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Updates on Gulf of Mexico Restoration (Post Deepwater Horizon)
Executive Briefing for the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission GSMFC Annual MeetingMarch 15, 2018Panama City Beach, FL
Today’s Presenters:
Paul Anninos, Vice PresidentDiana Lane, Principal AssociateAbt Associates
Jamie Reinhardt, DWH Fish Restoration CoordinatorLaurie Rounds Marine Habitat Resource SpecialistNOAA Restoration Center
Buck Sutter, Dep. Exec. Director & Program DirectorGulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
Julien Lartigue, DirectorNOAA RESTORE Science Program
Elizabeth (Libby) Fetherston-Resch, Florida RESTORE Act Centers of Excellence ProgramFlorida Institute of Oceanography
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Overview of Deepwater Horizon Restoration Funding SourcesPrepared for the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission Business Meeting
Diana LanePaul Anninos
March 15, 2018
Negligence: criminal penalties Clean Water Act violations: civil penalties, based on volume of oil and environmental harm
Fishery closures: compensation for economic and property damage
Injured natural resources: NRDA settlement to fund restoration
Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
2013 settlement of criminal penalties
$2.5B to the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation for the GEBF
Five-year payout schedule
Allocations for projects in each state
Overall goalFund projects benefiting the natural resources of the Gulf Coast impacted by the spill
Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
• Overall to date: 121 projects for nearly $1 billion
• Example: Enhanced Fisheries Monitoring and Assessments Florida: Enhanced Assessment of Gulf of Mexico Fisheries
(5 phases)
Alabama: Enhanced Fisheries Monitoring in Alabama’s Marine Waters (3 phases)
Mississippi: Reef Fish Assessment for Mississippi Coastal and Nearshore Gulf Waters (2 phases)
RESTORE Act
2012 passage of RESTORE Act
Directs 80% of administrative and civil penalties to the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund
Overall goalResources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast States (“RESTORE”)
RESTORE Act Funding “Pots”
To the “RESTORE” Council for a science-based plan to restore
and protect Gulf natural resources
To States based on oil impacts for
ecological and economic
restoration
To a NOAA-led program to fund research, observation, and
monitoring to support the long-term sustainability of Gulf
ecosystems and fisheries
To States to establish centers focused on
science, technology, and monitoring
To States in equal amounts for ecological and
economic restoration
Pot 1
$1.9 BDirect Component
Pot 2 Pot 3Pot 4 Pot 5
$1.6 BGulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council
$1.6 BSpill Impact Component
$133 MScience Program
$133 MCenters of Excellence
Timing of RESTORE Act Funding
Source: Environmental Law Institute
2017
15-year payout
2013
2-year payout
2015
Immediate payout
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
2011 Early Restoration framework
Up to $1 billion for early restoration projects (5 phases)
2016 settlement with BP for up to $8.8 billion
Guided by Final Programmatic Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PDARP/PEIS)
Overall goalRestore natural resources, ecological services, and recreational use services injured or lost as a result of the spill
NRDA Trustee Funding Allocations
Restoration activities governed by Trustee Implementation Groups (TIGs) – Open Ocean, Regionwide, and 5 State TIGs (see columns)
Restoration funding allocated by categories (see rows)
Example: $380M for fish and water column invertebrates; governed by “open ocean” TIG
Example Projects
NRDA: Oceanic Fish Restoration Project
GEBF fish monitoring projects in MS, AL, FL
GEBF and NRDA wetland and oyster habitat restoration in all states
Challenge of integrating monitoring results, findings, lessons learned across programs and states