Comment Letters Archive

As part of our work to protect waters and wetlands, GRN routinely submits comments about proposals related to water pollution and wetland destruction to state and federal decision-makers. You can see some of our past comment letters below (all uploaded as PDFs): 

• On Listing Mississippi Phosphates Corp. on the Superfund National Priorities List. October 2, 2017.
• Benefits of EPA and Clean Water Act regulations for the Gulf of Mexico Region. Response to 2017 Executive Order 13777 on EPA regulatory reform. May 15, 2017
• Bayou Bridge Fracked Oil Pipeline (CUP# P20160166), Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Vermilion, Lafayette, Iberia, Saint Martin, Iberville, Ascension, Assumption, and Saint James Parishes, Feb 18, 2017.
• Bayou Bridge Fracked Oil Pipeline (MVN 2015 02265), Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Vermilion, Lafayette, Iberia, Saint Martin, Iberville, Ascension, Assumption, and Saint James Parishes, Feb 13, 2017.
• Shell's Proposed Offshore Pipeline for Oil Export (MVN-2016-01214-ES), Offshore Gulf of Mexico, November 14, 2016.
• Bayou Bridge Fracked Oil Pipeline and the EIS and Public Hearings it Demands (MVN-2015-02295-WII, WQC# 160921-03), Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Vermilion, Lafayette, Iberia, Saint Martin, Iberville, Ascension, Assumption, and Saint James Parishes, November 2, 2016.
• On Connected Industrial Actions, Again Reiterating the Needs for Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements and Public Hearings (MVN-2016-00444-WPP, WQC# 160831-01; MVN-2016-00876-MG, WQC# 160826-02), Calcasieu Parish, September 26, 2016.
• Opposition to NOLA Oil Terminal and the Need for Local Public Hearing (MVN-2013-00550-EMM, WQC# 160803-03), Plaquemines Parish, September 16, 2016.
• Port Cameron and its Consequent Cumulative Impacts, the Need for Programmatic Environmental Impact Statements, the Need for Public Hearings (MVN-2013-02424-MB, WQC# 160621-01, CUP# P201410877), Cameron Parish, July 28, 2016.
• Transco's Pipeline, Compressor Stations, etc. to serve Sabine Pass LNG Terminal (CUP# P20141709), Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, June 2, 2016.
• Bayou Bridge Fracked Oil Pipeline (CUP# P20160166), Calcasieu, Jefferson Davis, Acadia, Vermilion, Lafayette, Iberia, Saint Martin, Iberville, Ascension, Assumption, and Saint James Parishes, May 27, 2016.
• Proposed Cameron LNG Expansions and the Need for Programmatic Studies of LNG Export (MVN-2002-03266-WII), Calcasieu and Cameron Parishes, May 27, 2016.
• Comments on Louisiana's 2016 Proposed Section 303(d) Impaired Waters List and Integrated Water Quality Report. State-wide, LA, May 2, 2016.
• Enterprise's Propylene Pipeline for Underground Storage in Sorrento (MVN-2015-01668-WII), Ascension, Iberville, St Martin Parishes, February 12, 2016.
• St. Bernard Parish Riverbend Sewage Treatment Plant/Wetlands Assimilation (Permit # LA0040185; AI # 19244), St Bernard Parish, February 11, 2016.
• Entergy's Proposed St Charles Power Station and its Indirect Impacts (MVN-2008-0031-EOO), Montz, LA, January 29, 2016.
• Opposition to Ascension Pipeline through Maurepas Wildlife Management Area (MVN-2015-01960-CM), Maurepas WMA, Ascension, St James, St John Parishes, December 24, 2015.
• Objection to Southeast Market Pipelines Project/Sabal Trail Fracked Gas Pipeline (SAM-2014-00238, SAM-2014-00655, SAS-2013-00942, SAJ-2013-03030, SAJ-2013-03099), Alabama, Georgia, Florida, December 11, 2015.
• Clean Gulf Commerce Coalition Response to RAM Terminals LLC (CUP# P20120190), Plaquemines Parish, November 17, 2015.
• Louisiana Intent to Amend the Water Quality Regulations regarding Dissolved Oxygen Criteria For Water Quality Subsegments in the Eastern Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Plains Ecoregion (LAC 33:IC.1123.Table 3 - WQ091), September 4, 2015.
• Opposition to Maurepas Pipeline/"Louisiana Refining System" (MVN-2014-2121-CM, CUP# P20141416), Blind River and Maurepas Swamp, St John, St James, St Charles Parishes, August 24, 2015.
• Harveston Wastewater Wetland Assimilation, LDEQ LPDES water discharge permit (Permit LA0126845, AI# 187293), East Baton Rouge Parish, August 19, 2015.
• Creekstone Development (MVN-2015-1332-CU), Livingston Parish, August 16, 2015.
• Harveston Wastewater Wetland Assimilation (MVN-2013-02664), East Baton Rouge Parish, August 3, 2015.
• Ward/Gulfport Joint Wetland (404) Permit Application Comment Letter (SAM-2015-00573), North Gulfport, Harrison County, MS, August 3, 2015.
• International Paper Dump - Possible 404 Issues (AI# 137445), Angie, LA, May 6, 2015.
• Draft Fiscal Year 2016 Annual Plan for Louisiana Coastal Master Plan, April 19, 2015.
• Genesis Pipeline USA, LP (MVN-2014-02700-WII, WQC# 150211-02, CUP# P20141493), Lafourche and Terrebonne Parishes, March 27, 2015.
• Hancock County Heron Bay Early Natural Resource Damage Assessment project (SAM-2013-00088-MJF), Hancock County, MS, March 2, 2015.
• RAM Coal Terminal (CUP# P20120190), Plaquemines Parish, February 23, 2015.
• Objection to Dam and Artificial Lake in Washington Parish (SYK-MVK-2012-1240, AI# 194614), Washington Parish, December 9, 2014.
• Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permit for NOLA Oil Terminal, LLC (AI# 186945, Permit# LA0126944, Activity# PER2014001), Plaquemines Parish, December 6, 2014.
• Draft Water Discharge Permit for Raven Energy, LLC of Louisiana/Convent Marine Terminal (AI# 30490, Permit# LA0104345, Activity# PER20130003), October 8, 2014.
• Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Draft Permit for Luke’s Seafood, LLC (AI# 101615, Permit# LA0126908, Activity# PER20130001), Bayou Grand Caillou, August 14, 2014.  
• Water Discharge Permit, H2O Systems, Inc. / Weyerhaeuser Real Estates & Development (AI# 153566, Permit# LA 0123382, Activity# PER20130001), Bayou Castine, near Mandeville, LA, July 8, 2014.
• Jackson County Utility Authoirty Discharge Permit for West Jackson County Wasterwater Treatment Facility (NPDES MS0045446), Ocean Springs, MS, July 2, 2014.
• Draft TMDL for Total Nitrogen and Total Phosphorous for the Pearl River, Ross Barnett Reservoir to the Strong River, June 20, 2014.
• Wetland Fill Permit Application for Love's Travel Center (SAM-2013-00569-SMZ), Gulfport, MS, May 21, 2014.  
• MsCIP Comprehensive Barrier Island Restoration for Hancock, Harrison and Jackson Counties Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, Coastal Mississippi, April 21, 2014.

For questions about comment letters related to projects in Mississippi, please contact Andrew@healthygulf.org. For questions about comment letters related to wetland destruction, please contact Scott@healthygulf.org. For any other questions, please contact Matt@healthygulf.org.