor. Those negotiations will not begin until after the
publication of this Final Phase II RP #3.2. In light of this
uncertainty as to total project costs, the Louisiana TIG intends to
limit its contribution to the overall project costs to $2.26 billion if
it is selected for implementation. This would help ensure that DWH
settlement funding would be available to construct all projects
currently under consideration as well as for future large-scale
wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitat restoration projects not yet
proposed. The cap would also ensure that planned DWH payments to the
Louisiana TIG would be sufficient to cover project costs as it
continues to be designed and implemented. To ensure the Monitoring and
Adaptive Management (MAM) and Mitigation and Stewardship Plans are
fully funded, the Louisiana TIG's contribution would cover the majority
of MAM associated costs (a NRDA investment of up to $148,800,000,
including contingency funding) and the Mitigation and Stewardship costs
(currently estimated at $378,000,000, including contingency funding). A
portion of the engineering and design costs has been paid by the
National Fish and Wildlife Federation's Gulf Environmental Benefit
Fund. The remaining Louisiana TIG contribution would be applied toward
other project cost categories. CPRA has committed to providing funding
for all costs that exceed the Louisiana TIG's funding cap of
$2,260,000,000.
The Louisiana TIG fully evaluated a smaller-capacity diversion with
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maximum capacity of 50,000 cfs (Alternative 2). The Trustees found that
such a diversion would provide substantially less benefit in marsh
preservation and restoration, with only a small reduction in adverse
impacts and a slight cost reduction.
The Louisiana TIG also fully evaluated a larger-capacity diversion
with a maximum capacity of 150,000 cfs (Alternative 3). While the marsh
creation benefits of such a large diversion would be significantly
greater, the collateral injuries would also increase to levels
unacceptable to the Trustees.
Three other alternatives (Alternatives 4-6) would divert the same
flow (cfs) capacities as described above for Alternatives 1-3, and
would include marsh terrace outfall features. While providing some
benefits, the outfall feature alternatives do not substantially change
the extent to which the corresponding alternatives with similar
capacities and without terraces meet the Louisiana TIG's goals and
objectives for the project.
While the Louisiana TIG has rejected the No-Action-Alternative for
this Final Phase II RP #3.2, the OPA analysis provided in Chapter 3
integrates information about the MBSD FEIS No-Action Alternative (40
CFR 1502.14(c)) because it provides a baseline against which the
benefits and collateral injuries of the Proposed MBSD Project and its
alternatives can be compared.
The Louisiana TIG is committed to continuing efforts to restore the
resources that would be adversely affected by the Proposed MBSD Project
if selected for implementation, many of which were also injured by the
DWH oil spill. The Proposed MBSD Project includes a MAM Plan and a
Mitigation and Stewardship Plan. The Project also now includes a Marine
Mammal Intervention Plan, which was developed in response to public
comments. These plans serve as an integral part of the proposed
restoration action. The MAM Plan includes (1) methods for specific
types of monitoring, (2) key performance measures/indicators for
assessing the success of the Proposed MBSD Project in meeting its
objectives, and (3) decision criteria and processes for modifying
(``adapting'') current or future management actions. The Mitigation and
Stewardship Plan includes actions to help to address collateral impacts
of construction and operation of the Proposed MBSD Project. The Marine
Mammal Intervention Plan outlines a spectrum of potential response
actions for dolphins affected by the operation of the Proposed MBSD
Project, ranging from recovery/relocation to no intervention to
euthanasia. As part of the Project, CPRA would have responsibility for
ensuring implementation of the measures outlined in each of these
Plans.
The Louisiana TIG has examined the injuries assessed by the DWH
Trustees and evaluated restoration alternatives to address the
injuries. In Final Phase II RP #3.2, the Louisiana TIG presents to the
public its plan for providing partial compensation to the public for
injured natural resources and ecological services in the Louisiana
Restoration Area. The preferred alternative is intended to continue the
process of using DWH restoration funding to restore natural resources
injured or lost as a result of the DWH oil spill. Additional
restoration planning for the Louisiana Restoration Area will continue
irrespective of whether the preferred alternative is selected for
implementation.
Trustees typically choose to combine a restoration plan and the
required NEPA analysis into a single document (33 CFR 990.23(a),
(c)(1)). In this case, the Final Phase II Restoration Plan #3.2 does
not include integrated NEPA analysis. This is because prior to
evaluation of the Proposed MBSD Project by the Louisiana TIG as a
restoration project under OPA, the USACE CEMVN initiated scoping for
the MBSD Project EIS based on a permit application for the Project by
CPRA. In this case, to increase efficiency, reduce redundancy, and be
consistent with Federal policy and 40 CFR 1506.3, the four Federal
Trustees in the Louisiana TIG decided to participate as cooperating
agencies in the development of a single MBSD EIS. As the lead agency,
the USACE CEMVN has primary responsibility for preparing the MBSD EIS
(40 CFR 1501.5(a)). The Louisiana TIG is relying on the MBSD Final EIS
to evaluate potential environmental effects of the MBSD Project and its
alternatives evaluated in this Final Phase II RP #3.2.
The Louisiana TIG solicited public comment on the Draft Phase II RP
#3.2 for a total of 90 days between March 5, 2021 and June 3, 2021 (86
FR 12915, March 5, 2021). Three public meetings were held during the
comment period. This period ran concurrently with the USACE CEMVN
public comment period on the MBSD DEIS. Following the comment period,
the 40,699 comment submissions received were reviewed by the Louisiana
TIG and taken into consideration in the preparation of this Final Phase
II RP #3.2. The Final Phase II RP #3.2 includes a summary of the
comments received and responses to those comments.

