[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 118 (Friday, June 19, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 35393]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15152]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[FWS-R4-FHC-2015-N117; FVHC98210408710-XXX-FF04G01000]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Draft Phase IV Early Restoration
Plan and Environmental Assessments
AGENCY: Interior.
ACTION: Notice of availability; extension of public comment period.
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SUMMARY: We are extending the public comment period on our Draft Phase
IV Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessments (Draft Phase IV
ERP/EA) regarding the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. We opened the
comment period via a May 20, 2015, notice of availability.
DATES: Comments must be submitted electronically or postmarked by 11:59
p.m. Mountain Time on July 6, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Document Availability: You may download the Draft Phase IV
ERP/EA at http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov or at http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon. Alternatively, you may request a CD of
the Draft Phase IV ERP/EA (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). You
may also view the document at any of the public facilities listed at
http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
Submitting Comments: You may submit comments on the Draft Phase IV
ERP/EA by one of following methods:
(1) Electronically: http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.
(2) By hard copy: Submit by U.S. mail to: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, P.O. Box 49567, Atlanta, GA 30345.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nanciann Regalado, at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of
1990 (OPA; 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.) and the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA; 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), the Federal and State
natural resource trustee agencies (Trustees) have prepared a Draft
Phase IV Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessments (Draft
Phase IV ERP/EA).
The Draft Phase IV ERP/EA proposes 10 early restoration projects
that are consistent with the early restoration program alternatives
selected in the Programmatic and Phase III Early Restoration Plan and
Early Restoration Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement. The
Draft Phase IV ERP/EA also includes a notice of change and supporting
analysis for one Phase III Early Restoration Project, ``Enhancement of
Franklin County Parks and Boat Ramps--Eastpoint Fishing Pier
Improvements.''
Background
For additional background information, see our original Federal
Register notice, with which we opened the comment period (May 20, 2015;
80 FR 29019).
Public Comments
If you submit a comment via http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov, your entire comment--including any
personal identifying information--may be made publicly available at any
time. If you submit a hardcopy comment that includes personal
identifying information, you may request at the top of your document
that we withhold this information from public review. However, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
Authority
The authority for this action is the National Environmental Policy
Act (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.) and 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 part 990.
Kevin Reynolds,
Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration
Case Manager, Department of the Interior.
[FR Doc. 2015-15152 Filed 6-18-15; 8:45 am]
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