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Louisiana: Assumption Parish Bayou Corne Sinkhole 2012-2015

Emily

Emily

Editor, Senior Moderator
Mystery bubbles in the bayou
POSTED: Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 10:10pm
UPDATED: Friday, June 29, 2012 - 11:06am
Bayou Corne, La. (NBC33) — There's a bubbling brew coming up from the bayou. Denis Landry first spotted the bubbles on Bayou Corne in Assumption Parish back on May 30th, when he reported it to officials.

"My wife and I took a boat ride down Bayou Corne and noticed more bubbling than usual," said Landry.

Residents said the bubbles grew larger and became more frequent, some even report that they've felt their homes shake from the activity.

"My mobile home is shaking a lot," said Wallace Cavalier. "All time of day and night, it wakes me up and it scares me."...
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Sheet rock and foundation cracks reported in this article.


Officials investigate bayou gas bubbles
The Advocate
River Parishes bureau

July 05, 2012
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GRAND BAYOU — Assumption Parish authorities on Tuesday were investigating the source of natural gas that is bubbling up from water in parish bayous but say it poses no risk of igniting and catching fire.

Assumption Parish emergency officials do not know the origin of the gas bubbles, which have been spotted in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou areas, but have determined the bubbles are natural gas and not due to “swamp gas,” a parish news release says.

John Boudreaux, director of the Assumption Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness, said the gas emissions contain methane, ethane and propane, which is an indication it is likely from oil and a gas exploration.

The swampy area has underwater pipelines and salt dome caverns used for natural gas storage....
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Assumption Parish Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou Bubbling 2012
 
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Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou Bubbling

http://www.flickr.com/photos/assumptionoep/7550309434/in/set-72157630330363084/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/assumptionoep/sets/72157630330363084/



Efforts intensify to find gas leaks in Assumption waterways

BY DAVID J. MITCHELL

River Parishes bureau
July 10, 2012
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Joseph ?Joe? Ball Jr., director of DNR?s Injection and Mining Division, said a prior gas leak that sparked a two-month evacuation of residents in the vicinity starting in late 2003 was from a source authorities knew about, a salt dome cavern that leaked the gas.

?This is totally different. There is no known source right now, so it?s going to be a process of elimination of looking at possible sources, and that?s what we?re working on right now,? ...
Ball noted the underground salt dome caverns inspected so far have tested ?tight? and do not appear to have problems.
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Also emerging from the steamy meeting Thursday were reports of earth tremors that rattled homes and cracked residential concrete slabs.

?I want to know what?s shaking my house. That?s what I want to know,? Debra Charlet, 54, of Bayou Corne, told gathered officials at one point.

Ball did not dispute reports of a June 8 tremor but said U.S. Geological Survey seismic monitors did not detect the tremors.
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He said officials do not know the cause, however, whether the tremors are connected to natural gas leaks ? which have expanded in number since the May 30 report ? or are from natural subsidence common in the area.

Ball noted Louisiana?s earthquake of greatest magnitude occurred in the area in 1930.

In a later interview, Charlet, who said she is from California, said the June 8 tremor felt similar to the larger quakes in her former home state.
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Full text:
http://theadvocate.com/news/3219113-123/efforts-intensify-to-find-gas
 
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF SALT CAVERN USE
R.L. Thoms and R.M. Gehle
AGM, INC.
P.O. Box 10358, College Station, Texas, U.S.A.
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Natural gas caverns, with deep cycling of
pressure, place more demands on the host
salt formation than liquid caverns. Salt
caverns designed for natural gas storage
started small, and have gradually increased
in size. Maximum permitted volumes of gas
caverns in Germany started at 350,000 m3
(2.201 MM bbls), were increased to 500,000
m3 (3.145 MM bbls), and for the past ten
years have been 700,000 m3 (4.403 MM bbls)
[53]. Cavern volumes are not regulated so
specifically in the U.S. A natural gas cavern
with volume of approximately 15.6 MM bbls
(2,480,000 m3) and span of 350 ft (107 m) is
now under construction in the Napoleonville
dome in south Louisiana [54]..
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Deregulation at the national level in 1994:

