By JIM BUTLER

The Central Louisiana Port Authority is seeking state certification under the Clean Water Act to allow construction of a cargo dock to accommodate SunGas Renewable’s Beaver Lake green methanol plant.

The Authority reached a Cooperative Endeavor Agreement with the Red River Waterway Commission last June regarding the facility.

Public comment on the application is open through April 6 on the DEQ site.

The Port Authority proposes to clear, grade and place fill to construct road, cargo dock, methanol loading facility/liquid loading dock and associated infrastructure near and on bank of Red River off Williams Lake Road.

Precise river location is not listed in the certification application notice.

In April 2024 representatives of the Association for Quality Red River Living urged the Authority to reject any efforts to build the methanol dock between river markers 83 & 84, directly across the river from Riverview Acres.

Documents regarding the Sun project note 17 acres of designated wetlands are included and about 324,000 cubic yards of fill material will be needed project-wide.