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Chris Barnes

Matt Mumfrey

Maury Chatellier, P.E.

May 20, 2020

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DWH Oil Spill

Program Overview

April 20, 2010

Sand Berms

Sand Berms

• $360M from BP for spill response May 2010

• Emergency effort to limit oiling of interior marshes.

• Chandeleur Islands east of the River.

• Scofield Island, Pelican Island and Shell East Island west of the river.

• Ultimately utilized $254M for Berm construction.

Sand Berms

Berm to Barrier

• Remaining Berm funds were utilized for full construction of Scofield Island and Shell East Projects.

• Scofield Island - $56,736,000

• Shell Island East - $48,421,000

Berm to Barrier – Scofield Island

Berm to Barrier - Shell Island East

Early Restoration Settlement

• First anniversary of the spill, BP agrees to make $1B available gulf wide for early restoration activities during response.

• 2011-2016 Trustees approved 65 project across the Gulf Coast.

• Louisiana ultimately received approximately $370M

Early Restoration Projects

• Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation - $13.2M

• LA Oyster Cultch and Hatchery - $14.8M

• Caillou Lake Headlands - $118.2M

• Shell Island West - $93.2M

• Chenier Ronquille - $35M

• Breton Island - $71.9M

Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation

Early Restoration Projects

MOEX Settlement

• CWA Civil Penalties

• February 2012

• $90M with Louisiana receiving $13.5M

• $3.5M allocated to construct PO-0142 Hydrologic Restoration of the Amite River Diversion Canal.

• Also used portion to purchase 11,145 acres of forested wetland adding to the State’s Maurepas Swamp WMA.

MOEX Settlement

CWA Criminal Settlements

• DOJ Settlement with BP ($4B) and Transocean ($400M).

• Louisiana - $1.272B • Managed by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation

(NFWF).• Agreement stipulates use for Barrier Islands and River

Diversions only.• Caminada Headland Phase II, Terrebonne Barrier Island

Restoration construction.• Mid Breton, Mid Barataria and Increase Atchafalaya

Flow to Terrebonne designs.

Caminada Headland Phase II

Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment

Terrebonne Basin Barrier Island and Beach Nourishment, May 6th

Clean Water Act Penalties - $6.6B 20% Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund - ~$1.3B

80% Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund - ~$5.3B (plus interest payments)

35% Equally distributed to 5 Gulf States

30%* RESTORE

Council for ecosystem restoration

30% Impact based

distribution to 5 Gulf States

2.5%*NOAA ScienceProgram

2.5%* Centers of Excellence

*Supplemented by interest generated by the Trust Fund (50% to RESTORE Council Bucket 2, 25% to NOAA Science Program Bucket 4, 25% to Centers of Excellence Bucket 5)

RESTORE Act AllocationTotal anticipated funds – Transocean, BP and Anadarko over 15 years

~$1.86B~$372M LA

~$260.4M CPRA~$111.6M Parish

~$1.6B~$182M for work in LA for 2015 &

2020 FPLs

~$1.6B34.59% or

~$551.5M CPRA

~$133.7M ~$133.7M~$26.6M CPRA for The Water Institute of the

Gulf

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1 2 3 4 5

• Buckets 1&3

– Plan with 45 days public comment

– Acceptance by Treasury (B1) or RESTORE Council (B3)

– Noncompetitive grants

• Bucket 2

– Competitive grants awarded by RESTORE Council

• Bucket 5

– Noncompetitive grants awarded by Treasury

RESTORE Act - Process

Equally distributed to 5 Gulf States

20% to LA for its equal share• 70% CPRA• 30% Parishes

35%

Bucket 1 – Direct Component

• Requires Treasury-accepted Multiyear Implementation Plan (MYIP)

• First project funding source for RESTORE (2014-2015)

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Louisiana’s Initial State RESTORE Plan*U.S. Treasury Approved - September 21, 2015

Project NameDirect Component Funding

Request

Calcasieu Ship Channel Salinity Control Measures

$16M

Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex $16M

Adaptive Management (7.5%) $ 2.4M

Parish Matching Program (up to 10%) TBD (up to $3.9M)

Total $38.3M

*Now superseded by the State’s First Amended RESTORE Plan.

