NAME OF APPLICANT: B&K Equipment Services, Inc., c/o Chuck Fontenot, 14200 Santa Fe Trail, Prairieville, LA 70769.
LOCATION OF WORK: Within the Mississippi River Basin, in the Lower Mississippi River – Baton Rouge hydrologic unit (HUC 08070100), in the Mississippi River, left descending bank, mile 194, near Carville, Louisiana, in Iberville Parish.
CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested a time extension to continue the operation of silt excavation for commercial sale. A tracked excavator will traverse the pit and deposit sediment into a dump truck placed at the perimeter of the pit. Approximately 170,000 cubic yards of material will be removed annually. The proposed work will occur within the previously authorized footprint. No work outside of the footprint is proposed. Thus, no compensatory mitigation will be required.