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PROPOSED POWER POLES (2) in ASCENSION PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Entergy Louisiana, c/o Tim Morton and Associates, 730 East Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508.
LOCATION OF WORK: Jurisdictional wetlands in Section 14, Township 10S, Range 2E, in Geismar, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish, within the Lake Pontchartrain Basin in hydrologic unit (HUC 08070204), as shown on the attached drawings (Latitude 30.195860 N, Longitude -91.013658 W).
CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization to clear approximately 0.72 of an acre of forested wetlands for the purpose of installing two power poles in their adjacent right-of-way to supply the proposed Mt. Houmas substation with power. Trees cleared from the area will be chipped and spread evenly on-site as not to exceed 4-inches in depth. The cleared bottom land hardwoods area will be converted to herbaceous wetlands. Approximately 581 cubic yards of mulch will be spread evenly on site not exceeding 4 inches in depth. Additionally, approximately 42 cubic yards of native soil material from drilling the power poles will be spread around the poles as not to exceed 4-inches. A Corps Preliminary Jurisdictional Determination indicated that the proposed project would impact approximately 0.72 of an acre of bottomland hardwoods and 0.01 of an acre of herbaceous wetlands.
NAME OF APPLICANT: Entergy Louisiana, c/o Tim Morton and Associates, 730 East Kaliste Saloom Road, Lafayette, Louisiana 70508.
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