Habitat Protection Program
Development Review

------------------------------2009------------------------------

Hwy 3241, Bush to 1-12 Corridor:  Environmental Assessment (EA) conducted by the Corps for the new Hwy 3241 proposed by DOTD, which could impact between 8,000 and 11,000 acres of wetland habitat. Washington and St. Tammany Parishes, February 2009. Environmental Assessment comments (wetlands/corps)

River Club: 140 acre, 179 lot subdivision on the Tchefuncte River, St. Tammany Parish, January 2009. (coastal use)

------------------------------2008------------------------------

Comments on Clean Water Act Jurisdiction After Rapanos Decision (comments)

Individual Environmental Report 18 & 19 (Addendums): Revised IERs on Government and Contractor Furnished Borrow Material (IER 18 & 19), February 2008

Koop Drive Expansion and MUD: Expand existing Koop Drive to accommodate a Mixed Use Development, destroying 23 acres of wetlands and potentially impacting Little Creek and Ponchitalawa Creek, tributaries of the Tchefuncte River.  St. Tammany Parish, March 2008. (Comments: LaDEQ, USACE)

Laketown Harbor:  Maintenance dredging by City of Kenner to remove siltation from boat harbor.  Jefferson Parish, September 2008. (coastal use)

Lambert, Richard:  Proposal to construct 110’ pier and 2000sq. ft. boathouse on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Mandeville, potentially impacting 6.9 acres of critical seagrass habitat.  St. Tammany Parish, January 2008. (Comments: coastal use, DNR, USACE)

Maurmont Commercial Development:  Destroy 109+ acres of jurisdictional wetland habitat to expand existing Target Center in Madisonville, with possible impacts to the Tchefuncte River.  St. Tammany Parish, December 2008. (Comments: USACE)

River Club: 140 acre, 179 lot subdivision on the Tchefuncte River, St. Tammany Parish, June 2008 (Comments: DNR, USACE)

SELA Goodbee Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant: Proposed construction of a treatment plant that will discharge into the headwaters of the Soap & Tallow Creek, a tributary of the Tchefuncte River.  St. Tammany Parish, May 2008. (scenic rivers)

Tangipahoa River Gravel Mining:  Permit applications by Barrier Construction Company, LLC to dredge a forested upland complex and Other Waters associated with the Tangipahoa River for a gravel mining operation (Ponder Gravel Mine).  Tangipahoa Parish, November 2008.
(wetlands August 2008) (scenic rivers November 2008)

Trinity Marine Products, Inc.:  Proposed barge canal excavation at mouth of Bayou DeZaire on the Tchefuncte River in Madisonville, LA.  St. Tammany Parish, October 2008. (scenic rivers)

Valero Refinery: Destroy 67+ acres of cypress for an overflow parking lot, St. Charles Parish, January 2008 (coastal use) (wetlands)(water quality)