Sediment diversion online meeting

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be conducting three online meetings (one a day from July 14-16) where the public can weigh in on the $800M river sediment diversion proposal in Plaquemines Parish. The meetings are at 9 a.m. Tuesday; 2 p.m. Wednesday; and 6 p.m. Thursday. Those meetings will provide information about the permitting process for the  proposed Mid-Breton Sediment Diversion that is to be located near Wills Point on the east bank of Plaquemines Parish. The input will help the Corps, state Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, and contractor conducting an environmental assessment of the project understand what environmental and economic issues are most important to the public. Comments can be mailed to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District; Attn: CEMVN-ODR-E #MVN-2018-1120-E00; 7400 Leake Avenue, New Orleans, LA 70118. Comments can be emailed to CEMVN-Midbreton@usace.army.mil. Phone comments can be made by dialing toll free: 1-855-Mid-Bret (1.855.643.2738) Phone comments are limited to four minutes and can be done in languages other than English. To participate in any of the three scoping meetings, go to the Corps website: https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Permits/Mid-Breton-Sediment-Diversion-EIS/. On that page, under “how to participate,” are links for web access, numbers for phone access, and passwords for both. (Source: NOLA.com 07/12/20) https://www.nola.com/news/article_a273d976-c2e0-11ea-be3c-a33453911299.html