2010-0263
INTRODUCED BY: PAUL J. HOGAN, PE, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT IV
V.J. ST. PIERRE, JR., PARISH PRESIDENT
CAROLYN K. SCHEXNAYDRE, COUNCILWOMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION. A
TERRY AUTHEMENT, COUNCILMAN-AT-LARGE, DIVISION B
MARCUS M. LAMBERT, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VI
BILLY RAYMOND, SR., COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT I
SHELLEY M. TASTET, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT II
WENDY BENEDETTO, COUNCILWOMAN, DISTRICT III
LARRY COCHRAN, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT V
DENNIS NUSS, COUNCILMAN, DISTRICT VII
RESOLUTION NO. 5763
Title
A resolution urging President Obama to reduce the six-month moratorium on deep-water drilling in the Gulf to no more than thirty (30) days, and during that time task Minerals Management Service (MMS) with conducting thorough inspections of all deep-water drilling facilities in the Gulf as well as implement strict safety measures and take enforcement actions to ensure compliance with safety mandates, thus greatly reducing the job loss and negative economic impact felt by our region while ensuring a safer industry.
Body
WHEREAS, the moratorium on offshore deep-water drilling will cause significant harm to Louisiana's energy service industry as well as to the many coastal communities already suffering tremendously from the environmental and economic impacts of the BP oil spill; and,
WHEREAS, an estimated thirty-three percent (33%) of the Nation's domestic oil comes from the Gulf of Mexico; and,
WHEREAS, eighty percent (80%) of the oil and forty-five (45%) of the natural gas coming out of the Gulf of Mexico is from deep-water drilling operations in more than 1,000 feet of water; and,
WHEREAS, suspension of deep-water drilling operations will result in at least 33 deep-water drilling rigs being idled for six months or longer; and,
WHEREAS, Port Fourchon located in Lafourche Parish services ninety percent (90%) of deep-water operations in the Gulf of Mexico; and,
WHEREAS, an average of two (2) supply boats work each rig per day with rate...
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