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Texas Brine, state agree on plan to assess sinkhole
Posted: Jan 15, 2013 7:16 AM by AP
Updated: Jan 15, 2013 9:43 AM
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - The Louisiana Office of Conservation has modified orders requiring Texas Brine Co. LLC to assess the status of sediments under an 8.5-acre sinkhole in northern Assumption Parish, prompting the company to withdraw a lawsuit filed last month against the state.
The state agency and the Houston-based company were set for a hearing at 9 a.m. Tuesday before state District Judge Wilson Fields in Baton Rouge. Texas Brine spokesman Sonny Cranch says the company's Dec. 28 lawsuit was withdrawn as a result of the amended order released Monday.
About 150 households in Bayou Corne and Grand Bayou have been evacuated since Aug. 3, the day the sinkhole was discovered.
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Information from: The Advocate, http://theadvocate.com
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