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MVN-2019-00390-CM

PN ALL

Published July 8, 2019

Expiration date: 7/27/2019

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NAME OF APPLICANT: Hise Oil Company, LLC, c/o Tim Morton & Associates, Attn: Jarrod Grandon, 730 E. Kaliste Saloom Rd., Lafayette, Louisiana 70508.

LOCATION OF WORK: In Central, Louisiana, approximately 0.10 mile south of Magnolia Bridge Road in a wooded area adjacent to the Dixie Electric Membership Corporation (30.53969, -91.00639) in East Baton Rouge Parish, within Lake Pontchartrain Basin hydrologic unit (HUC 08070202), as shown on the attached drawings.

CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization to clear, grade, excavate, place fill and chip vegetation on a 2.27-acre site to create access and install and maintain a drill pad with a closed loop system to drill the Catamount Prospect well for oil and/or gas exploration. Approximately 672 cubic yards of native material will be excavated and re-deposited to create the containment berm and 3,429 cubic yards of chipped material will be spread on site. The entire site is considered jurisdictional wetlands with approximately 2.13 acres being forested and 0.14 acre being herbaceous. A Geologic Review meeting was held to review alternative locations to directionally drill from with less damage to aquatic resources, including wetlands but it was determined that the proposed location is the most feasible and less damaging practicable alternative.

A preliminary analysis has determined that the proposed project would directly impact approximately 2.27 acres of forested and herbaceous wetlands.

The applicant claims that the proposed project has been designed to avoid and minimize direct and secondary adverse impacts to the maximum extent practicable. Any further reduction would limit the ability to reach the subsurface oil and gas deeming 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.