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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Mississippi Trustee Implementation 

Group Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 

Final Restoration Plan 3 and 

Environmental Assessment: Habitat 

Projects on Federally Managed Lands, 

Sea Turtles, Marine Mammals, Birds, 

and Provide and Enhance Recreational 

Opportunities; and Finding of No 

Significant Impact 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990, the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 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 

Mississippi Trustee Implementation 

Group (MS TIG) have prepared the 

Mississippi Trustee Implementation 

Group Final Restoration Plan 3 and 

Environmental Assessment: Habitat 

Projects on Federally Managed Lands, 

Sea Turtles, Marine Mammals, Birds, 

and Provide and Enhance Recreational 

Opportunities (Final RP3/EA); and 

Finding of No Significant Impact 

(FONSI). The Final RP3/EA describes 

and, in conjunction with the associated 

FONSI, selects for funding and 

implementation the preferred 

restoration projects considered by the 

MS TIG to compensate for natural 

resources and their services in the 

Mississippi Restoration Area as a result 

of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 

approximate cost to implement the MS 

TIG’s preferred projects is $19,000,000. 

The purpose of this notice is to inform 

the public of the availability of the Final 

RP3/EA and FONSI. 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download the Final RP3/EA from 

either of the following websites: 

• https://www.doi.gov/deepwater

horizon 

• https://www.gulfspillrestoration.

noaa.gov/restoration-areas/ 

mississippi 

Alternatively, you may request a CD 

of the Final RP3/EA (see FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nanciann Regalado, at nanciann_

regalado@fws.gov or 678–296–6805. 

Individuals in the United States who are 

deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have 

a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, 

TDD, or TeleBraille) to access 

telecommunications relay services. 

Individuals outside the United States 

should use the relay services offered 

within their country to make 

international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

On April 20, 2010, the mobile 

offshore drilling unit Deepwater 

Horizon (DWH), 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 

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); 


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• 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.) 

(http://www.justice.gov/enrd/deepwaterhorizon). Pursuant to the Consent 

Decree, restoration projects in the 

Mississippi Restoration Area are chosen 

and managed by the MS TIG. The MS 

TIG is composed of the following 

Trustees: State of Mississippi 

Department of Environmental Quality, 

DOI, NOAA, EPA, and USDA. 

Background 

On October 30, 2020, the MS TIG 

posted a public notice at http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov 

requesting new or revised natural 

resource restoration project ideas by 

November 30, 2020, for the Mississippi 

Restoration Area. The notice stated that 

the MS TIG was seeking project ideas 

for the following restoration types: (1) 

Habitat Projects on Federally Managed 

Lands; (2) Sea Turtles; (3) Marine 

Mammals; (4) Birds; and (5) Provide and 

Enhance Recreational Opportunities. On 

June 11, 2021, the MS TIG announced 

that it had initiated drafting of the RP3/ 

EA and that it would include a 

reasonable range of restoration 

alternatives (projects) for the five 

restoration types. 

The MS TIG released the Draft RP3/ 

EA on December 7, 2021, and its notice 

of availability was published in the 

Federal Register on December 7, 2021 

(86 FR 69287). In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and the OPA NRDA regulations, 

the MS TIG analyzed a reasonable range 

of alternatives that would meet the 

Trustees’ goals to restore and conserve 

habitat, replenish and protect living 

coastal and marine resources, and 

provide and enhance recreational 

opportunities, and identified the 

alternatives that the MS TIG preferred 

for implementation. The public review 

and comment period ran from the date 

of notice of publication in the Federal 

Register through January 26, 2022. To 

facilitate public review and comment, 

the MS TIG held a public webinar on 

January 11, 2022. Before finalizing the 

document, the MS TIG considered all 

public comments received during the 

webinar, through direct submittals to its 

online public comment portal, and by 

USPS. A summary of comments and the 

MS TIG’s responses to those comments 

are provided in Chapter 6 of the Final 

RP3/EA. 

Overview of the MS TIG Final RP3/EA 

The Final RP3/EA provides the MS 

TIG’s analysis of a reasonable range of 

alternatives, consisting of twelve 

alternatives, and a no action alternative 

for each restoration type in the plan. 

The MS TIG’s seven preferred 

alternatives were ultimately selected for 

implementation and are presented in 

the following table under the restoration 

type from which funds would be 

allocated in accordance with the DWH 

Consent Decree. The approximate cost 

for the seven selected projects is 

$19,000,000. 

Restoration Type: Habitat Projects on 

Federally Managed Lands 

Improve Native Habitats by Removing 

Marine Debris from Mississippi 

Barrier Islands 

Restoration Type: Sea Turtles 

Maintaining Enhanced Sea Turtle 

Stranding Network Capacity and 

Diagnostic Capabilities (3 Years) 

Restoration Type: Marine Mammals 

Maintaining Enhanced Marine 

Mammal Stranding Network 

Capacity and Diagnostic 

Capabilities 

Reduction of Marine Mammal Fishery 

Interactions through Trawl 

Technique and Component Material 

Improvements 

Restoration Type: Birds 

Bird Stewardship and Enhanced 

Monitoring in Mississippi 

Restoration Type: Provide and Enhance 

Recreational Opportunities 

Clower Thornton Nature Park Trail 

Improvement 

Environmental Education and 

Stewardship at Walter Anderson 

Museum of Art 

Administrative Record 

The documents comprising the 

Administrative Record for the Final 

RP3/EA 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 part 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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Strengthening Public Trust in the 

Department of the Interior Law 

Enforcement Programs 

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of listening sessions and 

request for public comments. 

SUMMARY: In an effort to identify 

opportunities for improvement in law 

enforcement programs of the 

Department of the Interior (DOI) 

(National Park Service, U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land 

Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

and Bureau of Reclamation) and to 

strengthen public trust in the 

Department’s law enforcement practices 

and policies, the DOI is hosting twelve 

(12) listening sessions open to the 

public. DOI seeks to engage with diverse 

stakeholders who interact with, are 

impacted by, or have experience with 

DOI Law Enforcement Officers to 

strengthen public relations and inform 

DOI law enforcement programs. 

Transparency, building public trust and 

ensuring accountability are key tenets 

that support equitable law enforcement 

experiences across diverse geographic 

and demographic populations. The 

public can submit comments through 

this Federal Register Notice which will 

inform themes and recommendations 

for the Department. 

DATES: The Department of the Interior 

will hold twelve (12) virtual listening 

sessions on the following dates: 

• Monday, June 13, 2022, from 6:00 

p.m.–8:00 p.m. EDT 

• Wednesday, June 15, 2022, from 9:00 

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