Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group Draft Supplemental Environmental Analysis for the Wetlands Center Project Modification

Consistent with the PDARP/PEIS, the Louisiana Trustee Implementation Group prepared the Final Restoration Plan and Environmental Assessment #4: Nutrient Reduction and Recreational Use (July 2018). The Plan includes a Wetlands Center Project in the Town of Lafitte, Louisiana. This supplemental environmental assessment proposes changes to that project.

In this supplemental environmental assessment we evaluated four alternatives. Alternative A includes the facility in its original location. Two new alternatives, B and C, consider the facility in the new location described above. Alternative B, the preferred alternative, includes an observation deck. Alternative C does not include the observation deck. We also evaluated a "No Action" alternative, Alternative D. Besides finding that our preferred alternative does not cause significant impacts, our analysis also finds that it would provide enhanced recreational use benefits due to the addition of the observation deck. If approved, the project would be moved to a location adjacent to the town's library, multipurpose facility, and Lafitte's Barataria Museum.

The modification under consideration are consistent with the restoration alternatives selected in the PDARP/PEIS.

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