Louisiana § RS 34:3301 - Object and purpose

§ RS 34:3301. Object and purpose

It is the object and purpose of this Chapter to provide for the Acadiana Gulf of Mexico Access Channel (AGMAC) Deepening Project, allowing more efficient marine access from the Port of Iberia (POI) and other Acadiana Ports in the area to the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) by enlarging the existing channel to a project depth of twenty feet; to designate the Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development as the assuring and coordinating agency of the state; to furnish to the United States such assurances as may be required by the Congress of the United States as a condition for such project, including, among other things, that the state or an agency, department, or subdivision thereof will provide such lands, servitudes, and rights-of-way or other rights or interest necessary to construction of the project, including suitable areas for initial and subsequent disposal of dredged material and all alterations and relocations of submarine pipelines, cables, and other structures and improvements necessary for project purposes, berthing areas and local access channels, and also agreements to indemnify and hold harmless the United States from claims arising out of the construction, maintenance, and operation of the project in certain instances; to share the portion of the costs, and to reimburse to the United States all or such portion of the costs, of the construction of the deepened channel as may be required by the congress.

Acts 2004, No. 728, §1, eff. July 6, 2004.