St. Charles Parish - File #: 2004-0295

• File #: 2004-0295
• Version: 2
• Name: Strong Objection to ChevronTexaco
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Approved
• File created: 8/2/2004
• In control: Parish Council
• Final action: 8/2/2004
• Enactment date: 8/2/2004
• Enactment #: 5216
• Title: A resolution authorizing the Chairman or the Secretary to offer a STRONG OBJECTION to ChevronTexaco, COE #MVN-2004-2143-WAA for a permit for site restoration which will consist of planting areas with one-year old seedlings representative of a species assemblage historically common to the hardwood forests and cypress-tupelo swamps of the Mississippi River deltaic plain. It is anticipated that cypress-tupelo swamps will be established on the lower elevations with bottomland hardwoods planted upon the ridges of Sharkey and Commerce soils. Existing forested areas within the project area will be planted with seedlings of those overstory species absent or poorly represented in the canopy. Once seedlings have become established, competition from standing trees will be reduced by thinning to release saplings. Water manipulation devised (e.g., flash board risers) could be installed in the numerous ancillary lateral ditches off the 23 major canals that presently drain the area. Existing dra...
• Sponsors: Albert D. Laque, Coastal Zone Management Section
• Indexes: Permits (Plants)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
8/4/2004	2	Parish President	Approved by the Par. Pres.
8/2/2004	1	Parish President	Introduced
8/2/2004	1	Parish Council	Amended	Pass
8/2/2004	2	Parish Council	Approved as Amended	Pass
7/29/2004	1	Coastal Zone Management Section	Recommended Approval
7/29/2004	1	Coastal Zone Advisory Committee	Recommended Approval
7/13/2004	1	Parish Council	Time Ext. Requested
7/12/2004	1	Parish Council	Motion	Pass
7/12/2004	1	Parish Council	Motion	Pass
7/12/2004	1	Parish Council	Motion	Pass
6/28/2004	1	Parish Council	Rcmnd'ation Request Fwd'd

2004-0295
RESOLUTION NO. 5216
Title
A resolution authorizing the Chairman or the Secretary to offer a STRONG OBJECTION to ChevronTexaco, COE #MVN-2004-2143-WAA for a permit for site restoration which will consist of planting areas with one-year old seedlings representative of a species assemblage historically common to the hardwood forests and cypress-tupelo swamps of the Mississippi River deltaic plain. It is anticipated that cypress-tupelo swamps will be established on the lower elevations with bottomland hardwoods planted upon the ridges of Sharkey and Commerce soils. Existing forested areas within the project area will be planted with seedlings of those overstory species absent or poorly represented in the canopy. Once seedlings have become established, competition from standing trees will be reduced by thinning to release saplings. Water manipulation devised (e.g., flash board risers) could be installed in the numerous ancillary lateral ditches off the 23 major canals that presently drain the area. Existing drainage structures, i.e. those associated with extant crawfish ponds, could be fitted with risers and water, if needed, could be pumped from the adjacent canal system. In lower elevation areas, portable pumps could dewater the location prior to planting cypress and adjacent canals could be used to return water to the location, if necessary, in St. Charles Parish, near the communities of Paradis and Des Allemands, Louisiana.
Body
BE IT RESOLVED by the St. Charles Parish Council acting as the Governing Authority of the Parish:
SECTION I. That the Chairman or the Secretary be and is hereby authorized to offer a STRONG OBJECTION in connection with the application of ChevronTexaco, COE #MVN-2004-2143-WAA for a permit for site restoration which will consist of planting areas with one-year old seedlings representative of a species assemblage historically common to the hardwood forests and cypress-tupelo swamps of the Mississippi River deltai...