REGULATORY, TECHNICAL PRESSURES PROMPT MORE U.S. SALT-CAVERN GAS STORAGE
09/12/1994

Thomas F. Barron
PB KBB Inc.
Houston

Natural gas storage in U.S. salt caverns is meeting the need for flexible, high delivery and injection storage following implementation Nov. 1, 1993, of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Order 636.

This ruling has opened the U.S. underground natural gas storage market to more participants and created a demand for a variety of storage previously provided by pipelines as part of their bundled sales services.

Many of these new services such as "no notice" and supply balancing center on use of high delivery natural gas storage from salt caverns. Unlike reservoir storage, nothing restricts flow in a cavern...
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Meeting today and USGS should be there.

http://theadvocate.com/news/3323921-123/meeting-scheduled-on-bayous-bubbles
Meeting scheduled on bayous? ?bubbles?
BY DAVID J. MITCHELL
River Parishes bureau
July 12, 2012
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Achee, who said he owns land in the area but lives elsewhere, has set up a Facebook page that has become a community forum on the situation. He said he has called a variety of agencies to find an answer.

?Try to put yourself in their shoes, man. I couldn?t go to sleep at night,? Achee said.

?From the research I?ve done, I couldn?t live there. I mean I totally sympathize with the people, and that?s why I am doing what I?m doing,? he said.
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Concerns are that the process is taking so long, and that while gas concentrations are being monitored for explosive potential, there is no monitoring for health effect levels. They've observed various levels of bubbling for decades. (One resulted in a 2 month evacuation. This was in the early 2000's, after the deregulation during the 1990's mentioned in the previous post.

This video reports numerous cancers and infertility in local residents.

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USGS: Earthquakes were real

By David Mitchell
River Parishes bureau
July 13, 2012

BAYOU CORNE ? U.S. Geological Survey seismological recordings from a station near the northern Assumption Parish community of Bayou Corne show a series of earthquakes occurred on June 8 and July 3, a University of Memphis researcher said Thursday.

Stephen Horton, a research scientist with the university?s Center for Earthquake Research and Information, said about a dozen seismic events have been detected from generally, though not exactly, the same area. The USGS station picking up the quakes is in White Castle, about five miles from Bayou Corne.
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His statement is the first formal indication that seismo-meters have recorded what residents in the area have said they have been feeling for more than a month: tremors putting out candles, knocking pictures askew and cracking slabs and wallboard.

Horton said he set up on Thursday the first of four seismic stations in the area to try to pinpoint where the quakes are coming from and how deep they are in the ground.

?And by associating that with whatever is down there, then we can hopefully come to some conclusion about what is the cause,? he said
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The quakes have appeared to coincide with the accelerated release of natural gas from the surfaces of Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou.

Full text:
http://theadvocate.com/news/3330401-123/usgs-earthquakes-were-real
 
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Residents uneasy about gas bubbles

Monitoring agencies look for explanation

BY DAVID J. MITCHELL
River Parishes bureau
July 16, 2012
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Researchers hope that by pinpointing the location of the small quakes ? some were recorded by a USGS station in White Castle ? they may be able to say if the quakes are linked to the gas releases. The first monitor set up detected seismic activity on Friday, parish officials said, though possibly not big enough to be felt.
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Madhurendu Kumar, director of DNR?s Geological Oil and Gas Division in the Office of Conservation, raised a new prospect during a community meeting Thursday. Gas stored in pockets of a fault along the Napoleonville

Dome could be being released naturally, he said.

Bayou Corne is about a mile from the northwestern edge of the salt dome.

