[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 
nanciann_regalado@fws.gov.

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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