83 FR 12340 - Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3
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[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 21, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 12340-12342] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-05691] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XE201 Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Final Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3 AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of availability. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), and a Consent Decree with BP Exploration & Production Inc. (BP), the Deepwater Horizon Federal and State natural resource trustee agencies for the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group (LA TIG) have prepared the Final Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana (SRP/EA). The Final SRP/EA identifies and, in conjunction with the associated Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI), selects a restoration strategy that will help prioritize future decisions regarding project selection and funding. Rather than selecting specific projects for construction, the Trustees evaluated a suite of restoration techniques and approaches, for example large-scale diversions or marsh creation, to determine how to best support restoring ecosystem-level injuries in the Gulf of Mexico through restoration in the Barataria Basin. This strategic approach to restoration will allow the Trustees to prioritize projects for further evaluation by the LA TIG. The purpose of this notice is to inform the public of the availability of the Final SRP/EA and FONSI. ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You may download the Final SRP/EA and FONSI at: http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov and http://www.la-dwh.com. Alternatively, you may request a CD of the Final SRP/EA and FONSI (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT). In addition, you may view the document at any of the public facilities listed at http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration--Mel Landry, [email protected], (301) 427-8711. Louisiana--Joann Hicks, [email protected], (225) 342-7308. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Introduction On April 20, 2010, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, which was being used to drill a well for BP in the Macondo prospect (Mississippi Canyon 252-MC252), exploded, caught fire, and subsequently sank in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in an unprecedented volume of oil and other discharges from the rig and from the wellhead on the seabed. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the largest maritime oil spill in United States history, discharging millions of barrels of oil over a period of 87 days. In addition, well over one million gallons of dispersants were applied to the waters of the spill area in an attempt to disperse the spilled oil. An undetermined amount of natural gas also was released to the environment as a result of the spill. The Deepwater Horizon Federal and State natural resource trustees (DWH Trustees) conducted the NRDA for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA; 33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA, Federal and State agencies act as trustees on behalf of the public to assess natural resource injuries and losses and to determine the actions required to compensate the public for those injuries and losses. OPA further instructs the designated trustees to develop and implement a plan for the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of the equivalent of the injured natural resources under their trusteeship, including the loss of use and services from those resources from the time of injury until the time of restoration to baseline (the resource quality and conditions that would exist if the spill had not occurred) is complete. The DWH Trustees are: U.S. Department of the Interior, as represented by the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of Agriculture; U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, Oil Spill Coordinator's Office, Department of Environmental Quality, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and Department of Natural Resources; State of Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality; State of Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and Geological Survey of Alabama; State of Florida Department of Environmental Protection and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission; and For the State of Texas, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas General Land Office, and Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. On April 4, 2016, the DWH Trustees reached and finalized a settlement of their natural resource damages claims with BP in a Consent Decree approved by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that Consent Decree, restoration projects in the Louisiana Restoration Area are now chosen and managed by the LA TIG. The LA TIG is comprised of the following DWH Trustees: State of Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA); Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator's Office (LOSCO); Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ); Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF); Louisiana Department of Natural Resources (LDNR); [[Page 12341]] U.S. Department of the Interior, as represented by National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bureau of Land Management; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, on behalf of the U.S. Department of Commerce; U.S. Department of Agriculture; and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This restoration planning activity is proceeding in accordance with the PDARP/PEIS. Information on the Restoration Type considered in the Final SRP/EA, as well as the OPA criteria against which alternatives were evaluated, can be viewed in the PDARP/PEIS (http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-planning/gulf-plan) and in the Overview of the PDARP/PEIS (http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration-planning/gulf-plan). Background On March 29, 