La. Admin. Code tit. 43 § I-703

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-703 - Guidelines for Levees

A. The leveeing of unmodified or biologically productive wetlands shall be avoided to the maximum extent practicable.

B. Levees shall be planned and sited to avoid segmentation of wetland areas and systems to the maximum extent practicable.

C. Levees constructed for the purpose of developing or otherwise changing the use of a wetland area shall be avoided to the maximum extent practicable.

D. Hurricane and flood protection levees shall be located at the nonwetland/wetland interface or landward to the maximum extent practicable.

E. Impoundment levees shall only be constructed in wetland areas as part of approved water or marsh management projects or to prevent release of pollutants.

F. Hurricane or flood protection levee systems shall be designed, built and thereafter operated and maintained utilizing best practical techniques to minimize disruptions of existing hydrologic patterns, and the interchange of water, beneficial nutrients, and aquatic organisms between enclosed wetlands and those outside the levee system.

La. Admin. Code tit. 43, § I-703

Promulgated by the Department of Natural Resources, Office of the Secretary, LR 6:493 (August 1980).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 49:214.27.