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The Jackson County Board of Supervisors has filed an application for a Permit with the Department of Marine Resources requesting permission to conduct regulated activities under the provision of the Coastal Wetlands Protection Law Act, Title 49, Chapter 27, Mississippi Code of 1972.

The applicant is proposing to maintenance dredge the Lake Yazoo Canal in Pascagoula, Jackson County.  The proposed dredging is 2,200 feet in length and an average of 60 feet in width from a depth ranging from 5 to 8 feet below Mean Low Water to a depth of 10 feet below Mean Low Water. A total of 40,000 cubic yards of material will be removed. The applicant has proposed that the dredged material be taken to the Mississippi Beneficial Use Site at Round Island, south of Pascagoula.  The project is located in Pascagoula, Jackson County, MS.  

In compliance with Section 401 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251, 1341), as amended by PL 95-217, the applicant will request certification from the Office of Pollution Control that the above mentioned activity will be in compliance with applicable provisions of Section 301 (33 U.S.C. 1311), Section 302 (33 U.S.C. 1312), Section 303 (U.S.C. 1313), Section 306 (U.S.C. 1316), and Section 307 (U.S.C. 1317) of the Act and appropriate requirements of the State Law.

Any person wishing to make comments or objections to the proposed regulated activity must submit those comments in writing to the Department of Marine Resources at 1141 Bayview Avenue, Biloxi, Mississippi 39530 and the Office of Pollution Control, Post Office Box 2261, Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2261 before 1:00 p.m. on the day March 11, 2013.

PLEASE PUBLISH: 
February 24, 2013
March 3, 2013
March 10, 2013

Please Furnish Proof.