Because we care for the future of our community and for the safety and health of our children, all our residents, and the many workers in our area, we resolved to take action on the Clean Air Act violations in our community.
EPA's recent efforts to conserve landfill space explored disaster debris volume reduction with an experimental asbestos grind and burn at our Paris Road landfill. Asbestos containing debris scheduled to be incinerated with an Air Curtain Destructor pilot test was canceled because of citizens concerns for public health. The EPA curtailed their plans and chose only to test burn and grind non RACM containing C & D debris along with vegetative matter, as explained in the EPA 's pilot tests comments .
At prior council meetings, St Bernard Parish officials traded a temporary burn permit to the EPA for a renewal of a no action assurance from the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. The no action assurance was a renewal of permission to demo without asbestos abatement. The RACM houses however are to be 'burrito wrapped' and hauled to the River Birch Landfill on the Westbank of Jefferson Parish.
Residents first became aware of the incinerator project by attending EFC meetings; the Executive Finance Meetings where St Bernard Parish Councilmembers customarily discuss business matters and ordinances before voting to bring such items before the full council. However, the agendas for both the EFC and the Council Meetings never contained verbiage of asbestos. While residents may sign up to speak for two (2) minutes at a council meeting, the ability to comment was difficult given the lack of information prior to the council's February 7, 2008 vote. Through public records requests, CCAM received the information about two weeks later.
Several active CCAM members whose work and lifestyle brings them in and around the landfill area spoke up to the EPA about their concerns for public health through these prior council meetings and the subsequent EPA community outreach meetings in June. The EPA June meetings were held in response to residents claims that there had been no adequate public notice given even by local standards.
St Bernard residents who attended two community outreach meetings with EPA officials in June reported the agency's response to our questions.
Q: HOW are they going to know that the one home for C&D burn experiment is NON Asbestos containing?
answer. "the answer they gave us...They chose 1 house out of 12,000. It has been tested by EPA and the results were compared to other tests made by another company, and the parish demolition company. They said the asbestos was minimal and not harmful. It is in the joints of the house."
Q: This resident asked about the large variety of everyday items in a typical house that would never reduce its size even in the temperatures of the ACD. Examples given were the electrical outlets, ceramic fixtures and hardware and other such auxiliary goods. Questions were also raised about the lead paint, plastic and mercury contents of a typical house.
CCAM wants to recognize the improvements to our quality of life and protection of our public health achieved by a number of residents and workers who made a commitment to our community by taking action on Clean Air Violations.
CCAM is also very appreciative of the expertise and stealth field work by Tulane Environmental Law Clinic, especially Lacy Smith, student attorney at TELC and Jim Hecker, a lawyer with Public Justice in Washington, D.C.
Recent articles about this asbestos experiment can be read at
EPA to burn houses with asbestos During test run, air will be monitored Saturday, February 09, 2008 By Paul Rioux
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-2/1202538125169240.xml&coll=1
EPA DELAYS CONTENTIOUS ASBESTOS DEMOLITION PLAN OVER RISK ERRORS
by: Anthony Lacey INSIDEEPA-29-26-13 http://www.insideepa.com/
Daily Environment Report - EPA Cancels Project to Grind, IncinerateNo. 117 Wednesday, June 18, 2008Page A-5 ISSN 1521-9402 http://www.bna.com/products/ens/bder.htm
Read more about EPA's Disaster Debris Reduction Project - St Bernard Parish Louisiana
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/debris_reduction.htm
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crop fields drainage machine
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The St. Bernard Parish Government is proposing a new parish-wide Master Land Use Plan. Funding for this endeavor may be the Murphy Oil Crude Oil Spill "Cy Pres" Fund, according to the former Chairman of the Planning Commission. Councilmembers indicated they would have community meetings in each district for resident input and public information on the proposed changes to zoning and landuse throughout the parish.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/123449388/SBPG-Cy-Pres-Funds-Request-for-Master-Land-Use-Plan
The LDEQ will conduct a public meeting, followed by a public hearing, on Thursday November 10, 2011 at 6pm in the Council Meeting Room. The Question and Answer meeting on the Murphy/Valero water discharge permit should answer community concerns about the oily discharges into the neighborhood canals.
http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/p/requests-to-ldeq.html
Tree Planting March 12 2011
the LA DEQ permits our canal for use as an emergency discharge
With children out on summer break and the lack of sidewalks on this street, residents have requested SBPG Public Works properly fill this five foot hole.
