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COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT TASK FORCE MEETING

 

AGENDA

October 18, 2016, 9:30 a.m.

 

Location:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

District Assembly Room (DARM)

7400 Leake Avenue

New Orleans, Louisiana

 

Documentation of Task Force meetings (including minutes, attendance records, PowerPoint Presentations, and meeting binders) may be found at:

http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Environmental/CWPPRA.aspx

 

 

Tab Number                                    Agenda Item

 

1.      Meeting Initiation 9:30 a.m. to 9:40 a.m.

a.       Introduction of Task Force or Alternates

b.      Opening remarks of Task Force Members

c.       Request for Agenda Changes/Additional Agenda Items/Adoption of Agenda

 

2.      Decision: Adoption of Minutes for the May 12, 2016 Task Force Meeting (Brad Inman, USACE) 9:40 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Mr. Brad Inman 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 CWPPRA Program Funds and Projects (Jernice Cheavis, USACE) 9:45 a.m. to 9:55 a.m.  Ms. Jernice Cheavis will provide an overview of the status of CWPPRA accounts and available funding in the Planning and Construction Programs.

 

4.      Report: Construction Update (Brad Inman, USACE) 9:55 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. The CWPPRA agencies will provide a report on projects that are currently under construction and projects that have recently completed construction.

 

5.      Report: Draft 2017 State Master Plan Update (Bren Haase, CPRA) 10:10 a.m. to 10:25 a.m. CPRA will provide a status update on the draft 2017 State Master Plan and describe its implications for the CWPPRA Program.

 

6.      Report/Decision:  Status of Unconstructed Projects (Sarah Bradley, USACE) 10:25 a.m. to 10:35 a.m.  The P&E Subcommittee will report on the status of unconstructed CWPPRA projects that have been experiencing project delays and considered “critical-watch” as well as projects recommended for deauthorization and inactivation.  The Task Force will consider the below recommendations for the following projects.

 

Project No.

Project Name

PPL

Agency

Technical Committee Recommendation

TE-32a

North Lake Boudreaux Freshwater Introduction and Hydrologic Management

6

FWS

Inactivate

TE-83

Terrebonne Bay Marsh Creation/Nourishment

20

FWS

Deauthorize

TE-66

Central Terrebonne Freshwater Enhancement

18

NRCS

Transfer

7.      Report: Outreach Committee Report (Nikki Cavalier, USGS) 10:35 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. Ms. Nikki Cavalier will provide the Outreach Committee report.

 

8.      Report: Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (Leigh Anne Sharp, CPRA) 10:50 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. Ms. Leigh Anne Sharp will present the report on CRMS.

 

9.      Report: Coastwide Nutria Control Program – Annual Report (Catherine Normand, LDWF) 11:05 a.m. to 11:20 a.m. Ms. Catherine Normand with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will present an annual report on the Coastwide Nutria Control Program (LA-03b).

 

10.  Report/Decision: Upcoming 20-Year Life Projects (Sarah Bradley, USACE) 11:20 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. The project sponsors will present recommended paths forward for projects nearing the end of their 20-year lives. The Task Force will consider the Technical Committee’s recommendation on the paths forward for the following projects.

a.       Projects requesting approval for 20-year extension and budget increases in the amount of $8,122,406 with incremental funding requests in the amount of $504,794.

 

Project No.

Project Name

Agency

20-Year Life Date

Fully Funded Cost

Incremental Funding Amount

CS-04a

Cameron-Creole Maintenance

NRCS

Sep 2017

$7,251,302

$504,794

CS-17

Cameron-Creole Plugs

FWS

Jan 2017

$871,104

$0

 

b.      Should both the Cameron Creole Maintenance (CS-04a) and Cameron Creole Plugs (CS-17) projects be recommended for 20 year life extensions, the FWS, NRCS, and CPRA project sponsors recommend that CS-17 be transferred, with all remaining funds, to the CS-04a project.

 

11.  Decision:  Annual Request for Incremental Funding for FY19 Administrative Costs for Cash Flow Projects (Jernice Cheavis, USACE) 11:40 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will request funding approval in the amount of $24,873 for administrative costs for cash flow projects beyond Increment 1. The Task Force will consider the Technical Committee’s recommendation for approval. 

