Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Draft Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement

In accordance with the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Federal and State natural resource trustee agencies (Trustees) have prepared a Draft Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS). The PDARP/PEIS considers programmatic alternatives to restore natural resources, ecological services, and recreational use services injured or lost as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Deepwater Horizon oil spill natural resource Trustees have developed restoration alternatives, comprised of various restoration types, to address injuries to natural resources and resource services resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Criteria and evaluation standards under the OPA natural resource damage assessment regulations guided the Trustees consideration of programmatic restoration alternatives. The PDARP/PEIS also evaluates the environmental consequences of the restoration alternatives under NEPA. Specific restoration actions, to be selected in subsequent planning phases, will take place primarily