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MVN-1997-05409-CM

Published Feb. 5, 2018

Expiration date: 2/26/2018

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NAME OF APPLICANT: Donald Lee Ott, c/o Gulf South Research Corporation, Attn: Howard Nass, 8081 Innovation Park Drive, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70726.

LOCATION OF WORK: On the left descending bank of the Amite River, Section 44, T4S-R3E, approximately 6.4 miles west of Pine Grove, Louisiana in St. Helena Parish, within the Lake Pontchartrain Basin in hydrologic unit (HUC 08070202), as shown on the attached drawings.

CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization for a time extension and modification to an existing sand and gravel mining operation. The applicant proposes to excavate sand and gravel which will be transferred on an established road within the site to then be deposited in an old borrow pit to be washed then dredged and placed on an upland in piles for sale. Approximately 338,800 cubic yards of sand and gravel would be excavated, washed, dredged, and re-deposited. The proposed excavation area is approximately 8 acres and a 75-foot buffer will be left between the river and the excavation area. A Preliminary analysis has determined that the proposed project would permanently impact approximately 1.8 acres of forested wetlands within the excavation area and temporarily impact approximately 0.4 acre of “other waters of the US”.

The applicant stated that they have designed the project to avoid and minimize direct and secondary adverse impacts to the maximum extent practicable. Any further reduction would limit usage of the property and, therefore deem the project impracticable. As compensation for unavoidable wetland impacts, the applicant proposes to mitigate in-kind wetland credits from a Corps approved mitigation bank located in the watershed.