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Print Preview : Public Comment Form : Bulk Printhttp://www.coastalmasterplan.louisiana.gov/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/print-entry.p...Page 1 of 32/24/2012Public Comment Form : Entry # 90First NameSpencerLast NameMurphyAddress835 Union StNew Orleans, LA 70112United StatesMap ItOrganization Affiliation (if applicable)Canal Barge Company, Inc.Emailsmurphy@canalbarge.comCommentsThank you for the opportunity to comment on the State of Louisiana’s 2012-2017 Comprehensive Master Plan for aSustainable Coast (the “Master Plan”). The following comments are submitted on behalf of Canal Barge Company,Inc.BackgroundCanal Barge Company, Inc. (“CBC”) is one of the largest privately owned inland marine transportation companies inthe United States, employing 32 towing vessels and over 850 barges in the Inland Waterways and the Gulf of Mexico.Our area of operations stretches from Brownsville, TX to Pittsburgh, PA, and CBC employes over 580 personnelacross 20 states.CBC is a family-owned business headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana. Our executive team is active in bothnational and regional efforts to develop a systematic approach to water management; both President/CEO MerrittLane and Vice President – Risk Management Spencer Murphy were members of the Master Plan’s FrameworkDevelopment Team (“FDT”) and Spencer Murphy also participated in the Navigation Focus Group. Our presence inNew Orleans means we understand the need for coastal restoration and flood protection in order to protect our GulfCoast communities; our presence across our nation’s waterways means we understand the importance of navigationto our regional and national economy. We support efforts for coastal restoration and flood protection that can co-existwith and even bolster our nation’s vital marine highways, and as further described below, CBC sees the Master Planas an important step forward in those efforts.Marine Highways
Print Preview : Public Comment Form : Bulk Printhttp://www.coastalmasterplan.louisiana.gov/wp-content/plugins/gravityforms/print-entry.p...Page 2 of 32/24/2012The Master Plan has the potential to impact two of our nation’s most important commercial waterways: theMississippi River and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (“GIWW”). According to the State of Louisiana, over 450 milliontons of waterborne commerce (20% of the nation’s total) travels through Louisiana each year on these waterways.The Mississippi River is one of the key economic engines of our nation and provides the most efficient means forAmerican farmers and manufacturers to get their goods to market. For example, over 60% of our country’s grainexports move through Louisiana on the Mississippi River.Less well known than the Mississippi, but equally important, the GIWW is the nation’s third busiest waterway – onlythe Mississippi River and Ohio River carry more goods each year than the GIWW. The GIWW is a 1300 mile systemof channels and tributaries that runs from Brownsville, TX to St. Mark’s, FL and connects the Gulf Coast to theMississippi River. It provides a vital link between the Gulf Coast’s petrochemical refineries and the rest of our nation,and directly and indirectly supports tens of thousands of jobs.What makes navigation particularly relevant to the State is that the maritime industry provides one out of every 8 jobsin Louisiana (as found in a study by Dr. Tim Ryan of University of New Orleans), and further, water transport is by farthe most fuel efficient and environmentally friendly mode of transportation. A 2009 study by the Texas TransportationInstitute found that relative to truck or rail, barge transportation:1) Produces fewer CO2 emissions,2) Results in fewer spills of hazardous materials,3) Operates with greater fuel efficiency, and4) Results in fewer injuries and fatalities.With those facts in mind, the State should take care that implementing the Master Plan does not drive commerceaway from our navigable waterways. Rather, a responsible and environmentally sound policy should encourage theuse of our commercial waterways over the coming decades to protect both our State’s economic interests, and thelivelihoods of thousands of its citizens.The Master Plan Properly Recognizes the Important Role of Navigation.Through its participation in the FDT, CBC has gained valuable insight into the process that created the Master Plan,and we are pleased to note that one of the Master Plan’s five basic Objectives is “to promote a viable working coastto support regionally and nationally important businesses and industries.” Further, the State created a NavigationFocus Group to ensure that navigation stakeholders had the opportunity to provide direct feedback into the drafting ofthe Master Plan. CBC also supports the State’s decision to use impacts to navigation as one of the “Decision Criteria”used to evaluate projects for the Master Plan. The State is to be commended for its efforts to reach out to navigationstakeholders, and we encourage the State to maintain a dialogue with industry as the Master Plan’s projects areimplemented in the coming years.Improvements to the Master Plan and Next Steps.As the State finalizes the Master Plan, we submit that one area in which the Master Plan can be improved is toreduce the number of new structures built on federally authorized waterways. This is so not simply because it wouldreduce the overall impact to navigation, but also because there are likely much more cost-efficient and/or easiermethods to achieve the same beneficial effects to restoration or flood protection. We ask that the State consider thefollowing factors and then re-examine the decision to build new gates or structures across the GIWW in areas suchas Lafitte:
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