HLS 23RS-243 ORIGINAL
2023 Regular Session
HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 72
BY REPRESENTATIVE KERNER
LEVEES: Urges and requests the United States Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider the
mitigation and stewardship plan for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Division to include
tidal levee protection for Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2To urge and request the United States Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider the mitigation
3 and stewardship plan for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion to include tidal levee
4 protection for Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point.
5 WHEREAS, the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority Board of Louisiana,
6through the Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA), has submitted a joint
7permit application to the United States Department of the Army and a permission request
8to the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) at the New Orleans District for
9CPRA's proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion; and
10 WHEREAS, the proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion project was awarded
11permits by the USACE to allow construction of the project to begin; and
12 WHEREAS, the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion includes a mitigation and
13stewardship plan to address the anticipated environmental and ecological impacts of the
14project; and
15 WHEREAS, as a result of the operation of the diversion, some communities inside
16the project area will be at greater risk of high water levels; and
17 WHEREAS, continued investment and planning for flood mitigation are needed to
18prevent future loss and damage resulting from natural disasters in the communities of
19Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point; and
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HCR NO. 72
1 WHEREAS, the communities of Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point have suffered
2the adverse effects of the sediment diversion on United States Highway 90 and will suffer
3from the proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion; and
4 WHEREAS, the severe risk of flooding in Jefferson Parish has shown the urgent
5need to invest resources for the communities of Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point as a
6means to protect life and property in the future, as citizens are continuously impacted by the
7flooding and rebuilding of their homes and lives.
8 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
9urge and request the USACE to reconsider the mitigation and stewardship plan for the Mid-
10Barataria Sediment Diversion to include tidal levee protection for Lafitte, Barataria, and
11Crown Point.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Louisiana Congressional Delegation take
13such actions as are necessary to secure funding for tidal levee protection for Lafitte,
14Barataria, and Crown Point.
15 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
16commander and district engineer of the New Orleans District of the United States Army
17Corps of Engineers and to each member of the Louisiana Congressional Delegation.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HCR 72 Original 2023 Regular Session Kerner
Urges and requests the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to reconsider the mitigation and
stewarship plan for the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion to include tidal levee protection
for Lafitte, Barataria, and Crown Point.
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