2017, the LA TIG solicited project ideas to sustainably create, restore, and enhance coastal wetlands, and restore or preserve Mississippi River processes (http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/2017/03/request-restoration-project-ideas-louisiana). From that input and review of other Louisiana restoration planning efforts, including Louisiana's Coastal Master Plan and Deepwater Horizon restoration planning efforts, the LA TIG published a notice of intent on April 28, 2017 announcing its initiation of strategic restoration planning through two phases (82 FR 19659). The first phase would prepare a strategic restoration plan for Louisiana's Barataria Basin. The Deepwater Horizon spill created an ecosystem-level injury to the Gulf of Mexico, which included accelerated loss of critical wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitats as well as injuries across all trophic levels in the Gulf of Mexico. The most severe losses to coastal marshes, which represent the foundation of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem, were focused on the Barataria Basin. As described in the April 28, 2017 notice, the LA TIG prepared a Draft SRP/EA which focused on wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitat restoration type projects in the Barataria Basin restoration area. This geographic focus is appropriate as the PDARP/ PEIS found that the Barataria Basin experienced some of the heaviest and most persistent oiling from the DWH spill and because the Basin supports very high primary and secondary production that contributes to the overall health of the northern Gulf of Mexico ecosystem. A Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Draft Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3: Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal and Nearshore Habitats in the Barataria Basin, Louisiana (Draft SRP/EA) was published in the Federal Register on December 20, 2017. The Draft SRP/ EA proposed four strategic alternatives consistent with the Restoration Types selected in the PDARP/PEIS. The LA TIG evaluated these alternatives under criteria set forth in the OPA regulations, and evaluated the environmental consequences of the restoration alternatives in accordance with NEPA. The LA TIG provided the public with 45 days to review and provide comment on the Draft SRP/EA. During the public review period, which ended on February 5, 2018, the LA TIG held a public meeting in New Orleans on January 24, 2018. The LA TIG considered the public comments received, which informed the LA TIG's analyses and selection of the preferred alternative in the Final SRP/ EA. A summary of the public comments received and the Trustees' responses to those comments are addressed in Chapter 7 of the Final SRP/EA. Overview of the Final SRP/EA The Final SRP/EA is being released in accordance with OPA, the OPA regulations in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) at 15 CFR part 990, and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). The LA TIG focused the SRP/EA on two restoration approaches in the wetlands, coastal and nearshore habitat type described in the PDARP/ PEIS: creating, restoring and enhancing coastal wetlands; and restoring and preserving Mississippi-Atchafalaya River processes. Within the two restoration approaches, the PDARP/PEIS identifies a series of potential restoration techniques. These techniques, spanning both restoration approaches, are as follows (PDARP/PEIS, Appendix 5.D): Create or enhance coastal wetlands through placement of dredged material; Backfill canals; Restore hydrologic connections to enhance coastal habitats; Construct breakwaters; and Controlled river diversions. Four project types, consistent with the restoration approaches in the PDARP/PEIS, are carried forward for additional consideration in the SRP/EA: Sediment diversion projects; Large-scale marsh creation projects; Ridge restoration projects; and Breakwater construction projects (also referred to as shoreline protection projects). After reviewing the restoration approaches and techniques, the LA TIG identified 13 example projects from public submissions in response to the Notice of Solicitation and from the 2017 Coastal Master Plan. The LA TIG then combined restoration techniques into four strategic restoration alternatives. With the exception of the natural recovery/no action alternative, each of these alternatives meets the Final SRP/EA's purpose and need ``to restore the ecosystem level injuries in Barataria Basin and to restore, rehabilitate, replace, or acquire the equivalent of the injured wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitat resources and services and compensate for interim losses of those resources from the DWH oil spill.'' The four strategic restoration alternatives are as follows: Alternative 1: Marsh creation, ridge restoration, and large-scale sediment diversion; Alternative 2: Marsh creation, ridge restoration, and shoreline protection; Alternative 3: Marsh creation and ridge restoration; and Alternative 4: Natural recovery/no action. In the Final SRP/EA, the LA TIG identifies two decisions to restore ecosystem-level injuries in the Gulf of Mexico through restoration of critical wetlands, coastal, and nearshore habitat resources and services in the Barataria Basin. First, the LA TIG selects a preferred alternative that relies on a suite of restoration approaches and techniques in the Barataria Basin, including large-scale sediment diversions to restore deltaic processes, marsh creation, and ridge restoration. Second, the LA TIG selects to advance several projects forward for further evaluation and planning: The Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion and one marsh creation increment within Large Scale Marsh Creation: Component E in northern Barataria Basin. The LA TIG also confirms its 2017 decision to move the Spanish Pass Increment of the Barataria Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation project forward for further evaluation and planning. The trustees are not proposing these projects for construction funding at this time. Rather, the trustees will continue to consider the selected projects in future Phase II restoration plans including further OPA and NEPA evaluation. The