Oyster Restoration Project Description

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— Priority Oyster Restoration Projects
— Projects Analyzed in Breakout Session
Ref. Num	Project Location/ Description	Parish
*Barataria Basin*
PS-1: Connect poorly operating individual wastewater treatment systems to POTWs
11	Grand Bayou	Plaquemines
46	Deer Range	Plaquemines
47	Lake Hermitage	Plaquemines
49	Myrtle Grove and Wilkinson Canal	Plaquemines
52	Buras	Plaquemines
55	Lafitte	Jefferson
63	Barataria Waterway	Jefferson
73	Grand Isle	Jefferson
76	Bayou Segnet	Jefferson
PS-4: Reduce inputs of FCBs from grazing areas
12	Citrus Lands Cattle Farm	Plaquemines
61	West Point a La Hache and Citrus Lands	Plaquemines
PS-5: Reduce inputs of FCBs from stormwater runoff from densely populated areas
50	Grand Bayou	Plaquemines
51	Homeplace	Plaquemines
53	Buras	Plaquemines
M-11: Develop improved culture techniques
65	Bay Sansbois	Plaquemines
HE-1: Use existing reservoirs/diversions to increase area of optimal salinity (10-20 ppt)
92	Empire Deep Water Channel	Plaquemines
HE-2: Improve substrate by planting cultch
19	Hackberry Bay	Jefferson
20	"The Whale" (in Barataria Bay)	Jefferson/Plaquemines
21	Caminada Bay	Jefferson/Lafourche
93	Wilkinson Bay	Plaquemines
HE-5: Minimize impact of dredging on shellfish habitat
14	Lafitte Oil Field	Jefferson
15	Hackberry Bay	Jefferson/Lafourche
HE-6: Promote coastal restoration projects as a means to improve shellfish habitat
87	Thunder Bayou	Jefferson
HE-7: Support restoration of relic reefs
97	Lower Barataria Bay	Jefferson/Plaquemines
I-7: Improve characterization of bottom substrates in potential oyster restoration areas
2	"The Whale" in Barataria Bay and Caminada Bay	Jefferson/Plaquemines
*Terrebonne Basin*
PS-1: Connect poorly operating individual wastewater treatment systems to POTWs
34	Larose to Golden Meadow	Lafourche
36	Bayou Point Au Chiene & Bayou St. John Charles	Terrebonne
37	Bayou Terrebonne	Terrebonne
38	Bayou Petit Calliou	Terrebonne
39	Bayou Grand Calliou	Terrebonne
40	Four Points Bayou	Terrebonne
41	Bayou Du Large	Terrebonne
43	Leeville to Fourchon	Lafourche
86	Bayou DeCade camps (below Lake Decade)	Terrebonne
98	Bayou Blue	Lafourche
99	Bayou Barre	Terrebonne
PS-4: Reduce inputs of FCBs from grazing areas
13	Golden Meadow	Lafourche
102	Bayou du Large	Terrebonne
PS-5: Reduce inputs of FCBs from stormwater runoff from densely populated areas
35	Larose to Golden Meadow	Lafourche
44	Leeville to Fourchon	Lafourche
78	Upper Bayou Petit Caillou (near Chauvin)	Terrebonne
81	Woodlawn Forced Drainage Pump Station, Upper Bayou Chauvin	Terrebonne
83	Falgout Canal at Lake Decade	Terrebonne
85	Bayou du Large	Terrebonne
M-2: Add sampling station locations and increase sampling frequency
74	Fourchon	Lafourche
M-4: Develop a better indicator of human fecal contamination
42	Pointe Au Fer Island and Fourleague Bay	Terrebonne
HE-2: Improve substrate by planting cultch
27	Bay Junop	Terrebonne
28	Sister Lake	Terrebonne
HE-5: Minimize impact of dredging on shellfish habitat
16	Catfish Lake	Lafourche
17	Dog Lake	Terrebonne
18	Leeville	Lafourche
I-8: Assess impact of stormwater discharge to wetlands
100	Area North of Lake Boudreaux	Terrebonne
*Basin Wide*
M-11: Develop improved culture techniques
1	Increase oyster resource by promoting genetic research at hatcheries.
33	Develop a culture technique to reduce or eliminate mussel infestation.
I-9: Develop basin-wide comprehensive model to estimate impacts of diversions
29	"Establish a basin-wide, comprehensive modeling project that can estimate the effects of a single or any combination of freshwater diversion projects."
PS-10: Improve use of pump-out facilities at marinas
31	Install pumpout facilities where needed and improve use of present pumpout facilities by increasing enforcement and public awareness of the problem.
M-6: Expand shellfish relay activities in the Gulf of Mexico
32	"Have local Parish personnel available to supervise relay operations to help defray the cost of supervision. Fund a group to suggest revisions to the current relaying system, making it economically feasible for the harvester. "
M-15: Mandate community treatment systems for new development
56	Mandate new developments to provide community treatment systems or provide/expand collection lines to existing community treatment systems or WWTPs.
PS-3: Provide maintenance for individual wastewater treatment systems (IWWTS)
57	"Create educational programs through the parish LA Cooperative Extension Service to inform users of individual wastewater treatment systems (IWWTS), contractors, public officials, realtors, and others, about the problems associated with these systems. "
58	Change laws and regulations to dedicate funds for regularly monitoring and maintaining community treatment systems or "Package Plants".
M-5: Develop and assess better alternative cultch materials
90	Identify and evaluate alternative cultch materials. Specifically, investigate the suitability of using fly ash conglomerate as substrate.

Gulf of Mexico Program Office
Mail Code: EPA/GMPO
Stennis Space Center, MS 39529-6000
228-688-3726
FAX: 228-688-2709

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