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Thu May-27-10 02:11 PM
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Coast Guard approves protective sand barrier

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Source: The New York Times

Adm. Thad Allen of the Coast Guard on Thursday approved part of a plan by Louisiana officials to repel oil from the BP spill by building a barrier of dredged sand along islands off the state’s southeast coast.

The decision allows Louisiana to immediately begin construction of barriers directly to the east and west of the Mississippi River. There, oil is already swamping the coast.

Roughly half of an 86-mile barrier originally proposed by the state was approved, with construction authorized under an emergency permit granted by the Army Corps of Engineers.

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