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long open tailrace discharging into the 

third level canal; and, (6) 4.8-kilovolt 

generator leads that connect directly to 

the 4.8-kilovolt area distribution system; 

and (7) appurtenant facilities. The 

project is estimated to generate 

2,119,000 kilowatt-hours annually. 

m. Copies of the applications are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s website at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. Copies are also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions must set forth their 

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

applications directly from the applicant. 

Each filing must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed on 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b), and 

385.2010. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

applications will be processed 

according to the following schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule will be made 

as appropriate. 

Commission issues draft EA, December 

2018 

Comments on draft EA, February 2019 

Commission issues final EA, June 2019 

Dated: July 16, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9980–78–OW] 

Notice of Availability of the Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee 

Implementation Group Final 

Restoration Plan/Environmental 

Assessment #4: Nutrient Reduction 

(Nonpoint Source) and Recreational 

Opportunities and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), the Federal and State natural 

resource trustee agencies for the 

Louisiana Trustee Implementation 

Group (Louisiana TIG) have prepared 

the Final Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment #4: Nutrient 

Reduction (Nonpoint Source) and 

Recreational Opportunities (Final RP/ 

EA #4). The Final RP/EA #4 describes 

and, in conjunction with the associated 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI), selects twenty-three preferred 

project alternatives considered by the 

Louisiana TIG to improve water quality 

by reducing nutrients from nonpoint 

sources and to compensate for 

recreational use services lost as a result 

of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 

Louisiana TIG evaluated alternatives 

under criteria set forth in the OPA 

natural resource damage assessment 

(NRDA) regulations, and evaluated the 

environmental consequences of the 

restoration alternatives in accordance 

with NEPA. The selected projects are 

consistent with the restoration 

alternatives selected in the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill Final Programmatic 

Damage Assessment and Restoration 

Plan/Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The 

Federal Trustees of the Louisiana TIG 

have determined that implementation of 

the Final RP/EA #4 is not a major 

federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment 

within the context of NEPA. They have 

concluded a FONSI is appropriate, and, 

therefore, an Environmental Impact 

Statement will not be prepared. The 

purpose of this notice is to inform the 

public of the approval and availability 

of the Final RP/EA #4 and FONSI. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download the Final RP/EA #4 and 

FONSI at any of the following sites: 

• http://www.gulfspillrestoration.

noaa.gov 

• http://www.la-dwh.com 

Alternatively, you may request a CD 

of the Final RP/EA #4 and FONSI (see 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You 

may also view the document at any of 

the public facilities listed at http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

• Louisiana—Joann Hicks, 225–342– 

5477. 

• EPA—Doug Jacobson, 214–665– 

6692. 

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 off shore 

oil spill in U.S. history, discharging 

millions of barrels of oil over a period 

of 87 days. 

The Trustees conducted the natural 

resource damage assessment for the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the 

Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33 U.S.C. 

2701 et seq.). Under 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 restoration to 

baseline (the resource quality and 

conditions that would exist if the spill 

had not occurred) is complete. 

The Deepwater Horizon oil spill 

Trustees are: 

• U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA); 

• U.S. Department of the Interior 

(DOI), as represented by the National 


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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); 

• 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); 

• 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 Parks and Wildlife 

Department, General Land Office, and 

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 Louisiana 

Restoration Area are now chosen and 

managed by the Louisiana TIG. The 

Louisiana TIG is composed of the 

following Trustees: CPRA, LOSCO, 

LDEQ, LDWF, LDNR, EPA, DOI, NOAA, 

USDA. 

