NOAA Central Library will no longer update its DWH Spill Bibliography as of May 13, 2014– http://www.lib.noaa.gov/researchtools/subjectguides/dwh.html. Read More
Category: Gulf Restoration – Archive
Archive folders hold news items > 1 year old. News related to Gulf of Mexico restoration following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill (e.g., penalties, settlements, programs).
BP settlement
Judge sets date in January 2015 for final phase (setting penalties) for BP oil spill civil trial– http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2014/04/timeline_released_for_final_pe.html. Read More
National Wildlife Federation report
NWF report, “Four Years Into the Gulf Oil Disaster: Still Waiting for Restoration”– http://www.nwf.org/fouryearslater. Report blog at http://blog.nwf.org/2014/04/four-years-after-the-bp-spill-wildlife-are-still-struggling/ Read More
NFWF phase I
NFWF announcement for initial round of restoration projects for $100M– http://www.nfwf.org/whoweare/mediacenter/pr/Pages/NFWF-Announces-More-Than-$100-Million-.aspx Read More
Federal restoration project portal
NOAA portal for submitting Gulf restoration project ideas is at http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration/give-us-your-ideas/suggest-a-restoration-project/. To view ideas submitted to this portal see http://www.gulfspillrestoration.noaa.gov/restoration/give-us-your-ideas/view-submitted-projects/. Read More
State restoration project portals
Portals for DWH oil spill restoration project submissions: AL at http://www.restorealabama.org; FL at http://www.dep.state.fl.us/deepwaterhorizon/projects_restore_act.htm; LA at http://coastal.la.gov/our-work/restoration-planning; MS portal at http://www.msrestoreteam.com/ppp/ppp.php; TX not open. Read More
RESTORE Act regulations
Treasury Regulations (proposed rule) for RESTORE Act draft on-line for public feedback at https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2013/09/06/2013-21595/gulf-coast-restoration-trust-fund Read More
MS restoration
MS launches its RESTORE Act web site– http://www.restore.ms Read More
USFWS strategy
US Fish and Wildlife Service vision for Gulf restoration available at http://www.fws.gov/gulfrestoration/pdf/VisionDocument.pdf Read More
NRC report
NRC Ocean Studies Board finished its report, An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico now available at http://dels.nas.edu/Report/report/18387 Read More