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COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT
TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEETING

AGENDA
September 11, 2014, 9:30 a.m.

Location:
LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Louisiana Room
2000 Quail Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Documentation of Technical Committee meetings 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.
    1. Introduction of Technical Committee or Alternates
    2. Opening remarks of Technical Committee Members
    3. Request for Agenda Changes/Additional Agenda Items/Adoption of Agenda

  2. Report: Status of Breaux Act Program Funds and Projects (Susan Mabry, USACE) 9:40 a.m. to 9:55 a.m. Ms. Susan Mabry will provide an overview of the status of CWPPRA accounts and available funding in the Planning and Construction Programs.

  3. Report/Decision: Status of Unconstructed Projects (Brad Inman, USACE) 9:55 a.m. to 10:05 a.m. The P&E Subcommittee will report on the status of unconstructed CWPPRA projects as well as projects recommended for deauthorization, inactivation, or transfer.
    1. Unconstructed project recommended by the project team to deauthorize:
      • Southwest Louisiana Gulf Shoreline Nourishment and Protection (ME-24), USACE
    2. Unconstructed project requested by the project team to inactivate:
      • Alligator Bend Marsh Restoration and Shoreline Protection (PO-34), NRCS

  4. Decision: CWPPRA Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) Update (Allison Murry, USACE) 10:05 a.m. to 10:10 a.m. In January 2014, the P&E Subcommittee started an intensive clean-up and update of the CWPPRA SOP. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force to approve the requested changes.

  5. Report/Decision: Upcoming 20-Year Life Projects (Britt Paul, USACE) 10:10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. The project sponsors will present recommended path forwards. The Technical Committee will vote on recommendations to the Task Force regarding the following CWPPRA projects that are approaching the end of their 20 year life:

    Project
    No.
    Project Name
    Agency
    Const.
    Complete
    20YL
    ME-04
    Freshwater Bayou Wetland Protection
    NRCS
    Mar-95
    Mar-15
    ME-13
    Freshwater Bayou Bank Stabilization
    NRCS
    Feb-98
    Mar-18
    TV-09
    Boston Canal/Vermilion Bay Bank Protection
    NRCS
    Nov-95
    Nov-15

  6. Report: Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) Report (Dona Weifenbach, USGS) 10:30 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Ms. Dona Weifenbach will present a report on CRMS.

  7. Decision: Annual Request for Incremental Funding for FY17 Administrative Costs for Cash Flow Projects (Susan Mabry, USACE) 10:45 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will request funding approval in the amount of $26,142 for administrative costs for cash flow projects beyond Increment 1. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force on the request for funds.

  8. Decision: Request for Funding for the CWPPRA Program's Technical Services (Michelle Fischer, USGS) 10:50 a.m. to 10:55 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 Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force to approve the request for funding for technical services in the amount of $171,410.

  9. Decision: Request for Transfer of Funds from the PPL 2 - West Belle Pass Headland Restoration Project (TE-23) Operations & Maintenance to Monitoring (Brad Inman, USACE; Stuart Brown, CPRA) 10:55 a.m. to 11:05 a.m. The USACE and CPRA have determined that a minimum of two land/water analyses for the TE-23 project area, one each for years 2008 and 2012 respectively, are required to access the impact of a 2007 Port Fourchon Navigation Channel Federal maintenance event in which dredged material was placed within the TE-23 project area. The cost of performing these land/water analyses is $28,375 and would be undertaken in 2015. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force on the requested transfer of funds.

  10. Decision: Request for Monitoring Incremental Funding and Budget Increases (Stuart Brown, CPRA) 11:05 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force to approve requests for total FY17 incremental funding in the amount of $9,712,695 and monitoring budget increases totaling $35,032.
    1. PPL 9+ Projects requesting approval for FY17 incremental funding in the total amount of $204,451 for the following projects:
      • Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection (BA-27c), PPL 9, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $4,539
      • Delta Management at Fort St. Philip (BS-11), PPL 10, FWS
        Incremental Funding amount: $17,271
      • Coastwide Nutria Control Program (LA-03b) PPL 11 NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $91,019
      • Coastwide Vegetative Planting (LA-39), PPL 20, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $91,622
    2. PPL 1-8 Project requesting approval for FY17 incremental funding in the total amount of $33,946:
      • Naomi Outfall Project (BA-03c), PPL 5, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $5,571
      • West Belle Pass Headland Restoration (TE-23), PPL 2, USACE
        Incremental Funding amount: $28,375
    3. Coastwide Reference Monitoring System (CRMS) requesting approval for FY17 incremental funding in the total amount of $9,439,266:
      • Incremental funding (FY13 - FY15): $9,439,266
    4. PPL 1-8 Projects requesting approval for a budget increase in the amount of $35,032 and FY17 incremental funding in the amount of $35,032 for the following project:
      • Highway 384 Hydrologic Restoration (CS-21), PPL 2, NRCS
        Budget increase amount: $35,032
        Incremental Funding amount: $35,032

