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MVN 2014-00702-CM

Published May 25, 2020
Expiration date: 6/24/2020
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NAME OF APPLICANT:  South Louisiana Methanol LP, c/o CK Associates, Attn: Brian Newman, 8591 United Plaza Blvd., Suite 300, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809. 

LOCATION OF WORK: On the Mississippi River, RDB, mile 161.5, approximately 0.7 mile south of Romeville, Louisiana, in St. James, Louisiana, in St James Parish, within the Barataria Basin, East-Central Louisiana Coastal, in hydrologic unit (HUC 08090301), as shown on the attached drawings. 

CHARACTER OF WORK:  The applicant is requesting a modification to an existing Department of the Army permit which will include the addition of a methanol storage terminal composed of a rail spur with a rail and truck loading facility, marine loading dock, methanol storage tanks, and associated access roads.  The proposed work will entail dredging in the Mississippi River at the existing dock to allow access for marine vessels and will require annual maintenance to preserve depth.  These are additions to the permitted South Louisiana Methanol Plant which has been permitted but not yet built.  Approximately 300,000 cubic yards of dredged material will be deposited back into the river below the 55-foot contour, and approximately 83,315 cubic yards of native material will be excavated and re-deposited on site.  Additionally, approximately 277,293 cubic yards of hauled in topsoil, sand, rock, and aggregate material will be placed on site


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