Deep muds containing natural gas were drawn up as the salt dome was pushed to the surface in geologic history, Kumar said. The muds are closer to the surface now and tied into a system of fractures that can release gas intermittently, he said.

?So that is the situation. So we are investigating all the possibilities,? Kumar said.

Full text:
http://theadvocate.com/home/3341068-125/residents-uneasy-about-gas-bubbles
 
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This is something relatively new going on south of the affected area:
ETA: I think I was wrong about the location of the 2010 blowout and new drilling. See this article.

5 March 2010
ggpl.com.au/operationsnapoleonville.html

Of the three wells mentioned there, one is productive, one was shutdown for reasons I could not find, and one resulted in this in August 2010:
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Assumption Parish has a web page devoted to the current troubles here and they provided a link to a paper the LA DNR provided to them:

Effects of Earthquakes, Fault Movements, and Subsidence on the South Louisiana Landscape

The whole text is there and it is very interesting. It discusses "Soda Straw Theory."
The soda straw theory is attractive because it provides a villain and the promise of a possible reduction in rate of subsidence. However, there are several problems with this theory. Unlike the Goose Creek Field, most production from the coastal oil fields is from relatively deep - 2,000 to 15,000 feet and greater - higher pressure deposits where the fluids removed through wells are replaced by salt water and may, thereby, not create accommodation space.
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The page on the drilling being done in Assumption Parish says:
The first three wells are targeting a total of 9.2 BCF of gas and 1.6 MMBO of oil at shallow depths from 5,000 feet to 10,000 feet with over half the targeted potential classified as low risk proven undeveloped reserves (PUD?s).
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So from that I'd guess that the drilling, if done properly with replacement fluids, shouldn't be a problem.
 
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Homeland Security and USGS are encouraging residents to report any new bubbling and tremors.

Officials watching Assumption bubbles
River Parishes bureau

July 19, 2012
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BAYOU CORNE ? Officials in Assumption Parish keep monitoring gas bubbles in the waterways in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou areas, but still don?t know where the gas is coming from...
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Seismometers are picking up an average of 10 tremors a day:

Could earthquakes be the cause of bubbling bayou?

Homeland Security's Boudreaux says the constant activities are unusual and he's been patrolling the bayous twice a day. Still no cause and this is the first time I've seen the gasses described as not being flammable.

Tests have revealed the gas is not flammable, suggesting it is not a hydrocarbon or natural gas leak, Boudreaux said.
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I thought they were flammable and mostly methane, but just in such a low concentration that they were not a safety hazard currently. Also, the article says a couple of gas companies are shutting pipelines down in the area to see if that helps, even though they can't detect leaks in other ways. There is a salt dome cavern still being looked at.

There's also been a gas pipeline explosion about 60-70 miles west of Bayou Corne:

Intracoastal City Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion

I saw no reports of prior tremors or other unusual activity in that area, but it might be something to keep an eye on and see what explanation the company that owns the pipeline comes up with.

Name of Well Owner Released
 
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Bayou Corne residents anxious after letter from Assumption Parish
Posted: Jul 15, 2012 9:53 PM by Olivia LaBorde
Updated: Jul 15, 2012 9:53 PM
BELLE CHASE- People who live near the mysterious bubbles on Bayou Corne received letters from Assumption Parish leaders Sunday.

The letters requested homeowners for permission for the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to come onto their properties in order to take reading of the air.
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Hernandez claims her recently bloodshot eyes are a result of whatever it is coming from the bubbles. But parish officials say that's probably not the case.