Background 

A Notice of Availability of the 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana 

Trustee Implementation Group Draft 

Restoration Plan and Environmental 

Assessment #4: Nutrient Reduction 

(Nonpoint Source) and Recreational 

Opportunities (Draft RP/EA #4) was 

published in the Federal Register on 

April 20, 2018. The Louisiana TIG 

hosted a public meeting on April 24, 

2018, in New Orleans, and the public 

comment period for the Draft RP/EA #4 

closed on May 21, 2018. The Draft RP/ 

EA #4 proposed twenty-three restoration 

projects, evaluated in accordance with 

OPA and NEPA. The Louisiana TIG 

considered the public comments 

received on the Draft RP/EA #4 which 

informed the Louisiana TIG’s analyses 

and selection of the restoration projects 

in the Final RP/EA #4. A summary of 

the public comments received and the 

Trustees’ responses to those comments 

are included in Chapter 7 of the Final 

RP/EA #4. 

Overview of the Final RP/EA #4 

The Final RP/EA #4 is being released 

in accordance with OPA NRDA 

regulations found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR 990, and 

NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). In the 

Final RP/EA #4, the Louisiana TIG 

selects the following preferred project 

alternatives: 

Nutrient Reduction (Nonpoint 

Source): 

• Nutrient Reduction on Dairy Farms 

in St. Helena and Tangipahoa Parishes 

• Nutrient Reduction on Dairy Farms 

in Washington Parish 

• Nutrient Reduction on Cropland 

and Grazing Lands in Bayou Folse 

• Winter Water Holding on Cropland 

in Vermilion and Cameron Parishes Plus 

Agricultural Best Management 

Practices 

Recreational Use: 

• Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management 

Area Crevasse Access 

• Pass-a-Loutre Wildlife Management 

Area Campgrounds 

• Grand Isle State Park Improvements 

• Chitimacha Boat Launch 

• Sam Houston Jones State Park 

Improvements 

• Montegut S1/S2 Access/Pointe-auxChenes Fishing Piers 

• WHARF Phase 1 

• Bayou Segnette State Park 

Improvements 

• Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife 

Management Area Access 

• Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife 

Management Area Campgrounds 

• Rockefeller Piers/Rockefeller 

Signage 

• St. Bernard State Park 

Improvements 

• Cypremort Point State Park 

Improvements 

• The Wetlands Center 

• Recreational Use Improvements at 

Barataria Preserve in Jefferson Parish, 

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and 

Preserve, Barataria Unit 

• Des Allemands Boat Launch 

• Middle Pearl 

• Improvements to Grand Avoille 

Boat Launch 

• Belle Chasse 

The Louisiana TIG has examined the 

injuries assessed by the Deepwater 

Horizon Trustees and evaluated 

restoration alternatives to address the 

injuries. In the Final RP/EA #4, the 

Louisiana TIG presents to the public its 

plan for providing partial compensation 

for lost recreational use services and 

reducing nutrients from nonpoint 

sources in the Louisiana Restoration 

Area. The selected projects are intended 

to continue the process of using 

restoration funding to reduce nutrients 

(nonpoint source) and restore 

recreational use services lost as a result 

of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 

total estimated cost of the selected 

projects is $47.5 million. Additional 

restoration planning for the Louisiana 

Restoration Area will continue. 

Administrative Record 

The documents comprising the 

Administrative Record for the Final 

RP/EA #4 and FONSI can be viewed 

electronically at http://www.doi.gov/ 

deepwaterhorizon/administrativerecord. 

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 part 990, 

and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). 

Dated: July 2, 2018. 

Benita Best-Wong, 

Acting Principal Deputy Assistant 

Administrator, Office of Water. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9980–87–OP] 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Public Meeting, Public Teleconference 

and Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notification of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby 

provides notice that the National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC) will meet on the dates and 

times described below. All meetings are 

open to the public. Members of the 

public are encouraged to provide 

comments relevant to the specific issues 

being considered by the NEJAC. For 

additional information about registering 

to attend the meeting or to provide 

public comment, please see 

‘‘REGISTRATION’’ under 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Due to a 

limited space, seating at the NEJAC 

meeting will be on a first-come, first 

served basis. Pre-registration is highly 

suggested. 

DATES: The NEJAC will convene a 

public face-to-face meeting beginning on 

Tuesday, August 14, 2018, starting at 

6:00 p.m., Eastern Time. The NEJAC 

meeting will continue August 15–16, 


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