NRDA Project Information Sheet (original form)

OMB Control No.: 0648-0497
Expiration Date: 09/30/2010

Paperwork Reduction Act Information
Natural Resource Damage Assessment
Restoration Project Information Sheet

Responses to this collection are voluntary. Collection of restoration project information will be undertaken in order to
provide information to Natural Resource Trustees to develop potential restoration alternatives for natural resource injuries
and service losses requiring restoration during the restoration planning phase of the Natural Resource Damage Assessment
(NRDA) process. Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 minutes including
the time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing and reviewing the
collection of information. Send comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspects of this collection of
information, including suggestions for reducing this burden, to the NOAA Fisheries Office of Habitat Conservation,
Restoration Center, Louisiana State University, Sea Grant Building, Room 124C Baton Rouge, LA 70803.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, no person is required to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to
penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction
Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB Control Number.
The identity of respondents will not remain confidential. The information collected will be reviewed for compliance with
the NOAA Section 515 Guidelines established in response to the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,
and certified before dissemination.

OMB Control No.: 0648-0497
Expiration Date: 09/30/2010

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
RESTORATION PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET
Organization:

Project Name:

Organization Web Page:

Project Location:

Contact Name:

County or Parish (in LA) & Watershed:

Contact Title:

Latitude/Longitude:

Contact Address:
Contact Phone:

Contact Fax:

Contact E-Mail:

Restoration Activity
Resource/Habitat/Service

Marine/Estuarine Wetland

Restoration Result

Creation

Rehabilitation

Freshwater Wetland

Reef

Enhancement

Protection

Biological (Fish, Birds, Wildlife)

Project Size:

Project Status (please provide as much information as is currently available)
Activity

Funded?

Completed?

Additional Notes

Planning/Design/Permitting:

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Property or Resource Acquisition:

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Construction:

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Maintenance and Future Activities:

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Future Construction & Oversight:

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Restoration Monitoring:

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Yes

No

n/a

Conservation Servitude/Easement
Other (

):

Yes

No

n/a

Restoration Description and Benefits

Project Partners
Organization

Contact Information

Project Involvement

Upland

Recreational

Affected Area:

NATURAL RESOURCE DAMAGE ASSESSMENT
RESTORATION PROJECT INFORMATION SHEET
Guidelines for Completion

OMB Control No.: 0648-0497
Expiration Date: 09/30/2010

Please complete all of the information requested with the best information that you have available. Limited attachments are
acceptable if they are necessary to adequately describe the project, however every effort should be made to have all pertinent
information included on the Restoration Project Information Sheet. Below are specific guidelines for completion.
Organization:

The name of the organization or agency submitting the information.

Organization Web Page:

The web page of the above organization or agency.

Contact Name:

The name of a person who can be contacted for additional information.

Contact Title:

The title of the above individual.

Contact Address:

The mailing address of the above individual.

Phone/Fax/Email:

The Phone number, Fax and E-mail of the above individual.

Project Name:

The common name of the project, usually a combination of location and
restoration activity, for example the Cross Bayou Mangrove Restoration.

Project Location:

The location where the restoration activity will take place, for example
East Timbalier Island.

County & Watershed:

The Parish and Watershed where the project will be completed.

Latitude/Longitude:

The project location in Degrees/Minutes/Seconds or Decimal Degrees

Resource/Habitat/Service: The type of resource, habitat, and/or service that will be restored.
Restoration Result:

The type of activity that will be completed as part of the restoration
Creation: Creation of a habitat, resource, or service in a area where it did not previously exist.
Rehabilitation: The reestablishment or rehabilitation of an area that once provided, but does not currently, the resource, habitat, or
service in which you are trying to restore.
Enhancement: The enhancement of an existing resource, habitat, or service.
Preservation/Protection: The removal of a threat to a resource, habitat, or service.

Project Size:

The size of the area where restoration activities will be completed.

Affected Area (Size):

The size of the area that will be affected by the restoration activity.

Project Status:

Please check the appropriate boxes concerning whether certain aspects of the project have funding from an outside
source allocated to them, and/or if certain activities have been completed. Additionally if a certain activity is not
required for completion of the project check the box “n/a” for not applicable.

Conservation Servitude:

Please check the appropriate box indicating whether or not the landowner would be willing to sign a conservation
servitude. A conservation servitude or easement is a restriction landowners voluntarily place on specified uses of their
property for a predesignated period of time to protect the natural resources on their property while maintaining private
ownership. A conservation easement is recorded as a written legal agreement between the landowner and the “holder”
of the easement, which may be either a non-profit conservation organization or government agency.

Project Description

A 1-2 paragraph description of the project and the restoration activities to be completed,

And Benefits

along with information on the benefits of this project to public and environment. In addition feel free to attach other
information, maps, or diagrams concerning your project.

Project Partners:

Please provide the name, contact, and involvement (equipment, matching funds, design, etc.) of other
organizations or agencies involved with the restoration activity.