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\nLouisiana Environment and Flood Control > Breaking News<\/p>\n
Published: Thursday, June 09, 2011, 3:50 PM Updated: Thursday, June 09, 2011, 4:00 PM
\nBy Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune<\/p>\n
Federal authorities continued their investigation today to identify and determine the source of an oily substance fishers discovered Wednesday in Breton Sound.<\/p>\n
The brown oil-like substance was floating about two miles southeast of Baptiste Collette Pass and has not touched land, according to the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n
The agency conducted an aerial inspection in the area of North Breton Island today with Plaquemines and St. Bernard parish officials in a Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry patrol airplane, Petty Officer Steve Lehmann said.<\/p>\n
Samples that Coast Guard pollution inspectors gathered Wednesday have been sent to a laboratory for analysis, and another day or more could pass before results are in, a spokesman said.<\/p>\n
A fisherman notified authorities Wednesday morning after spotting the substance Plaquemines Parish officials feared was remnant oil from last year’s Deepwater Horizon catastrophy. <\/p>\n
A private company, Oil Mop, has been hired and has sent barges and work boats to the scene, according to the Coast Guard.<\/p>\n
The Bureau of Ocean Energy, Management, Regulation and Enforcement is investigating with the Coast Guard. <\/p>\n
A charter fishing captain took this cellphone photo of a suspected oil slick off the coast of Plaquemines Parish. June 8, 2011
\nPaul Purpura can be reached at 504.826.3791 or ppurpura@timespicayune.com.<\/p>\n
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http:\/\/www.nola.com\/environment\/index.ssf\/2011\/06\/authorities_continue_to_invest.html Times-Picayune Louisiana Environment and Flood Control > Breaking News Published: Thursday, June 09, 2011, 3:50 PM Updated: Thursday, June 09, 2011, 4:00 PM By Paul Purpura, The Times-Picayune Federal authorities continued their investigation today to identify and determine the source of an oily substance fishers discovered Wednesday in Breton Sound. The brown oil-like substance … Continue reading Nola.com: Authorities continue to investigate oil-like substance in Breton Sound<\/span>