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Public Invited to Comment on Oil Spill Restoration Projects

Trustees for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment team assembled to evaluate Gulf restoration projects in compensation for the damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are proposing five early-restoration projects for Texas in a draft plan that has been submitted for public review and comment.

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A photo of the Deepwater Horizon Fire in the Gulf of Mexico on April 22, 2010.
Credit: U.S. Coast Guard

Trustees for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment team assembled to evaluate Gulf restoration projects in compensation for the damage caused by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill are proposing five early-restoration projects for Texas in a draft plan that has been submitted for public review and comment. That's according to information from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Public meetings to consider the projects have been set for Jan. 21, 22 and 23 in the cities of Port Arthur, Galveston and Corpus Christi. The plan includes $627 million in projects across the Gulf states, with the first Texas projects to total $18.4 million.

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