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MVN-1999-01908-EV

Published April 16, 2018
Expiration date: 5/15/2018

NAME OF APPLICANT:  Chevron Pipeline Company, ATTN: C.H. Fenstermaker & Associates, LLC,

Mr. Chad Soileau, at 5005 Riverway, Suite 300, Houston, Texas  77056.

LOCATION OF WORK:  Located in the Mississippi River, left descending bank, at a point about 26.7 miles above Head of Passes, about 1.5 miles northwest of Buras, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, as shown on the attached drawings.

HUC:  08090100; Lower Mississippi River – New Orleans

CHARACTER OF WORK:  To install mooring pilings attached to existing walkways, conduct soil borings and maintenance dredging to allow larger vessels to load crude oil.  Approximately 15,307 cubic yards of dredging is proposed for the removal of silt accumulation around the existing ship mooring area and the dredged material will be disposed of within the Mississippi River below the minus 55 foot contour.  The applicant has stated there will be no impacts to jurisdictional wetlands, thus compensatory mitigation is not required at this time.