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FLOOD PROTECTION LEVEE IN TERREBONNE PARISH
[EXPIRATION DATE EXTENDED TO 8/27/2018 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH POSTING]
NAME OF APPLICANT: Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, Post Office Box 2768, Houma, Louisiana, 70361.
LOCATION: Lat 29º 31' 05.01"N / Long -90º 40' 05.68"W; POE: Lat 29º 29' 46.62"N / Long -90º
40' 40.55"W; Section 79, T18S, R18E, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
DESCRIPTION: This proposal was originally placed on Public Notice (PN) on October 22, 2012, which has since expired and the application was subsequently withdrawn. The applicant has submitted a new application for the proposed project. The proposal has subsequently been modified to reduce permanent and temporary impacts to jurisdictional wetlands. The proposal is to dredge a 76 feet wide by 10.5 feet deep borrow canal resulting in 125,357 cubic yards of dredged material of which 55,721 cubic yards would be placed to create 9,457 linear feet of 55 feet wide by 8 feet high flood protection levee. The remaining dredged material would be hauled off to a non-wetland site. Deposit 8,252 cubic yards of earthen fill and 90 cubic yards of rock to facilitate the installation of five 60 inch diameter flapgate water control structures across the St. Louis Canal. Approximately 9.85 acres of forested wetlands and 5.09 acres of fresh marsh wetlands would be permanently impacted as a primary result of this activity and approximately 41.81 acres would potentially be secondarily impacted by being encompassed within the levee protection boundaries. The applicant proposes to acquire in-kind credits from an approved mitigation bank to offset any unavoidable losses to wetland functions caused by project implementation, should a DA permit be issued.
[EXPIRATION DATE EXTENDED TO 8/27/2018 DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH POSTING]
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
July 30, 2018
United States Army
Corps of Engineers
New Orleans District
Regulatory Branch
7400 Leake Avenue
New Orleans, LA 70118-3651
State of Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality
Post Office Box 4313
Baton Rouge, La. 70821-4313
Attn: Water Quality Certifications
(504) 862-2548/ FAX (504) 862-2574
Project Manager
Johnny Duplantis
Permit Application Number
MVN-2011-02351-WPP
(225) 219-3225/FAX (225) 325-8125
Project Manager
Elizabeth Hill
WQC Application Number
WQC # 121012-01
Interested parties are hereby notified that a permit application has been received by the New
Orleans District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers pursuant to: [X] Section 10 of the Rivers
and Harbors Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151; 33 USC 403); and/or [X] Section 404 of the
Clean Water Act (86 Stat. 816; 33 USC 1344).
Application has also been made to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, for a
Water Quality Certification (WQC) in accordance with statutory authority contained in Louisiana
Revised Statutes of 1950, Title 30, Chapter 11, Part IV, Section 2074 A(3) and provisions of
Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (P.L.95-17).
FLOOD PROTECTION LEVEE IN TERREBONNE PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, Post Office Box 2768,
Houma, Louisiana, 70361.
LOCATION: Lat 29º 31' 05.01"N / Long -90º 40' 05.68"W; POE: Lat 29º 29' 46.62"N / Long -90º
40' 40.55"W; Section 79, T18S, R18E, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana.
DESCRIPTION: This proposal was originally placed on Public Notice (PN) on October 22,
2012, which has since expired and the application was subsequently withdrawn. The applicant
has submitted a new application for the proposed project. The proposal has subsequently been
modified to reduce permanent and temporary impacts to jurisdictional wetlands. The proposal is
to dredge a 76 feet wide by 10.5 feet deep borrow canal resulting in 125,357 cubic yards of
dredged material of which 55,721 cubic yards would be placed to create 9,457 linear feet of 55
feet wide by 8 feet high flood protection levee. The remaining dredged material would be hauled
off to a non-wetland site. Deposit 8,252 cubic yards of earthen fill and 90 cubic yards of rock to
facilitate the installation of five 60 inch diameter flapgate water control structures across the St.
