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MVN-2015-02201-CM

PN ALL
Published Oct. 18, 2021
Expiration date: 11/6/2021

NAME OF APPLICANT:  G Lewis LA, LLC dba Garry Lewis Properties, Attn: Helene Brown, 17457 Wes McLin Rd., Suite A, Livingston, LA 70754.      

The work described below was partially completed prior to obtaining a Department of the Army permit and was in violation of Section 301 of the Clean Water Act.  All legal issues concerning the unauthorized work have since been deferred.

 LOCATION OF WORK:  In an approximate 19.2-acre site located 0.3 mile south of I-12 on Spring Ranch Rd., in Section 4, Township 7 South, Range 4 East, in Livingston, Louisiana, in Livingston Parish, within the Pontchartrain Basin in hydrologic unit (HUC 08070202), as shown on the attached drawings (Latitude 30.468768 N, Longitude -90.820928 W).   

CHARACTER OF WORK: The applicant has requested Department of the Army authorization to resolve a violation by which forested wetlands were cleared and filled for the construction of a road (Milton Lane) to facilitate an ongoing silviculture operation.  The applicant will continue the silviculture operation and excavate to backfill the roadway shoulder for the installation of utilities and a 12” main water line.  This main water line will connect a water tower to be constructed onsite to provide a reliable source of potable water..  A well, pump and treatment tank will be constructed to complete the water tower project.  An equipment building and caretaker residence will also be constructed to maintain the ongoing silviculture operation.  Approximately 43,500 cubic yards of native material will be excavated and backfilled.  The proposed project is situated on an approximate 19.3-acre tract that has been determined to contain approximately 3.16 acres of jurisdictional forested wetlands an approximately 0.06 acre of jurisdictional waters of the U.S.  All 3.16 acres of jurisdictional forested wetlands and 0.06 acre of other waters of the U.S. will be permanently impacted.  To compensate for unavoidable wetland impacts, the applicant proposes to use a Corps approved mitigation bank within the watershed of impact.