NEW ORLEANS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' New Orleans District is requesting public comments for preparations of the Humble Canal Gate Site and initial levee preload in Terrebonne Parish, La. The comment period began on Sept. 21 and concludes on Oct. 6. A draft Supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) #583a - “Mississippi River and Tributaries Morganza to the Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana (MRT-MTG) Mitigation for the Humble Canal Gate Site Preparation and Initial Levee Preload, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana" - is available for public review and comment. The document provides an assessment of potential impacts of these actions that includes mitigation of fresh marsh and brackish marsh in the Deltaic Plain that would be incurred by construction of the MRT-MTG Humble Canal gate site preload levee. The project is to prepare the site for a floodgate at Humble Canal as a feature of the MRT-MTG project that will provide hurricane and storm damage risk reduction for the communities in the vicinity of Houma. Comments should be mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Regional Planning and Environment Division South New Orleans Environmental Branch, CEMVNPDS-C, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118. Comments and questions may also be provided by e-mail to mvnenvironmental@usace.army.mil. The report and supporting information are available online at https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/NEPA-Compliance-Documents/Project-Pages/Mississippi-River-and-Tributaries/ (USACE New Orleans 09/21/22) Corps seeks public comments on proposed construction of Humble Canal Preload Levee > New Orleans District > News Releases (army.mil)
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