Any child could easy explore under the street and with the lack of sidewalks, anyone could easily be hurt.
NOTE: As of Summer 2011, this situation has not been remedied.
caution - five foot hole
Concerned Citizens Around Murphy is an association of residents whose members are dedicated to revitalize St. Bernard Parish and renew the environment through public participation and resident advocacy.
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How to make your public comments count by Benjamin Alva Polley https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/public-comments-how-make-yours-count
SOS St Bernard
The Port of New Orleans wants to change our quaint quiet neighborhoods into an industrial wasteland.
There are more suitable locations and alternative regional options that would better serve Louisiana and our nation in international container terminaling.
It doesn't take much imagination to picture what thousands of daily 18 wheeler trucks will do to the only two roads in St Bernard Parish, or how the increased rail traffic will contribute to the unacceptable night trains and lack of rail infrastructure.
#SOStbernard
https://www.facebook.com/SoStBernard/posts/pfbid0ytfGpvgfRVDxqyiKky76GUN8of7H3H4muajw91o75onZBFZ8ncZxdeUiyz7E53qel
SO2 Nonattainment
EPA's finding of failure of air quality in St Bernard Parish to attain the one-hour health standard for sulfur dioxide & response to public comments
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/10/05/2022-21249/finding-of-failure-to-attain-the-primary-2010-one-hour-sulfur-dioxide-standard-for-the-st-bernard
EPA EJScreen Tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klUf3iCdRv8
We all need to do our part
_______ ________ ________ ______ Paraphrasing another Council member's comments on sulfur dioxide issue.
Our community has made tremendous strides to get where we are today.
We are the fastest growing parish in Louisiana. That accomplishment took a lot of effort from the federal, state and local governments. But the credit mostly belongs to our residents. Those who chose to return and rebuild, and to our new residents who believe that we have something special to offer. And we do. Since the construction of the main hurricane protection wall, the fear of a storm surge (like Katrina) has been minimalized. Our residents recently voted to fund our local government's take over management of the internal storm water system, and we are taking steps to improve our ability to handle major rain events. But one factor that is beyond our control that could have a devastating impact on our ability to grow, and retain residents, is the environment we live in. That's where the role of LDEQ and EPA is so important. You see, we are a RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY that happens to have a couple of industrial residents. I say that because I hold industry as accountable to our community as I do our residents. I hold EPA and the LDEQ to the same standards. We don't have the technology, nor the expertise to handle environmental matters on our own.
We will continue to do everything in our power to ensure that our community continues to grow and prosper, we just need EPA to do their part.
A community that has economic development, but is losing residents, is not a community. That's not who we are. That's not where we want to go.
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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is today, can guess what it will be tomorrow. Law is defined to be a rule of action; but how can that be a rule, which is little known, and less fixed?"
-- James Madison, Federalist #62
-- James Madison, Federalist #62
Meraux flare
Public Participation
Public Participation
http://www.cleanwatershedcampaign.org/public-participation/
Over the years, this would be a familiar model of public participation. If
the panel was critical, its life was usually brief. Citizen oversight of one of
Michigan’s most powerful Fortune 500 companies would not be popular with
regulatory authorities, elected officials or more importantly, the Dow Chemical
Company......
Is this yet another exercise in futility or is it the finality so many of us
hope has arrived?
Do we participate in good faith? Eight years of Dow’s tactics of denial and
delay, eight years of frustration at the state’s impotence. Can the federal
government succeed? Can
the CAG succeed? Each individual active in this clean up will have to answer
these questions for themselves. I for one am not prepared to let any
opportunity to hold Dow and the EPA accountable slip away.
Terry Miller, Chairman Lone Tree Council
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siren testing
St. Bernard Parish to conduct a test of its Outdoor Siren System
As part of our on-going testing of our readiness capabilities, St. Bernard Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will conduct a test of its Emergency Siren System on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at approximately 1:00 p. m. The test will last for approximately 3 minutes. This test will also include a broadcast on our AM radio station. The broadcast can be heard on 1680-AM radio.
