Breaux Act Newsflash - CWPPRA Task Force Meeting Agenda for June 23, 2010
BREAUX ACT
COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT
TASK FORCE MEETING
AGENDA
June 23, 2010 9:30 a.m.
Location:
Estuarine Fisheries and Habitat Center
Conference Room 119
646 Cajundome Blvd.
Lafayette, Louisiana
Documentation of Task Force meetings may be found at:
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/cwppra_mission.htm
Tab Number Agenda Item
1. Meeting Initiation 9:30 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.
a. Introduction of Task Force Members or Alternates
b. Opening remarks of Task Force Members
c. Request for Agenda Changes/Additional Agenda Items/Adoption of Agenda
2. Discussion/Decision/Vote: Adoption of Minutes from the January 20,
2010 Task Force Meeting (Tom Holden, USACE) 9:40 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Mr.
Tom Holden will present the minutes from the last Task Force meeting. Task
Force members may provide suggestions for additional information to be
included in the official minutes.
3. Report: Status of Breaux Act Program Funds and Projects (Gay Browning,
USACE) 9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Ms. Gay Browning will provide an overview
of the status of CWPPRA accounts and available funding in the Planning and
Construction Programs.
4. Report: Public Outreach Committee Report (Susan Bergeron, USGS) 10:00
a.m. to 10:10 a.m. Ms. Susan Bergeron will present the quarterly Public
Outreach Committee report.
5. Report: Selection of Eleven (11) Candidate Projects and Three (3)
Demonstration Projects to Evaluate for PPL 20 (Tom Holden, USACE) 10:10
a.m. to 10:25 a.m. At the April 20, 2010 Technical Committee meeting, the
Technical Committee selected 11 projects and 3 demonstration projects as
PPL 20 candidates for Phase 0 analysis as listed below:
Region Basin PPL 20 Nominees
1 Pontchartrain Bayou Bonfouca Marsh Creation Project
1 Pontchartrain Unknown Pass to Rigolets Shoreline Protection
2 Mississippi River Delta Coastwide Planting Project
2 Breton Sound Lake Lery Shoreline Marsh Creation
2 Breton Sound Monsecour Siphon
2 Barataria Bayou Dupont Sediment Delivery--Marsh Creation 3
2 Barataria Home Place Marsh Creation
3 Terrebonne Terrebonne Bay Marsh Creation-Nourishment Project
3 Teche-Vermilion Cote Blanche Freshwater and Sediment Introduction
and Shoreline Protection Project
4 Calcasieu-Sabine Cameron-Creole Watershed Grand Bayou Marsh
Creation
4 Calcasieu-Sabine Kelso Bayou Marsh Creation and Hydrologic
Restoration
6. Report: Task Force Fax Vote Approvals (Melanie Goodman, USACE) 10:25
a.m. to 10:40 a.m.:
a. Scope Change for the CWPPRA Bio-engineered Oyster Reef Demo Project:
Ms. Melanie Goodman will report on a recent Task Force Fax Vote to approve
a change in project scope to increase the CWPPRA PPL 17 Bio-engineered
Oyster Reef Demonstration Project (LA-08) budget as requested by the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) and the Louisiana Office of
Coastal Protection and Restoration (LAOCPR).
b. Construction of the CWPPRA Enhancement of Barrier Island Vegetation
Demonstration Project: Ms. Melanie Goodman will report on a recent Task
Force Fax Vote to approve construction of the CWPPRA PPL 16 Enhancement of
Barrier Island Vegetation Demonstration Project (TE-53) as requested by
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the LAOCPR.
7. Report: Preliminary Report on the Monitoring Work Group Review of CRMS
and the overall CWPPRA Monitoring Program (Dr. Jenneke Visser, NMFS) 10:40
a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Dr. Jenneke Visser will provide a status on the
programmatic review of CRMS and the overall CWPPRA Monitoring program.
8. Report: Project Update for PPL 11 - River Reintroduction into Maurepas
Swamp Project (PO-29) (Brad Crawford, EPA/Kirk Rhinehart, OCPR/Tom Holden,
USACE) 10:50 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. The EPA, in coordination with the OCPR,
will provide a status on the River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp
project as it relates to the Task Force directed plan formulation Gap
Analysis.
9. Report: Status of the PPL 1 - West Bay Sediment Diversion Project
(MR-03) (Travis Creel, USACE/Cherie Price, USACE) 11:00 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.
Mr. Travis Creel will provide a status on the West Bay Project, including
the development of project closure plans and the ongoing modeling work
plan effort.
10. Discussion/Decision: Initial Discussion of FY11 Planning Budget
Development (Process, Size, Funding, etc.) (Melanie Goodman, USACE) 11:20
a.m. to 11:35 a.m. The FY11 Planning Program Budget development,
including the PPL 21 Process, will be initiated. At the October 28, 2009
meeting, the Task Force directed the Technical Committee to meet with the
Outreach Committee to discuss its budget, strategic plan, and to amend the
CWPPRA SOP to pass the Public Outreach Committee budget through the
Technical Committee. The Technical Committee recommends Task Force
approval of the following change to the CWPPRA SOP:
Section 6a. (1) (c):
The responsibilities of the Technical Committee include the annual review
of the outreach budget and the Public Outreach Committee's strategic plan.
These efforts should be undertaken in conjunction with the review of the
planning budget in the fall and winter Technical Committee and Task Force
meetings, respectively.
11. Discussion/Decision: Pending Deauthorization of the Brown Lake
Hydrologic Restoration Project (Melanie Goodman, USACE) 11:35 a.m. to
11:45a.m. The Task Force initiated procedures to deauthorize the Brown
Lake Hydrologic Restoration Project on October 28, 2009. Deauthorization
procedures are pending Corps sufficiency review of justification for
deauthorization.
12. Discussion/Decision: Deauthorization of the Lake Borgne/MRGO
Shoreline Protection Project (Melanie Goodman, USACE) 11:45 a.m. to 11:55
a.m. The Task Force initiated procedures to deauthorize the Lake
Borgne/MRGO Shoreline Protection Project on January 20, 2010. Notice of
the pending deauthorization was sent to Congress and the State House and
Senate Natural Resources Committee chairs of the intent to deauthorize.
13. Discussion: Status and Features of the LCA BUDMAT Program (Bill
Hicks, USACE) 11:55 a.m. to 12:25 p.m. Mr. Bill Hicks will provide an
overview of the LCA BUDMAT Program, including the process for soliciting
candidate beneficial use projects.
14. Additional Agenda Items (Col. Al Lee, USACE) 12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
15. Request for Public Comments (Col. Al Lee, USACE) 12:30 p.m. to 12:35
p.m.
16. Announcement: Date of Upcoming CWPPRA Program Meeting (Scott
Wandell, USACE) 12:35 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. The Technical Committee meeting
will be held September 22, 2010 at 9:30 a.m. at the LA Department of
Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana Room, 2000 Quail Dr., Baton Rouge,
Louisiana.
17. Announcement: Scheduled Dates of Future Program Meetings (Scott
Wandell, USACE) 12:40p.m. to 12:45 p.m.
2010
Sept. 22, 2010 9:30 a.m. Technical Committee Baton Rouge
Oct. 27, 2010 9:30 a.m. Task Force New Orleans
Nov. 16, 2010 7:00 p.m. PPL 20 Public Meeting Abbeville
Nov. 17, 2010 7:00 p.m. PPL 20 Public Meeting New Orleans
Dec. 1, 2010 9:30 a.m. Technical Committee Baton Rouge
18. Decision: Adjourn