"I would say that's something else. Methane gas isn't causing that. It's not toxic. There wouldn't be those symptoms," said Boudreaux...
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One of the local residents said he has been smelling benzene while boating on the bayou. (I'm trying to find the source again.)

http://www.ela-iet.com/DraftFaultpaperFullColumn022604NEW.pdf
The above case demonstrates that natural gas and associated distillate containing benzene, toluene, ethybenzene, and xylenes are likely to migrate upward, not only along leaking well casing, but also along fault structures that are penetrated by wells from depths at least 6,000 feet below surface, which, in this case, is some 3,000 feet below the probable source of radionuclides. The presence of natural gas would be expected in selected areas underlain by shallow, permeable fault zones that may provide pathways for escaping natural gas composed of methane, associated gases, and associated distillates containing dissolved benzene and other natural hydrocarbons. Natural gas analyses obtained from sampling the ground water and headspace above in a M.U.D. water well in north Houston?s FM1960 area are shown in Table 1.
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Looks like some progress in finding a source of the gas bubbling:

http://www.edsuite.com/proposals/proposals_280/press_release_8_fi_341.pdf
Press Release #8
Tuesday, July 24, 2012 12:00 Noon
For Immediate Release
Gas Bubbles in the Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou Areas
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OEP, DNR, and DEQ went out last night and observed what is believed to be an old orphaned well in the swamps approximately 1,000 feet from the main bubbling area in Bayou Corne. It is suspected that this well may be the source of the natural gas bubbling in the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou waterways. DNR is currently investigating and bringing in necessary equipment to complete the investigation of the suspect orphaned well.
The Assumption Parish Mobile Command Post continues to be staffed daily in Bayou Corne.
The 62nd Civil Support Team of The National Guard is still performing additional gas analyses from companies with natural gas sources.
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DNR doesn't know what's in the gas coming out of the orphaned well yet, but say the gas is flammable. They don't think they've found the source of the major bubbling closer to Bayou Corne.

http://theadvocate.com/home/3448652-125/dnr-officials-say-well-is
 
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There hasn't been news on this for a few days and the latest does not sound good, but I hope this might lead to a discovery of a solution for the parish. Until then, I hope that residents' health is being protected.

http://www.wlox.com/story/19191017/gas-bubbles-up-in-bayou-corne-community?clienttype=printable
Gas bubbles-up in Bayou Corne community
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 12:14 PM PDT Updated: Aug 03, 2012 12:14 PM PDT

NAPOLEONVILLE, La. (AP) - Officials in Assumption Parish say gas bubbles in Bayou Corne are producing a diesel-like odor....
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The parish has an update today, too, and it confirms the discovery of a diesel-like odor and also describes a 'slurry' being present and trees collapsing in the area of the slurry.
 
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http://theadvocate.com/home/3527104-77/large-sinkhole-forms-in-swamps
Evacuations ordered near "slurry area" in Assumption


BY David j. mitchell

River Parishes bureau

August 03, 2012
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BAYOU CORNE ? Assumption Parish officials are ordering an immediate evacuation of the Bayou Corne area, effective immediately, parish Police Jury President Marty Triche said Friday evening.

He said that after speaking with Louisiana Department of Natural Resources and Governor?s Office officials, that he was advised there is a risk that the slurry area appears to be expanding and there is a risk, though not probable that the area could expand to a size of about 2,000 feet across.

Triche said authorities are concerned that if the slurry area expands to that extent, it could affect natural gas wells, water wells and other wells working the nearby Napoleonville salt dome.

Trich added that sheriff?s deputies would not make area residents move, but he was issuing a mandatory evacauation similar to one that would go out if a hurricane threatens the area...
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http://www.dailycomet.com/article/20120803/HURBLOG/120809853/1223?p=1&tc=pg
by Taboola

Bayou Corne evacuation ordered after sinkhole forms
Published: Friday, August 3, 2012 at 8:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 3, 2012 at 8:15 p.m.

A mandatory evacuation is under way tonight in Bayou Corne because an acre-and-a-half wide sinkhole is expanding, authorities said.
[snip]
State Department of Natural Resources officials have determined that the potential failure of an inactive salt-mining cavern near the area, which was closed in 2011, is likely the cause of the sinkhole and recent bubbling.

