Waltzer Wiygul & Garside recently moved its office from 1000 Behrman Hwy. to a new location on the Westbank of New Orleans. The new office is located at the following address: 3201 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 200 New Orleans, LA 70114 Please note the new address when visiting and update your contacts with the new […]
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Residents oppose Thermaldyne variance
Residents packed the West Baton Rouge Parish Council chambers to oppose the variance requested by Thermaldyne, an environmental services firm that recently completed a $50 million facility on North Line Road in Port Allen, during a public hearing hosted by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) Thursday, Sept. 20. Rep. Edmond Jordan criticized LDEQ […]
LDEQ holds public hearing on proposed waste recycling facility
PORT ALLEN — The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will host a public hearing Thursday regarding a permit request from an environmental services firm building a $50 million industrial waste reclamation plant in Port Allen. The Louisiana Environmental Action Network says Thermaldyne’s request for a feedstock variance is an attempt to bypass federal and state mandates […]
Hilcorp Energy settles suit with oystermen over unauthorized dredging through wetlands
The Louisiana Oystermen Association and Hilcorp Energy Company filed a consent judgment that, if approved by the court, will settle the association’s lawsuit against Hicorp for dredging in the coastal zone without a permit, according to a news release. The Texas-based oil and gas exploration company has agreed to pay $920,000 toward development of an […]
Alabama Settles Gulf State Park Lawsuit
After nearly three years in court, the Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) has settled the lawsuit it filed against the state of Alabama over its use of $58 million of BP monies to rebuild a hotel and “convention center” at the Gulf State Park in Baldwin County. Specifically, the lawsuit was filed against trustees representing a […]
Oil & Gas companies owning oyster leases?
Some oyster leases near offshore wells have a surprising owner: oil and gas companies
East Biloxi contractor polluting coastal waterways
Oscar Renda Contracting Inc. is polluting Coast waterways in violation of the federal Clean Water Act during a massive public works project in East Biloxi, Gulf Restoration Network claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court. “This is a situation where public resources have really been damaged and it needs to get fixed,” said […]
Hilcorp seeks dredging permit a year after dragging drilling barge through shallow water
Dozens of oystermen and coastal residents spoke out at a public hearing Thursday night, arguing that the state shouldn’t grant an oil and gas company a permit to dredge wetlands around a drilling site near Port Sulfur. But they can’t stop Hilcorp Energy Co. of Houston from dredging. The company already cut the channel back […]
Hilcorp Can’t Beat La. Fishermen’s Clean Water Act Claims
A Louisiana federal judge on Monday rejected Hilcorp Energy Co.’s bid to completely escape a lawsuit in which an association of oyster fishermen accuses the oil and gas producer of dredging without a permit in violation of the Clean Water Act. The Louisiana Oysterman Association Inc., a nonprofit whose members lease or fish on oyster […]
‘High risk’ Native American village on Grand Bayou wants government help to stay as land disappears
Like many Louisiana coastal residents, the Native Americans of Grand Bayou have seen the landscape surrounding their community collapse over the past 50 years. The lush, freshwater wetlands and high ground that sustained them for centuries are now a ragged patchwork of crumbling salt marshes and expanding lagoons. But unlike some other communities, the village’s […]