Next Steps

Following publication of the Louisiana TIG's Final Phase II RP #3.2
and the USACE CEMVN's MBSD FEIS, conclusion of the NEPA 30-day wait
period, and issuance of the Louisiana TIG's Record of Decision, the
Louisiana TIG intends to finalize its decision (15 CFR
990.23(c)(2)(ii)(G)) and document such by Louisiana TIG Resolution.
Until that time, the Louisiana TIG would not have made a final decision
on the proposed Project on the proposed Project.

Additional Access to Materials

You may request a CD of the Final Phase II RP #3.2 (see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT above). Copies of the Final Phase II RP #3.2 and
MBSD FEIS are also available at the following locations:

Repositories With Paper and Electronic Copies (USB Drives) of the Final Phase II RP #3.2 and MBSD Final EIS;
Executive Summaries of Both Are Available in English, Vietnamese and Spanish
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Repository Address City ZIP code
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Jefferson Parish Library, Lafitte 4917 City Park Drive...... Lafitte................... 70067
Library.
Jefferson Parish Library, West Bank 2751 Manhattan Boulevard.. Harvey.................... 70058
Regional Library.
New Orleans Public Library, East New 5641 Read Boulevard....... New Orleans............... 70127
Orleans Regional Library.
Plaquemines Parish Public Library, Belle 8442 Highway 23........... Belle Chasse.............. 70037
Chasse Library.
Plaquemines Parish Public Library, Port 139 Civic Drive........... Port Sulphur.............. 70083
Sulphur Library.
Plaquemines Parish Public Library, Buras 35572 Highway 11.......... Buras..................... 70041
Library.
Lafourche Parish Public Library, Larose 305 East Fifth Street..... Larose.................... 70373
Library.
Lafourche Parish Public Library, South 16241 East Main Street.... Cut Off................... 70345
Lafourche Branch.
St. Charles Parish Library, Paradis 307 Audubon Street........ Paradis................... 70080
Branch.
St. Tammany Parish Library.............. 310 West 21st Avenue...... Covington................. 70433

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Terrebonne Parish Library............... 151 Library Drive......... Houma..................... 70360
New Orleans Public Library.............. 219 Loyola Avenue......... New Orleans............... 70112
East Baton Rouge Parish Library......... 7711 Goodwood Boulevard... Baton Rouge............... 70806
Jefferson Parish Library, East Bank 4747 West Napoleon Avenue. Metairie.................. 70001
Regional Library.
St. Bernard Parish Library.............. 2600 Palmisano Boulevard.. Chalmette................. 70043
St. Martin Parish Library............... 201 Porter Street......... St. Martinville........... 70582
Alex P. Allain Library.................. 206 Iberia Street......... Franklin.................. 70538
Vermillion Parish Library............... 405 East Saint Victor Abbeville................. 70510
Street.
Martha Sowell Utley Memorial Library.... 314 Saint Mary Street..... Thibodaux................. 70301
Calcasieu Parish Public Library Central 301 West Claude Street.... Lake Charles.............. 70605
Branch.
Iberia Parish Library................... 445 East Main Street...... New Iberia................ 70560
Mark Shirley, Louisiana State University 1105 West Port Street..... Abbeville................. 70510
Agricultural Center.
Simi Kang, Coastal Communities 324 North Avenue.......... Pittsburgh, PA............ 15209
Consulting.
Grand Bayou Indian Village Tribal Center P.O. Box 1021............. Port Sulphur.............. 70083
Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana.. 3801 Canal Street, Suite New Orleans............... 70119
325.
Coastal Communities Consulting, Inc..... 925 Behrman Highway, Suite Gretna.................... 70056
15.
Greater New Orleans Foundation.......... 919 Saint Charles Avenue.. New Orleans............... 70130
Gulf Restoration Network................ 330 Carondelet Street, New Orleans............... 70130
Suite 300.
South Louisiana Wetlands Discovery 7910 Park Avenue.......... Houma..................... 70364
Center.
Lower Ninth Ward Center for Sustainable 5227 Chartres Street...... New Orleans............... 70117
Engagement and Development.
Mary Queen of Vietnam Community 4626 Alcee Fortier New Orleans............... 70129
Development Corporation, Inc. Boulevard # E.
United Houma Nation..................... 20986 Highway 1........... Golden Meadow............. 70357
Zion Travelers Cooperative Center....... 120 Thomas Lane........... Braithwaite............... 70040
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Translation Opportunities

The Executive Summary of the Final Phase II RP #3.2 is available in
Vietnamese and Spanish from the Louisiana TIG website at: <a href="http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana">http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-areas/louisiana</a>.
Vietnamese and Spanish translations of materials prepared for the
public review of the MBSD DEIS and Draft Phase II RP #3.2 remain
available on USACE CEMVN's project web page. Pre-recorded presentations
from the MBSD DEIS and Draft Phase II RP #3.2 public meetings also
remain available on USACE CEMVN's project web page. The recordings are
available in English, Vietnamese, Khmer, and Spanish.

Administrative Record

The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the Final
Phase II RP #3.2 can be viewed electronically at <a href="http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord">http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord</a>.

Authority

The authority of this action is the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and its implementing Oil Pollution Act 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.).

Dated: September 19, 2022.
Sunny Snider Centrella,
Deputy Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-20570 Filed 9-22-22; 4:15 pm]
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