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control number. 

The authority for this action is the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

Madonna Baucum, 

Information Collection Clearance Officer, U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15401 Filed 7–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[FWS–R4–ES–2022–N029; 

FVHC98220410150–XXX–FF04H00000] 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment, 

Alabama Trustee Implementation 

Group: Draft Bon Secour National 

Wildlife Refuge Recreation 

Enhancements: Supplemental 

Restoration Plan 

AGENCY: Department of the Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; request 

for public comments. 

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 the Deepwater Horizon (DWH) 

Consent Decree, the Federal and State 

natural resource trustee agencies for the 

Alabama Trustee Implementation Group 

(Alabama TIG) have prepared the Draft 

Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge 

Recreation Enhancements: 

Supplemental Restoration Plan (SRP). 

The Alabama TIG proposes to add 

approximately $1.5 million to the 

Mobile Street Boardwalk project budget. 

This would continue the process of 

restoring lost recreational use in the 

Alabama Restoration Area that resulted 

from the DWH oil spill of 2010. We 

invite comments on the Draft SRP. 

DATES: Submitting Comments: We will 

consider public comments on the Draft 

SRP that we receive on or before August 

18, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: 

Obtaining Documents: You may 

download the Draft SRP from the 

following websites: 

• http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/alabama 

• http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon 

Alternatively, you may request a CD 

(compact disc) of the Draft SRP (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). 

Submitting Comments: You may 

submit comments on the Draft SRP by 

one of the following methods: 

• Via the Web: http://

www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/ 

restoration-areas/alabama. 

• Via U.S. Mail: U.S.F.W.S. Gulf 

Restoration Office, 1875 Century Blvd., 

Atlanta, GA 30345. In order to be 

considered, mailed comments must be 

postmarked on or before the comment 

deadline given in DATES. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nanciann Regalado, via email at 

nanciann_regalado@fws.gov or via 

telephone at 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, 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 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. 

State and Federal 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 the 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 completion 

of restoration to baseline (the resource 

quality and conditions that would exist 

if the spill had not occurred). 

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 (USFWS), 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 

the Alabama Restoration Area are now 

chosen and managed by the Alabama 

TIG. The Alabama TIG is composed of 

the following six Trustees: Alabama 

Department of Conservation and Natural 

Resources, Geological Survey of 

Alabama, DOI, NOAA, EPA, and USDA. 

Background 

The Alabama TIG Restoration Plan III/ 

Environmental Assessment (RP III/EA) 

selected seven projects for 

implementation, allocating funds from 

two restoration types identified in the 

DWH Consent Decree: ‘‘Provide and 

Enhance Recreational Opportunities’’ 

and ‘‘Birds.’’ The Alabama TIG RP III 

addendum subsequently approved 

funding for the two projects 

conditionally approved in the RP III/EA, 

one of which was the Bon Secour 

National Wildlife Refuge Recreation 

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(Mobile Street Boardwalk) Project. Since 

then, the project cost estimate has been 

revised because of increased costs in 

materials and construction. 

Overview of the Alabama TIG Draft 

SRP 

The Draft SRP is being released in 

accordance with OPA, including criteria 

set forth in the associated Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment 

regulations found in the Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR part 990, 

NEPA and its implementing regulations 

found at 40 CFR parts 1500–1508, and 

the Final PDARP/PEIS and Consent 

Decree. The Draft SRP provides 

supplemental OPA NRDA analysis for 

two Bon Secour National Wildlife 

Refuge (BSNWR) recreation 

enhancement projects considered in the 

RP III/EA: the Mobile Street Boardwalk 

and Centennial Trail Boardwalk 

projects. Of these two action 

alternatives, the Alabama TIG proposes 

adding funding to the previously 

selected Mobile Street Boardwalk 

project. Fully funding this project 

would continue the process of restoring 

natural resources and services injured or 

lost as a result of the DWH oil spill. The 

additional cost to carry out the proposed 

action would be approximately $1.5 

million. 

Next Steps 

As described above, the Alabama TIG 

is requesting public review and 

comment on the SRP. After the public 

comment period ends, the Alabama TIG 

will consider and address the comments 

received before issuing a Final SRP. 

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 the SRP can be 

viewed electronically at https://

www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/ 

adminrecord. 

Authority 

The authority of this action is the 

OPA (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.) and its 

implementing regulations found at 40 

CFR parts 1500–1508. 

Mary Josie Blanchard, 

Department of the Interior, Director of Gulf 

of Mexico Restoration. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[RR04900000, 222R0680R1, 

RR.17549897.2022000.01] 

Notice of Intent To Negotiate a 

Contract Between Utah Water 

Conservancy District and Department 

of the Interior for Prepayment of Costs 

Allocated to Municipal and Industrial 

Water From the Bonneville Unit of the 

Central Utah Project, Utah County, 

Utah 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant 

Secretary for Water and Science, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Central Utah Water 

Conservancy District Intends to prepay 

a portion of the municipal and 

industrial repayment obligation 

associated with the Utah Lake Drainage 

Basin Water Delivery System, a 

component of the Bonneville Unit of the 

Central Utah Project. 

DATES: A public meeting to negotiate an 

amendatory repayment contract will be 

held at the Central Utah Water 

Conservancy District in Orem, Utah. 

The date and time to be announced 

locally. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

held at the Central Utah Water 

Conservancy District Office, 1426 East 

750 North, Suite 400, Orem, Utah 

84097. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information on matters 

related to this notice can be obtained by 

contacting Mr. Wesley James, Program 

Coordinator, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Office, Department of 

the Interior, 302 East Lakeview 

Parkway, Provo, Utah 84606; via 

telephone at (801) 379–1137; or by 

email at wsjames@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public 

Law 102–575, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act, Section 210, as 

amended through Public Law 104–286, 

stipulates that ‘‘the Secretary shall allow 

for prepayment of the repayment 

contract between the United States and 

the Central Utah Water Conservancy 

District (District) dated December 28, 

1965, and supplemented on November 

26, 1985, or any additional or 

supplemental repayment contract 

providing for repayment of municipal 

and industrial water delivery facilities 

of the Central Utah Project for which 

repayment is provided pursuant to such 

contract, under terms and conditions 

similar to those contained in the 

supplemental contract that provided for 

the prepayment of the Jordan Aqueduct 

dated October 28, 1993. The 

prepayment may be provided in several 

installments to reflect substantial 

completion of the delivery facilities 

being prepaid and may not be adjusted 

on the basis of the type of prepayment 

financing utilized by the District.’’ 

In accordance with Public Law 102– 

575, the District intends to prepay a 

portion of the municipal and industrial 

repayment obligation associated with 

the Utah Lake Drainage Basin Water 

Delivery System, a component of the 

Bonneville Unit of the Central Utah 

Project. The terms of the prepayment are 

to be publicly negotiated between the 

District and the Department of the 

Interior. 

Roger Spence, 

Acting Program Director, Central Utah Project 

Completion Act Office, Department of the 

Interior. 

[FR Doc. 2022–15392 Filed 7–18–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLCOSO93300.L16100000.

LXLUBGWC0000.DO0000.22X] 

Notice of Intent To Amend Colorado 

Resource Management Plans 

Regarding Big Game Conservation and 

Prepare an Associated Environmental 

Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969, as amended (NEPA), and the 

Federal Land Policy and Management 

Act of 1976, as amended (FLPMA), the 

Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 

Colorado State Director intends to 

prepare a statewide Resource 

Management Plan (RMP) Amendment 

with an associated Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS), and by this 

notice is announcing the beginning of 

the public scoping period to solicit 

public comments and identify issues 

and is providing the planning criteria 

for public review. 


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