LA TIG evaluated strategic restoration alternatives under criteria set forth in the OPA regulations. The strategic restoration alternatives are consistent with the restoration [[Page 12342]] alternatives selected in the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan/Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). NEPA requires federal agencies to consider the potential environmental impacts of planned actions. NEPA provides a mandate and framework for federal agencies to determine if their proposed actions have significant environmental effects and related social and economic effects, consider these effects when choosing between alternative approaches, and inform and involve the public in the environmental analysis and decision-making process. The LA TIG exercised its discretion pursuant to NEPA (40 CFR 1501.3(b)) to integrate an EA with this SRP in order to assist with restoration planning efforts and to further the purposes of NEPA. This SRP/EA tiers from the PDARP/PEIS and incorporates by reference the NEPA environmental consequences analysis found in Chapter 6 of the PDARP/PEIS (40 CFR 1502.20; 1502.21). The LA TIG has found, based on its evaluation in the EA portion of this SRP/EA that: (1) The PDARP/PEIS included a thorough evaluation of the potential range of environmental effects that could result from the various restoration approaches and techniques analyzed in the PDARP/ PEIS; (2) the analysis of the environmental consequences of those approaches and techniques in the PDARP/PEIS remains valid; (3) the effects of the restoration approaches and techniques, including the project selected for further planning and environmental review, evaluated in this SRP/EA are within the range of impacts evaluated in the PDARP/PEIS; and (4) any new information regarding the environmental consequences of the restoration approaches and techniques, including the projects selected for further planning and environmental review, evaluated within this SRP/EA are within the range of and consistent with the environmental impacts identified and analyzed within the PDARP/PEIS. The Federal Trustees of the LA TIG have determined that implementation of the Final SRP/EA is not a major Federal Action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment within the context of NEPA. They have concluded a FONSI is appropriate, and, therefore, an Environmental Impact Statement will not be prepared for this action. Administrative Record The documents comprising the Administrative Record for the Draft SRP/EA can be viewed electronically at http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/adminrecord. Authority The authority for this action is OPA (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), the OPA NRDA regulations at 15 CFR part 990, and NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Dated: March 15, 2018. Carrie Selberg, Deputy Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2018-05691 Filed 3-20-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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requirements to assess, minimize, and/ Significant Impact (FONSI), selects a Federal and State agencies act as
or monitor impacts to different restoration strategy that will help trustees on behalf of the public to assess
resources, including marine mammals. prioritize future decisions regarding natural resource injuries and losses and
While the State has coordinated most project selection and funding. Rather to determine the actions required to
closely with NMFS on the Mid-Barataria than selecting specific projects for compensate the public for those injuries
Sediment Diversion to date, it is likely construction, the Trustees evaluated a and losses. OPA further instructs the
the other two projects covered under the suite of restoration techniques and designated trustees to develop and
waiver will be similarly coordinated approaches, for example large-scale implement a plan for the restoration,
with NMFS to some degree due to the diversions or marsh creation, to rehabilitation, replacement, or
NEPA processes and permitting determine how to best support restoring acquisition of the equivalent of the
requirements under other Federal ecosystem-level injuries in the Gulf of injured natural resources under their
statutes. We believe that in many cases Mexico through restoration in the trusteeship, including the loss of use
other statutes and processes will Barataria Basin. This strategic approach and services from those resources from
provide the State efficient frameworks to restoration will allow the Trustees to the time of injury until the time of
within which to conduct the required prioritize projects for further evaluation restoration to baseline (the resource
consultation with NMFS, and we will by the LA TIG. The purpose of this quality and conditions that would exist
support the State in integrating Budget notice is to inform the public of the if the spill had not occurred) is
Act compliance into these processes, availability of the Final SRP/EA and complete.
discussions, and timelines, as needed. FONSI. The DWH Trustees are:
Regardless, NMFS is prepared to ADDRESSES: Obtaining Documents: You • U.S. Department of the Interior, as
support the State in identifying and may download the Final SRP/EA and represented by the National Park
developing practicable measures to FONSI at: http://www.gulfspill Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
minimize and monitor impacts of the restoration.noaa.gov and http://www.la- and Bureau of Land Management;
covered projects on marine mammals. dwh.com. Alternatively, you may • National Oceanic and Atmospheric
request a CD of the Final SRP/EA and Administration, on behalf of the U.S.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.
FONSI (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Department of Commerce;
Dated: March 15, 2018.
CONTACT). In addition, you may view the
• U.S. Department of Agriculture;
Samuel D. Rauch, III, • U.S. Environmental Protection
document at any of the public facilities
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Agency;
listed at http://www.gulfspill
Regulatory Programs, National Marine • State of Louisiana Coastal
Fisheries Service.
restoration.noaa.gov.