Impact based distribution to 5

Gulf States

~$1.6B TotalCPRA to receive

34.59% or ~$551.5MOver 15 years

Bucket 3 – Spill Impact Component

30%• Requires Council-approved State

Expenditure Plan (SEP)

• Formula for allocating Bucket 3 funds published Dec. 14, 2015

• 34.59% of B3 to Louisiana

• Effective date: entry of BP Consent Decree (April 4, 2016)

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First Amended LA RESTORE Plan

Project NameDirect Component

(over 15 years)

Spill Impact

Component

(over 15 years)

Total

(over 15 years)

Calcasieu Ship Channel

Salinity Control Measures $260.4 million $0

Houma Navigation Canal

Lock Complex $0 $366 million

Adaptive Management $0 $60.9 million

Parish Matching $0 $100 million

Contingency Funds - $ 24.6 million

Estimated Totals $260.4 million $551.5 million $811.9M

• Approved by CPRA Board on January 18, 2017.

• Approved by RESTORE Council and U.S. Treasury in March 2017.

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Parish MatchingParish Project Phase Award

Cameron Rockefeller Shoreline Stabilization Construction $6.67M

Lafourche Grand Bayou Freshwater Reintroduction

E&D $412,722

St. Bernard Lake Lery Marsh Creation Construction $2.78M

St. Charles Paradis Canal Gate Construction $2.54M

Tangipahoa Manchac Landbridge Shoreline Protection

E&D and Construction

$3M

Vermilion Freshwater Bayou Canal Shoreline Protection

E&D and Construction

$4.59M

Total $20M

RESTORE Council for ecosystem

restoration

~$1.6B$815M unallocated

Over 15 years

30%

Bucket 2 – Council Selected Restoration

• Restoration Only

• Competitive - 5 states and 6 federal agencies

Decisions made on “Funded Priorities Lists” that require 3 State votes and the vote of the federal chair

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Bucket 2: 2015 Initial FPL

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Bucket 2 – Feb. 2020 FPL

Equally distributed to establish Centers of Excellence

~$133.7M~$26.6M CPRA for The

Water Institute of the GulfOver 15 years

2.5%*

Bucket 5 – Centers of Excellence

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• 2014- CPRA names The Water Institute of the Gulf as the State’s COE

• Mission – administer the competitive grants program for research awards

• 2017 – 13 projects funded

• Next RFP to go out later this year.

Photo Credit: Dr. Alexandra Christensen

All CPRA RESTORE Projects

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Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill (DWH)

Natural Resource Damages

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DWH NRD Governance

Trustee Council

Texas

Trustees for

Texas

Federal

Trustees

Louisiana

Trustees for

Louisiana

Federal

Trustees

Mississippi

Trustee for

Mississippi

Federal

Trustees

Alabama

Trustees

for

Alabama

Federal

Trustees

Florida

Trustees

for Florida

Federal

Trustees

Region-

wide

All Trustees

Open

Ocean

Federal

Trustees

Adaptive

Management

and

Unknown

Conditions

All Trustees

Individual Trustee Agencies

Trustee Implementation Groups

$8 Billion NRD Allocation

Louisiana TIG$5,000,000,000

Open Ocean TIG$1,240,697,916

Florida TIG$680,152,643

Regionwide TIG$349,851,678

Alabama TIG$295,589,305

Mississippi TIG$295,557,000 Texas TIG

$238,151,458

Unknown Conditions

$700,000,000

$5,000,000,000

LOUISIANA

Restore and Conserve Habitat $4,318,688,400

Restore Water Quality via

Nutrient Reduction $20,000,000 Replenish and

Protect Living Coastal and Marine

Resources $343,311,600

Provide and Enhance

Recreational Opportunities $60,000,000

Monitoring, Adaptive

Management, and Administrative

Oversight $258,000,000

Total NRD Allocation: Louisiana Restoration Categories

Early Restoration RecapProject Cost Status

Lake Hermitage Marsh Creation Project $13,200,000 Constructed

Louisiana Oyster Cultch Placement / Hatchery

Project

$14,874,300 Constructed

Louisiana Outer Coast Restoration Project $318,363,000 --

Caillou Lake Headlands $118,180,576 Constructed

Shell Island $93,244,170 Constructed

Chenier Ronquille $35,041,254 Constructed

Breton Island $71,897,000 In Construction

Early Restoration Total $346,437,300

Restoration Planning Process

• Governed by and Subject to the Oil Pollution Act (OPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)