  11. Decision: Request for Operation and Maintenance (O&M) Incremental Funding and Budget Increases (Stuart Brown, CPRA) 11:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force to approve requests for total FY17 incremental funding in the amount of $6,931,845 and O&M budget increases totaling $1,067,094.
    1. PPL 9+ Projects requesting approval for FY17 incremental funding in the total amount of $5,271,968 for the following projects:
      • GIWW - Perry Ridge West Bank Stabilization (CS-30), PPL 9, NRCS
        Incremental funding amount: $6,330
      • Four Mile Canal Terracing and Sediment Trapping (TV-18), PPL 9, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $19,624
      • Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection, Phase 3, (BA-27c), PPL 9, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $4,582
      • Lake Borgne Shoreline Protection (PO-30), PPL 10, EPA
        Incremental Funding amount: $6,486
      • North Lake Mechant Landbridge Restoration, (TE-44), PPL 10, FWS
        Incremental Funding amount: $86,791
      • Delta Management at Ft. St, Phillip (BS-11), PPL 10, FWS
        Incremental Funding amount: $5,511
      • Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection Phase 4, (BA-27d), PPL 11, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $4,624
      • Little Lake Shoreline Protection/ Dedicated Dredging Near Round Lake, (BA-37), PPL 11, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $79,389
      • Barataria Barrier Island Complex: Pelican Island and Pass La Mer to Chaland Pass Restoration (BA-38), PPL 11, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $23,760
      • Pass Chaland to Grand Bayou Pass Barrier Shoreline Restoration (BA-35), PPL 11, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $8,231
      • Coastwide Nutria Control Program (LA-03b), PPL 11, NRCS
        Incremental funding amount (FY16): $2,324,019
      • West Lake Boudreaux Shoreline Protection and Marsh Creation, (TE-46), PPL 11, FWS
        Incremental Funding amount: $5,602
      • Raccoon Island Shoreline Protection/Marsh Creation, (TE-48), PPL 11, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $3,439
      • South White Lake Shoreline Protection (ME-22), PPL 12, USACE
        Incremental funding amount: $8,152
      • Mississippi River Sediment Delivery System - Bayou Dupont (BA-39), PPL 12, EPA
        Incremental Funding amount: $7,058
      • West Belle Pass Barrier Headland Restoration, (TE-52), PPL 16, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $357,221
      • South Lake Lery Marsh Creation and Shoreline Protection (BS-16), PPL 17, FWS
        Incremental Funding amount: $6,534
      • Coastwide Vegetative Planting (LA-39), PPL 20, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $2,314,615
    2. PPL 1-8 Project requesting approval for FY17 incremental funding in the total amount of $592,783:
      • GIWW to Clovelly Hydrologic Restoration (BA-02), PPL 1, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $25,438
      • Highway 384 Hydrologic Restoration (CS-21), PPL 2, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $22,656
      • Point au Fer Canal Plugs (TE-22), PPL 2, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $12,213
      • West Belle Pass Headland Restoration, (TE-23), PPL 2, USACE
        Incremental Funding amount: $9,453
      • Cameron Creole Maintenance (CS-04a), PPL 3, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $133,407
      • Lake Chapeau Sediment Input and Hydrologic Restoration, Point Au Fer Island (TE-26), PPL 3, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $11,503
      • Brady Canal Hydrologic Rest, (TE-28), PPL 3, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $100,695
      • Black Bayou Hydrologic Restoration (CS-27), PPL 6, NMFS
        Incremental Funding amount: $272,837
      • Barataria Basin Landbridge Shoreline Protection, Phases 1 and 2, (BA-27), PPL 7, NRCS
        Incremental Funding amount: $4,581
    3. PPL 1-8 Projects requesting approval for a budget increase in the amount of $1,067,094 and FY17 incremental funding in the amount of $1,067,094 for the following projects:
      • Boston Canal/Vermilion Bay Bank Protection (TV-09), PPL 2, NRCS
        Budget increase amount: $630,891
        Incremental Funding amount: $630,891
      • Replace Sabine Refuge Water Control Structures at Headquarters Canal, West Cove Canal, and Hog Island Gully (CS-23), PPL 3, FWS
        Budget increase amount: $436,203
        Incremental Funding amount: $436,203