Protection and Restoration Authority,
[FR Doc. 2018–05652 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am] FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Oil Spill Coordinator’s Office,
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• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Department of Environmental Quality,
Administration—Mel Landry, Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
gulfspill.restoration@noaa.gov, (301) and Department of Natural Resources;
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 427–8711. • State of Mississippi Department of
• Louisiana—Joann Hicks, Environmental Quality;
National Oceanic and Atmospheric LATIGPublicComments@la.gov, (225) • State of Alabama Department of
Administration 342–7308. Conservation and Natural Resources and
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Geological Survey of Alabama;
RIN 0648–XE201
Introduction • State of Florida Department of
Notice of Availability of the Deepwater Environmental Protection and Fish and
Horizon Oil Spill Louisiana Trustee On April 20, 2010, the mobile Wildlife Conservation Commission; and
Implementation Group Final Strategic offshore drilling unit Deepwater • For the State of Texas, Texas Parks
Restoration Plan and Environmental Horizon, which was being used to drill and Wildlife Department, Texas General
Assessment #3 a well for BP in the Macondo prospect Land Office, and Texas Commission on
(Mississippi Canyon 252–MC252), Environmental Quality.
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries exploded, caught fire, and subsequently On April 4, 2016, the DWH Trustees
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and sank in the Gulf of Mexico, resulting in reached and finalized a settlement of
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), an unprecedented volume of oil and their natural resource damages claims
Department of Commerce. other discharges from the rig and from with BP in a Consent Decree approved
ACTION: Notice of availability. the wellhead on the seabed. The by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern
Deepwater Horizon oil spill is the District of Louisiana. Pursuant to that
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Oil largest maritime oil spill in United Consent Decree, restoration projects in
Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA), the States history, discharging millions of the Louisiana Restoration Area are now
National Environmental Policy Act barrels of oil over a period of 87 days. chosen and managed by the LA TIG.
(NEPA), and a Consent Decree with BP In addition, well over one million The LA TIG is comprised of the
Exploration & Production Inc. (BP), the gallons of dispersants were applied to following DWH Trustees:
Deepwater Horizon Federal and State the waters of the spill area in an attempt • State of Louisiana Coastal
natural resource trustee agencies for the to disperse the spilled oil. An Protection and Restoration Authority
Louisiana Trustee Implementation undetermined amount of natural gas (CPRA);
Group (LA TIG) have prepared the Final • Louisiana Oil Spill Coordinator’s
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also was released to the environment as
Strategic Restoration Plan and a result of the spill. Office (LOSCO);
Environmental Assessment #3: The Deepwater Horizon Federal and • Louisiana Department of
Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and State natural resource trustees (DWH Environmental Quality (LDEQ);
Nearshore Habitats in the Barataria Trustees) conducted the NRDA for the • Louisiana Department of Wildlife
Basin, Louisiana (SRP/EA). The Final Deepwater Horizon oil spill under the and Fisheries (LDWF);
SRP/EA identifies and, in conjunction Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA; 33 • Louisiana Department of Natural
with the associated Finding of No U.S.C. 2701 et seq.). Pursuant to OPA, Resources (LDNR);
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alternatives selected in the Deepwater http://www.doi.gov/deepwaterhorizon/ FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia
Horizon Oil Spill: Final Programmatic adminrecord. Byrd, SEDAR Coordinator, 4055 Faber
Damage Assessment and Restoration Place Drive, Suite 201, North
Authority
Plan/Programmatic Environmental Charleston, SC 29405; phone: (843) 571–
Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The authority for this action is OPA 4366; email: julia.byrd@safmc.net.
