PORT ALLENย โ 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 designed to protect the public [...]
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 alternative oyster fishing method, mitigation, [...]
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 โconvention centerโ at the Gulf State Park in Baldwin County. Specifically, the lawsuit was filed against trustees representing a number of federal departments tasked [...]
Oil & Gas companies owning oyster leases?
https://thelensnola.org/2017/06/28/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. โThis is a situation where public resources have really been damaged and it needs to get fixed,โ said environmental attorney Robert Wiygul of [...]
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 shouldnโt grant an oil and gas company a permit to dredge wetlands around a drilling site near Port Sulfur. But they canโt stop Hilcorp Energy Co. of Houston from dredging. The company already cut the channel back in January 2016, when it [...]