The cavern was never used for storage of natural gas, but naturally occurring gas may have accumulated in the cavern when it was no longer active.
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http://www.wafb.com/story/19189790/large-area-of-land-collapses-near-bayou-where-bubbles-spotted
Homes evacuated near giant sink hole
Posted: Aug 03, 2012 9:39 AM PDT Updated: Aug 03, 2012 6:35 PM PDT
WAFB Staff - email

Photos:
There were trees in the void in the center, now they are under the mud

Here you can see the tops of the trees under the mud

More trees appear to be leaning into the sink hole More trees appear to be leaning into the sink hole
(More photos at article link.)


BAYOU CORNE, LA (WAFB) -

The Assumption Sheriff's Office says 150 homes near a sinkhole in the Bayou Corne area have been evacuated.
[snip]
Officials said they don't think LA 70 will need to close, but that could change.

The Red Cross is working with the Assumption Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness to open a shelter for displaced residents.

Governor Jindal issued an executive proclamation Friday evening, allowing the Governor's Office of Homeland Security to help if parish leaders need assistance.
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There's more on the status of the possible salt cavern link in the article.
 
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http://theadvocate.com/home/3527104-77/large-sinkhole-forms-in-swamps
BY David j. Mitchell
River Parishes bureau
August 03, 2012
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The American Red Cross announced late Friday it is opening a shelter Saturday morning in Assumption Parish after officials called for an evacuation of the Bayou Corne/Grand Bayou areas.

Volunteers plan to open the shelter at 8 a.m. at Belle Rose Middle School in the community of Belle Rose.

?Evacuated residents who are unable to stay with friends or relatives are welcome at the Red Cross shelter,? Red Cross spokeswoman Nancy Malone said in a news advisory.

?Make sure to bring required medications and food for any special dietary needs. The Red Cross has been coordinating with parish officials throughout the day, as well as working with local partners,? Malone said..
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There are more photos of the affected area at the link.
 
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http://theadvocate.com/news/3539861-123/pipeline-bent-from-sinkhole-la
Pipeline bent from sinkhole; La. 70 traffic to reroute
AVID J. MITCHELL

River Parishes bureau

August 04, 2012
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BAYOU CORNE ? Assumption Parish officials said Saturday they discovered that powerful underground forces unleashed by formation of an acre-sized swampland sinkhole had bent and shifted an adjacent 36-inch natural gas pipeline.

As a result, the officials said, they plan to shut down traffic starting at 6 p.m. Saturday over a four-mile stretch of La. 70 South in the Pierre Part and Bayou Corne communities...
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Skytruth has what looks like the report to NRC early yesterday morning about the new problems:
http://alerts.skytruth.org/report/cf59217d-4fec-3534-8dff-18711dc9fa91

