Final Damage Assessment and Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment for the 2006 Calcasieu River Oil Spill

The Trustees' Preferred Alternative consists of the following restoration actions to compensate the public for injured resources resulting from the 2006 unauthorized discharge of oil at CITGO Petroleum Corporation’s (CITGO) Lake Charles Manufacturing Complex in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana: 1) Implement the Long Point Bayou Marsh Creation (CS-0085) Project: This project would provide for the creation and enhancement of approximately 392 acres of saline marsh, including tidal creeks, in shallow open water in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 2)Construct the Calcasieu Lake Oyster Cultch Plant Project: This project would provide for the creation of approximately 18 acres of oyster reef habitat in lower Calcasieu Lake, Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 3) Implement the Houma Navigation Canal (HNC) Bird Island Project: This project would provide for the creation of suitable nesting habitat for coastal island nesting birds in Terrebonne Bay, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana, including species injured by the Incident.