Draft and final Early Restoration plans will be posted on this page for public review and comment. Below you will find links to download documents and to submit comments on any plan with an active public comment period.
On December 21, 2012, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees announced the finalization of the Phase II Early Restoration Plan and Environmental Review (Phase II ERP/ER). The Phase II ERP/ER includes two projects, which are located within the Florida panhandle, state and federal lands in Alabama, and federal lands in Mississippi and address injuries to the nesting habitat of beach nesting birds and of nesting loggerhead sea turtles that resulted from response activities to the oil spill. Because loggerhead sea turtles and beach nesting birds begin nesting along the Northeast Gulf coast in February, the Trustees recognized the need to implement these projects in a timely manner in order to be effective during the 2013 nesting season, and therefore moved forward with these projects while additional early restoration projects are being developed in accordance with the Framework Agreement.
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Project Title |
Estimated Cost* |
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Enhanced Management of Avian Breeding Habitat Injured by Response in the Florida Panhandle, Alabama, and Mississippi |
$4,658,118 |
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Improving Habitat Injured by Spill Response: Restoring the Night Sky |
$4,321,165 |
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Total Estimated Cost for Phase II Projects |
$8,979,283 |
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*Actual costs may differ depending on future contingencies, but will not exceed
the amount shown without further agreement between the trustees and BP. |
The Trustees continue to seek public input on potential restoration ideas and will seek public comments before finalizing any future restoration plans.
Public Comment Period: 11/06/2012 - 12/10/2012 Download this Document View a list of LA repositories
On November 6, 2012, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Trustees released the Draft Phase II Early Restoration Plan and Environmental
Review (DERP/ER). The DERP/ER includes the second set of early restoration
projects being proposed by the Trustees to address natural resource injuries
resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The two proposed projects
address response injuries to nesting habitat for beach nesting birds and nesting
loggerhead sea turtles. Because loggerhead sea turtles and beach nesting birds
begin nesting along the Northeast Gulf coast in February, the Trustees recognize
these projects need to be implemented in a timely manner to be effective during
the 2013 nesting season. The projects are being proposed now while additional
early restoration projects are being negotiated. Below is a brief description of
each project:
- A Comprehensive Program for Enhanced Management of Avian Breeding Habitat
Injuries by Response in the Florida Panhandle, Alabama and Mississippi. This
project proposes to protect nesting habitat for beach-nesting birds from
disturbance in order to restore habitat impaired by oil spill response
activities. It is to be conducted on sandy beaches in Escambia, Santa Rosa,
Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin counties, Florida; Bon Secour National
Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in Baldwin and Mobile counties, Alabama, and the Gulf
Islands National Seashore (GUIS) – Mississippi District.
- Improving Habitat Injured by Spill Response: Restoring the Night Sky.
This project proposes to reduce artificial lighting impacts on nesting habitat
for sea turtles, specifically loggerhead turtles, to restore habitat impaired by
disturbance from oil spill response activities. It is to be conducted on sandy
beach public properties in Baldwin County, Alabama; and Escambia, Santa Rosa,
Okaloosa, Walton, Bay, Gulf, and Franklin counties, Florida.
A public meeting
will be held in Pensacola, FL on November 13, 2012 to facilitate the public
review and comment process for these projects.
Visit our calendar
for additional meeting details.
Public Comment Period: 11/06/2012 - 12/10/2012 Download this Document View a list of LA repositories
On April 18, 2012, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Trustees announced the finalization of the Phase I Early Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment (Phase I ERP/EA). The Phase I ERP/EA is the first early
restoration plan under the unprecedented April 2011 agreement with BP to fund $1
billion in early restoration projects. The funding enables the trustees to begin
restoration before the completion of damage assessment activities.
The Phase I ERP/EA includes eight projects, two each in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. The projects are intended to provide services that will benefit impacted marshes, coastal dune habitats, nearshore habitats, oysters and human uses (such as beachgoing and fishing).
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Project Title |
Estimated Cost* |
| Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation - NRDA Early Restoration Project |
$14,400,000 |
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Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project |
$15,582,600 |
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Mississippi Oyster Cultch Restoration |
$11,000,000 |
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Mississippi Artificial Reef Habitat |
$2,600,000 |
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Marsh Island (Portersville Bay, AL) Marsh Creation |
$11,280,000 |
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Alabama Dune Restoration Cooperative Project |
$1,480,000 |
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Florida Boat Ramp Enhancement Construction |
$5,067,255 |
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Florida (Pensacola Beach) Dune Restoration |
$644,487 |
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Total Estimated Cost for Phase I Projects |
$62,054,342 |
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*Actual costs may differ depending on future contingencies, but will not exceed
the amount shown without further agreement between the trustees and BP. |
The trustees are working to move forward with additional early restoration projects and plans. The selection process for future early restoration projects will proceed along the same lines as the first. The trustees continue to seek public input on potential restoration ideas and will seek public comments before finalizing any future restoration plans.
Download this DocumentDownload the proposed Louisiana project fact sheets:
On December 14, 2011, the Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Trustees released the Deepwater Horizon Draft Phase I Early Restoration Plan and
Environmental Assessment (DERP/EA) for public input and suggestions. It is the
first in an anticipated series of plans to begin restoration for injuries to
natural resources and services resulting from the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill
and related response activities undertaken to prevent, minimize, or remediate
oiling. The DERP/EA describes the initial projects proposed to receive funding
from the $1 billion Early Restoration agreement announced by the Trustees and BP
on April 21, 2011.
The DERP/EA describes eight proposed projects for the initial round of Early
Restoration, two each in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. These
projects reflect the ideas and input received by the Trustees through project
solicitation and outreach efforts. The proposed projects include shoreline marsh
creation, coastal dune habitat restoration, nearshore artificial reef creation,
oyster cultch restoration and construction of four boat ramp facilities. The
total estimated cost of the proposed Phase I projects is approximately $57
million.
Twelve public meetings are being held Gulf-wide to provide an opportunity for the public to submit comments regarding the DERP/EA. Visit our calendar
for a list of meeting dates and locations in Louisiana.
Public Comment Period: 12/14/2011 - 02/14/2012 Download this DocumentDownload the proposed Louisiana project fact sheets:
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