1999-4822
INTRODUCED BY: BRIAN J. CHAMPAGNE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT II
RESOLUTION NO. 4697
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A resolution to request a comprehensive remedial investigation by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality of the Oil Transport/Bayou Fleet Property in Hahnville, LA (LDEQ Docket Nos. LE-C-91-0001 and LE-P-91-0001).
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WHEREAS, Oil Transport, Inc., a subsidiary of American Marine Corporation operated a barge fleeting facility (Bayou Fleet) on the Mississippi River at River Mile 125 AHP on the west bank of the River in Hahnville, Louisiana; and,
WHEREAS, On July 10, 1990 LDEQ received a complaint from the U.S. Coast Guard concerning a partially sunken barge (Bayou Gentilly) discharging a heavy, oil substance into the river. The inspectors discovered 8 barges on the river batture containing a heavy, oily sludge; and,
WHEREAS, On July 12, 1990, LDEQ returned to the site with Wayne Desselle (LADEQ Hazardous Waste Division) and Lt. Lundgren (U.S. Coast Guard-MSO). During this inspection E.W. Saybolt Inc. was called in to sample the barges at the direction of the Coast Guard; and,
WHEREAS, On September 4, 1990, LDEQ observed Oil Transport workers pumping water from a trench that was dug around the steam plant barge to a sandy area on the batture; and,
WHEREAS, On September 5, 1990, LDEQ responded to a complaint filed by the Hahnville Fire Department concerning burning barges on the site. The fire was coming from one of the barges that was being cut up for scrap metal; and,
WHEREAS, On September 14, 1990, LDEQ inspected the site and observed the workers on site pumping water from the moat adjacent to the PPB barge to a sandy area on the batture. Samples were collected from the portable pump. The salvage operation was still ongoing. They were cutting the barges and hauling the scrap steel off site. Photographs were taken during the inspection; and,
WHEREAS, On September 21, 1990, LD...
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