As part of our on-going testing of our readiness capabilities, St. Bernard Parish Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness will conduct a test of its Emergency Siren System on Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at approximately 1:00 p. m. The test will last for approximately 3 minutes. This test will also include a broadcast on our AM radio station. The broadcast can be heard on 1680-AM radio.
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SO2 Alerts
Register for St. Bernard Parish SO2 Email Notifications.
When S02 levels are recorded that are considered Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (76 ppb or above) in St. Bernard Parish, you can sign up on LDEQ's website to receive email notifications.
http://so2.deq.louisiana.gov/Monitoring/Register
Ambient
Air Monitoring Data and Reports
Current Air Monitoring Data
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When S02 levels are recorded that are considered Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (76 ppb or above) in St. Bernard Parish, you can sign up on LDEQ's website to receive email notifications.
http://so2.deq.louisiana.gov/Monitoring/Register
Ambient
Air Monitoring Data and Reports
Current Air Monitoring Data
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mending wall
There where it is we do not need the wall:
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors.'
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
-Robert Frost
http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/frost-mending.html
He is all pine and I am apple orchard.
My apple trees will never get across
And eat the cones under his pines, I tell him.
He only says, "Good fences make good neighbors.'
Before I built a wall I'd ask to know
What I was walling in or walling out,
-Robert Frost
http://writing.upenn.edu/~afilreis/88/frost-mending.html
Comprehensive Land Use Plan Public Meeting
Saturday March 9th 9am to 1pm at the 9th Grade Academy
Saturday March 9th 9am to 1pm at the 9th Grade Academy
http://earthjustice.org/sites/default/files/RefineriesNOI.pdf
Earth Justice takes action to compel EPA to act to protect people from the residual risk of exposure.
Earth Justice takes action to compel EPA to act to protect people from the residual risk of exposure.
Land Use Plan Proposed
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The St. Bernard Parish Government is proposing a new parish-wide Master Land Use Plan. Funding for this endeavor may be the Murphy Oil Crude Oil Spill "Cy Pres" Fund, according to the former Chairman of the Planning Commission. Councilmembers indicated they would have community meetings in each district for resident input and public information on the proposed changes to zoning and landuse throughout the parish.
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/123449388/SBPG-Cy-Pres-Funds-Request-for-Master-Land-Use-Plan
Land Use Plan
LIBRARY
If you ever want to end democracy and destroy America, you begin by denying citizens the chance at accessing information and opportunities for education. A people who cannot learn will always be oppressed -- just look at everywhere from Soviet Russia to North Korea.
--NOLA_Fredo comments on Library
http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/12/reader_comment_libraries_have.html
--NOLA_Fredo comments on Library
http://www.nola.com/education/index.ssf/2011/12/reader_comment_libraries_have.html
Thy Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbors House
http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/p/turner-v-murphy.html
Semi Annual Reports on Permit Exceedances
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8255329&ob=yes&child=yes
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8263650&ob=yes&child=yes
Wetlands Project
Editorials
Waste Not Want Not
The waste water treatment plant design requires flows to the ponds and canals which will never fully meet LPDES requirements. [*] This is a violation of the Clean Water Act.
AND, it's completely avoidable.
In fact, the permit does not require sampling of the waste flow from the waste treatment facilities (south of Judge Perez) to the conveyance ditch which feeds the ponds (north of Judge Perez). The only sample of this flow is after it has been diluted with the ponds and before it is discharged into the local canals.
The applicant should be prohibited from ever sending chemicals or waste waters to any of the canals. The permit should prohibit -- under any conditions -- ever sending waste flows north of Judge Perez to the earthen conveyance ditches, storm water ponds or basins interconnected to the ponds, because any chemicals and materials sent north of the waste treatment facility goes into our neighborhoods and sensitive Central Wetlands.
The permit should prohibit storage and treatment of wastes north of Judge Perez. Once the refinery wastes are sent to the Secondary stormwater basins or ponds, it is impossible to send it back for treatment, because, by that time, it is already mixed with the pond's water.
