Public Coordination. For the PLT to fulfill its purpose, work sessions must be focused and manageable. These work sessions will be open to the public; any participation of public observers will be at the discretion of the PLT. Meetings are open to the public but are not public comment meetings. PLT members will serve as conduits for communication between their stakeholders and the PLT. The PLT further commits to being involved in designing public outreach events. It is estimated that there will be one open house to review the PLT’s proposed alternative.
Public Coordination. 1. Update computerized mailing list to include names and addresses of property owners.
Public Coordination. The Trustees provided information to the public throughout the injury assessment and restoration planning process. On November 20, 2002, the Trustees published a Notice of Intent to Conduct Restoration Planning in the Louisiana State Register (Vol. 28, No. 11, pgs. 2452-2453), The Houma Courier, Houma, LA, and The Advocate, Baton Rouge, LA. The public notice stated the Trustees were proceeding with restoration planning under the OPA and opening an Administrative Record (AR) to facilitate public involvement in the restoration planning process (Appendix A). The public can obtain relevant injury assessment reports in the AR, and contact agency personnel to obtain more information. Public review of the Draft DARP/EA (July 2005) was an integral component of the restoration planning phase. Through the public review process, the Trustees sought comment on the analyses used to define and quantify natural resource and service injuries and the alternatives proposed to restore injured natural resources and replace lost services. The Draft DARP/EA (July 2005) was made available to the public during a 30- day comment period, that began on July 20, 2005, when a public notice announcing availability of the Draft DARP/EA (July 2005) was issued. Public review of the Draft DARP/EA (July 2005) was consistent with all state and federal laws and regulations that apply to the NRDA process, including Section 1006 of the OPA, the NRDA regulations at 15 C.F.R. Part 990, the National Environmental Policy Act ((NEPA) (42 U.S.C. §§4371 et seq.)), and the regulations implementing the NEPA (40 C.F.R. §§1500 et seq.). No comments were received during the public comment period (Appendix B), which ended August 22, 2005.
