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MVN-2025-00186-WKK

CEMVN-RGW
Published June 22, 2026
Expiration date: 7/12/2026
APPLICANT: Mr. Ronnie Venson
Rapides Parish Gravity Drainage District No. 2
701 Murray Street
Suite 201
Alexandria, Louisiana 71301

AGENT: Mr. Bart Pittman
Pittman Environmental Services, L.L.C.
Post Office Box 1926
Purvis, Mississippi 39475

LOCATION OF WORK: The project would affect waters of the United States and navigable waters of the United States associated with Bayou Rapides. The project/review area is located on the west side of Louisiana Highway 121, at POB Latitude North: 31.3363611°N, Longitude West: -92.7188416°W; POE- Latitude North: 31.3362972°N, Longitude West: -92.7087111°W, in the community of Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The applicant requests authorization to excavate approximately 32,440 cubic yards of earthen fill material at a depth of 3 feet within the 3,700-foot long channel and haul the excavated fill material to non-wetland areas. The project would not affect the width of the existing channel. Tree cutting would not be required for the project. Approximately 10.2 acres of herbaceous wetlands would be permanently impacted via project implementation.