Louis Canal. Approximately 9.85 acres of forested wetlands and 5.09 acres of fresh marsh
wetlands would be permanently impacted as a primary result of this activity and approximately
41.81 acres would potentially be secondarily impacted by being encompassed within the levee
protection boundaries. The applicant proposes to acquire in-kind credits from an approved
mitigation bank to offset any unavoidable losses to wetland functions caused by project
implementation, should a DA permit be issued.
The comment period for the Department of the Army Permit and the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality WQC will close 20 days from the date of this joint public notice. Written
-2comments, including suggestions for modifications or objections to the proposed work, stating
reasons thereof, are being solicited from anyone having interest in this permit and/or this WQC
request and must be mailed so as to be received before or by the last day of the comment
period. Letters concerning the Corps of Engineers permit application must reference the
applicant's name and the Permit Application Number, and be mailed to the Corps of Engineers
at the address above, ATTENTION: REGULATORY BRANCH. Similar letters concerning the
Water Quality Certification must reference the applicant's name and the WQC Application
number and be mailed to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality at the address
above.
The application for this proposed project is on file with the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality and may be examined during weekdays between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
Copies may be obtained upon payment of costs of reproduction.
Corps of Engineers Permit Criteria
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable
impacts, including cumulative impacts of the proposed activity on the public interest. That
decision will reflect the national concern for both protection and utilization of important
resources. The benefit which reasonably may be expected to accrue from the proposal must be
balanced against its reasonably foreseeable detriments. All factors which may be relevant to the
proposal will be considered including the cumulative effects thereof; among those are
conservation, economics, aesthetics, general environmental concerns, wetlands, historic
properties, fish and wildlife values, flood hazards, floodplain values, land use, navigation,
shoreline erosion and accretion, recreation, water supply and conservation, water quality, energy
needs, safety, food and fiber production, mineral needs, considerations of property ownership
and, in general, the needs and welfare of the people.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is soliciting comments from the public, federal, state, and
local agencies and officials, Indian Tribes, and other interested parties in order to consider and
evaluate the impacts of this proposed activity. Any comments received will be considered by the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to determine whether to make, modify, condition, or deny a permit
for this proposal. To make this decision, comments are used to assess impacts on endangered
species, historic properties, water quality, general environmental effects, and other public
interest factors listed above. Comments are used in the preparation of an Environmental
Assessment and/or an Environmental Impact Statement pursuant to the National Environmental
Policy Act. Comments are also used to determine the need for a public hearing and to
determine the overall public interest of the proposed activity.
No properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places are near the proposed work.
The possibility exists that the proposed work may damage or destroy presently unknown
archeological, scientific, prehistorical, historical sites, or data. Copies of this notice are being
sent to the State Archeologist and the State Historic Preservation Officer.
Our initial finding is that the proposed work would neither affect any species listed as
endangered by the U.S. Departments of Interior or Commerce, nor affect any habitat designated
as critical to the survival and recovery of any endangered species. Utilizing Standard Local
Operating Procedure for Endangered Species in Louisiana (SLOPES), dated October 22, 2014,
between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Ecological Services Office, the Corps has determined that the proposed activity would have no
effect on any listed species.
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This notice initiates the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation requirements of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The applicant's proposal would
result in the destruction or alteration of 5.09 acre(s) of EFH utilized by various life stages of red
drum and penaeid shrimp. Our initial determination is that the proposed action would not have a
substantial adverse impact on EFH or federally managed fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico. Our
final determination relative to project impacts and the need for mitigation measures is subject to
review by and coordination with the National Marine Fisheries Service.
If the proposed work involves deposits of dredged or fill material into navigable waters, the
evaluation of the probable impacts will include the application of guidelines established by the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Also, a certification that the proposed
activity will not violate applicable water quality standards will be required from the Department of
Environmental Quality, before a permit is issued.
Any person may request, in writing, within the comment period specified in this notice, that a
public hearing be held to consider this application. Requests for public hearings shall state, with
particularity, the reasons for holding a public hearing.
You are requested to communicate the information contained in this notice to any other
parties whom you deem likely to have interest in the matter.
Darrell S. Barbara
Chief, Western Evaluation Section
Regulatory Branch
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