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(4) Ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond; including through 

the use of appropriate automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

HUD encourages interested parties to 

submit comment in response to these 

questions. 

C. Authority: Section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35. 

Dated: November 29, 2018. 

Merrie Nichols-Dixon, 

Deputy Director, Office of Policy, Programs 

and Legislative Initiatives. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Draft 

Restoration Plan #1.1 and 

Environmental Assessment; Louisiana 

Trustee Implementation Group 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990, the National 

Environmental Policy Act, the Final 

Programmatic Damage Assessment 

Restoration Plan and Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS), and the 

Consent Decree, the Federal and State 

natural resource trustee agencies for the 

Louisiana Trustee Implementation 

Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared 

Draft Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment #1.1: 

Restoration of Queen Bess Island (Draft 

RP/EA #1.1), describing and proposing 

construction activities for the 

restoration of Queen Bess Island. The 

Queen Bess Island Restoration Project 

was approved for engineering and 

design in a 2016 restoration plan 

entitled Louisiana Trustee 

Implementation Group Draft Restoration 

Plan #1: Restoration of Wetlands, 

Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats; 

Habitat Projects on Federally Managed 

Lands; and Birds (RP 1). The Queen 

Bess Island Restoration Project would 

continue the process of restoring birds 

injured as a result of the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill, which occurred on or 

about April 20, 2010, in the Gulf of 

Mexico. 

DATES:

Submitting Comments: We will 

consider public comments received on 

or before January 22, 2019. 

Public Meeting: The Trustees will host 

a public meeting on January 3, 2019, in 

association with the Louisiana Wildlife 

and Fisheries Commission meeting at 

the Wildlife and Fisheries Headquarters 

Building, 2000 Quail Drive, Baton 

Rouge, LA 70808. The exact meeting 

time will be posted on the Trustees’ 

website (see ADDRESSES). 

ADDRESSES:

Obtaining Documents: You may 

download the Draft RP/EA #1.1 from 

any of the following websites: 

• http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov; 

• https://www.doi.gov/ 

deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord; or 

• http://www.la-dwh.com. 

Alternatively, you may request a CD 

of the Draft RP/EA #1.1 (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments on the Draft RP/EA 

#1.1 by one of the following methods: 

• Via the Web: http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/louisiana. 

• Via U.S. Mail: U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, P.O. Box 49567, 

Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be 

considered, mailed comments must be 

postmarked on or before the comment 

deadline given in DATES. 

• In Person: Verbal comments may be 

provided at the public meeting on 

January 3, 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 

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 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. 

The Trustees reached and finalized a 

settlement of their natural resource 

damage claims with BP in an April 4, 

2016, Consent Decree approved by the 

U.S. District Court for the Eastern 

District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that 

Consent Decree, restoration projects in 

Louisiana are now selected and 

implemented by the Louisiana Trustee 

Implementation Group (TIG). The 

Louisiana TIG is composed of the 

following Trustees: 

• U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), as 

represented by the National Park Service, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau 

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• 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. 

Background 

The Final Programmatic Damage 

Assessment Restoration Plan and Final 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (Final PDARP/PEIS) provides 

for TIGs to propose phasing restoration 

projects across multiple restoration 

plans. A TIG may propose funding a 

planning phase (e.g., initial engineering, 

design, and compliance) in one plan for 

a conceptual project. This would allow 

the TIG to develop information needed 

to fully consider a subsequent 

implementation phase of that project in 

a future restoration plan. In 2016, the 

LA TIG included the Queen Bess Island 

Restoration Project as a preferred 

alternative to fund engineering and 

design (E&D) in RP #1. After approval, 

the Queen Bess Island Restoration 

Project began E&D. It is currently at a 

stage of E&D where National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

analyses can be conducted on the design 

alternatives. Therefore, the Louisiana 

TIG is proposing in RP/EA #1.1 the 

implementation phase for the Queen 

Bess Island Restoration Project. 

Overview of the Louisiana TIG Draft 

RP/EA #1.1 

The Draft RP/EA #1.1 is being 

released in accordance with OPA, 

NRDA regulations found in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR 

part 990, NEPA, the Consent Decree, 

and Final PDARP/PEIS. 

In the Draft RP/EA #1.1, the Louisiana 

TIG proposes a preferred design 

alternative for the Queen Bess Island 

Restoration Project, which was 

approved for E&D in a 2016 Louisiana 

TIG final restoration plan, under the 

bird restoration type. After screening six 

design alternatives, the Louisiana TIG 

analyzed in detail in the Draft RP/EA 

#1.1 one other design alternative and a 

no action alternative. 

The proposed design alternative is 

intended to continue the process of 

using Deepwater Horizon restoration 

funding to restore natural resources 

injured or lost as a result of the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The total 

estimated cost for construction of the 

proposed Queen Bess Island Restoration 

Project is $16,710,000. Details are 

provided in the Draft RP/EA #1.1. 

Additional restoration planning for the 

Louisiana Restoration Area will 

continue. 

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/EA #1.1. 

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 this Draft RP/ 

EA #1.1 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.). 

Mary Josie Blanchard, 

Department of the Interior, Director of Gulf 

of Mexico Restoration. 

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–919 (Third 

Review)] 

Certain Welded Large Diameter Line 

Pipe From Japan; Notice of 

Commission Determination To 

Conduct a Full Five-Year Review 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice that it will proceed with a full 

review pursuant to the Tariff Act of 

1930 to determine whether revocation of 

the antidumping duty order on certain 

welded large diameter line pipe from 

Japan would be likely to lead to 

continuation or recurrence of material 

injury within a reasonably foreseeable 

time. A schedule for the review will be 

established and announced at a later 

date. 

DATES: December 10, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Abu 

B. Kanu (202–205–2597), Office of 

Investigations, U.S. International Trade 

Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov) . The public record for 

this review may be viewed on the 

Commission’s electronic docket (EDIS) 

at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

For further information concerning the 

conduct of this review and rules of general 

application, consult the Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedure, part 201, subparts 

A through E (19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A, D, E, and F (19 CFR part 207). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

December 10, 2018, the Commission 

determined that it should proceed to a 

full review in the subject five-year 

review pursuant to section 751(c) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1675(c)). 

The Commission found that both the 

domestic and respondent interested 

party group responses to its notice of 

institution (83 FR 44900, September 4, 

2018) were adequate. A record of the 

Commissioners’ votes, the 

Commission’s statement on adequacy, 

and any individual Commissioner’s 

statements will be available from the 

Office of the Secretary and at the 

Commission’s website. 

Authority: This review is being conducted 

under authority of title VII of the Tariff Act 

of 1930; this notice is published pursuant to 

section 207.62 of the Commission’s rules. 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: December 17, 2018. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

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