Bubrig appointed to coastal authority

Belle Chasse businessman Bill Bubrig has been appointed to Louisiana's Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority, representing Plaquemines Parish, by Gov. John Bel Edwards on Aug. 9. The appointment comes in the midst of conflicts between CPRA and Plaquemines Parish President Amos Cornier III, who opposes Louisiana’s plans to build the Mid-Barataria and Mid-Breton sediment diversions on the west and east banks of the Mississippi River in his parish. Cormier believes the diversions will disrupt commercial and recreational fisheries and damage wetlands. State officials say the diversions are a cost -effective way of delivering sediment to open water and existing wetlands over decades; and that any environmental effects will be identified as part of required federal assessments before construction - with the possibility that the state would have to mitigate the effects. (Source: NOLA.com 08/09/18)