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MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Southern Lifestyles Development Company, c/o Matrix New World Engineering, Inc., Attn: Charles Jones, 4451 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite E, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809.
LOCATION OF WORK: Located along an approximate 135-acre site, in Sections 68 & 69, Township 6 South, Range 2 East, located on and west of Sullivan Road, approximately 7 miles north of the intersection of Interstate 12 and O’Neal Lane, near Central, Louisiana, in EAST BATON ROUGE Parish, as shown on the enclosed drawings (Latitude 30.541507 N Longitude -91.024026 W). This project is located in USGS Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 08070202- Amite River HUC.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear, grade, excavate, place and maintain fill material for the construction of a mixed use development (The Settlement on Shoe Creek). The proposed housing portion of the project would include approximately 135 acres of residential housing ranging from cottages and condominiums to apartment and estate homes. Approximately 2.3 acres (100,000 square feet) of the development will be utilized for commercial retail, restaurants, and commercial development space. The project purpose is to provide housing, retail, and office space within the City of Central. The development will contain pertinent housing units, roads, infrastructure, commercial buildings, offices, stormwater ponds, and green space. Approximately 32.4 acres of jurisdictional forested wetlands would be impacted as a result of project implementation. Approximately 0.86 acre of jurisdictional wetlands would be avoided. Approximately 3,451 linear feet of Other Waters of the United States (unnamed drainage ditch) would be impacted as a result of project implementation. Approximately 52,650 cubic yards of onsite earthen material and 12,505 cubic yards of hauled in material (concrete and asphalt material) would be placed as fill on the project site. The applicant is proposing to utilize erosion control methods (BMPs) during and after the construction phase of the project such as silt fencing, hay bales, seeding, sediment check dams, etc., to help prevent erosion and degradation of water quality. The applicant has claimed that the project has been designed to avoid and minimize impacts as much as possible. The applicant is proposing to compensate for the unavoidable impact by purchasing mitigation credits from an approved mitigation bank.
JOINT PUBLIC NOTICE
November 16, 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
Water Quality Certifications Section
Post Office Box 4313
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-4313
(504) 862-1217
Project Manager
Kenny Blanke
Kenneth.G.Blanke@usace.army.mil
MVN 2015-1598-CQ
(225) 219-3225
Project Manager
Ms. Elizabeth Hill
WQC Application Number
WQC 151109-01
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: [ ] 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,
Office of Environmental Services, for a Water Quality Certification (WQC) in accordance with
statutory authority contained in LRS30:2074 A(3), and provisions of Section 401 of the Clean
Water Act (P.L.95-17).
MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT IN EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: Southern Lifestyles Development Company, c/o Matrix New World
Engineering, Inc., Attn: Charles Jones, 4451 Bluebonnet Blvd., Suite E, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
70809.
LOCATION OF WORK: Located along an approximate 135-acre site, in Sections 68 & 69,
Township 6 South, Range 2 East, located on and west of Sullivan Road, approximately 7 miles
north of the intersection of Interstate 12 and O'Neal Lane, near Central, Louisiana, in EAST
BATON ROUGE Parish, as shown on the enclosed drawings (Latitude 30.541507 N Longitude
-91.024026 W). This project is located in USGS Hydrologic Unit Code (HUC) 08070202- Amite
River HUC.
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear, grade, excavate, place and maintain fill material for the
construction of a mixed use development (The Settlement on Shoe Creek). The proposed
housing portion of the project would include approximately 135 acres of residential housing
ranging from cottages and condominiums to apartment and estate homes. Approximately 2.3
acres (100,000 square feet) of the development will be utilized for commercial retail,
restaurants, and commercial development space. The project purpose is to provide housing,
retail, and office space within the City of Central. The development will contain pertinent
housing units, roads, infrastructure, commercial buildings, offices, stormwater ponds, and green
space. Approximately 32.4 acres of jurisdictional forested wetlands would be impacted as a
result of project implementation. Approximately 0.86 acre of jurisdictional wetlands would be
avoided. Approximately 3,451 linear feet of Other Waters of the United States (unnamed
drainage ditch) would be impacted as a result of project implementation. Approximately 52,650
cubic yards of onsite earthen material and 12,505 cubic yards of hauled in material (concrete
and asphalt material) would be placed as fill on the project site. The applicant is proposing to
utilize erosion control methods (BMPs) during and after the construction phase of the project
such as silt fencing, hay bales, seeding, sediment check dams, etc., to help prevent erosion and
degradation of water quality. The applicant has claimed that the project has been designed to
avoid and minimize impacts as much as possible. The applicant is proposing to compensate for
the unavoidable impact by purchasing mitigation credits from an approved mitigation bank.
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 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. Individuals or
parties may request an extension of time in which to comment on the proposed work by writing
to the project manager or clicking on the project manager's name on the public notice grid on
the web page. 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.
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 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.
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 NA 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
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