UPDATE 7/29/2025: Read LWF’s comments to the Army Corps of Engineers urging them to conduct an Environmental Impact Statement for the Air Products project in Lake Maurepas. Be sure to get your comments in by 7/30/2025. See how below.
Local legislators are hosting a public town hall meeting on July 15, 2025 at 6:30pm at The Lions Club in Ponchatoula.
Also, a public comment period is open for the Air Products Blue Energy LLC permit at the United States Army Corp of Engineers, case: MVN-2011-03218-EDM. The public comment period is currently open until July 30, 2025. Given the complexity of the potential environmental, social, and economic impacts of the project, LWF has submitted a request to the Corps for an extension to the public comment period and requested public meetings. Read that letter HERE. The Corps is NOT extending the comment period so
View the permit at USACE here: https://www.mvn.usace.army.mil/Missions/Regulatory/Public-Notices/Article/4225953/mvn-2011-03218-edm/
You can direct your comments to the following by July 30, 2025:
Via email to damon.morse@usace.army.mil
Mailing address:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District
Attention: Damon Morse
Public Notice for MVN-2011-03218-EDM
7400 Leake Avenue New Orleans. La., 70118-3651
Be sure to reference the Application Number: MVN-2011-03218-EDM
Applicant: Air Products Blue Energy LLC Notice
More information on the Air Products Project, including:
Link to Earth Justice factsheet on the project: https://earthjustice.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/lake-maurespas-air-products-facts-sheet_7-1-2025.pdf
Link to LWF Resolution on Carbon Capture Sequestration in Lake Maurepas: https://lawildlifefed.org/resolution/support-for-carbon-capture-to-reduce-c02-emissions-but-not-sited-in-lake-maurepas/
Link to LWF’s background document of Carbon Capture Sequestration: https://lawildlifefed.org/wp-content/uploads/CCUS-in-La-Background-FINAL.pdf