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PROPOSED PIPELINE INSTALLATION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ACROSS EWING BANK, WITHIN BLOCKS 790, 789, AND 745, NEAR LAFOURCHE PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Walter Oil & Gas Corporation, Attn: Judy G. Archer, 1100 Louisiana, Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77002.
LOCATION OF WORK: Crossing a Shipping Fairway, in the Gulf of Mexico, across Ewing Bank in Blocks 790, 789 and 745, approximately 65 statute miles south of Fourchon, Louisiana, near Lafourche Parish, as shown on the attached drawings.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Install and maintain a 10.75-inch, 59,341.21-foot gas and water pipeline and associated right-of-way (ROW), originating at Platform ‘A’ Ewing Bank Area crossing a shipping fairway and ending at Block 115 SSTI on Discovery Gas Transmission, LLC’s 20-inch gas pipeline. The pipeline will be laid on the seafloor. No special aquatic sites will be affected by this project; no mitigation is anticipated.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 60267
NEW ORLEANS LA 70160-0267
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF
March 2, 2015
Operations Division
Central Evaluation Section
Project Manager
Kenny Blanke
(504) 862-1217
SUBJECT: MVN-2015-00269-CQ
PUBLIC NOTICE
Interested parties are hereby notified that an application has been received by the
District engineer for a Department of the Army permit to authorize the following pursuant to (X)
Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of March 3, 1899 (30 Stat. 1151; 33 USC 403);
and/or ( ) section 404 of the Clean Water Act (86 Stat. 816; 33 USC 1344).
PROPOSED PIPELINE INSTALLATION IN THE GULF OF MEXICO, ACROSS EWING
BANK, WITHIN BLOCKS 790, 789, AND 745, NEAR LAFOURCHE PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Walter Oil & Gas Corporation, Attn: Judy G. Archer, 1100 Louisiana,
Suite 200, Houston, Texas 77002.
LOCATION OF WORK: Crossing a Shipping Fairway, in the Gulf of Mexico, across Ewing
Bank in Blocks 790, 789 and 745, approximately 65 statute miles south of Fourchon,
Louisiana, near Lafourche Parish, as shown on the attached drawings.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Install and maintain a 10.75-inch, 59,341.21-foot gas and water
pipeline and associated right-of-way (ROW), originating at Platform `A' Ewing Bank Area
crossing a shipping fairway and ending at Block 115 SSTI on Discovery Gas Transmission,
LLC's 20-inch gas pipeline. The pipeline will be laid on the seafloor. No special aquatic sites
will be affected by this project; no mitigation is anticipated.
The comment period for the Department of the Army Permit will close 15 days from the
date of this 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 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 e-mailing the Corps of Engineers 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 as to whether a permit will be issued will be based on an evaluation of the
impact of the proposed work on navigation and national security.
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 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.
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 acres 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, 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
Regulatory Branch
Enclosures