http://www.nrc.uscg.mil/reports/rwservlet?standard_web+inc_seq=1019857
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</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="24" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="19" width="229"><tt>INCIDENT LOCATION</tt></td> <td colspan="40">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="64" width="659"><tt>County: ASSUMPTION
City: BAYOU CORNE State: LA
</tt></td> <td colspan="18">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="64" width="659"><tt>BAYOU CORNE AREA IS CURRENTLY BOILING
</tt></td> <td colspan="18">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="75" width="709"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="12" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="40" rowspan="2" align="center" width="423"><tt> RELEASED MATERIAL(S)</tt></td> <td colspan="31">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="12" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="31">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="81" rowspan="2" width="769"><tt>CHRIS Code: UNK Official Material Name: UNKNOWN MATERIAL</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="69" rowspan="2" width="671"><tt>Also Known As: </tt></td> <td colspan="13">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="13">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="79" width="749"><tt>Qty Released: 0 UNKNOWN AMOUNT Qty in Water: 0 UNKNOWN AMOUNT</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="77" width="719"><tt>________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="5">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="23" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="20" width="249"><tt>DESCRIPTION OF INCIDENT</tt></td> <td colspan="40">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="71" rowspan="3" width="679"> <tt>CALLER IS REPORTING A RELEASE OF AN UNKNOWN TYPE OF GAS COMING FROM THE SALT DOME. THERE IS A STRONG SMELL OF ROTTEN EGGS IN THE AIR.</tt>
</td> <td colspan="11">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="11">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="11">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="77" width="719"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="5">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="24" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="19" rowspan="2" width="229"><tt>INCIDENT DETAILS</tt></td> <td colspan="40">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="24" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="40">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="72" rowspan="11" width="681"> <tt><tt>Package: N/A
Building ID:
Type of Fixed Object: PRIVATE RESIDENCE
Power Generating Facility: NO
Generating Capacity:
Type of Fuel:
NPDES:
NPDES Compliance: UNKNOWN </tt>
</tt></td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="72" rowspan="2" width="681">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="72" rowspan="2" width="681">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="10">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="78" width="739"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="4">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="28" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="7" width="99"><tt>DAMAGES</tt></td> <td colspan="48">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="42" rowspan="2" width="509"><tt>Fire Involved: NO Fire Extinguished: UNKNOWN</tt></td> <td colspan="37">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="37">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="6" rowspan="2" width="110"><tt>INJURIES: </tt></td> <td colspan="6">
</td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" width="29"><tt>NO </tt></td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="6" rowspan="2" width="125"><tt>Hospitalized: </tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td rowspan="2" width="39"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="8" rowspan="2" width="98"><tt>Empl/Crew: </tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" width="39"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="10" rowspan="2" align="right" width="100"><tt>Passenger:</tt></td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="8" rowspan="2" width="29"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="12">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="6">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="12">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="7" rowspan="2" width="111"><tt>FATALITIES: </tt></td> <td colspan="4">
</td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" width="29"><tt>NO </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="5" rowspan="2" width="98"><tt>Empl/Crew: </tt></td> <td colspan="5">
</td> <td rowspan="2" width="39"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="8" rowspan="2" width="98"><tt>Passenger: </tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" width="39"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="11" rowspan="2" align="right" width="102"><tt>Occupant:</tt></td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="8" rowspan="2" width="29"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="11">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="4">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="5">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="11">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="11" rowspan="2" width="116"><tt>EVACUATIONS: </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" width="29"><tt>NO </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="9" rowspan="2" width="134"><tt>Who Evacuated: </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="6" rowspan="2" width="109"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="16" rowspan="2" width="116"><tt>Radius/Area: </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="12" rowspan="2" width="119"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="17">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="17">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="7" rowspan="2" width="111"><tt>Damages: </tt></td> <td colspan="4">
</td> <td colspan="11" rowspan="2" width="176"><tt>NO </tt></td> <td colspan="57">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="4">
</td> <td colspan="57">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="28">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="39" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="15" width="94"><tt>Length of</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="13" width="116"><tt>Direction of</tt></td> <td colspan="15">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="13" width="125"><tt>Closure Type</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="14" rowspan="2" width="228"><tt>Description of Closure</tt></td> <td colspan="7">
</td> <td colspan="10" align="center" width="83"><tt>Closure</tt></td> <td colspan="6">
</td> <td colspan="4" rowspan="2" align="center" width="79"><tt>Closure</tt></td> <td colspan="24">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="86"><tt>Air: </tt></td> <td colspan="12">
</td> <td colspan="8">
</td> <td colspan="7" rowspan="2" width="69"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="8">
</td> <td colspan="24">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="5" width="19"><tt>N</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="22" width="311"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="36">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="60" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="14" rowspan="3" align="center" width="69"> <tt>Major Artery:</tt>
</td> <td colspan="9">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="86"><tt>Road: </tt></td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="5" rowspan="2" width="19"><tt>N</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="22" rowspan="2" width="311"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="10" rowspan="2" width="79"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> <td rowspan="2" width="39"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="9">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="9"><tt>N</tt></td> <td colspan="6">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="75" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="6">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="88"><tt>Waterway: </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="16"><tt>N</tt></td> <td colspan="6">
