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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. Click here to read the official notice.

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. Click here to read the official notice.

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408 Public Notices

  • February

    19-0735 Plaquemines Parish

    The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), New Orleans District (CEMVN), is reviewing a request for permission to modify a USACE Project under Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 and codified in 33 U.S.C. 408 (“Section 408”). The project to be modified or altered is the New Orleans to Venice East Bank Hurricane Bank Levee (NOV-01), Phoenix to Bohemia Polder Levee System Reach C project in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The proposed modification is to fill nine (9) non-operational culverts at four (4) locations with lightweight grout to stabilize them in order to be permanently abandoned in place and maintain the integrity of the levee.

  • April

    LPV 111 Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority

    The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East Bank (SLFPA-E) and the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board of Louisiana (CPRAB) (together, "the requester") have requested permission to alter portions of the Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity (LPV) Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction System (HSDRRS) to increase the height of the LPV 111 levee reach, which will increase the level of hurricane and storm damage risk reduction for that reach prior to United States Army Corps of Engineers New Orleans District's (CEMVN) planned armoring.

  • March

    18-1041, South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – East

    SLFPA-E proposes to install concrete slope pavement on existing levees.

  • February

    19-0067; Evelyn Haygood

    Evelyn Haygood proposes to install an in ground swimming pool near the toe of the levee incorporating various minor landscape features, such as retaining wall and pavers, inside the backyard at her existing residence.

  • December

    14-0315; Veterans Boulevard Pump Stations

    14-0315; Veterans Boulevard Pump Stations

  • September

    18-0655; Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal

    Plaquemines Port, Harbor & Terminal District proposes to construct: a ramp and piperack over the levee; a dock in the river; and a vehicle approach way that connects the levee crown to the dock in the Mississippi River on the right descending Mississippi River levee in the vicinity of second order levee station 1087+00.

  • May

    Illinois Central Railroad Company Bonnet Carre Spillway bridge replacement

    Illinois Central Railroad Company Bonnet Carre Spillway bridge replacement

  • March

    16-314, The Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority – Levee Lift LPV 109

    16-314; SLFPA-E and CPRAB propose to lift Lake Pontchartrain and Vicinity Hurricane Reach LPV 109 prior to armoring.