Even the smallest portion of wastes will have long term effects on the ecology system. (page 13 Vol. 1)
[*] Murphy Oil USA Inc. Solid Waste permit application for secondary storm water basins or "ponds" (not yet public noticed)
Vol 1 http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=7885455&ob=yes&child=yes
Vol 2 http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=7885902&ob=yes&child=yes
The ponds discharge into the local canals, which meander through neighborhoods before discharging in the sensitive Central Wetlands, Bayou Bienvenue, and Lake Bornge. The plan to prevent the refinery process campus from flooding is to release process campus storm water through the same route; if there is a backup of storm water on the process campus, it overflows onto residential streets. The requirement to maintain the ponds with adequate freeboard is sometimes met with similar discharges. The design of the waste treatment facilities, when it rains or malfunctions is to store the harmful chemicals and wastes in an unlined ditch within very close proximity to a Church which hosts vacation bible school for children. It is impossible to send all the contaminants back from the ponds to the waste treatment facility for treatment and all these wastes and chemicals are eventually discharged into our neighborhoods or released into our air.
And it's completely avoidable by segregating process water and waste streams from storm water and instead piping malfunctions and "emergency" discharges to storage tanks, treatment ponds on the river side (away from human inhabitants), or into the river itself.
Allowing storage and partial treatment of the wastes in the storm water ponds exposes our residents to harmful and carcinogenic chemicals. Discharges have a lasting effect on the estuaries and environment.
DEQ must consider alternatives to sending chemicals and wastes into the canals and alternatives to storage of chemicals and wastes north of Judge Perez.
UPDATE MARCH 2012
DEQ concluded (page 80) that by providing personal income for the facility's permanent and contract employees outweigh the environmental costs.
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8330751&ob=yes&child=yes
AND, it's completely avoidable.
In fact, the permit does not require sampling of the waste flow from the waste treatment facilities (south of Judge Perez) to the conveyance ditch which feeds the ponds (north of Judge Perez). The only sample of this flow is after it has been diluted with the ponds and before it is discharged into the local canals.
The applicant should be prohibited from ever sending chemicals or waste waters to any of the canals. The permit should prohibit -- under any conditions -- ever sending waste flows north of Judge Perez to the earthen conveyance ditches, storm water ponds or basins interconnected to the ponds, because any chemicals and materials sent north of the waste treatment facility goes into our neighborhoods and sensitive Central Wetlands.
The permit should prohibit storage and treatment of wastes north of Judge Perez. Once the refinery wastes are sent to the Secondary stormwater basins or ponds, it is impossible to send it back for treatment, because, by that time, it is already mixed with the pond's water.
Even the smallest portion of wastes will have long term effects on the ecology system. (page 13 Vol. 1)
[*] Murphy Oil USA Inc. Solid Waste permit application for secondary storm water basins or "ponds" (not yet public noticed)
Vol 1 http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=7885455&ob=yes&child=yes
Vol 2 http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=7885902&ob=yes&child=yes
The ponds discharge into the local canals, which meander through neighborhoods before discharging in the sensitive Central Wetlands, Bayou Bienvenue, and Lake Bornge. The plan to prevent the refinery process campus from flooding is to release process campus storm water through the same route; if there is a backup of storm water on the process campus, it overflows onto residential streets. The requirement to maintain the ponds with adequate freeboard is sometimes met with similar discharges. The design of the waste treatment facilities, when it rains or malfunctions is to store the harmful chemicals and wastes in an unlined ditch within very close proximity to a Church which hosts vacation bible school for children. It is impossible to send all the contaminants back from the ponds to the waste treatment facility for treatment and all these wastes and chemicals are eventually discharged into our neighborhoods or released into our air.
And it's completely avoidable by segregating process water and waste streams from storm water and instead piping malfunctions and "emergency" discharges to storage tanks, treatment ponds on the river side (away from human inhabitants), or into the river itself.
Allowing storage and partial treatment of the wastes in the storm water ponds exposes our residents to harmful and carcinogenic chemicals. Discharges have a lasting effect on the estuaries and environment.
DEQ must consider alternatives to sending chemicals and wastes into the canals and alternatives to storage of chemicals and wastes north of Judge Perez.
