DEEPWATER HORIZON NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TRUSTEES ARE SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DRAFT PHASE IV EARLY RESTORATION PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS

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CONTACT: DEP Press Office, 850.245.2112, DEPNews@dep.state.fl.us 

DEEPWATER HORIZON NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT TRUSTEES ARE SEEKING PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE DRAFT PHASE IV EARLY RESTORATION PLAN AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENTS 

~Public comment period open through June 19~

 

WHAT:        Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource  
                    Damage Assessment Trustees Public Meeting

WHEN:        Tuesday, June 2, 2015
                     6 p.m. Open House
                     6:30 p.m. Meeting

WHERE:      Crowne Plaza Pensacola Grand Hotel
                     Ballrooms A/B 
                     200 East Gregory Street
                     Pensacola, FL 32502

PENSACOLA, Fla. - The early restoration plan, published May 20, 2015, includes 10 proposed early restoration projects. Eight of the proposed projects are located along the coasts of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi or Texas. Two of the projects will be implemented Gulf-wide. 

Please visit the Trustees’ website at www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov to download the draft plan.

In addition to verbal comments received at public meetings, the public may submit written comments through June 19, 2015:

•             Online at www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov.

•             By U.S. Postal Service to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service at P.O.
              Box 49567, Atlanta, GA 30345.

For more information about the public meeting, contact Ashley Williams, 850-245-2197, ashley.m.williams@dep.state.fl.us (Florida) or Nanciann Regalado, 678-296-6805, nanciann_regalado@fws.gov (Department of the Interior).

Complete details on all six public meetings can be obtained here.