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MVN-2016-0955-EBB

Published Sept. 30, 2016
Expiration date: 10/23/2016

NAME OF APPLICANT:  Tangipahoa Parish Consolidated Gravity Drainage District No. 1, c/o ELOS Environmental, LLC at 43177 E. Pleasant Ridge Road, Hammond, Louisiana 70403.

LOCATION OF WORK:  Within the existing W1-L1; W2-L3; W2-L10; W2-L12, L12A, & L12B; W2-L14; W2-L15; W2-L16 & L16A; W3-L1, L1A, L1B, & L1C; W3-L8 & L8A; W6-L5; W6-L7D; and W9-L10 Canals, located in Tickfaw, Hammond, Independence, Natalbany, and Ponchatoula areas, all in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, as shown on the enclosed drawings.

Hydrologic Unit Codes:  08070203 - Tickfaw River, 08070204 - Lake Maurepas, and 08070205 - Tangipahoa River

Latitude:  30.56836, Longitude: -90.5045

 

CHARACTER OF WORKTo clear vegetation and remove debris from approximately 268,522 linear feet (~50.84 miles) of nineteen existing drainage canals.  Work will be accomplished from within the channel bottoms by chippers mounted on marsh buggies.  Canals will be cleared and chipped within the limits of the channel as well as up to 10 feet above the water surface.  Project implementation will require clearing of material from 187.46 acres of Waters of the US, with removed material to be chipped and sprayed onto 149.81 acres of adjacent forested wetlands at a depth not to exceed 4 inches.  No permanent adverse impacts to special aquatic sites are proposed; no compensatory mitigation is anticipated at this time.