UPDATE MARCH 2012
DEQ concluded (page 80) that by providing personal income for the facility's permanent and contract employees outweigh the environmental costs.
http://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view.aspx?doc=8330751&ob=yes&child=yes
Public Meeting on Water Discharge Permit
The LDEQ will conduct a public meeting, followed by a public hearing, on Thursday November 10, 2011 at 6pm in the Council Meeting Room. The Question and Answer meeting on the Murphy/Valero water discharge permit should answer community concerns about the oily discharges into the neighborhood canals.
http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/p/requests-to-ldeq.html
Public Meetings
Tuesday November 15, 2011 6:30pm
The monthly public meetings are open to the public and scheduled to convene on the third Tuesday of the month at the former Murphy Oil Administration Building, 1615 East Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette. .
*Updates on EPA Consent Decree Provisions
*Ambient air monitor station
http://lena.providenceeng.com/Default.aspx
The new air monitor on Ventura Drive in Chalmette samples our air for benzene, toluene, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and other chemicals. The monitoring results post on the public website: http://lena.providenceeng.com/Default.aspx
Murphy Oil has also provided computer access in the public library.
The monthly public meetings are open to the public and scheduled to convene on the third Tuesday of the month at the former Murphy Oil Administration Building, 1615 East Judge Perez Drive in Chalmette. .
*Updates on EPA Consent Decree Provisions
*Ambient air monitor station
http://lena.providenceeng.com/Default.aspx
The new air monitor on Ventura Drive in Chalmette samples our air for benzene, toluene, hydrogen sulfide, sulfur dioxide and other chemicals. The monitoring results post on the public website: http://lena.providenceeng.com/Default.aspx
Murphy Oil has also provided computer access in the public library.
Preservation Priority
The Villere Plantation was listed as a War of 1812 Preservation Priority in the 2007 American Battlefield Protection Program Report to Congress. "The priorities indicate which sites, in the opinion of the National Park Service, merit immediate preservation action, which need ongoing preservation action, which require additional study, and which are best suited for commemoration rather than preservation."
http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/Rev1812_Final_Report.pdf
The recent EPA Consent Decree with Murphy Oil agreed to a conservation servitude for the Villere Plantation land area of the crop fields drainage machine. The conservation servitude unfortunately expires in approximately 7 to 10 years along with the consent decree.
http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/2011/04/villere-plantation-ruins.html
http://www.nps.gov/hps/abpp/Rev1812_Final_Report.pdf
The recent EPA Consent Decree with Murphy Oil agreed to a conservation servitude for the Villere Plantation land area of the crop fields drainage machine. The conservation servitude unfortunately expires in approximately 7 to 10 years along with the consent decree.
http://concernedcitizensaroundmurphy.blogspot.com/2011/04/villere-plantation-ruins.html
Tree Planting March 12 2011
Community Gardens
The Louisiana Historic Preservation Office has approved Levees.org 's request for a second historic plaque, which will be positioned near ground zero of the London Avenue Canal Breach site (Mirabeau and Warrington) in the Gentilly neighborhood of New Orleans.
http://levees.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24669697@N05/5650609649/
http://levees.org/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/24669697@N05/5650609649/
residents rights violated
Amnesty International: U S Congress urged to amend Stafford Act to guarantee humane and fair treatment of all disaster victims....allow victims to "return voluntarily, in safety and with dignity, to their homes" or "resettle voluntarily".....to " be allowed full participation in the planning and management of their return or resettlement"
http://www.thegrio.com/news/amnesty-international-us-guilty-of-katrina-related-abuses.php
http://www.thegrio.com/news/amnesty-international-us-guilty-of-katrina-related-abuses.php
Murphy Oil Meraux refinery(MOMR)
Chalmette Vista Corridor
Public Library
- Seeking Justice for the Public 4/20/2010
- Our Library
- State Attorney General Opinion 08 0057
- Council Resolution 2007
- Library Agenda May 16 2011
- Library land to Murphy Oil
- Library Board 2005 Request and FEMA Worksheet
- Future Library Update
- FEMA Funding Temporary Library
- Property Evaluation
- 2010 March Library Meeting
- Library Referendum Introduction
- Libraries We Love
neighborhood canal
the LA DEQ permits our canal for use as an emergency discharge
2010 Summer Vacation Starts Soon
With children out on summer break and the lack of sidewalks on this street, residents have requested SBPG Public Works properly fill this five foot hole.
Any child could easy explore under the street and with the lack of sidewalks, anyone could easily be hurt.
