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MODIFICATION OF BARGE FLEETING OPERATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NAME OF APPLICANT: INGRAM BARGE COMPANY, c/o Gulf South Engineering and Testing, Inc., ATTN: Chad Poche, 2201 Aberdeen Street, Suite B, Kenner, Louisiana, 70062.
LOCATION OF WORK: On the Mississippi River, right descending bank, central to a point about 227.7 miles above the Head of Passes, near Port Allen, Louisiana, in WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH, as shown on the attached drawings.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Modify an existing barge fleeting facility. The proposed modification includes increasing the facility from 15 barges long by 11 barges wide to 15 barges x 12 barges wide and the inclusion of a row of spar barges anchored with pipe piles on shire deadmen and wires and anchor buoys, as shown on the drawings.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
P. O. BOX 60267
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70160-0267
August 25, 2014
Operations Division
Central Evaluation Section
Project Manager
Doris Terrell
(504) 862-1588
Doris.Terrell@usace.army.mil
SUBJECT: MVN-2011-0565-CU
PUBLIC NOTICE
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).
MODIFICATION OF BARGE FLEETING OPERATION ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
NAME OF APPLICANT: INGRAM BARGE COMPANY, c/o Gulf South Engineering and
Testing, Inc., ATTN: Chad Poche, 2201 Aberdeen Street, Suite B, Kenner, Louisiana, 70062.
LOCATION OF WORK: On the Mississippi River, right descending bank, central to a point
about 227.7 miles above the Head of Passes, near Port Allen, Louisiana, in WEST BATON
ROUGE PARISH, as shown on the attached drawings.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Modify an existing barge fleeting facility. The proposed modification
includes increasing the facility from 15 barges long by 11 barges wide to 15 barges x 12 barges
wide and the inclusion of a row of spar barges anchored with pipe piles on shire deadmen and
wires and anchor buoys, as shown on the drawings.
The comment period for the Department of the Army Permit 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 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. Individuals or parties
may request an extension of time in which to comment on the proposed work by writing or
emailing the project manager listed above. Any request must be specific and substantively
supportive of the requested extension, and received by this office prior to the end of the initial
comment period. The Section Chief will review the request and the requestor will be promptly
notified of the decision to grant or deny the request. If granted, the time extension will be
continuous to the initial comment period and, inclusive of the initial comment period, will not
exceed a total of 30 calendar days.
The decision whether to issue a permit will be based on an evaluation of the probable impact
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 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
Corps of Engineers to determine whether to issue, 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 the other public
interest factors listed above. Comments are used in the preparation of an Environmental
Assessment and/or 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 in 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, or 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. Department of Interior nor affect any habitat designated as critical to the
survival and recovery of any endangered 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
acre(s) of EFH utilized by various life stages of red
result in the destruction or alteration of
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 and certification that the proposed activity
will not violate applicable water quality standards will be required from the Department of
Environmental Quality, Office of Environmental Services 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.
John M. Herman
Chief, Central Evaluation Section