Examiner
August 23, 2012
By: Deborah Dupre
Homeland Security Louisiana announced Wednesday that officials are stepping up around-the-clock emergency operations near Bayou Corne's sinkhole, including extra Hazardous Materials & Explosive Units as Texas Brine drills its exploratory well casing near the sinkhole, that is growing closer to the company's underground salt storage. The company faces up to $5,000 a day in fines if they do not retroactively compensate evacuated residents.
"Officials from the Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, Louisiana State Police, the Department of Natural Resources and the Department of Environmental Quality will provide oversight of the drilling process 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the duration of the drilling," Homeland Security officials announced Wednesday.
To read the rest of this story, visit Examiner.com.