NOTE: As of Summer 2011, this situation has not been remedied.
caution - five foot hole
Science for Sale
http://www.labucketbrigade.org/downloads/Science%20for%20Sale_1.pdf
2005 oil release Science For Sale August 2006 by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade: "Science for Sale: How Murphy Oil, USA and the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health have downplayed risks from Murphy's million gallon oil spill in St. Bernard Parish"
2005 oil release Science For Sale August 2006 by the Louisiana Bucket Brigade: "Science for Sale: How Murphy Oil, USA and the Center for Toxicology and Environmental Health have downplayed risks from Murphy's million gallon oil spill in St. Bernard Parish"
RDC District Sweeps
We need block captains to help survey district for compilance violations.
There is more information on the website http://www.rediscoverdistrictc.com/ .
http://hippics.smugmug.com/News/District-C-Community-Clean-Up/3853570_K4MUd#197003318_hd7BB
There is more information on the website http://www.rediscoverdistrictc.com/ .
http://hippics.smugmug.com/News/District-C-Community-Clean-Up/3853570_K4MUd#197003318_hd7BB
Fire Protection District C
Villere Plantation
Our Vision
Islenos
LosIsleños
The French get all the attention in South Louisiana. But the Islenos -- literally, Islanders -- have just as rich a history and culture. The colonial government of New Spain brought some 3,000 of them here from the Canary Islands between 1778 and 1783, to colonize the wild swamplands of St. Bernard Parish and serve as a frontier militia against British encroachment.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041976
http://losislenos.org/museum.html
The French get all the attention in South Louisiana. But the Islenos -- literally, Islanders -- have just as rich a history and culture. The colonial government of New Spain brought some 3,000 of them here from the Canary Islands between 1778 and 1783, to colonize the wild swamplands of St. Bernard Parish and serve as a frontier militia against British encroachment.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5041976
http://losislenos.org/museum.html
FOREVER GREENSPACE
Read OUR VISION
Our neighborhoods will no longer be referred to as the Murphy Oil buyout area, but rather will remain residential properties of the Floral Estates, James Place, Despaux and Ventura, and Sandra Park Subdivisions in the community of Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
The neighborhoods around Murphy Oil's Louisiana refinery in Meraux have been revitalized since as early as Fall 2005 and are a vibrant part of the Southeast Louisiana community of St Bernard Parish which has experienced rapid repopulation and rebuilding, due to the spirit and commitment of returning residents.
Read OUR VISION
Our neighborhoods will no longer be referred to as the Murphy Oil buyout area, but rather will remain residential properties of the Floral Estates, James Place, Despaux and Ventura, and Sandra Park Subdivisions in the community of Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana
The neighborhoods around Murphy Oil's Louisiana refinery in Meraux have been revitalized since as early as Fall 2005 and are a vibrant part of the Southeast Louisiana community of St Bernard Parish which has experienced rapid repopulation and rebuilding, due to the spirit and commitment of returning residents.
We want what any other St. Bernard Parish neighborhood would want; clean air, clean water, and uncontaminated soil; and for families and friends to live peaceful lives. As we restore our homes and revitalize our community we are preserving the integrity of our residential neighborhoods and improving our quality of life.
We join with our neighbors for neighborhoods to effect the ever changing decisions that empact our community by encouraging citizen particpation and providing advocacy for all residents who are committed to return, rebuild and remain in St Bernard Parish LouisianaCommunity Connections
- Neighbors and Neighborhoods
- Rediscover District C
- Eastern St Bernard Citizens
- RDC Beautification Projects
- C A R E forums Pollution Reduction Plan
- close the MRGO
- St Bernard Parish Government
- Citizens Recovery Committee Master Plan April 2006
- St. Bernard Parish Tourism.
