Breaux Act Newsflash - CWPPRA Public Notice of Deauthorization

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Louisiana Coastal Wetlands Conservation and Restoration Task Force has
initiated procedures to deauthorize the Coastal Wetlands Planning,
Protection and Restoration Act (CWPPRA) Lake Borgne/Mississippi River Gulf
Outlet (MRGO) Shoreline Stabilization Project (PO-32).

This CWPPRA 12th Priority Project List project is located along the Lake
Borgne shore between Doulluts Canal and Jahnckes Ditch, and along the
north bank of the MRGO between Doulluts Canal and Lena Lagoon in St.
Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The purpose of the project is to preserve the
marsh between Lake Borgne and the MRGO by preventing shoreline erosion
caused by waves on the Lake Borgne side and boat wakes along the MRGO
side. Project features included construction of an 18,500 linear foot
rock dike on the Lake Borgne alignment and a 14,250 linear foot rock dike
along the MRGO bankline.

The US Army Corps of Engineers constructed the project reach along the
Lake Borgne shoreline using Hurricane Katrina supplemental appropriations.
Also, the US Army Corps of Engineers closed the MRGO to deep draft
navigation, incidentally reducing bankline erosion along the channel. This
reach of the MRGO bankline is also being evaluated under the US Army Corps
of Engineers MRGO Ecosystem Restoration Feasibility Study.

The Task Force will decide on whether or not to deauthorize the CWPPRA
PO-32 project at a public meeting on June 23, 2010, in Lafayette,
Louisiana. The meeting begins at 9:30 a.m. at the NOAA Estuarine
Fisheries Building.

If you need further information, please contact Ms. Melanie Goodman,
CWPPRA Program Manager, at (504) 862-1940.