Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 24 / Friday, February 5, 2016 / Notices 6291 

Conference Number 1–888–417–0376, 

Passcode 1509140. 

Dated: January 11, 2016. 

Lawrence S. Roberts, 

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary—Indian 

Affairs. 

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BILLING CODE 4337–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

[FWS–R4–FHC–2016–N004; 

FVHC98210408710–XXX–FF04G01000] 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Final 

Phase V Early Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessment 

AGENCY: Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil 

Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), and the Framework Agreement 

for Early Restoration Addressing 

Injuries Resulting from the Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill, notice is hereby given 

that the Federal and State natural 

resource trustee agencies (Trustees) 

have approved the Phase V Early 

Restoration Plan and Environmental 

Assessment (Phase V ERP/EA). The 

Trustees have selected the first phase of 

the Florida Coastal Access Project 

which is consistent with the early 

restoration program alternatives selected 

in the final Phase III Early Restoration 

Plan/Programmatic Environmental 

Impact Statement (Phase III ERP/PEIS). 

This early restoration project will 

continue the process of restoring natural 

resources and services injured or lost as 

a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil 

spill, which occurred on or about April 

20, 2010, in the Gulf of Mexico. The 

Phase V ERP/EA also includes notices of 

change and supporting analysis for two 

Phase III Early Restoration Projects: 

‘‘Strategically Provided Boat Access 

Along Florida’s Gulf Coast—City of Port 

St. Joe, Frank Pate Boat Ramp 

Improvements’’ and ‘‘Florida Artificial 

Reef Creation and Restoration.’’ 

ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You 

may download the Phase V ERP/EA at: 

http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov 

or http://www.doi.gov/deepwater

horizon. Alternatively, you may request 

a CD of the Phase V ERP/EAs (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: 

Nanciann Regalado, at 404–679–4161. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Introduction 

On or about 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. 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. 

Under the Oil Pollution Act 1990 

(OPA; 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), 

designated Federal and State agencies 

may act as trustees on behalf of the 

public to assess natural resource injuries 

and losses resulting from an oil spill 

and to determine the restoration actions 

needed to compensate the public for 

those injuries and losses. OPA instructs 

the 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. For the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, designated 

trustees (Trustees) in four Federal 

agencies and five Gulf States—Alabama, 

Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and 

Texas—have been working together to 

assess natural resource injuries and 

prepare a series of restoration plans 

described below. 

The Trustees are: 

• U.S. Department of the Interior, as 

represented by the National Park 

Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 

and Bureau of Land Management; 

• National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration, on behalf of the U.S. 

Department of Commerce; 

• U.S. Department of Agriculture; 

• U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency; 

• 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 

• For the State of Texas: Texas Parks 

and Wildlife Department, Texas General 

Land Office, and Texas Commission on 

Environmental Quality. 

Background 

In the April 2011 Framework 

Agreement for Early Restoration 

Addressing Injuries Resulting from the 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill 

(Framework Agreement), BP agreed to 

provide the Trustees up to $1 billion 

toward early restoration projects in the 

Gulf of Mexico to address injuries to 

natural resources caused by the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 

Framework Agreement represents a 

preliminary step toward the restoration 

of injured natural resources and is 

intended to expedite the start of 

restoration in the Gulf in advance of the 

completion of the injury assessment 

process. The Framework Agreement 

provides a mechanism through which 

the Trustees and BP can work together 

‘‘to commence implementation of early 

restoration projects that will provide 

meaningful benefits to accelerate 

restoration in the Gulf as quickly as 

practicable’’ and prior to the resolution 

of the Trustees’ natural resource 

damages claim. Early restoration is not 

intended to and does not fully address 

all injuries caused by the Deepwater 

Horizon oil spill. Restoration beyond 

early restoration projects will be 

required to fully compensate the public 

for natural resource losses, including 

recreational use losses, from the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 

A Notice of Availability of the Draft 

Phase V Early Restoration Plan and 

Environmental Assessments (Draft 

Phase V ERP/EA) was published in the 

Federal Register on December 1, 2015 

(80 FR 75126). The Trustees provided 

the public with 30 days to review the 

Draft Phase V ERP/EA and held one 

public meeting on December 14, 2015 in 

Panama City, FL. The Trustees 

considered the public comments 

received, which informed the Trustees’ 

analyses and selection of the early 

restoration project in the final Phase V 

ERP/EA. A summary of the public 

comments received, and the Trustees’ 

responses to those comments are 

addressed in Chapter 4 of the final 

Phase V ERP/EA. 

In four previous phases, the Trustees 

selected, and BP agreed to fund, a total 

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1The record is defined in sec. 207.2(f) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 

CFR 207.2(f)). 

of 64 early restoration projects expected 

to cost a total of approximately $832 

million. The Trustees selected these 

projects after public notice, public 

meetings, and consideration of public 

comments, through the Phase I Early 

Restoration Plan/Environmental 

Assessment (Phase I ERP/EA), Phase II 

Early Restoration Plan/Environmental 

Review (Phase II ERP/ER), the 

Programmatic and Phase III Early 

Restoration Plan and Early Restoration 

Programmatic Environmental Impact 

Statement (Phase III ERP/PEIS), and the 

Phase IV Early Restoration Plan/

Environment Assessments (Phase IV 

ERP/EA). 

