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Effective May 25,2020 interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. Section 408) has been received and will be evaluated by the New Orleans District.

Effective May 28, 2020 interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. Section 408) has been received and will be evaluated by the New Orleans District. Written comments, including any objections to the proposed alteration, stating reasons therefor, are being solicited from anyone having an interest in the requested alteration of USACE projects. This Public Notice solicits comments only on the proposed alteration of the eight federal projects and fourteen federal easements described below and depicted on the attached drawings. Click here to read the official notice.

Effective April 27, 2016 the New Orleans District began issuing public notices about Section 408 requests. 

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408 Public Notices

  • March

    Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment #556

    The District is updating the Final Programmatic Environmental Assessment #556, Categorical Permissions to Alter U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works Projects Pursuant to 33 USC 408, dated October 2017, to evaluate the environmental impacts of proposed new and revised categories of requested alterations to determine whether those actions may appropriately be designated as categorical permissions.

  • January

    WBV 16.2b

    Interested parties are hereby notified that a request for permission to alter a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 U.S.C. Section 408) has been received and will be evaluated by the New Orleans District (CEMVN). Written comments, including any objections to the proposed alteration, stating reasons therefor, are being solicited from anyone having an interest in the requested alteration. Comments must be mailed or emailed by or before the last day of the comment period and must reference the file number of this public notice. Comments will become part of the record and will be considered in the decision on the request. See below for contact information and address. The proposed action could alter the Greater New Orleans, Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS), West Bank and Vicinity, Louisiana (WBV) project, WBV-16.2 levee reach in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

  • August

    2021-0936: MONTZ PUMP STATIONS

    The proposed action consists of the construction of two drainage pump stations. Each pump station shall be comprised of a retention pond, electrical and mechanical buildings, and discharge pipes that are to be installed under LA Highway 628 and over the existing upper guide levee of the Bonnet Carré Spillway. Concrete scour pads are to be installed on the discharge side of the levee.

  • February

    23-0228; Olivier Plantation, LLC

    Olivier Plantation, LLC. is requesting authorization, to construct a 10-slip boat shed, deck and parking area on the flood side of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity-Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (LP&VHSDRRS) floodwall and along the bank of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal (MRGO). The 10-slip boat shed will have an elevated deck approximately 200' leading to the slips. The parking area and driveway will be constructed using TrueGrid Root Grass pavers to keep the appearance the same.

  • June

    Marathon Petroleum Company (File # 2022-1143)

    TRC Companies, obo Marathon Petroleum Company, to transport two reactor vessels from the Mississippi River onto the batture to a temporary modular bridge across the left descending Mississippi River levee, vicinity of second order levee station 4553+67, at Garyville, Louisiana, in St. John the Baptist Parish. The proposed action could require minor dredging in the Mississippi River adjacent to the project area.

  • LA 23 Asset Management Group, LLC (LA 23) (22-0193)

    LA 23 is requesting authorization to install a continuous, pile-supported wharf structure at the (-)50-foot contour in the river. There will be four discrete pile-supported approachways from the wharf back across the batture. Where the approachways cross the levee section they will be supported by spread footings. The approachways will then reach the elevated container stacking area. The container stacking area between the levee and Hwy 23 will be elevated to approximately (+)17.5 feet and retaining walls will be installed.

  • March

    Orpheum Avenue Concrete Slope Pave Project (23-0088)

    Orpheum Avenue Concrete Slope Pave Project (23-0088)

  • September

    2013-0634, Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion

    Notice of Availability of the Final Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion Project Environmental Impact Statement

  • July

    22-0014, Bucktown Marsh Restoration and Living Shoreline

    The Jefferson Parish Department of Ecosystem and Coastal Management proposes to construct the Bucktown Marsh Restoration and Living Shoreline Project along the Lake Pontchartrain shoreline bordering the Bucktown neighborhood of Metairie, Louisiana.

  • March

    21-0893; Louisiana Department of Transportation

    The Louisiana Department of Transportation proposes to decommission the Belle Chase Tunnel and remove the existing Judge Perez Bridge over the Algiers Canal West and East levee, vicinity of levee stations, 682+24 and 1083+29, respectively, at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, in Plaquemines Parish. The figures attached provide additional details.

  • 20-0837, Jefferson Parish, Bucktown Marina

    Jefferson Parish proposes to construct a rubble mound groin structure with navigation aids at the Bucktown Marina entrance, on the flood side of the Lake Pontchartrain & Vicinity, 17th Canal Pump Station, vicinity of levee station 408+05.

  • October

    Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District - NHPA Public Notice

    Notice of Intent to Prepare Memorandum of Agreement Regarding “Bayou Lafourche Fresh Water District, Bayou Lafourche Mississippi River Re-Introduction and Pumping Capacity Improvement Project, Ascension Parish, Louisiana.”

  • St. Bernard Parish Government MRGO (Emergency Request)

    St. Bernard Parish Government request permission to temporarily open a cut in the MRGO Rock Closure Structure for flood control following Hurricane Delta.

  • July

    20-0364; Louisiana Department of Transportation

    The Louisiana Department of Transportation proposes to replace the Judge Perez Bridge with a new bridge over the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, Algiers Canal West and East levee, vicinity of levee stations, 682+24 and 1083+29, respectively, at Belle Chasse, Louisiana, in Plaquemines Parish.

  • May

    20-0036, Phillips 66 Alliance H2PL, LLC

    Phillips 66 Alliance H2PL, LLC proposes to construct the Alliance Hydrogen Pipeline Project, an approximately 36 mile, 12-inch diameter hydrogen pipeline from an existing facility in Luling Louisiana to the Alliance refinery in Belle Chasse, Louisiana.