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BOATHOUSE AND DECK ON CHINQUAPIN CANAL IN LIVINGSTON PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: WAYNE COURVILLE, c/o Kingfisher Construction, 11744 River Highlands Drive, St. Amant, Louisiana 70774
LOCATION OF WORK: Chinquapin Canal, Lot 67, Chinquapin Camp Subdivision, at 22956 Chene Blanc Road, Maurepas, Louisiana, (30.259722, -90.696944), in Livingston Parish, as shown on the enclosed drawings, within Hydrologic Unit Code 08070204, Lake Maurepas, Louisiana.
CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization to install and maintain a boathouse and deck for recreational purposes. The structure extends channelward 24 feet, where the Chinquapin Canal’s width is approximately 125 feet wide. No dredging or fill is required. No special aquatic sites will be affected by this project and no mitigation is anticipated.
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
CORPS OF ENGINEERS, NEW ORLEANS DISTRICT
P.O. BOX 60267
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70160-0267
REPLY TO
ATTENTION OF:
November 16, 2015
Operations Division
Central Evaluation Section
Project Manager
Dirreen Arnold
(504) 862-2301
Dirreen.S.Arnold@usace.army .mil
SUBJECT: MVN 2015-02252 CA
PUBLIC NOTICE
Interested parties are hereby notified that a permit application has been received
by the New Orleans District of the US 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
[ ] Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (86 Stat. 816; 33 USC 1344).
BOATHOUSE AND DECK ON CHINQUAPIN CANAL IN LIVINGSTON PARISH
NAME OF APPLICANT: WAYNE COURVILLE, c/o Kingfisher Construction, 11744
River Highlands Drive, St. Amant, Louisiana 70774
LOCATION OF WORK: Chinquapin Canal, Lot 67, Chinquapin Camp Subdivision, at
22956 Chene Blanc Road, Maurepas, Louisiana, (30.259722, -90.696944), in Livingston
Parish, as shown on the enclosed drawings, within Hydrologic Unit Code 08070204,
Lake Maurepas, Louisiana.
CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army
authorization to install and maintain a boathouse and deck for recreational purposes.
The structure extends channelward 24 feet, where the Chinquapin Canal's width is
approximately 125 feet wide. No dredging or fill is required. No special aquatic sites
will be affected by this project and no mitigation is anticipated.
It is presumed that the applicant has designed the project to avoid and minimize
direct and secondary adverse impacts to the maximum extent practicable.
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
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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.
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,
pre-historical, 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.
-3Our initial finding is that the proposed work would not affect any species, nor
affect any habitat designated as critical to the survival and recovery of such species,
listed as endangered by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
The New Orleans District has determined that the proposed project is located
within waters known to be occupied by the endangered West Indian Manatee
(Trichechus manatus) and determined with the inclusion of the Standard Manatee
Conditions for In-Water Activities the proposed activity is not likely to adversely affect
the species based on the 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.
This notice initiates the Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) consultation requirements
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The applicant's
proposal may result in the destruction or alteration of 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 applicable water quality standards
will be required from the Department of Environmental Quality, 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.
JOHN M. HERMAN
Chief, Central Evaluation Section
Regulatory Branch
Enclosure