NAME OF APPLICANT: Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District and Lake Charles Methanol II, c/o: Southland Environmental, Jared R. King, 510 Clarence St., Lake Charles, Louisiana 70601.
LOCATION OF WORK: Located in Calcasieu Parish, located off Bayou D’Inde Rd., in Westlake, Louisiana, (lat. 30.19477, long. -93.29811), as shown within the enclosed drawings. (Hydrologic Unit Code 08080206, Lower Calcasieu Watershed)
CHARACTER OF WORK: Clear, grade, and deposit fill to construct tank farm facilities in Calcasieu Parish. The purpose of the proposed tank farm, parking areas, access roads, and loading area is to support the existing and adjacent Lake Charles Methanol II facility. The project will be located on an approximately 37 acre tract of land located west of Bayou D’Inde Rd. and will impact 21.54 acres of jurisdictional fresh marsh/estuarine scrub shrub through filling activities, of which 5.94 acres were previously permitted. Fill operations will include the deposition of approximately 248,800 cubic yards of fill material (248,300 cubic yards of earthen material and 500 cubic yards of concrete) as foundation for the tank farm, parking areas, access roads, and loading facilities. Of the 248,800 cubic yards of proposed fill material, 87,000 cubic yards of earthen material and 800 cubic yards of concrete fill was previously authorized. If a Department of the Army permit is warranted, the applicant has proposed to mitigate unavoidable wetlands impacts at an approved and acceptable mitigation bank within the N.O. District.