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Approved
5-25-10
Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE STUDY REQUEST NO. 1
BY REPRESENTATIVE AUSTIN BADON
COASTAL RES/COASTAL ZONE: Study the impacts of borrow pits
A STUDY REQUEST1
To the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to study the social,2
economic, and environmental impacts of borrow excavated for material to supply3
levee and flood wall projects, and to report its findings to the House of4
Representatives prior to the convening of the 2011 Regular Session of the5
Legislature of Louisiana.6
WHEREAS, the United States Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has identified7
borrow areas that contain suitable material that can be excavated to supply federal levee and8
flood wall projects; and9
WHEREAS, this action resulted from the need to provide a total of more than one10
hundred million cubic yards of suitable clay for projects that include the completion and11
improvement of hurricane protection levees in southeastern Louisiana; and12
WHEREAS, the Corps believes the excavation of material from borrow areas is13
necessary for project construction to ensure one-hundred-year level of flood protection for14
local communities; and15
WHEREAS, partially due to transportation cost concerns, these borrow pits are16
being excavated in the neighborhoods and communities seeking the protection these projects17
provide; however, the resulting pits represent a determent in terms of safety to the residents,18
to property values, and overall quality of life.19
THEREFORE, the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana requests20
the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to study the social, economic,21 HLS 10RS-3067 ORIGINAL
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and environmental impacts of borrow excavated for material to supply levee and flood wall1
projects and to report its findings to the House of Representatives prior to the convening of2
the 2011 Regular Session of the Legislature of Louisiana.3
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Austin Badon HSR No. 1
Requests the House Committee on Natural Resources and Environment to study the social,
economic, and environmental impacts of borrow excavated for material to supply levee and
flood wall projects and to report its findings to the House of Representatives prior to the
convening of the 2011 R.S.