The Trustees released the Phase I 

ERP/EA on April 20, 2012 (77 FR 23741) 

and the Phase II ERP/ER on February 5, 

2013 (78 FR 8184). The Trustees 

released the Phase III ERP/PEIS on June 

26, 2014 (79 FR 36328), and 

subsequently approved that Plan and 

programmatic EIS in a Record of 

Decision on October 31, 2014 (79 FR 

64831). The Trustees released the Phase 

IV ERP/EA on September 23, 2015 (80 

FR 57384). These plans are available at: 

https://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/

adminrecord. 

Overview of the Phase V ERP/EA 

The Trustees approved the first phase 

of the Florida Coastal Access Project in 

the Phase V ERP/EA. The estimated cost 

for the first phase of the Florida Coastal 

Access Project is $34,372,184. The 

estimated cost of the total Florida 

Coastal Access Project is $45,415,573. 

The Trustees anticipate proposing an 

additional future phase of the Florida 

Coastal Access Project, consisting of 

similar restoration activities that would 

utilize the remaining $11,043,389, if 

approved. Details on the first phase of 

the Florida Coastal Access Project are 

provided in the Phase V ERP/EA. 

The first phase of the Florida Coastal 

Access Project is intended to continue 

the process of using early restoration 

funding to restore natural resources, 

ecological services, and recreational use 

services injured or lost as a result of the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The 

Trustees considered hundreds of 

projects leading to the identification of 

the Florida Coastal Access Project and 

considered both ecological and 

recreational use restoration projects to 

address injuries caused by the 

Deepwater Horizon oil spill, (both 

injuries to the physical and biological 

environment, as well as to the 

relationship people have with the 

environment). 

In addition, the Phase V ERP/EA 

includes notices of change and 

supporting analysis for two Phase III 

Early Restoration Projects: ‘‘Strategically 

Provided Boat Access Along Florida’s 

Gulf Coast—City of Port St. Joe, Frank 

Pate Boat Ramp Improvements’’ and 

‘‘Florida Artificial Reef Creation and 

Restoration.’’ 

Administrative Record 

The documents comprising the 

Administrative Record can be viewed 

electronically at the following location: 

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.) and the implementing Natural 

Resource Damage Assessment 

regulations found at 15 CFR 990. 

Cynthia K. Dohner, 

DOI Authorized Official. 

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BILLING CODE 4310–55–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNV912000 L13400000.PQ0000 

LXSS006F0000; MO#4500090018] 

Notice of Public Meeting: Bureau of 

Land Management Nevada Resource 

Advisory Councils; Postponement 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting; 

Postponement. 

SUMMARY: In the notice published 

Monday, February 1, 2016 (81 FR 5132), 

a public meeting of the Bureau of Land 

Management Nevada Resource Advisory 

Councils was announced. 

The BLM Nevada Resource Advisory 

Council meeting scheduled for February 

10–11, 2016 has been postponed to 

allow for additional public notice. A 

new meeting date will be announced at 

a later time. 

Neil Kornze, 

BLM Director. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02405 Filed 2–4–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–84–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation No. 731–TA–1306 

(Preliminary)] 

Large Residential Washers From 

China; Determination 

On the basis of the record 1 developed 

in the subject investigation, the United 

States International Trade Commission 

(‘‘Commission’’) determines, pursuant 

to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’), 

that there is a reasonable indication that 

an industry in the United States is 

materially injured by reason of imports 

of large residential washers from China, 

provided for in subheading 8450.20.00 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, that are alleged to be 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value (‘‘LTFV’’). 

Commencement of Final Phase 

Investigation 

Pursuant to section 207.18 of the 

Commission’s rules, the Commission 

also gives notice of the commencement 

of the final phase of its investigation. 

The Commission will issue a final phase 

notice of scheduling, which will be 

published in the Federal Register as 

provided in section 207.21 of the 

Commission’s rules, upon notice from 

the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) of an affirmative 

preliminary determination in the 

investigation under section 733(b) of the 

Act, or, if the preliminary determination 

is negative, upon notice of an 

affirmative final determination in that 

investigation under section 735(a) of the 

Act. Parties that filed entries of 

appearance in the preliminary phase of 

the investigation need not enter a 

separate appearance for the final phase 

of the investigation. Industrial users, 

and, if the merchandise under 

investigation is sold at the retail level, 

representative consumer organizations 

have the right to appear as parties in 

Commission antidumping and 

countervailing duty investigations. The 

Secretary will prepare a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to the investigation. 

Background 

On December 16, 2015, Whirlpool 

Corp., Benton Harbor, Michigan, filed a 

petition with the Commission and 

Commerce, alleging that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

or threatened with material injury by 

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