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MVN-2016-00437-CM

Published April 22, 2019

Expiration date: 5/13/2019

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NAME OF APPLICANT: Livingston Parish Government, c/o ELOS Environmental, LLC, Attn: Flynn Daigle, 43177 East Pleasant Ridge Road, Hammond, Louisiana 70403.

LOCATION OF WORK: West Colyell Creek, begining at point (30.48489, -9089296) proceeding south and ending at point (30.45353, 90.88974) between US Hwy 190 and Buddy Ellis Road near Walker, Louisiana, in Livingston Parish, within the Lake Pontchartrain Basin in hydrologic unit (HUC 08070202), as shown on the attached drawings.

CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization to clear, dredge, and deposit material to create access and make hydrologic improvements to a section of West Colyell Creek, which includes channel realignment and bottom shaping for increased drainage efficiency. Approximately 48,470 cubic yards of native material will be dredged from the channel and the excess material being placed at a parish maintenance facility which is a non-wetland. Laterals entering West Colyell Creek within the project site will be temporarily filled at their intersection with the access route adjacent to the Creek. When the project is complete those laterals will be returned to pre-project conditions and the material hauled to the no wetland location described above. The proposed project is approximately 2.4 miles long and will temporarily impact approximately 28 acres of “other waters of the U.S.” Approximately 0.6 acre of forested wetlands adjacent to the creek will be cleared for temporary access and approximately 0.63 acre of forested wetlands will be permanently cleared and filled to complete the project.

The applicant stated that they have designed the project to avoid and minimize direct and secondary adverse impacts to the maximum extent practicable. Any further reduction or redesign would not achieve the intended goal of increased drainage capacity and, therefore deem the project impracticable. As compensation for unavoidable wetland impacts, the applicant proposes to mitigate in-kind wetland credits from a Corps approved mitigation bank located in the watershed.