  12. Decision: Request that PPL 5 - Raccoon Island Breakwaters Demonstration Project (TE-29) Be Considered a Component of PPL 11 - Raccoon Island Shoreline Protection/Marsh Creation Project (TE-48) (Britt Paul, NRCS) 12:00 p.m. to 12:10 p.m. NRCS and CPRA are requesting that the TE-29 project be considered a component of the TE-48 project and that TE-48 O&M funds can be used towards TE-29 O&M. In 1994, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) requested that the CWPPRA program construct 32 rock segmented breakwaters and 60 acres of marsh creation on Raccoon Island (western most island of Isle Dernieres). Due to the concern that rock segmented breakwaters had never been built offshore in Louisiana, permits were issued to build up to 10 breakwaters. Therefore, the Raccoon Island Breakwaters Demonstration project (TE-29) installed 8 breakwaters with available funding, with the understanding that if the project proved successful LDWF could later request that CWPPRA fund a larger scale project. Due to the success of the TE-29 project, CWPPRA approved funding for the Raccoon Island Shoreline Protection/Marsh Creation project (TE-48). The TE-48 breakwaters were completed in 2007 and the marsh creation was completed in 2013. Currently, two of the TE-29 breakwaters have settled below their designed crest elevation and require re-capping to restore their full functionality of protecting the gulf shoreline of Raccoon Island. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to the Task Force on the request to consider TE-29 project be considered a component of the TE-48 project and that TE-48 O&M funds can be used towards TE-29 O&M.

  13. Report: Use of Surplus Construction Funds for Additional Marsh Restoration for the Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation Project, Cycles 4 and 5 (CS-28-4-5) (Darryl Clark & Robert Dubois, FWS; Bren Haase, CPRA) 12:10 p.m. to 12:20 p.m. The FWS and CPRA wish to notify the Technical Committee that approximately $2 to $3.5 M in surplus Sabine Refuge Marsh Creation Cycles 4 and 5 (CS-28-4-5) construction funds will be used to restore approximately 150 to 200 acres (900,000 to 1,000,000 cubic yards) of additional marsh in Sabine Refuge Unit 1A located south of Brown Lake. Surplus funds are available due to lower bids and because the Corps received funding to dredge the entire 400 foot-wide Calcasieu Ship Channel navigation right-of-way providing additional dredged material within the Federal Standard for project use. Unit 1A is currently managed as an estuarine marsh with tidal flow.

  14. Decision: Request for Approval to Initiate Deauthorization of West Pointe a la Hache Outfall Management (BA-04c) (Garvin Pittman, CPRA) 12:20 p.m. to 12:25 p.m. CPRA is requesting formal deauthorization procedures be initiated on West Pointe a la Hache Outfall Management (BA-04c). The project team determined that many of the proposed benefits of BA-04c were being met by the current operation of the structure, and the marginal benefits could be achieved through this project could be achieved more cost-effectively by improving existing operations. The Technical Committee will consider and vote to make a recommendation to initiate deauthorization for BA-04c.

  15. Additional Agenda Items (Troy Constance, USACE) 12:25 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

  16. Request for Public Comments (Troy Constance, USACE) 12:30 p.m. to 12:35 p.m.

  17. Announcement: Dates of Upcoming CWPPRA Program Meeting (Brad Inman, USACE) 12:35 p.m. to 12:40 p.m. The Task Force Meeting will be held October 23, 2014 at 9:30 a.m. at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana in the District Assembly Room (DARM).

  18. Announcement: Scheduled Dates of Future Program Meetings (Brad Inman, USACE) 12:40 p.m. to 12:45 p.m.

    October 23, 2014
    9:30 a.m.
    Task Force Meeting
    New Orleans
    December 11, 2014
    9:30 a.m.
    Technical Committee Meeting
    Baton Rouge
    January 22, 2015
    9:30 a.m.
    Task Force Meeting
    New Orleans
    January 27, 2015
    11:00 a.m.
    Region IV Planning Team
    Lafayette
    January 28, 2015
    9:00 a.m.
    Region III Planning Team
    Houma
    January 29, 2015
    8:00 a.m.
    Region I & II Planning Team
    Lacombe

  19. Decision: Adjourn

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