Administrative Record

• REFERENCE LIBRARY (LAWS, REGULATIONS, LITERATURE)
• TRUSTEE COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT (15 C.F.R. § 990.14)
• PRE-ASSESSMENT PHASE (§§ 990.40 – 990.45)
• RESTORATION PLANNING (§§ 990.50 -- 990.56)
• NRDA data that has been fully validated and released to the public is available at
• PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT (§ 990.14(d))
• COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES (§§ 990.23 -- 990.24)
• RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION
• OTHER REFERENCES

I. REFERENCE LIBRARY (LAWS, REGULATIONS, LITERATURE)

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II. TRUSTEE COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT (15 C.F.R. § 990.14)

* Unless otherwise noted, all parenthetical references are citations to the Oil Pollution Act NRDA regulations.

A. Coordination Among Trustees (§ 990.14(a))

1. Memorandum of Understanding Relating to the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Resulting From the Deepwater Horizon Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit and the Subsea Macondo Well (Nov. and Dec., 2010; June, 2011).
2. Mississippi Designated Natural Resource Trustee Officials (Oct. 17, 2011).

B. Trustee Coordination with Response Activities (§ 990.14(b))

1. Letter from U.S. Coast Guard to BP Exploration and Production, Inc., Designating BP as a Responsible Party Under OPA (Apr. 28, 2010).
2. Letter from U.S. Coast Guard to Transocean Holdings, Inc., Designating Transocean as a Responsible Party Under OPA (Apr. 28, 2010).

C. Trustee Coordination with Responsible Parties (§ 990.14(c))

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III. PRE-ASSESSMENT PHASE (§§ 990.40 – 990.45)

A. Determination of Jurisdiction (§ 990.41)

1. Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning and Determination of Jurisdiction.
2. Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning and Determination of Jurisdiction, 75 Fed. Reg. 60,800 (Oct. 1, 2010).
3. Correspondence with Responsible Parties concerning Trustees' Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning and Invitation to Participate in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment.

B. Pre-assessment (§ 990.43)

1. Birds
2. Coral
3. Fish
4. Mammals
5. Sea Turtles
6. Shoreline
7. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
8. Water Column

C. Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning (§ 990.44)

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IV. RESTORATION PLANNING (§§ 990.50 -- 990.56)

A. Injury Assessment (§ 990.51)

1. Birds
2. Fish
3. Mammals
4. Sea Turtles
5. Shoreline
6. Submerged Aquatic Vegetation
7. Water Column
8. Coral

B. DOI Interim, Partial Claim for Natural Resource Damage Assessment Costs (33 U.S.C.§ 2713)

C. Developing and Evaluating Restoration Alternatives (§ 990.53)

1. 1. Emergency Restoration
   2. Restoration

D. NRDA data that has been fully validated and released to the public is available at:

1. http://www.noaa.gov/sciencemissions/bpoilspill.html

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V. PUBLIC OUTREACH AND INVOLVEMENT (§ 990.14(d))

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VI. COMPLIANCE WITH APPLICABLE AUTHORITIES (§§ 990.23 -- 990.24)

1. National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) (42 U.S.C. § 4321 et seq.)
2. Endangered Species Act (ESA) (16 U.S.C. § 1531 et seq.)

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VII. RESTORATION IMPLEMENTATION

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VIII. OTHER REFERENCES

1. Who are natural resource trustees? (National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan, 40 C.F.R. Part 300, Subpart G)
   1. Notice of Intent to Begin Restoration Scoping and Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, 76 Fed. Reg. 9327 (Feb.17, 2011).
   2. NOAA Memorandum Documenting Categorical Exclusion under NEPA for NRDA Activities (July, 2011).
2. Websites for co-trustees:
   1. NOAA:  http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov