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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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    2025-0119

    The proposed project is a levee lift of the crown and protected side berm improvements on the A-East Levee Section of the South the Lafourche Levee District Larose to Golden Meadow Hurricane Levee Project. Approximately 133,132 cubic yards of borrow embankment clay fill will be required for the approximately 24,900 feet by 80 feet (45.7 acres) of the proposed 2-foot crown lift in project area. The crown will be 10 feet wide and slope at 3 on 1 down to the flood side and protected side berms of the levee. The protected side berm improvements will consist of approximately 80,374 cubic yards of borrow embankment clay fill will be required for the approximately 24,900 feet by 70 feet (40.0 acres) of the proposed protected side berm improvements. The protected side berm improvements are 70 feet wide on a 20 to 1 slope. All disturbed areas of the levee require seeding and fertilizing once complete to establish grass vegetative growth. The borrow source providing the material that will be utilized for the proposed levee lift will be evaluated for suitability prior to use to ensure compliance with all requirements under 33 U.S.C. Section 408.