About Section 408 Notices

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

2nd Public Notice 214 MOA for Mid-Breton

Published June 17, 2016

This Special Public Notice announces that the United States Army Corps of Engineers (“USACE”), New Orleans District (“CEMVN”), District Commander has decided to accept and expend funds contributed by State of Louisiana, through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (“CPRA”) pursuant to a Memorandum of Agreement (“MOA”) between CEMVN and CPRA, in accordance with Section 214 of the Water Resources Development Act of 2000, (“Section 214”), as amended by Section 1006 of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014. The purpose of the MOA is to establish the framework for the acceptance and expenditure of funds to be provided by CPRA to expedite the CEMVN evaluation and processing of applications submitted by CPRA to CEMVN pursuant to Section 14 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, as amended (33 U.S.C. 408) (hereinafter “Section 408”) and pursuant to Section 404 of the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) (hereinafter “Section 404”), and Section 10 of the Rivers and Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899, as amended (33 U.S.C. 403) (“Section 10”) collectively referred to as “Section 10/404” herein, for proposed Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion Project (“Project”) that serves a public purpose.

 

The full document is available here.

Signed 6/17/16 MFR is available here.