WATER/WATERWAYS: Establishes the Upper Pontchartrain Basin Task Force, provides for an assessment of the basin, and requests a suspension of approving certain permits.
Enrolled. Signed by the President of the Senate and sent to the Secretary of State by the Secretary of the Senate.
Summary
The Senate resolution establishes the Upper Pontchartrain Basin Task Force, made up of legislators, agency heads and local parish representatives, to review a comprehensive scientific assessment of the basin conducted by the Water Institute. It also urges the governor and state agencies to temporarily suspend permitting for new industrial activities in the basin until the assessment is completed, with limited exceptions. The measure seeks to protect the basin’s fisheries, wetlands, flood protection and overall ecological health.
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