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MIDSTREAM MOORING AND BARGE FLEETING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Cooper/Consolidated 111, LLC c/o Lanier & Associates at 4101 Magazine Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115.
LOCATION OF WORK: On the right descending bank of the Mississippi River, approximately 71 miles above Head of Passes, in Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, as shown on the attached drawings.
HUC: 08090100; Lower Mississippi River – New Orleans
CHARACTER OF WORK: To install and maintain midstream mooring of a capesize vessel and fleeting of two five-wide and six eight-wide tiers of barges, requiring fill of 0.03 acre of non-vegetated water bottom for riprap around pilings which penetrate the revetment. The project will protrude approximately 875 feet into the Mississippi River, which is approximately 2700 feet wide at this location. No adverse impacts to special aquatic are proposed; no compensatory mitigation is anticipated at this time.
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
May 19, 2014
United States Army
Corps of Engineers
New Orleans District
Regulatory Branch
Post Office Box 60267
New Orleans, Louisiana 70160-0267
State of Louisiana
Department of Environmental Quality
ATTN: Water Quality Certifications
Post Office Box 4313
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4313
(504) 862-2045
jennifer.e.burkett@usace.army.mil
Project Manager
Jennifer Burkett
Permit Application Number
MVN 2014-0511 EBB
(225) 219-3225
Project Manager
Elizabeth Johnson
WQC Application Number
WQC 140516-01
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 LRS30:2047
A(3), and provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act (P.L.95-17).
MIDSTREAM MOORING AND BARGE FLEETING ON MISSISSIPPI RIVER
IN PLAQUEMINES PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Cooper/Consolidated 111, LLC c/o Lanier & Associates at 4101 Magazine
Street, New Orleans, Louisiana 70115.
LOCATION OF WORK: On the right descending bank of the Mississippi River, approximately 71
miles above Head of Passes, in Belle Chasse, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, as shown on the
attached drawings.
HUC: 08090100; Lower Mississippi River New Orleans
CHARACTER OF WORK: To install and maintain midstream mooring of a capesize vessel and
fleeting of two five-wide and six eight-wide tiers of barges, requiring fill of 0.03 acre of non-vegetated
water bottom for riprap around pilings which penetrate the revetment. The project will protrude
approximately 875 feet into the Mississippi River, which is approximately 2700 feet wide at this
location. No adverse impacts to special aquatic are proposed; no compensatory mitigation is
anticipated at this time.
The comment period for the Department of the Army Permit and the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality WQC will close 30 days from the date of this joint public notice. Written
comments, 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
-2and 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 4:30 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.
The New Orleans District is unaware of properties listed on the National Register of Historic
Places near the proposed work. The possibility exists that the proposed work may damage or
destroy presently unknown archeological, scientific, prehistorical, historical sites, or data. Issuance of
this public notice solicits input from the State Archeologist and State Historic Preservation Officer
regarding potential impacts to cultural resources.
Our initial finding is that the proposed is not likely to adversely affect the West Indian manatee
(Trichechus manatus) or pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhyncus albus), 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 these species.
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 0.03 acre 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.
-3If 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.
The applicant has certified that the proposed activity described in the application complies with
and will be conducted in a manner that is consistent with the Louisiana Coastal Resources Program.
The Department of the Army permit will not be issued unless the applicant received approval or a
waiver of the Coastal Use Permit by the Department of Natural Resources.
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.
Michael V. Farabee
Chief, Eastern Evaluation Section
Enclosures