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MVN-2011-2112-CL

Published Jan. 13, 2014
Expiration date: 2/12/2014
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NAME OF APPLICANT: Greater Baton Rouge Port Comission, c/o River Consulting, LLC, Attn: Kevin Fry, 3510 North Causeway Blvd, Suite 515, Metairie, Louisiana 70002.

LOCATION OF WORK: Located in the Mississippi River, right descending bank, at a point 228.7 miles above Head of Passes, in Port Allen, Louisiana, in West Baton Rouge Parish, in Mississippi River Basin, Hydrologic Unit Code 08070100, as shown on the enclosed drawings.

CHARACTER OF WORK: Installation and maintenance of a new vehicle access bridge and ramp crossing the levee and a barge fleeting area to serve the existing ship loadout dock originally authorized by Department of the Army permit MVN-2011-2112-CL. A 542-foot x 14-foot access bridge will be pile supported with one spread footing foundation on the floodside slope of the levee. The access bridge will require a 24-foot wide maintenance right of way, and the placement of approximately 1,750 cubic yards of fill material for ramp construction. This work will take place in previously impacted batture area and will not impact additional wetlands. No compensatory mitigation will be required.

The proposed barge fleeting area will accommodate 4 tiers of 6 barges and will require (8) 48-inch diameter x 155-foot long steel monopiles, as shown the attached drawings. Approximately 50,000 cubic yards of material will be excavated to accommodate barge fleeting. All dredged material will be disposed of in the deep draft river channel below elevation -55 feet. No additional wetland impacts are proposed for this work, therefore, no compensatory mitigation will be required.

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