SLFPA
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Established by law in 2006 and initiating operation the following year, the Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority - East is the regional levee board which oversees flood protection methods in the Greater New Orleans area on the east bank of the Mississippi River. It will ultimately replace the Orleans Levee District (with the exception of Algiers), the East Jefferson (Parish) Levee District, the Lake Borgne Basin Levee District (St. Bernard Parish), the St. Tammany Levee District, the Tangipihoa Levee District, and the east banks of St. John the Baptist and St. Charles Parishes. The several pre-existing boards, while subservient to the SLFPA-East, will remain in operation until existing projects, bonds and tax millages are either consolidated under the new board or expire.
[edit] Board Members
The SLFPA-East will consist of eleven officials, all of whom will be appointed by the Governor of Louisiana from nominations provided by a blue-ribbon nominating committee. The nominating committee by statute consists of representatives of universities, national professional associations and local civic groups. At least five members of this new board will be required to be an engineer in a geologically relevant field, such as hydrology. One member must be a civil engineer, and another member must be a geologist.
