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MVN-2013-02406-EG

Published May 20, 2019
Expiration date: 6/9/2019
NAME OF APPLICANT:  Louisiana Fruit Company dba Venice Port Complex c/o Newell Engineering, LLC,
Attention: Frank Newell, 700 Papworth Avenue, Suite 202, Metairie, LA  70005

LOCATION OF WORK:  Off of Chevron Rd., in Venice, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, as shown on the
enclosed drawings.

Location: Latitude: 29.2625, Longitude: -89.353333 and Latitude: 29.26416, Longitude: -89.35305
Hydrologic Unit Code: 08090100 (Lower Mississippi-New Orleans)

CHARACTER OF WORK:  To construct approximately 350 linear feet of new bulkhead, replace
approximately 450 linear feet of existing bulkhead, and excavate approximately 90,298 yd3  of
material for slip maintenance.  There are 2 slips located at the facility.  Work on the west slip will
include the replacement of approximately 450 linear feet of existing bulkhead, the construction of
approximately 175 linear feet of new bulkhead, and maintenance dredging to -18.0 (NAVD).  Work on
the east slip will include the construction of approximately 175 linear feet of new bulkhead,
placing fill material within the existing boundaries of the slip, and maintenance dredging outside
of the bulkhead (Grand Pass) to -22.0 (NAVD).  All work described above is shown on the enclosed
drawings.  No wetland impacts are anticipated as a result of the project, therefore, no
compensatory mitigation is proposed.