The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (Trustees) for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are hosting a public scoping meeting on a proposed Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The Trustees invite the public to attend and ...  

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    DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

    The Department of Environmental Protection, in conjunction with the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, announces a public meeting to which all persons are invited.

    DATE AND TIME: July 25, 2013, 6:30 p.m. (central).

    PLACE: Pensacola Bay Center, 201 East Gregory Street, Pensacola, FL 32502

    GENERAL SUBJECT MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: The Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees (Trustees) for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are hosting a public scoping meeting on a proposed Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). The Trustees invite the public to attend and comment on the scope, content and any other significant issues the Trustees should consider in the PEIS. The purpose of the PEIS is to evaluate the potential environmental effects of general types of early restoration actions, as well as specific projects including those that the Trustees intend to propose in the Phase III Draft Early Restoration Plan as announced in the Federal Register on May 6, 2013. The PEIS also will evaluate the cumulative effects of early restoration.

    A copy of the agenda may be obtained by contacting: Kendra Parson, Gulf Coast Public Affairs Manager, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 35, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, (850)245-2197, email: Kendra.Parson@dep.state.fl.us.

    Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 5 days before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Kendra Parson, Gulf Coast Public Affairs Manager, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 35, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, (850)245-2197, email: Kendra.Parson@dep.state.fl.us. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).

    For more information, you may contact: Kendra Parson, Gulf Coast Public Affairs Manager, 3900 Commonwealth Blvd., MS 35, Tallahassee, FL 32399-3000, (850)245-2197, email: Kendra.Parson@dep.state.fl.us.