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Louisiana House Members Pass Bills Regulating Salt Mines

Two bills aimed at regulating salt dome operations were approved unanimously by the Louisiana House on Thursday, a day after some Bayou Corne residents were told an evacuation order will remain in place indefinitely due to the instability of a …

House to Consider Salt Dome Legislation Prompted by Louisiana Sinkhole

Two measures aimed at regulating the operations of salt domes, prompted by a 13-acre sinkhole in Assumption Parish, made it out of a House committee and could be debated on the House floor next week. The bills (House Bills 493 …