- St Bernard Scenic Byway
- Sabastopol Plantation
- LosIsleños
- Louisiana Sportsman
- CITIZEN’S GUIDE TO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN LOUISIANA
- LABB
- Global Monitor
- A Handbook for Citizen Participation by Ben Wakefield
- Public Hearing Transcript June 2007
- SPCC Plan Deadline Extended to July 1, 2009
- Murphy Oil Spill Clean Up Letter Oct 2005
- Murphy Oil Spill Comfort Letter
- MRGO
- Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal
- Political Environment
- Energetich20
- Clean Wisconsin
Refinery Accident Sickens Neighbors
- Neighbors of Troubled Refinery Demanding Changes
- Rain Leads To Oily Runoff Near Murphy Refinery - WDSU TV
- EDMS 44922633 Dec 13 2009 Oil
- portable diesel fuel tank EDMS 44548567
- state hazmat Dec 14 2009 storage tank roof collapsed
- EDMS 44926543
- refinery storm water outfalls
- Hazmat Report Murphy Oil spill into 20 arpent canal
- Hazmat Report storage tank roof collapse
- collapsed tank cover
- chemical penetrates homes
- oily water release into neighborhood
- photos - oil in the 20
- neighbor or nuisance ?
- Murphy Oil Christmas Eve 300 barrel crude oil spill Tank 250-1
- High H2S readings Feb 10 2010
SO2 standards to change
- Petition to EPA Administrator to Object Permit
- EPA proposed SO2 standard changes
- EPA Withdrawal of Flawed Refinery Risk Rule
- EPA toughens NO2 Pollution Limits
- Marine Vessel Emissions Reduction Act 2007
- EJ Conference 2010
- Picarro's CRDS Technology Methane analysis
- LA DEQ Air Toxics Projects
- LA DEQ 2009 Report - St Bernard Air Monitoring Project
- Murphy Oil's SO2 emissions calculations incorrect
- Permit Issuance Basis for Determination Volume 1
- Public Hearing Comments
- DEQ Public Hearing Transcript
- Air Permit Comments
- Air Permit Objections
- Additional information BenFree Unit
- Petition to EPA to Object emission calculations
- State DEQ Compliance Order (Air Permit Violations)
- Murphy Oil' s Response to air permit compliance order
- State DEQ Compliance Order (Water Permit Violations)
- Murphy Oil' s Response to water permit compliance order
- master landuse plan
- Council adopts land use plan
- Code of Ordinances Chapter 22 Zoning
- Our Vision
- St Bernard Parish Recovery Plan
- Citizens Recovery Committee
- Louisiana Recovery Authority Board
- Greater New Orleans Foundation
- Basic Fence Repairs
- Refinery flooding neighborhood
- DEQ looking into oily discharge
- Deja Vu
- 1982 April Rain Event
- 1980 Letter from EPA
- 1980 Sulfur Plant Downtime
- 1980 Police Jury Question Plants
- EDMS 45417549 dated Jan 13 2010 incident T120583
- EDMS 45417616 dated 1/12/2010 incident T120544
- Refinery water discharges (page 3)
- MRGO Must GO Community Forum
- ATSDR Health Consultation
- Federal Court Map
- local government map 09-06-05
- tank farm expansion
- June 19 2007 public hearing
- Motion for Partial Summary Judgment
- Supplemental Memorandum
- EDMS 33882559 dated 7/21/2005 5.40 MILLION gallons
- EDMS 41161349 dated 4/28/2009
- EDMS 41177485 dated 4/28/2009
- EDMS 39500086 dated 1/22/2009
- EDMS 42728461 dated 07/31/2009
- EDMS 44922598 incident T119999
- EDMS 44138747 Incident T119342
- EDMS 44922731
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JOIN the Coalition to close the MRGO
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- LA DEQ Compliance Order
- Expanding Tank Farm in Flood Plain
- Refinery Expansion at Cost of Our Neighborhood
- Residents Tank Farm Comments
- Replacement Tank Comments
- Tank Farm Expansion Comments
- Refineries in Wetlands (page6/7)
- BIG OIL
- Big Oil -- Little Neighborhood
- clean fuel shouldn't cost air quality
- EPA 's asbestos pilot tests comments
- LRA Properties Resolution
- crude oil spill settlement pg 29
- crude oil spill fairness hearing pg 27
- crude oil spill buyup offers
- Living in the shadow of a refinery
- Clean Air Act violations at Meraux refinery
- Clean Air Act violated, Meraux neighbors say
Tanks to be replaced
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Jacob Drive Firestation and Murphy Oil Refinery Expansion
A petition is being circulated asking the St. Bernard Parish Council and Administration to oppose the sale of the Jacob Drive Fire Station to Murphy Oil Meraux Refinery.