• DWH Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan/Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS)

• Restoration Plan pursuant to OPA• Environmental Assessment pursuant to NEPA• Overseen by the LA TIG

NRD Restoration Planning OverviewFinal Restoration Plans Funds

ApprovedFinal Restoration Plan #1 – Coastal, Wetlands, and Nearshore Habitats, Habitat Projects on Federally Managed Lands, and Birds(January 2017)

$22,300,000 (E&D for 6 Projects)

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #1.1 – Queen Bess Island Restoration(March 2019)

$18,710,000 (Fully Funded)

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #1.3 – Rabbit Island Restoration Project and Shoreline Protection at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Project(February 2020)

$36,888,556 (Fully Funded)

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2 – Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities(July 2018)

$22,000,000 (E&D and

Construction)

NRD Restoration Planning OverviewFinal Restoration Plans Funds

ApprovedFinal Restoration Plan #3 – Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats in Barataria Basin (March 2018)

Further planning for MBSD and Large

Scale Marsh Creation

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #4 –Recreational Use and Nutrient Reduction (Nonpoint Source)(July 2018)

$47,500,000(E&D and

Construction for 23 Projects)

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment # 6 –Restore and Conserve Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats (April 2020)

$209,100,000(Construction for 3

Projects)

NRD Restoration Planning OverviewDraft Restoration Plans Funds

RequestedDraft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #1.2 – Lake Borgne and Spanish Pass Marsh Creation Projects

Approximately $215,000,000

Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3.3 – Large Scale Marsh Creation – Upper Barataria Component


Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #5 – Living Coastal and Marine Resources (LCMR) – Marine Mammals and Oysters


Draft Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #7 –Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats and Birds

TBD (Winter 2020)

Final Restoration Plan #1:

Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats;

Habitat Projects on Federally Managed Lands;

and Birds

Restoration Plan #1:Project Locations

Final Phase II Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #1.1:

Queen Bess Island Restoration

Queen Bess Island Restoration

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #1.3 –

Rabbit Island Restoration Project

and

Shoreline Protection at Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Project

Rabbit Island Restoration

Shoreline Protection at Jean Lafitte

Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #2:

Provide and Enhance Recreational Opportunities

Elmer’s Island Access ($6,000,000)

Statewide Artificial Reefs ($6,000,000)

Science Center and Educational Complex ($7,000,000)

Island Road Piers ($3,000,000)

$22 Million

Final Strategic Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #3:

Restoration of Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats in the Barataria Basin,

Louisiana

Barataria Basin Strategic Restoration Plan

The Strategic Restoration Plan made two decisions:

1. The selection of a preferred alternative that relies on a suite of restoration approaches/types, including large-scale sediment diversions to restore deltaic processes, marsh creation, and ridge restoration

2. Advanced several projects for further evaluation and planning:– Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

– Large Scale Marsh Creation – Component E

– Barataria Basin Ridge and Marsh Creation – Spanish Pass Increment

Draft Phase II Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment

#3.3:

Large Scale March Creation –

Upper Barataria Component

Upper Barataria Component


Nutrient Reduction (Nonpoint Source) and Recreational Use

Recreational Use and Nutrient Reduction


#5:

Living Coastal and Marine Resources –

Marine Mammals

and

Oysters


Restore and Conserve Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats

West Grand Terre

Golden Triangle Marsh Creation

Biloxi Marsh Living Shoreline


#7:

Wetlands, Coastal, and Nearshore Habitats

and

Birds

Takeaways

• Multiple funding opportunities comprise “BP Oil Spill” funding.

• Understanding of the funding timeline with payments for RESTORE and NRDA will continue through 2031.

• Full picture of comprehensive funding mechanisms, multiple programs and complex structure of our funding resources.

• Requirements and oversight from multiple entities (NFWF, RESTORE Council, US Treasury, Louisiana TIG, Region Wide TIG, Open Ocean TIG).

• Successful at leveraging projects from other programs for implementation.

Takeaways

• Total of $7,292B minimum.

• To date, we have completed implimentationon 13 projects and programs totaling over $900M dollars.

• We have over 50 projects and programs either currently in the design process, in construction or going to construction within the next 18-24 months totaling over $2.0B

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