Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan I and - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Alabama Trustee Implementation Group Draft Restoration Plan I and Environmental Impact Statement: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities Public Meeting January 17 & 18, 2017

• Welcome and introduction • Overview of NRDA restoration process • Overview of Draft Restoration Plan I and Environmental Impact Statement • Your comments

• Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources • Geological Survey of Alabama • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration • Department of the Interior • Environmental Protection Agency • U.S. Department of Agriculture

NRDA Restoration Process

To make the environment and public whole for injuries to natural resources and services resulting from an incident involving a discharge or substantial threat of discharge of oil. (15 CFR § 990.10)

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• Programmatic Damage Assessment & Restoration Plan / Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement • Addresses the ecosystem as an interconnected whole • Identifies how and where funds will be invested to address the injuries from this spill • What types of restoration are most needed • Priority geographical areas for restoration • Identifies how the Trustees will work together in the future to identify and propose specific projects

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Draft Restoration Plan I and Environmental Impact Statement: Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities

• Focuses on the Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities Restoration Type • Responsive to court order in GRN v. Jewell , Case 1:15-cv- 00191-CB-C (S.D. Ala.) • Describes robust screening process to determine the reasonable range of alternatives • Evaluates the alternatives under both OPA and NEPA • Proposes six preferred alternatives

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Step 1 – Initial OPA Eligibility Screen: 588  48 projects Step 2 – Removal of Duplicate Projects: 48  33 projects Step 3 – Removal of Previously Funded Projects: 33  25 projects Step 4 – Consistency with Goals and Objectives of Trustees: 25  8 projects zyxwvutsrqponmlkjihgfedcbaZYXWVUTSRQPONMLKJIHGFEDCBA RESULT: 8 proposed projects* *8 projects were evaluated as 9 “alternatives” due to one project presenting two land acquisition options.

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• Gulf State Park Lodge and Associated Public Access Amenities Project – $56,300,000 • Fort Morgan Pier Rehabilitation – $3,075,000 • Laguna Cove Little Lagoon Natural Resource Protection – $4,400,000 • Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement – $1,000,000 • Dauphin Island Eco-Tourism and Environment Education Area – $4,000,000 • Mid-Island Parks and Public Beach Improvements (Parcels B&C) – $1,900,000 Total Funding Proposed: $70,675,000

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Preferred Project Alternatives: Projects Proposed for Implementation

Gulf State Park Lodge and Associated Public Access Amenities Project

Support continued rebuilding of Location: • lodge at Gulf State Park Baldwin County, Alabama Create host of public access • amenities, including an Responsibility for interpretive lobby, public Operations and education programs, public restrooms and post-beach Maintenance: showers, public beach access from Alabama Department of the lodge area, tram system for Conservation and Natural access to the entire Gulf State Park, pedestrian path from the pier to Resources the lodge, bicycle share stations/program, and public Estimated Cost: viewing areas from meeting space adjacent to the lodge $56,300,000

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Fort Morgan Pier Rehabilitation Project

Location: • Pier closed since 2014 Baldwin County, Alabama (Ft. Morgan State Historic • Rehabilitate pier on Site) existing foundations to return to recreational use Responsibility for Operations and • Enhance public access Maintenance: through educational Alabama Historical signage Commission Estimated Cost: $3,075,000

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Laguna Cove Little Lagoon Natural Resources Protection Project

• Acquire two pieces of Location: currently undeveloped land Baldwin County, Alabama that have been previously approved for a major Responsibility for residential and commercial Operations and development and create Maintenance: recreational infrastructure City of Gulf Shores • Recreational infrastructure Estimated Cost: would include a kayak $4,400,000 launch, boardwalk, fishing pier, and public parking

~ This map represents the Laguna Covel proposed project site Little Lagoon for Laguna Cove/ Submerged Aquatic Vegetation Little Lagoon Coordinate Sys tem: North America Equidistant Conic Datum: North Ame rican 1983 O.Q75 0

Bayfront Park Restoration and Improvement Project

• E&D to evaluate construction of Location: a living shoreline and/or sandy Dauphin Island Parkway, beach within park Mobile County, Alabama • Plan for additional signage, interpretive materials, and Project is for engineering other recreational amenities and design (E&D) only would also be developed Estimated Cost: • Implementation (construction and monitoring) would be $1,000,000 evaluated fully in a future restoration plan and NEPA document