Written comments accepted until June 6 2025
Comments may be sent via email to the project manager:
shelby.barrett@usace.army.mil
CC: DEQ-WaterQualityCertifications@la.gov
REFERENCE all comments with MVN 2021 0070 ESG in the subject line of your email
Public Notice: MVN 2021 00270 ESG and WQC 240521-01 AI 233717
https://usace.contentdm.oclc.org/utils/getfile/collection/p16021coll15/id/7804
Port of New Orleans proposed container terminal in St Bernard Parish
Contact the USACE by June 6 2025 and request a full environmental impact study (EIS) on the potential impacts of the proposed development, including an environmental and economic study on the costs and increased risks from the two dredge areas, effects on revetment and risks of levee scouring, effects on saltwater intrusion, and the impacts to local parish governments and residents for desalination for drinking water.
Dredging exacerbates saltwater intrusion according to the Corps' 2018 study. The Corps "considered the impacts of the most recent deepening project, noted that enlarging the ship channel “causes an increase in the duration and extent of the saltwater intrusion that occurs during these low water events.” The report also acknowledged that more dredging would put the water supply of Plaquemines Parish, which is closer to the Gulf of Mexico than New Orleans, “at risk of saltwater intrusion at the water intakes along the river during low water events.”" Bloomberg reporting by Laura Bliss and Zahra Hirji October 5, 2023
The people of Plaquemines Parish and of St Bernard Parish have the right to safe drinking water, and the right to be informed of additional risks and costs of saltwater intrusion from the proposed project.
Written comments accepted until June 6 2025
Comments may be sent via email to the project manager:
shelby.barrett@usace.army.mil
Comments may be sent via email to the project manager:
shelby.barrett@usace.army.mil
CC: DEQ-WaterQualityCertifications@la.gov
REFERENCE all comments with MVN 2021 0070 ESG in the subject line of your email.
The public notice and drawings for the proposed project are available for review at this link.
