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CLEAR, GRADE, AND DEPOSIT FILL FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE HOMESITE PAD, DRIVEWWAY, AND SEPTIC TANK IN JEFFERSON PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Jeff McNabb, 16528 Spanish Court, Greenwell Springs, Louisiana 70739.
LOCATION OF WORK: In Sections 25, Township 22 South, Range 24 East, off Peach Lane, in Grand Isle, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish, as shown on the attached drawings.
HUC: 08090301: Lower Mississippi River - New Orleans
Latitude: 29.22591 Longitude: -90.01203
The work described below was partially completed prior to obtaining a Department of the Army permit and was in violation of Section 301 of the Clean Water Act. All legal issues concerning the unauthorized work have been deferred.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear, grade, and deposit fill for a RV homesite pad, driveway, and septic tank and install and maintain a 15” culvert, in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Approximately 0.1 acres of wetlands are proposed to be filled with sand. The impacts are proposed to be mitigated for at an approved off-site mitigation bank.
The applicant may be required to fully or partially restore the project site to pre-project conditions if issuance of the permit is determined to be contrary to the overall public interest.
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
October 19, 2015
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) 862-2259
Project Manager
Scott N. Kennedy
scott.n.kennedy@usace.army.mil
Permit Application Number
MVN 2014-01915 EMM
(225) 219-3225
Project Manager
Elizabeth Hill
WQC Application Number
WQC 151009-01
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, Water
Quality Certifications, for a Water Quality Certification (WQC) in accordance with statutory authority
contained in LRS 30:2074 A(3) and provisions of Section 401 of the Clean Water Act.
CLEAR, GRADE, AND DEPOSIT FILL FOR A RECREATIONAL VEHICLE HOMESITE PAD,
DRIVEWWAY, AND SEPTIC TANK IN JEFFERSON PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Jeff McNabb, 16528 Spanish Court, Greenwell Springs, Louisiana 70739.
LOCATION OF WORK: In Sections 25, Township 22 South, Range 24 East, off Peach Lane, in Grand
Isle, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish, as shown on the attached drawings.
HUC: 08090301: Lower Mississippi River - New Orleans
Latitude: 29.22591 Longitude: -90.01203
The work described below was partially completed prior to obtaining a Department of the Army permit
and was in violation of Section 301 of the Clean Water Act. All legal issues concerning the unauthorized
work have been deferred.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear, grade, and deposit fill for a RV homesite pad, driveway, and septic
tank and install and maintain a 15" culvert, in Grand Isle, Louisiana. Approximately 0.1 acres of wetlands
are proposed to be filled with sand. The impacts are proposed to be mitigated for at an approved off-site
mitigation bank.
The applicant may be required to fully or partially restore the project site to pre-project conditions if
issuance of the permit is determined to be contrary to the overall public interest.
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
comments, including suggestions for modifications or objections to the proposed work, stating reasons
-2thereof, 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. 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 application for this proposed project is on file with the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality and may be examined 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 the public
notice solicits input from the State Archeologist and State Historic Preservation Office regarding potential
impacts to cultural resources.
-3The New Orleans District has determined that the proposed work would neither affect any species
listed as endangered by the U.S. Department of 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.
This notice initiates the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation requirements of the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The applicant's proposal would result in the
destruction or alteration of up to N/A 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 water quality standards will be required from the Department of Environmental Quality,
Water Quality Certifications, 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.
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.
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 Farabee
Chief, Eastern Evaluation Section
Enclosures