 

12.  Decision:  Request for Funding for the CWPPRA Program’s Technical Services (Michelle Fischer, USGS) 11:45 a.m. to 11:50 a.m.  The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and CPRA are requesting funding for technical services for the CWPPRA program in the amount of $171,410.  The Task Force will consider the Technical Committee’s recommendation to approve funding for technical services in the amount of $171,410.

 

13.  Decision:  Request for Transfer of Funds from PPL2 Projects Atchafalaya Sediment Delivery (AT-02) and Big Island Mining (AT-03) Operations & Maintenance category into the Monitoring category to cover anticipated costs of scheduled 2016 monitoring activities. (Stuart Brown, CPRA) 11:50 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. For the AT-02 and AT-03 projects - Atchafalaya Sediment Delivery and Big Island Mining, NOAA Fisheries and CPRA are proposing the repurposing of authorized funding from the Operations and Maintenance (O&M) activity to the Monitoring activity in the amount of $74,800 for AT-02 and $48,800 for AT-03 via Memorandum of Agreement between the two agencies.  Activities will include elevation analysis, habitat maps, and final OM&M reports for these two projects.  The elevation analysis will be completed using recently collected 2016 O&M channel and disposal area survey data and habitat maps will be created using 2016 aerial photographs.  The data will allow for assessments of channel distributary potential, subaerial growth, and habitat succession at year 18 of the project lives and will evaluate the impacts of the substantial flood of 2011.  These adjustments do not cause the total project estimates to exceed the maximum total project cost as currently authorized by the CWPPRA Task Force. 

 

14.  Decision:  Request for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Incremental Funding and Budget Increases (Stuart Brown, CPRA) 12:00 p.m. to 12:20 p.m.  The Task Force will consider the recommendations and vote to approve requests for total FY19 incremental funding in the amount of $11,043,342 and O&M budget increases totaling $6,029,189.

a.       PPL 9+ Projects requesting approval for FY19 incremental funding in the total amount of $4,713,606 for the following projects:

·         Black Bayou Culverts Hydrological Restoration (CS-29), PPL-9, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $353,698

·         Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME-16), PPL-9, USFWS

Incremental funding amount: $14,760

·         South Lake Decade Freshwater Introduction (TE-39), PPL-9, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $40,000

·         Four Mile Canal Terracing and Sediment Trapping (TV-18), PPL-9, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $6,485

·         Little Lake Shoreline Protection (BA-37), PPL-11, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $550,000

·         Raccoon Island Shoreline Protection/Marsh Creation (TE-48), PPL-11, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $26,216

·         Coastwide Nutria Control Program (LA-03b), PPL-11, NRCS

Incremental funding amount (FY16): $2,119,813

·         Barataria Barrier Island Complex (BA-38), PPL-11, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $161,168

·         Pass Chaland to Grand Bayou Pass Barrier Shoreline (BA-35), PPL-11, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $6,627

·         South White Lake Shoreline Protection (ME-22), PPL-12, USACE

Incremental funding amount: $8,481

·         East Marsh Island Marsh Creation (TV-21), PPL-14, EPA

Incremental funding amount: $20,655

·         West Bell Pass Barrier Headland Restoration (TE-52), PPL-16, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $7,435

·         Bayou Dupont Marsh and Ridge Creation (BA-48), PPL-17, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $153,389

·         Grand Liard Marsh and Ridge Restoration (BA-68), PPL-18, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $35,414

·         Coastwide Vegetative Planting (LA-39), PPL-20, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $1,209,465

b.      PPL 1-8 Project requesting approval for FY-19 incremental funding in the total amount of $117,162:

·         Cameron-Creole Plugs (CS-17), PPL-1, USFWS

Incremental funding amount: $36,660

·         Highway 384 Hydrologic Restoration (CS-21), PPL-2, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $25,085

·         Replace Sabine Refuge Water Control Structures at Headquarters Canal, West Cove Canal, and Hog Island Gully (CS-23), PPL-3, USFWS