</td> <td colspan="22" rowspan="2" width="311"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="10" rowspan="2" width="79"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="33">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="4" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="6">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="33">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="84"><tt>Track: </tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="5" rowspan="2" width="19"><tt>N</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="22" rowspan="2" width="311"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="10" rowspan="2" width="79"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> <td rowspan="2" width="39"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="25">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> <td colspan="25">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="83" height="19">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="64" width="659"><tt>Passengers Transferred: NO </tt></td> <td colspan="17">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="64" width="659"><tt>Environmental Impact: UNKNOWN </tt></td> <td colspan="18">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="64" width="659"><tt>Media Interest: NONE Community Impact due to Material: </tt></td> <td colspan="17">
</td> </tr> </tbody></table> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="830"> <tbody><tr><td width="20">
</td><td width="2">
</td><td width="1">
</td><td width="2">
</td><td width="20">
</td><td width="41">
</td><td width="23">
</td><td width="25">
</td><td width="11">
</td><td width="4">
</td><td width="1">
</td><td width="44">
</td><td width="25">
</td><td width="10">
</td><td width="1">
</td><td width="10">
</td><td width="10">
</td><td width="10">
</td><td width="20">
</td><td width="40">
</td><td width="64">
</td><td width="11">
</td><td width="8">
</td><td width="51">
</td><td width="11">
</td><td width="34">
</td><td width="5">
</td><td width="175">
</td><td width="10">
</td><td width="2">
</td><td width="1">
</td><td width="27">
</td><td width="3">
</td><td width="7">
</td><td width="101">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="31" rowspan="2" width="699"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="19" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="7" width="219"><tt>REMEDIAL ACTIONS</tt></td> <td colspan="9">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="28" rowspan="2" width="669"><tt>PARISH IS NOT TAKING ANY ACTIONS AT THIS TIME.</tt></td> <td colspan="6">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="6">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="28" rowspan="2" width="669"><tt>Release Secured: UNKNOWN
Release Rate:
Estimated Release Duration:
</tt></td> <td colspan="6">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="6">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="31" rowspan="2" width="699"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="20" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="83"><tt>WEATHER</tt></td> <td colspan="12">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="20" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="12">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="35" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="28" width="669"><tt>Weather: CLEAR, ?F </tt></td> <td colspan="4">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="31" rowspan="2" width="699"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> </tr> <tr><td colspan="35" height="9">
</td></tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="15" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="11" width="269"><tt>ADDITIONAL AGENCIES NOTIFIED</tt></td> <td colspan="9">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="6" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>Federal:</tt></td> <td colspan="4">
</td> <td colspan="17" rowspan="2" width="529"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="4">
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="9" rowspan="2" width="129"><tt>State/Local:</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="17" rowspan="2" width="529"><tt>LOCAL PARISH</tt></td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="13" width="209"><tt>State/Local On Scene:</tt></td> <td colspan="2">
</td> <td colspan="12" width="439"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="12" rowspan="2" width="199"><tt>State Agency Number:</tt></td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="12" rowspan="2" width="439"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3">
</td> <td colspan="7">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="18" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="8" width="239"><tt>NOTIFICATIONS BY NRC</tt></td> <td colspan="9">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>CALCASIEU PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPT (CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>DOT CRISIS MANAGEMENT CENTER (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>U.S. EPA VI (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:21</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>FLD INTEL SUPPORT TEAM NEW ORLEANS (SUPERVISOR, FIST NEW ORLEANS)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>JFO-LA (COMMAND CENTER)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>JFO-LA (FEMA JFO LA)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>LA DEPT OF ENV QUAL (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>LA DEPT OF NATURAL RESOURSES (OFFICE OF CONSERVATION)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>LA DEPT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>LA GOV OFFICE HS AND EMERGENCY PREP (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>LA GOV OFFICE HS AND EMERGENCY PREP (SOUTHEAST LA REGIONAL COORDINATOR)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>LA OFFICE OF GOV (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>LA OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>MSU MORGAN CITY (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:42</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE COORD CTR (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>NOAA RPTS FOR LA (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>SECTOR NEW ORLEANS (MSU BATON ROUGE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" rowspan="2" width="709"><tt>LA STATE POLICE (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>LA STATE POLICE (ANALYTICAL AND FUSION EXCHANGE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td height="9">
</td> <td colspan="33" width="709"><tt>USCG DISTRICT 8 (MAIN OFFICE)</tt></td> <td>
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="89"><tt>03-AUG-12</tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="3" rowspan="2" width="49"><tt>09:20</tt></td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="5" height="9">
</td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="23">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="2" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="31" rowspan="2" width="700"><tt>____________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="2">
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</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="17" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="9" width="249"><tt>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</tt></td> <td colspan="9">
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</td> <td colspan="26" width="666"><tt> </tt>
</td> <td colspan="5">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="3" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="30" rowspan="2" width="699"><tt>___________________________________________________________________________</tt></td> <td colspan="2">
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</td> <td colspan="2">
</td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td colspan="6" height="9">
</td> <td colspan="15" rowspan="2" align="right" width="298"><tt>*** END INCIDENT REPORT # </tt></td> <td>
</td> <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="59"><tt>1019857</tt></td> <td>
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Re: Latest: Pipelines shutdown, LA-70 re-opened, mandatory evacuations - Trees collapsing in slurry that smells like diesel (Officials investigate bayou gas bubbles and earthquakes in Assumption Parish, Louisiana )

