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Approved

Milestone Extension: Section 106 Review

The Corps and the federal cooperating agencies, along with CPRA (the applicant), have been working diligently to prepare the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for CPRA’s proposed Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion (MBSD) Project.  The MBSD is a large and complex project.  The proposed project would discharge up to 75,000 cfs of sediment, freshwater, and nutrients within the Barataria Basin.  The total cost is estimated at more than $1 billion and faces many environmental and engineering challenges due to