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MVN-2024-00759-ENP

CEMVN-RGW

Published March 17, 2025

Expiration date: 4/15/2025

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APPLICANT: Kerby Jackson The Audubon Nature Institute 6500 Magazine Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70118

AGENT: Jamie Saxon Morphy Makofsky Inc. 336 N. Norman C. Francis Parkway New Orleans, Louisiana 70119

WATERWAY AND LOCATION: The project would affect waters of the United States and navigable waters of the United States associated with The Mississippi River. The project/review area is located on the Intersection of North Peters Street and Esplanade Avenue at approximately Mississippi River mile 94.2, Governor Nicholls Street Wharf; at Latitude 29.958889 and Longitude -90.059722; in New Orleans, Orleans Parish, Louisiana.

PROPOSED WORK: The applicant requests authorization to change the intended use of the wharf, which was previously permitted, to create more public space along the Mississippi river by constructing a park within the existing wharf structure and depositing approximately 5.5 acres of natural fill material, inclusive of topsoil, gravel, and concrete. The equipment proposed should include trucks, tractors, and backhoe with access to the site via the existing adjacent roadways.