Breaux Act Newsflash - Reminder: CWPPRA Regional Planning Team (RPT) Basin Subcommittee Meetings for the 17th Priority Project List
***********************************************************************The CWPPRA Regional Planning Teams (RPT) will meet to develop projects for
inclusion into the upcoming 17th Priority Project List (PPL17). At these
meetings coastal restoration projects for each coastal region may be
proposed. Coastal restoration projects, located within a specific hydrologic
basin and region, may be proposed at each Regional Planning Team Meeting.
The RPTs will examine basin maps, discuss areas of need and Coast 2050
strategies and will accept proposals by hydrologic basin. These proposals
will be considered as possible nominees for the PPL 17 project evaluation
process. Proposals for demonstration projects will also be accepted at the
four RPT meetings. The RPTs will not vote at their individual regional
meetings; rather voting for possible nominees will be conducted during a
separate coast-wide meeting to be held on February 7, 2007. At the initial
RPT meetings, parishes will be asked to identify their official parish
representative who will vote at the coast-wide meeting. Parishes will be
allowed to vote for demo projects and for nominees in basins that fall
within their parish boundaries. At the coast-wide voting meeting two
projects per basin will be chosen as nominees (three from Barataria and
Terrebonne because of their high loss rates) and 6 demonstration projects
will be selected. The final PPL17 Selection Process can be found on the web
at
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/cwppra_mission.htm .
All meetings will be co-chaired by the RPT leader and either a member of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or LA Department of Natural Resources to ensure
consistency with procedures coast-wide. These meetings will have a formal
agenda and written procedures. After the coast-wide voting meeting a lead
agency will be assigned to each nominated project in order to develop fact
sheets. Schedules for the meetings are given below.
RPT Meetings (to accept project and demo nominations)
Region 4
January 9, 2007
10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Rockefeller Refuge (Camp next to Headquarters Building.) Grand Cheniere,
Louisiana
The refuge is located 14 Miles east of Grand Cheniere, just South of Highway
82.
Region 3
January 10, 2007
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Morgan City Auditorium
West Concourse
728 Myrtle St.
Morgan City, LA
Region 2
January 11, 2007
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans District
District Assembly Room
7400 Leake Ave.
New Orleans, LA
Region 1
January 11, 2007
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Army Corps of Engineers
New Orleans District
District Assembly Room
7400 Leake Ave.
New Orleans, LA
RPT Leaders
Region 1
Dan Llewellyn
LA Department of Natural Resources
Region 2
Greg Miller
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Region 3
Ronnie Paille
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Region 4
Darryl Clark
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Coast-wide (All Regions)
RPT Voting Meeting (to select up to 20 nominees and 6 demos)
February 7, 2007 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
LA Dept Wildlife & Fisheries
Louisiana Room, 2000 Quail Drive
Baton Rouge, LA
More information regarding CWPPRA activities may be found at the following
sites:
http://www.lacoast.gov/cwppra/
or
http://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/pd/cwppra_mission.htm
If you have any questions, please call Ms. Julie LeBlanc, at
(504) 862-1597 or
Julie.Z.LeBlanc@mvn02.usace.army.mil
Julie LeBlanc - Chairman
Planning and Evaluation Subcommittee
Coastal Wetlands Planning, Protection and Restoration Act
Regions
Region 1 - Pontchartrain Basin
Region 2 - Breton, Barataria, and Mississippi River Basin
Region 3 - Terrebonne, Atchafalaya and Teche/Vermillion Basin
Region 4 - Calcasieu/Sabine and Mermentau Basin
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