COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 31-Oct-2024

Bayou Bienvenue Pump Station Diversion DEAUTHORIZED

PROJECT DATA

PROJECT: Bayou Bienvenue Pump Station Diversion DEAUTHORIZED
PRIORITY LIST: 8 PROJECT NO: 0888 CWPPRA NO: X54a DNR NO: PO-25
PROJECT TYPE: Terracing NET ACRES BENEFITTED:
REGION: 1 BASIN: Pontchartrain PARISH: St. Bernard
LEAD AGENCY: NMFS
LOCAL SPONSOR: DEPT. OF NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF LA

MILESTONES:

CSA EXECUTION: 01-Jun-2000 ( Actual )    
DESIGN COMPLETION:    
CONSTRUCTION START:    
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION:    
ESCROW AMENDMENT No:
MONITORING PLAN APPROVAL:    
O and M PLAN APPROVAL:    
DEAUTHORIZATION DATE: 16-Apr-2002      
CASH FLOW PROECTS:        
Phase 1 Approval: 20-Jan-1999 ( Actual )    
Phase 2 Approval:    

LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS:

CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: 1 Steve Scalise
STATE SENATE DISTRICT: 1 A. G. Crowe
STATE HOUSE DISTRICT: 103 Raymond E. Garofalo

Point of Contact:

DEPT. OF COMMERCE
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE

Cecelia Linder
Program Manager
1315 East West Hwy
SSMC3 F/HC3
Silver Spring, MD 20910
PHONES:  
Office: (301) 713-0174 X162
Fax: (301) 713-0184

COASTAL WETLANDS PLANNING, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION ACT

PROJECT STATUS REPORT as of 31-Oct-2024

Bayou Bienvenue Pump Station Diversion DEAUTHORIZED

PROJECT LOCATION:

The 2,700-acre project is located southeast of Yscloskey along the upper reaches of Bayou Bienvenue in St. Bernard and Orleans Parishes.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

Construction calls for managing stormwater discharged from three pummping stations. By diverting freshwater into natural marshes and through a system of planted marsh terraces to be created by the project, wetland growth will be promoted, salinity spikes will be reduced and general environmental conditions will be improved.

PROJECT STATUS: (Project Status Last Updated: 22-May-2002 )

Cooperative Agreement awarded in June 1, 2000. Preliminary design analyses indicate that terrace construction significantly more costly than originally estimated due to poor geo-technical condition. The project is estimated to cost between $17 and $20 million to build. At the January 16, 2002 Task Force meeting, DNR and NOAA/NMFS requested initiation of the deauthorization procedure. Deauthorization was approved by the Task Force at the April 16, 2002 meeting.

FUND STATUS:

The current project estimate is $212,153 , which includes $211,310 for construction first costs, and $843 and $0 for 20 years of monitoring and operations and maintenance, respectively.

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