NEPA requires federal agencies to (33 U.S.C. 2701 et seq.), the OPA NRDA SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf
consider the potential environmental regulations at 15 CFR part 990, and of Mexico, South Atlantic, and
impacts of planned actions. NEPA NEPA (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.). Caribbean Fishery Management
provides a mandate and framework for Dated: March 15, 2018. Councils, in conjunction with NOAA
federal agencies to determine if their Carrie Selberg, Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf
proposed actions have significant Deputy Director, Office of Habitat States Marine Fisheries Commissions,
environmental effects and related social Conservation, National Marine Fisheries have implemented the Southeast Data,
and economic effects, consider these Service. Assessment and Review (SEDAR)
effects when choosing between [FR Doc. 2018–05691 Filed 3–20–18; 8:45 am] process, a multi-step method for
alternative approaches, and inform and BILLING CODE 3510–22–P determining the status of fish stocks in
involve the public in the environmental the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a three-
analysis and decision-making process. step process including: (1) Data
The LA TIG exercised its discretion DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Workshop; (2) Assessment Process
pursuant to NEPA (40 CFR 1501.3(b)) to utilizing a workshop and/or webinars;
integrate an EA with this SRP in order National Oceanic and Atmospheric and (3) Review Workshop. Cobia Stock
to assist with restoration planning Administration
ID will be resolved prior to the start of
efforts and to further the purposes of RIN 0648–XG068 the SEDAR 58 Data Workshop using the
NEPA. This SRP/EA tiers from the multi-step Stock ID Process. The
PDARP/PEIS and incorporates by Fisheries of the South Atlantic; product of the Data Workshop is a data
reference the NEPA environmental Southeast Data, Assessment, and report which compiles and evaluates
consequences analysis found in Chapter Review (SEDAR); Stock ID Workshop potential datasets and recommends
6 of the PDARP/PEIS (40 CFR 1502.20; for Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) which datasets are appropriate for
1502.21). The LA TIG has found, based AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries assessment analyses. The product of the
on its evaluation in the EA portion of Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Assessment Process is a stock
this SRP/EA that: (1) The PDARP/PEIS Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), assessment report which describes the
included a thorough evaluation of the Commerce. fisheries, evaluates the status of the
potential range of environmental effects ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 58 Stock stock, estimates biological benchmarks,
that could result from the various Identification (ID) Workshop for Cobia. projects future population conditions,
restoration approaches and techniques and recommends research and
analyzed in the PDARP/PEIS; (2) the SUMMARY: The SEDAR 58 Cobia Stock ID monitoring needs. The assessment is
analysis of the environmental Process will be a multi-step process independently peer reviewed at the
consequences of those approaches and consisting of a series of workshops and Review Workshop. The product of the
techniques in the PDARP/PEIS remains webinars: Stock ID Workshop; Stock ID Review Workshop is a Summary
valid; (3) the effects of the restoration Review Workshop; Joint Cooperator documenting panel opinions regarding
approaches and techniques, including Technical Review; and a Science and the strengths and weaknesses of the
the project selected for further planning Management Leadership Call. See stock assessment and input data.
and environmental review, evaluated in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. Participants for SEDAR Workshops are
this SRP/EA are within the range of DATES: The SEDAR 58 Stock ID appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South
impacts evaluated in the PDARP/PEIS; Workshop will be held on April 10–11, Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery
and (4) any new information regarding 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.; and Management Councils and NOAA
the environmental consequences of the April 12, 2018, from 8:30 a.m. until 1 Fisheries Southeast Regional Office,
restoration approaches and techniques, p.m. The established times may be Highly Migratory Species Management
including the projects selected for adjusted as necessary to accommodate Division, and Southeast Fisheries
further planning and environmental the timely completion of discussion Science Center. Participants include:
review, evaluated within this SRP/EA relevant to the Stock ID process. Such Data collectors and database managers;
are within the range of and consistent adjustments may result in the meeting stock assessment scientists, biologists,
with the environmental impacts being extended from, or completed prior and researchers; constituency
identified and analyzed within the to the time established by this notice. representatives including fishermen,
PDARP/PEIS. The Federal Trustees of Additional SEDAR 58 Stock ID Process environmentalists, and non-
the LA TIG have determined that workshops and webinar dates and times governmental organizations (NGOs);
implementation of the Final SRP/EA is will publish in a subsequent issue in the international experts; and staff of
not a major Federal Action significantly Federal Register. Councils, Commissions, and state and
affecting the quality of the human ADDRESSES: federal agencies.
environment within the context of Meeting address: The SEDAR 58 The items of discussion at the Stock
NEPA. They have concluded a FONSI is Stock ID Workshop will be held at the ID Workshop are as follows:
appropriate, and, therefore, an 1. Review information including
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Town and Country Inn, 2008 Savannah
Environmental Impact Statement will Highway, Charleston, SC 29407l; phone: genetic studies, growth patterns,
not be prepared for this action. (843) 571–1000. movement and migration, existing stock
SEDAR address: South Atlantic definitions, otolith chemistry,
Administrative Record
Fishery Management Council, 4055 oceanographic and habitat
The documents comprising the Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N characteristics, prior SEDAR stock ID
Administrative Record for the Draft Charleston, SC 29405; recommendations and any other
SRP/EA can be viewed electronically at www.sedarweb.org. relevant information on stock structure.
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