"The controversial – but now complete – Bayou Bridge Pipeline has drawn another legal challenge from the Atchafalaya Basinkeeper environmental group, which questions why the pipeline was allowed to begin operating on April 1 without having an approved emergency response plan.
The state Department of Natural Resources said it would investigate the complaint, but said the pipeline’s operation falls under federal law, and the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration say the pipeline is complying with federal regulations.
The 163-mile Louisiana segment of the pipeline that is transporting oil from Texas to St. James Parish has been the subject of of numerous legal challenges by environmentalists concerned about its effects on swampland in the Atchafalaya Delta and by landowners whose property was crossed without their permission."
Mark Schleifstein reports for the New Orleans Times-Picayune April 22, 2019.
