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MVN 2019-00389 CO

Published Oct. 12, 2020

Expiration date: 11/10/2020

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NAME OF APPLICANT: Ingram Barge Company; c/o Lanier & Associates Consulting Engineers, Inc., Attn: John Maurin; 4101 Magazine Street; New Orleans, Louisiana, 70115.

LOCATION OF WORK: Within the Mississippi River Basin, in the Lower Mississippi River – Baton Rouge hydrologic unit (HUC 08070100); in the Mississippi River, right descending bank, mile 184, near Modeste, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish.

CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant currently holds a permit authorizing a barge fleeting operation consisting of a total of four blocks of barges: one block of 6 tiers, 9 barges wide, one block with 7 tiers, 9 barges wide, one block with 10 tiers, 9 barges wide, and one block with 5 tiers, 9 barges wide. The applicant is proposing to add two additional blocks of barges: one block containing 16 tiers, each 10 barges wide, and one block containing 13 tiers, each 10 barges wide. Each tier of barges will contain one spud barge and 9 working barges. The fleets will be secured using anchor piles and chains at the head and stern of each fleet of the spud string. All impacts to wetlands and water bottoms have been avoided by project design. Therefore, no mitigation will be required for the proposed activity.