Deepwater Horizon

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• Deepwater Horizon
• NRDA

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Trustees

• Federal
• Department of Commerce (NOAA)
• Department of the Interior (FWS, BLM, NPS)
• States
• Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Texas
• Within Louisiana
• Lead Coastal Protection and Restoration
  Authority (CPRA)
• Oil Spill Coordinators Office/DPS
• Department of Environmental Quality
• Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
• Office of Coastal Protection and
  Restoration/Department of Natural Resources

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Decision Making Structure

• State/Federal
• Trustee Steering Committee
• Within the State
• State Trustees
• CPRA
• LOSCO

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State DH NRDA team

• Combination of existing staff and new hires in
  LOSCO/DPS and CPRA to operate under one DH NRDA
  umbrella
• Technical, legal and administrative staff
• Outside counsel
• Outside technical assistance including
  pre-assessment and data management

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Restoration Planning

• Coordination with State Master Plan
• Sustainable projects
• Landscape scale approach
• Restoration of Ecosystem Services

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NRDA Funding

• 20 billion claims facility established recently
• Unknown whether NRDA claims will be paid out of
  the 20 billion fund
• Private claims administered by Kenneth Feinberg
• Other state claims to be paid out of the claims
  facility but will be administered by BP rather
  than by Feinberg

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Other Federal Restoration Efforts

• Sec. Ray Mabus
• CEQ Ecosystem Restoration Working Group/Roadmap
• NRDA will be separate but coordinated.

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Current Status

• Development of work plans
• Pre-assessment activities
• Development of legal agreements
• Development of DH NRDA team
• Development of reporting structure to CPRA