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MVN-2013-02653-WII

Published Dec. 23, 2013

Expiration date: 1/12/2014

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NAME OF APPLICANT: Port of Lake Charles, c/o Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure, Inc., Attn: Ms. Kara Moree, 4171 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge, LA 70809.

LOCATION OF WORK: In Calcasieu Parish, North 30.1242, West -93.3077, located off of the Industrial Canal, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as shown on the attached vicinity map. (Hydrologic Unit Code 08080206, Calcasieu River Basin)

CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear, grade, fill and/or excavate and develop a tract, totaling approximately 200 acres, in order to construct the proposed Gas to Gasoline facility, roadways, support facilities and appurtenant structures. The purpose of the proposed development is to use natural gas to produce methanol, which will ultimately be converted to gasoline. Various byproducts, including liquefied petroleum gas, fuel gas purge gas, and wastewater, are expected and will be utilized for plant processes when feasible or commercially viable, all to support manufacturing processes and meet current market demands. Approximately 95.97 acres of jurisdictional wetlands and 8.31 acres of Section 10 & 404 waters would be impacted by project implementation. Fill operations will include the deposition of approximately 366,813 cubic yards of hauled-in material, 252,269 cubic yards of top soil will be stripped off across the northern portion of the site and stockpiled for later use, 258,553 cubic yards of material will be cut from the southern portion of the site, of which, 252,066 cubic yards of on-site material will be used to raise the area. The dock facilities along the Industrial Canal will involve dredging 600,000 cubic yards of material and 13,000 cubic yards of fill material. The applicant has proposed to mitigate any unavoidable wetlands impacts with an approved permittee responsible mitigation plan.