Re: Latest: Pipelines shutdown, LA-70 re-opened, mandatory evacuations - Trees collapsing in slurry that smells like diesel (Officials investigate bayou gas bubbles and earthquakes in Assumption Parish, Louisiana )

4 pipelines are shutdown now.

http://theadvocate.com/home/3547825-125/closed-highway-in-assumption-parish
by robert stewart

Advocate staff writer

August 06, 2012
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A Texas company is bringing in geologists and geo-mechanical experts Monday morning to begin examining an inactive salt mine cavern in Assumption Parish to see if it is the cause of a massive sinkhole and natural gas bubbles recently found in two bayous.

Louisiana Department of Natural Resources officials said they believe the inactive and plugged salt cavern well owned by Texas Brine Co. LLC of Houston may have failed and could be the cause of the sinkhole that formed overnight Thursday, leaving behind a large slurry....
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Not all residents are evacuating yet. There was a gas well blowout in Mississippi in July that released noxious gas, and the company immediately paid for nearby residents to stay at a hotel until they could fix the problem. So far in this situation, even if someone wants to evacuate they either have to pay for their own expenses, or stay in the shelter.

http://theadvocate.com/home/3527104-77/large-sinkhole-forms-in-swamps
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Linda Cavalier, 52, of Bayou Corne, said the foul odor irritated her eyes and nose on her way to work 7 a.m. Friday.

After listening to Triche and other parish officials Friday evening, Linda Cavalier said she and her husband, Wallace, 57, planned to evacuate.

But Wallace Cavalier said they just moved to the Bayou Corne area three months ago and do not have the money to move away.

?So we don?t know where we?re going. We don?t have the money to go,? he said. ?I have no idea, but we got to get out of here.?
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One older man said he is afraid being cooped up in a hotel room will be more stressful than staying in his home in Bayou Corne. Some people are reported to have left and returned with semi trucks and have cut power and plumbing to their manufactured homes and just moved them out of the area already.

Here's an informative paper about salt dome caverns and other issues involved in living near or on old oilfields:
http://www.hse.gov.uk/research/rrpdf/rr605.pdf

Some recent comments by residents:
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