1. Oil Spill Restoration Planning – Part 1 (RESTORE Act, NRDA, SEPs) Kyle Graham Deputy Executive Director CPRA 8/22/2012 committed to our coast

2. Clean Water Act Fines – Civil penalties are set on either the amount of oil discharged (up to $1,100-$4,300 per barrel) or the duration of the spill ($37,500 - $140,000 per day). Supplemental Environmental Projects (SEPS)- Environmentally beneficial projects which a defendant/respondent agrees to undertake in settlement of an enforcement action, but which the defendant/respondent is not otherwise legally required to perform. RESTORE Act - Directs 80% of administrative and civil Clean Water Act penalties from the Deepwater Horizon spill to Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund. Natural Resource Damage Assessment Restoration- The process under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 through which public officials attempt to return injured natural resources and service to the condition they would have been if the incident had not occurred and compensating for interim losses from the date of the incident until recovery of such natural resources through the restoration, rehabilitation, replacement, or acquisition of equivalent natural resources and/or services.

3. Centers of Excellence Research Grant Program 2.5% (+25% of the interest) Photo Credit: NOAA RESTORE Act Interstate Ecosystem Restoration Council Equal-Share State Allocations Impact-Based State Allocations Restoration Science, Observation, Monitoring, and Technology Program 30% (+ 50% of the interest) 35% 2.5% (+25% of the interest)

4. NRDA - Restoration Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana RESTORE Trust Fund Oil Spill Restoration

5. Oyster Re-establishment Program (Louisiana Oyster Cultch Project) Cheniere Ronquille Barrier Island Restoration Lake Hermitage Additional Increment (NRDA Early Restoration Project) Bay Side Segmented Breakwater at Grand Isle Saltwater HatcheryWest Grand Terre Beach Nourishment Shell Island RestorationWest Grand Terre Stabilization Chandeleur Islands RestorationBarataria Basin Barrier Shoreline Restoration - Caminada Headland Biloxi Marsh Shoreline ProtectionCaillou Lake Grand Liard Marsh & Ridge Restoration Coastal Restoration Projects “NRDA - Early Restoration” Projects

6. 2012 Master Plan- 1 st Implementation Period Southwest CoastSoutheast CoastCentral Coast

7. Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana Next Steps: RESTORE Act 1.CPRA- Identify State priority projects 2.Work with Parishes on Parish plans. 3.Continue to provide updates on process as it is established. NRDA Restoration Planning 1.Begin formal process. 2.Discuss components of possible system wide restoration plan. QUESTIONS?