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Parish president says Army Corps issued administrative order indicating permit required in spoil-bank dispute
Summary
Parish President Chester Cedars told the council the state suit over spoil-bank removal was moved to federal court and that an Assistant U.S. Attorney informed parish attorneys that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued an Administrative Order notifying Lafayette Consolidated Government that a Corps permit was required; Cedars said he has not personally seen the order and the parish will continue to gather data.
Parish President Chester Cedars told the St. Martin Parish Council on May 3 that the state litigation over spoil-bank removal by Lafayette Consolidated Government has been removed to federal court and that parish attorneys were informed by an Assistant U.S. Attorney that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers had issued an Administrative Order notifying Lafayette Consolidated Government that a Corps permit was required for its spoil-bank activities.
Cedars said he had not personally seen the Administrative Order but read Paragraph 18 of a Motion to Dismiss into the record and said the parish will continue to accumulate data and pursue remedial action as appropriate. The parish's statement, as given at the meeting, attributes the Corps Order to information received by parish attorneys from federal prosecutors; the council did not take immediate formal action on the item during the meeting.
The litigation is identified in the meeting record as "Lafayette Consolidated Government v. St. Martin Parish Government and the United States Army Corps of Engineers," docket number C-20221498-B in the 15th Judicial District Court, Lafayette Parish; the parish noted the case has been removed to federal court. Cedars framed the update as an informational status report and directed continued data collection by parish staff.
