2010-0208
INTRODUCED BY: ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL
V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
RESOLUTION NO. __________
Title
A resolution strongly supporting Jefferson Parish in implementing their “Advanced Measures Plan” for the five primary passes that connect the Barataria Basin with the Gulf of Mexico.
Body
WHEREAS, on April 20, 2010, at approximately 9:45 CDT the Deepwater Horizon Platform exploded changing the way of life on the entire Gulf Coast; and,
WHEREAS, all methods to stop the flow of oil with the containment cap and to clean up the affected area with containment booms, chemical dispersants, skimmers, and vacuum pumps are being used; and,
WHEREAS, pumping of sand along the barrier islands to create a “sand barrier berm” between the existing coastline and the GOM, has presently been undertaken by the State of Louisiana in the East Grand Terre Island Vicinity; and,
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of Jefferson Parish Official's that in addition to the “sand barrier berms” between Pass Ronquille and Elmers Island, the weakness in the system to resist an oil spill of this nature and to protect the sensitive interior marshes of the Basin is the lack of control mechanism to adequately stop the surface oil from entering the Basin through the five major passes that connect the Basin to the Gulf of Mexico, namely Caminada Pass, Barataria Pass, Pass Abel, Four Bayou Pass, and Pass Ronquille; and,
WHEREAS, it is believed that BP could improve the ability to control more of the oil that is entering the Basin through these passes with system of barges, spud barges, deck barges and rocks across a large portion of each pass and to supply connecting booms across the balance of the passes in an attempt to stop and remove most of the surface oil at the entrance to the basin which is also the entrance from the Gulf of Mexico to the waterways of St. Charles Parish including Lake Salvador and Lake Cataouchie.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF ...
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