AREAS OF PRACTICE

Three bills crafted in response to a 15-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish and an on-going evacuation order for 350 residents are headed to Gov. Bobby Jindal's desk.

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According to Sonny Cranch with Texas Brine, heavy rain is to blame for the four breeches that opened in the containment berm before dawn Friday. Cranch says two of the four breeches have been repaired.

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BAYOU CORNE, La. -Water continues to pour into a massive Assumption Parish sinkhole after five holes opened in the levee surrounding it.

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Work near the giant sinkhole in south Louisiana was stopped Sunday due to increased tremors. Parish officials said the tremors are not strong enough to indicate further collapse.

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BATON ROUGE — Two measures aimed at regulating the operations of salt domes were approved unanimously by the Louisiana House, in response to a 15-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The chairman of the Louisiana Senate Natural Resources Committee says he favors holding a joint legislative hearing in mid-February in Assumption Parish concerning issues raised by the Napoleonville Dome sinkhole.

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BAYOU CORNE, La. — Officials say 11 new bubble sites have been found in inundated swampland west of an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish.

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BATON ROUGE (AP) — Louisiana lawmakers are planning to hold a joint meeting of the Senate and House Natural Resources committees in mid-February about the large sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish.

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The company responsible for the salt cavern that many believe caused the giant sinkhole in southeast Louisiana has started construction of an access road in the area.

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BAYOU CORNE, La. (AP) – Officials say 11 new bubble sites have been found in inswampland west of an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish. The sites are roughly in a row west of an unnamed oilfield access road extending south from La. 70 South through the wooded swamp.

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Assumption Parish officials said the most recent bubbling site near the Bayou Corne sinkhole is the biggest pool they have seen. Office of Emergency Preparedness workers refer to it as the "mother of all bubbles."

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Scientists have noticed a recent increase in seismic activity near the 8.5-acre sinkhole at Bayou Corne, and worry that it might grow again, Assumption Parish officials say.

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Area residents have been evacuated for more than 5 months. An aerial view of the sinkhole in Assumption Parish taken earlier this week. Flooding from heavy rains mix the swamp with the 9-acre hole.

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit filed last month against the state.

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The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish

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People who live near the massive sinkhole will likely be happy with a new plan being pushed for by state officials that could cut months off the investigation.

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A group is petitioning the Obama administration to get the sinkhole in Assumption Parish declared as a federal disaster.

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A cavern well had to be shut down after Hydrogen Sulfide gas was discovered. Texas-Brine's evaluation showed a low level of the gas, but officials say none of it has been detected in the surrounding communities.

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BAYOU CORNE — Officials say vent wells burning off gas trapped in an aquifer in Assumption Parish have removed slightly more than 2.7 million cubic feet of gas since flaring began.

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BAYOU CORNE, La. (AP) – Officials say vent wells burning off gas trapped in an aquifer in Assumption Parish have removed slightly more than 2.7 million cubic feet of gas since flaring began. But those same officials tell The Advocate  what remains unclear is what kind of progress that figure represented toward diminishing the gas threat for the Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou communities. About 150 …

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