La. Admin. Code tit. 76 § XIII-103

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XIII-103 - Reporting Requirement

A. Holders of a class A, B, D or E licenses shall notify the department, in writing, their intent to begin dredging. Notification shall include anticipated beginning and ending dates of dredging activity.

B. Holders of a class A or B license shall file a monthly report, on forms obtained from the department.

1. The monthly report must include the total cubic yards of material dredged. The monthly report must be submitted to the department on or before the fifteenth of the following month.

2. In cases where there was no dredging during the month, a report shall be filed with the department indicating therein that no dredging occurred.

3. Failure to submit a monthly report or submitting a monthly report with false information will be cause for permit revocation or suspension.

4. Licensee will provide for each dredge project a pre-and post-dredging cross section survey of the receiving pit to be completed and certified by a registered professional engineer or a registered professional land surveyor for the purpose of determining the quantity of material removed from water bottoms of this state. Upon completion of a cross section survey by a qualified engineer, licensee shall have said engineer complete an affidavit giving pertinent details of the cross section survey. The department will furnish an affidavit form for this purpose. This affidavit will be used as an attachment in conjunction with all cross section surveys. Each dredging event that occurs during the life of a license will be certified in this manner by a qualified engineer. Pre-and post-dredging photographs of the pit shall be provided with the affidavit and cross section survey.

5. No fill material shall be removed from a pit prior to a post dredging survey being conducted.

6. Dredge volumes may be calculated by other methods as accepted and approved by the department on a case-by-case basis and prior to any dredging.

La. Admin. Code tit. 76, § XIII-103

Promulgated by the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Wildlife and Fisheries Commission, LR 451478 (10/1/2019).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 56:2011.