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MVN-2018-00309-CA

Published April 9, 2018
Expiration date: 4/28/2018

NAME OF APPLICANT:  TROY MORVANT, 114 St. James Street, Gheens, Louisiana 70355 

LOCATION OF WORK:  Bayou Lafourche, right descending bank, located at 5347 Louisiana Highway 1, Raceland, Louisiana, (29.664025, -90.538947), in Lafourche Parish, as shown on the enclosed drawings, within Hydrologic Unit Code 08090301, East Central Louisiana Coastal.  

CHARACTER OF WORK:  The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization to dredge approximately 78 cubic yards of water bottom material from Bayou Lafourche in order to create a 19-ft wide by 22-ft long boat slip, to install and maintain approximately 131 linear feet of bulkhead for erosion control, and to install and maintain a covered boat shed over the slip, all for recreational purposes.  Approximately 78 cubic yards of dredged material along with approximately 35 cubic yards of hauled-in topsoil and approximately 22 cubic yards of concrete will be installed behind the bulkhead for erosion control.  The structure will extend approximately 24 feet channelward, where Bayou Lafourche is approximately 90 feet wide.  Approximately 0.002 acre of emergent fresh marsh habitat will be permanently impacted with project implementation and no mitigation is anticipated at this time.