1. Deepwater Horizon NRDA Update December 15, 2010 restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast

2. TC Meetings Mobile, AL – December 1-2 TC MOU Advance funding and reimbursement from BP Restoration project submittal website for DWH NRDA Austin, TX – January 12-13 TWG update Science subgroup to meet on SAV and Shoreline workplans Executive Council High level state and federal representatives continue to negotiate a down-payment ask to BP for early restoration projects restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast Trustee Council and Executive Council

3. Emergency Restoration Three projects submitted to BP by Trustee Council for emergency restoration to prevent additional injury (not primary/compensatory restoration) –Shoreline re-vegetation project (BP approved recon) Dunes Marshy shoreline –Submerged aquatic vegetation injured by response actions (BP approved recon) –Migratory bird habitat –implementation approved by BP Sea turtle project under consideration by TC for submission to BP restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast

4. Continue to meet monthly with parish presidents State standing up strike teams to be on call to perform reconnaissance in response to reports of new oiling by parishes as response SCAT teams stand down restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast Parish Coordination

5. Public Outreach October –Thibodaux, Harahan, New Iberia, Chalmette November –New Orleans at Tulane University NOAA intends to conduct a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for the Deepwater Horizon NRDA –Likely to begin informal scoping meetings in early 2011 with stakeholders –Gulf Coast states and DOI invited to participate as a cooperating agency; LA negotiating for a more involved role –Intended to complement La’s existing PEIS for the Regional Restoration Planning Program (www.losco.state.la.us/ps_rrpprogram.htm) restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast

6. Oyster Sampling Update Transition plan focuses on known oyster habitat 60 sites in LA; 10 in MS Dredge surveys – live oysters analyzed for contaminant burden and gonad/disease conditions Sediment samples Larval samples Recruitment samples Sampling should be completed in early 2011 restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast

7. Side Scan Sonar NRDA –Used in early NRDA mapping of historic public ground reef areas –Time-delay and cost necessitated a change to traditional poling method Public Oyster Seed Ground Management –Black Bay area complete; Breton Sound area underway –Will greatly assist in planning restoration projects Private Lease Areas –Impractical to side-scan all leases –Possibility to “spot-check” randomly-chosen lease areas –Need industry input as to usefulness of data for industry restoring and protecting Louisiana’s coast