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Oil Spill Restoration Planning – Part 2 (RESTORE Act, Criminal, NRDA, SEPs)

Oil Spill Restoration Planning – Part 2 (RESTORE Act, Criminal, NRDA, SEPs). Kyle Graham Deputy Executive Director CPRA 11/27/2012. committed to our coast. committed to our coast. Comprehensive Oil Spill Planning- Weaving it all Together

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Oil Spill Restoration Planning – Part 2 (RESTORE Act, Criminal, NRDA, SEPs)

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  1. Oil Spill Restoration Planning – Part 2 (RESTORE Act, Criminal, NRDA, SEPs) Kyle Graham Deputy Executive Director CPRA 11/27/2012 committed to our coast committed to our coast

  2. Comprehensive Oil Spill Planning- Weaving it all Together • Criminal Settlement - $1.2B to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) for Barrier Islands and Diversions in Louisiana. • NFWF currently defining process. • Civil Penalties- RESTORE Act: 35% Equal Share Allocations, 30% Comprehensive Plan, 30% Impact Based State Allocations; Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPS) • Requires: 35% -State Plan, Parish Plans; 30% Council Plan; 30% State Plan • Natural Resources Damage Assessment (NRDA)- The costs required to return injured natural resources and service to the condition they would be in if the incident had not occurred and compensating for interim losses from the date of the incident until full recovery of such natural resources and services through the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of equivalent natural resources and/or services. • Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement • Programmatic Restoration Plan • Draft and Final Restoration Plans • * Purpose of this presentation is to provide some examples of what we expect might be funded based on what we know.

  3. Anticipated Role of the 2012 Master Plan Southwest Coast Central Coast Southeast Coast

  4. RESTORE Trust Fund Some of What We Know: NRDA - Restoration Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana

  5. In Addition to Projects Funding May Be Available for: • Human Use Projects • Sustainable Fisheries Programs • Hatcheries – Oyster and Fish • Water Quality Programs • Flyway Enhancement Opportunities • Coastal Education • Science and Research • Coastal Conservation Opportunities Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana

  6. What We are Doing: • Currently Advancing Engineering and Design of: • Remainder of Shell Island • Whiskey Island • Mid-Barataria Diversion • Caminada Phase 2 • Will be Launching Feasibility or Engineering and Design of: • Lower Breton Diversion • Lower Barataria Diversion • Houma Navigation Canal Lock Hydrologic Restoration • Increase Atchafalaya Flow to Eastern Terrebonne • Calcasieu Ship Channel Salinity Control Measures QUESTIONS? Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana

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