Incremental funding amount: $45,020

·         Lake Chapeau Sediment Input and Hydrologic Restoration (TE-26), PPL-3, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount:  $10,397

c.       PPL 1-8 Projects requesting approval for a budget increase in the amount of $6,029,189 and FY19 incremental funding in the amount of $6,212,574 for the following projects:

·         Barataria Bay Waterway West Shoreline Protection (BA-23) PPL-4 NRCS

Budget increase amount: $64,218

Incremental funding amount: $62,727

·         Black Bayou Hydrologic Restoration (CS-27), PPL-6, NOAA Fisheries

Budget increase amount: $5,964,971

Incremental funding amount: $6,149,847

 

15.  Decision: Request for Monitoring Incremental Funding and Budget Increases (Stuart Brown, CPRA) 12:20 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. The Task Force will consider the recommendation and vote to approve requests for monitoring budget increases totaling $803,435 and for FY19 incremental funding in the amount of $10,633,996." src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">" src="/ocmc/CuteSoft_Client/CuteEditor/Images/anchor.gif">

a.       PPL 9+ Projects requesting approval for FY19 incremental funding in the total amount of $322,340 for the following projects:

·         Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection (BA27c), PPL-9, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $4,844

·         GIWW – Perry Ridge West Bank Stabilization (CS-30), PPL-9, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $5,003

·         Freshwater Introduction South of Highway 82 (ME-16), PPL-9, USFWS

Incremental funding amount: $11,000

·         West Lake Boudreaux Shoreline Protection and Marsh Creation (TE-46), PPL-11, USFWS

Incremental funding amount: $64,456

·         Coastwide Nutria Control Program (LA-03b), PPL-11, NRCS

Incremental funding amount (FY16): $119,431

·         Goose Point/Pointe Platte Marsh Creation (PO-33), PPL-13, USFWS

Incremental funding amount: $36,704

·         Coastwide Vegetative Planting (LA-39), PPL-20, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $80,902

b.      PPL 1-8 Project requesting approval for FY19 incremental funding in the total amount of $129,464:

·         Atchafalaya Sediment Delivery (AT-02), PPL 2, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount: $74,800

·         Big Island Mining (AT-03), PPL 2, NOAA Fisheries

Incremental funding amount: $48,800

·         Naomi Outfall Project  (BA-03c), PPL-5, NRCS

Incremental funding amount: $5,864

c.       Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) requesting approval for FY19 incremental funding in the total amount of $9,917,129:

·         Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) (LA-30) USGS

Incremental funding amount: $9,917,129

d.      PPL 9+ Projects requesting approval for a budget increases in the amount of $803,435 and FY19 incremental funding in the total amount of $265,063 for the following projects:

·      Little Lake Shoreline Protection/Dedicated Dredging Near Round Lake (BA-37), PPL-11, NOAA Fisheries

Budget increase amount:  $74,320

Incremental funding amount:  $35,124

·      Lost Lake Marsh Creation and Hydrologic Restoration Project (TE-72), PPL-19, FWS

Budget increase amount:  $499,130

Incremental funding amount:  $126,941

·      Bayou Bonfouca Marsh Creation (PO-104), PPL-20, USFWS

Budget increase amount: $229,985

Incremental funding amount: $102,998

 

16.  Additional Agenda Items (Brad Inman, USACE) 12:40 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

 

17.  Request for Public Comments (Brad Inman, USACE) 12:45 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

 

18.  Announcement:  Dates of Upcoming CWPPRA Program Meeting (Brad Inman, USACE) 12:50 p.m. to 12:55 p.m. The Technical Committee Meeting will be held December 7, 2016 at 9:30 a.m. at the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

 

19.  Announcement:  Scheduled Dates of Future Program Meetings (Brad Inman, USACE) 12:55 p.m. to 1:00 p.m.

 

December 7, 2016       9:30 a.m.         Technical Committee                          Baton Rouge

January 12, 2017         9:30 a.m.         Task Force                                           New Orleans

January 31, 2017         12:30 p.m.       Region IV RPT                                   Abbeville

February 1, 2017         9:30 a.m.         Region III RPT                                   Morgan City

February 2, 2017         10:00 a.m.       Region I&II RPT                                Lacombe

*Dates are subject to change. Please check back with lacoast.gov for the latest calendar. 

 

20.  Decision: Adjourn


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