Comprehensive plans based on Fire Insurance Rating Determinations for the placement of Fire Stations throughout St Bernard Parish are paramount to both fire protection level and 'first responder' response time and should be the predominate factor in this decision. Because these determinations are not yet available since the August 28, 2007 fire rating review, Summary No. 2037 has been tabled since August 2007 (see item #15 on the Agenda 08/21/07 ).
Should the Jacob Drive Firestation ever be taken out of service, the property should not be sold to the Murphy Oil Meraux Refinery for Expansion of facilities.
Please join us in opposing this sale by signing the petition and contacting your council representative. Fire Protection Level and 'first responder' response time are a priority.
Remember, the house you save may be your own.
To sign the petition contact CCAMLA1@gmail.com or
download the petition atSAVE OUR FIRESTATION
Jacob Drive Firestation and Murphy Oil Refinery Expansion
A petition is being circulated asking the St. Bernard Parish Council and Administration to oppose the sale of the Jacob Drive Fire Station to Murphy Oil Meraux Refinery.
Comprehensive plans based on Fire Insurance Rating Determinations for the placement of Fire Stations throughout St Bernard Parish are paramount to both fire protection level and 'first responder' response time and should be the predominate factor in this decision. Because these determinations are not yet available since the August 28, 2007 fire rating review, Summary No. 2037 has been tabled since August 2007 (see item #15 on the Agenda 08/21/07 ).
Should the Jacob Drive Firestation ever be taken out of service, the property should not be sold to the Murphy Oil Meraux Refinery for Expansion of facilities.
Please join us in opposing this sale by signing the petition and contacting your council representative. Fire Protection Level and 'first responder' response time are a priority.
Remember, the house you save may be your own.
To sign the petition contact CCAMLA1@gmail.com or
download the petition atSAVE OUR FIRESTATION
Letter to LDEQ (Jan. 24, 2008)
Your time and attention to this ongoing sediment problem is appreciated.
To our knowledge those properties on Lena Drive South were never seeded. For the life of me I cant understand why they just wont plant grass already; or at least grass seeds or plant grass sodding on the curb side of the property (in accordance with local parish ordinances which no parsh compliance officer seems to want to enforce on this project). Regardless, your efforts within your jurisdiction should bring a solution that residents have been asking for since the summer; keep the mud out the street and especially out of the storm drains.
Please keep in mind that what the corporation terms a buyout zone, we call home. It is our neighborhood, revitalized since the flood and crude oil spill. It is not a construction zone and its not for sale. Its a subdivision and we expect this corporation and its employees to demonstrate the same level of respect to its new neighbors that it would want in their own hometowns (where ever that maybe).
Thankyou again.
CCAM and Rediscover District C
Your time and attention to this ongoing sediment problem is appreciated.
To our knowledge those properties on Lena Drive South were never seeded. For the life of me I cant understand why they just wont plant grass already; or at least grass seeds or plant grass sodding on the curb side of the property (in accordance with local parish ordinances which no parsh compliance officer seems to want to enforce on this project). Regardless, your efforts within your jurisdiction should bring a solution that residents have been asking for since the summer; keep the mud out the street and especially out of the storm drains.
Please keep in mind that what the corporation terms a buyout zone, we call home. It is our neighborhood, revitalized since the flood and crude oil spill. It is not a construction zone and its not for sale. Its a subdivision and we expect this corporation and its employees to demonstrate the same level of respect to its new neighbors that it would want in their own hometowns (where ever that maybe).
Thankyou again.
CCAM and Rediscover District C
- Proposal for a department of Environmental Pro-tection
- Neighborhood asks Murphy Oil to be a good neighbor
- Pollution Reduction Plan
- Louisiana Road Home Authority
- Lousiana Land Trust, LLC
- LRA Property Distributions
- Home Rule Charter St Bernard Parish
- FY 2010 Capital Outlay Budget
- steam-use noise sources
- pending expansion
- FCCU restart Jan 12 2009
- Platformer shut for repairs Aug 16 2009
- FCCU restart Oct 19 2009
- CCAM
- citizens’ lawsuit
- court documents
- USCG report Oct 27 2009
- Warren, July 3, 2008
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