MVN-2023-01075-ENP

NAME OF APPLICANT: Saint Tammany Parish Government c/o: Duplantis Design Group, Attn: Logan Buras, 16564 East Brewster Road, Covington Louisiana 70433.

LOCATION OF WORK: Located in forested and residential areas near Highway 36, and along Rose Street, Eden Street, and Fern Street, in Abita Springs, St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, (lat. 30.493675, long. -90.046649), as shown within the attached drawings. (Hydrologic Unit Code 08090201, Abita River Watershed).

CHARACTER OF WORK: The proposed project is to deepen and widen the existing drainage canals, replace the existing culverts with larger culverts, and to create two detention ponds to assist the surrounding communities with drainage. The proposed work will be accomplished by clearing, grading, and excavating the sites for the detention ponds and by excavating and constructing culverts and canals throughout the residential community adjacent to the proposed ponds. The purpose of the proposed project is to increase the drainage potential of the Abita Springs community in St. Tammany Parish. The project as proposed would permanently impact approximately 1.86 acres of Palustrine Forested jurisdictional wetlands, and approximately 1.19 acres of other waters of the U.S.