Environmental management analysis of the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port

Wetlands - Tập 2 - Trang 249-261 - 1982
Charles E. Sasser1, James G. Gosselink1, Gary W. Peterson1, A. J. Heikamp2, James C. Webb3
1Center for Wetland Resources, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
2LOOP INC., Harvey
3Louisiana Offshore Terminal Authority Department of Transportation and Development, State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge

Tóm tắt

The nation’s first deep-draft tanker facility, LOOP INC. (Louisiana Offshore Oil Port), is now in operation off the Louisiana coast in the Gulf of Mexico. The environmental management of this large coastal project has been effective and is a result of cooperative interaction between the state of Louisiana and private industry. LOOP construction activities have inevitably damaged the Louisiana coastal environment. However, the environmental damage has been minimized by strong environmental safeguards built into the enabling legislation and concurred with by LOOP. Environmental input has influenced siting of the LOOP facilities, construction techniques, and operation procedures and has influenced the resolution of many of the environmental concerns that have arisen over the course of the project.

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