Jindal signs emergency order to combat sink holes in Assumption Parish

Jindal signs emergency order to combat sink holes in Assumption Parish by Bayoubuzz, August 3, 2012
For several weeks, state, local and federal officials have been investigating reports of unexplained bubbling and tremors in the area. On Thursday, an area of wooded swamp located in this area began to subside, engulfing large trees and creating a several hundred foot diameter area of a slurry mixture of muddy water and soil where trees and vegetation were the day before. … Through consultation with all the scientists involved, DNR has determined that the potential failure of a portion of an inactive salt-mining cavern near the area that has been described as a “slurry area” or “sinkhole,” is a likely cause of the occurrence and possibly the recent natural gas bubbling, based on the best available information. … The cavern was never used for storage of natural gas or any other hydrocarbon, though naturally occurring gas is sometimes encountered in such formations and may have accumulated in the cavern after it was no longer active. The company ceased operating the cavern in 2011, plugging and abandoning the well that was used to access it.

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