Thunder,

I thought the question was "Is the Corp of Engineers responsible for all
levees along the Mississippi."

The only thing I can see in your answer that might apply to that question is
that the C of E is responsible for "all water impoundments". My understand
of "water impoundments" is that a levee might be considered a "water
impoundment" if it is used as a dam (i.e. to preserve or create a wetland)
but would not be considered a "water impoundment" if it was used to prevent
the river from overflowing it's banks.

So I still have not figured out if the C of E is responsible for all levees
along the Mississippi, including the levees around NO.



"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 07 Sep 2005 17:52:29 -0400, Starbucks wrote:

Thunder,
Is New Orleans considered a wetland?

"The Army Corps' regulatory authority is contained within §404 of the
CWA. Army Corps jurisdiction is over "waters of the United States" which
is defined at 33 Code of Federal Regulations 328.3 as (1) all navigable
waters and their tributaries; (2) all interstate waters and their
tributaries; (3) all other waters, the use, degradation, or destruction of
which could affect interstate commerce; (4) all water impoundments; (5)
territorial seas; and (6) wetland adjacent to waters identified above."

From:

http://ceres.ca.gov/wetlands/agencies/army_corps.html