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MVN-2019-00494-WKK

Published May 15, 2020
Expiration date: 6/7/2020

NAME OF APPLICANT:  Dustin Ray Fontenot, c/o: Encore Environmental and Safety, L.L.C., 1190 LaHaye Road, Mamou, Louisiana 70554.

LOCATION OF WORK: Located in Cameron Parish, Section 16, Township 12S and Range 7W, located off of LA Highway 384, in Bell City, Louisiana, (Latitude North: 30.001638°, Longitude West: -93.081951°), as shown within the attached drawings. (Hydrologic Unit Code 08080202, Mermentau Basin).

CHARACTER OF WORK:  Conduct excavation, grading, and filling operations to construct a 120-foot wide by 150-foot long house pad, a 20-foot wide by 633-foot long driveway, a 20-foot wide by 15-foot long road crossing to install a24-inch diameter culvert, and a 100-foot wide by 100-foot long pond for a single family homesite. Approximately 2,415 cubic yards of earthen fill material would be excavated for the pond. From the total, 1,866 cubic yards of earthen fill material would be placed for the house pad, 527 cubic yards would be placed for the driveway, and 22 cubic yards for culvert and road crossing installation. Approximately 0.69 of an acre of herbaceous wetlands and 0.007 of an acre of non-wetland waters would be permanently impacted via project implementation. If a Department of the Army permit is warranted, the applicant has proposed to mitigate any unavoidable wetlands impacts at an approved and acceptable mitigation bank within the New Orleans District.