St Bernard Parish is an overburdened, underserved community with nonattainment sulfur dioxide designation, benzene fenceline levels above EPA's action level, and harmful diesel particulate matter pollution.
Port NOLA wants to build a massive port complex in the middle of the Violet residential district and create more fenceline neighborhoods. Similar to how the interstate highway system divided communities, this port complex would have detrimental affects on residents and their future. The applicant has already asserted what residents take as a threat: sell your elementary school to us, or we will just build around it. Our children deserve better.
The USACE should not permit such facilities in residential districts. Port facilities emit harmful pollutants from equipment, vehicles and marine vessels, especially those that burn diesel fuel. Even with upgraded equipment, the emissions will be significantly more than what residents in Violet are exposed to now; it will have an immediate and permanent negative impact on public health outcomes.
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