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Site of toxic waste disposal next to neighborhoods in Ascension Parish could be closed
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:21 pm
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:21 pm
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For years, toxic and slightly radioactive red mud and dust from the waste ponds of a shuttered alumina plant have bothered neighborhoods near Gonzales.
But local leaders are working on a solution to the problem that the plant's owner hasn't yet solved despite past commitments to state regulators to fully finance the operation's complete closure.
The hundreds of acres of waste could be permanently capped with dirt under a plan developing between the state, Ascension Parish government and the site's owner. But officials warned that the plan for the LAlumina red mud ponds off La. 44 in Burnside could take time to flesh out and design properly.
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LAlumina has a closure trust fund that could be tapped for at least some of the work, a company official said.
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Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:22 pm to member12
They took all that red dust from North Sherwood Forest BREC?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:23 pm to member12
Which existed first, waste site or the neighborhood?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:24 pm to Dawgfanman
Waste site
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:31 pm to Dawgfanman
The waste site was first.
Crazy huh?
Crazy huh?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:32 pm to member12
Give it a few years and dsld will be along to build houses on it
Posted on 3/14/24 at 6:46 pm to shutterspeed
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They took all that red dust from North Sherwood Forest BREC?
The "red dust" you speak of was actually Bauxite that was part of a military repository program in several areas.
Yes the Alumina plants generate red dust through the process and tailings but it is not the same material as the pre-processed Bauxite.
Like it or not, living in the modern world requires plants and processes. And people don't want to live 2 hrs from work, so the two have to meet somewhere.
The site should be cleaned up for sure but lets not crucify the industry that makes aluminum as we drink a beer from an aluminum can while we do it.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 7:09 pm to AndyCBR
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Bauxite
Here we call it Bawxite.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 7:48 pm to AndyCBR
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but it is not the same material as the pre-processed Bauxite.
How do you pre-process a naturally occurring ore? I guess you could make it?
The ponds are red mud though, one of the byproducts of the Bayer process.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 7:51 pm to member12
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slightly radioactive red mud and dust
People have gotten soft. The mud and dust is only “slightly” radioactive.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 7:57 pm to Ghost of Colby
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People have gotten soft. The mud and dust is only “slightly” radioactive.
Everything is radioactive. The dose makes the poison.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:00 pm to LootieandtheBlowfish
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How do you pre-process a naturally occurring ore? I guess you could make it?
The ponds are red mud though, one of the byproducts of the Bayer process.
The piles on Sherwood were "pre-process" which is the ore in its "natural" state after being mined.
The red sludge, dust, and water are the remnants of the Aluminum production process.
It's waste, and it needs to be cleaned up or capped.
But it's not the waste piles fault some person decided to develop a subdivision next to it.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:04 pm to AndyCBR
The article is clickbait. Without knowing the amount of radiation and its geographic spread no one can confidently comment on this. I can put a geiger counter up to any rock in your backyard and it will be “slightly radioactive”.
Of course people are going to start blaming every little ailment on the “radioactive ponds” next door. Just wait until Gordon gets involved.
Of course people are going to start blaming every little ailment on the “radioactive ponds” next door. Just wait until Gordon gets involved.
This post was edited on 3/14/24 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:05 pm to member12
I don’t feel bad for the idiots who bought a house next to a waste site.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:13 pm to Triggerr
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Give it a few years and dsld will be along to build houses on it
Too late. That’s a DLSD neighborhood on that side of 44. Pelican Point on the other
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:18 pm to AndyCBR
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Like it or not, living in the modern world requires plants and processes.
Yes, but these plants have permits and federal/state regulations that have to abide by. When the Alumina plant went belly up once again, they failed to maintain the mud lakes per their permits. When that red dust leaves the sight, they are in violation.
That plant is an old piece of shite with morons left to “caretake.” No money, plan or effort was ever put forth to protect the surrounding community.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 8:32 pm to ellunchboxo
So people bought a house in a subdivision next to a toxic dump and now they’re complaining?
Posted on 3/14/24 at 9:14 pm to JohnnyBgood
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Yes, but these plants have permits and federal/state regulations that have to abide by. When the Alumina plant went belly up once again, they failed to maintain the mud lakes per their permits. When that red dust leaves the sight, they are in violation.
That plant is an old piece of shite with morons left to “caretake.” No money, plan or effort was ever put forth to protect the surrounding community.
So says you, and while what you say may be true, or not, I suspect the facilities presence was known to the developers who built the subdivision.
Put down your beer can, turn in your aluminum F150, and throw away your macbook air, and then, I'll respect your pissing and moaning about industry.
Posted on 3/14/24 at 9:55 pm to Triggerr
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Give it a few years and dsld will be along to build shitty poor quality houses on it
FIFY
Posted on 3/14/24 at 10:28 pm to member12
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The waste site was first. Crazy huh?
And the homeowners were stupid enough to buy?
Is that a golf course built in there?
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