Coast Guard federalizes response to Plaquemines Parish oil spill
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[{'start': '0.320', 'end': '4.000', 'text': 'We first told you about an oil leak in'}, {'start': '1.920', 'end': '6.640', 'text': "Plaemen's Parish over the weekend, but"}, {'start': '4.000', 'end': '7.919', 'text': 'just how serious it is has been unclear.'}, {'start': '6.640', 'end': '9.679', 'text': 'Yeah. So, we set out to see for'}, {'start': '7.919', 'end': '11.759', 'text': 'ourselves firsthand and what crews are'}, {'start': '9.679', 'end': '13.759', 'text': 'up against. Now, the location near the'}, {'start': '11.759', 'end': '15.839', 'text': 'mouth of the Mississippi River, a remote'}, {'start': '13.759', 'end': '17.760', 'text': 'area that is reachable only by boat or'}, {'start': '15.839', 'end': '19.840', 'text': 'by plane. Today, our Ameilia Strahan'}, {'start': '17.760', 'end': '21.680', 'text': 'headed to Garden Island Bay to get'}, {'start': '19.840', 'end': '22.290', 'text': 'answers.'}, {'start': '21.680', 'end': '23.920', 'text': '[Applause]'}, {'start': '22.290', 'end': '26.400', 'text': '[Music]'}, {'start': '23.920', 'end': '29.359', 'text': 'About 20 miles off the coast of Venice,'}, {'start': '26.400', 'end': '31.840', 'text': 'green brush turns black as oil and gas'}, {'start': '29.359', 'end': '33.680', 'text': 'rain down on the Delta. This is a'}, {'start': '31.840', 'end': '36.559', 'text': "significant spill. It's It's still going"}, {'start': '33.680', 'end': '38.160', 'text': 'on. For days, gallons of oil have gushed'}, {'start': '36.559', 'end': '40.640', 'text': "out of an old well in Plaqueman's"}, {'start': '38.160', 'end': '42.879', 'text': "Parish. It's a shocking scene WWL"}, {'start': '40.640', 'end': '45.200', 'text': 'Louisiana saw up close on Thursday with'}, {'start': '42.879', 'end': '47.360', 'text': 'ecoour guide Richie Blink. A lot of'}, {'start': '45.200', 'end': '49.600', 'text': 'these old fields in the Delta here are'}, {'start': '47.360', 'end': '52.559', 'text': "really old. There's many hundreds if not"}, {'start': '49.600', 'end': '55.360', 'text': 'thousands uh in the Birdfoot Delta in'}, {'start': '52.559', 'end': '57.280', 'text': 'various states of disrepair.'}, {'start': '55.360', 'end': '59.760', 'text': 'Over the course of his career, Blink has'}, {'start': '57.280', 'end': '62.399', 'text': "worked on multiple oil spills. It's a"}, {'start': '59.760', 'end': '63.760', 'text': 'very serious spill and you the public'}, {'start': '62.399', 'end': '65.760', 'text': 'needs to know that. And he thinks the'}, {'start': '63.760', 'end': '67.920', 'text': "Coast Guard isn't being transparent"}, {'start': '65.760', 'end': '70.720', 'text': 'about the ecological mark something of'}, {'start': '67.920', 'end': '72.000', 'text': "this scale leaves in its wake. We're"}, {'start': '70.720', 'end': '73.760', 'text': 'going to lose land and hurricane'}, {'start': '72.000', 'end': '75.360', 'text': 'protection over this and and habitat'}, {'start': '73.760', 'end': '76.880', 'text': "because of this. We weren't the spill"}, {'start': '75.360', 'end': '78.640', 'text': 'long before we were asked to leave.'}, {'start': '76.880', 'end': '80.479', 'text': 'Officials said we were too close, but'}, {'start': '78.640', 'end': '82.640', 'text': "there weren't any signs or ropes to"}, {'start': '80.479', 'end': '84.640', 'text': 'indicate a cleanup perimeter. Lieutenant'}, {'start': '82.640', 'end': '86.560', 'text': 'with the US Coast Guard Philip Vanderh'}, {'start': '84.640', 'end': '88.880', 'text': 'confirmed the old well was capped and'}, {'start': '86.560', 'end': '91.520', 'text': 'abandoned over a decade ago. So what'}, {'start': '88.880', 'end': '92.880', 'text': 'caused it to break now is unclear. The'}, {'start': '91.520', 'end': '94.720', 'text': 'cause of the discharge is under'}, {'start': '92.880', 'end': '97.200', 'text': "investigation. So we don't know exactly"}, {'start': '94.720', 'end': '98.880', 'text': 'what caused this to happen. Um and I'}, {'start': '97.200', 'end': '101.040', 'text': 'assure you that you know the Coast Guard'}, {'start': '98.880', 'end': '103.520', 'text': 'uh our top priority right now is is'}, {'start': '101.040', 'end': '105.680', 'text': 'remediation and and to stop the source.'}, {'start': '103.520', 'end': '107.840', 'text': 'So far, crews aroundthe-clock efforts'}, {'start': '105.680', 'end': '110.000', 'text': 'have been unsuccessful, and Vanderw'}, {'start': '107.840', 'end': '113.119', 'text': "explains why plugging an old well isn't"}, {'start': '110.000', 'end': '114.560', 'text': 'an easy process. The well is older. Um,'}, {'start': '113.119', 'end': '117.200', 'text': "and because of that, you know, it's it's"}, {'start': '114.560', 'end': '119.920', 'text': 'a complex uh site as well. Shallow'}, {'start': '117.200', 'end': '121.680', 'text': 'water, uh, challenging conditions. The'}, {'start': '119.920', 'end': '124.159', 'text': 'Coast Guard ramped up response efforts'}, {'start': '121.680', 'end': '126.560', 'text': 'Thursday, bringing in federal help. But'}, {'start': '124.159', 'end': '128.560', 'text': "Richie hopes the help doesn't leave when"}, {'start': '126.560', 'end': '130.479', 'text': 'the orange sheen on the water'}, {'start': '128.560', 'end': '132.080', 'text': "dissipates. Afterwards, we're going to"}, {'start': '130.479', 'end': '134.239', 'text': 'need to rebuild some land to make up for'}, {'start': '132.080', 'end': '135.920', 'text': 'these losses. These ecosystems are going'}, {'start': '134.239', 'end': '138.080', 'text': 'to be taken out of service for a while.'}, {'start': '135.920', 'end': '140.800', 'text': "In Plaqueman's Parish, Emily Strahan,"}, {'start': '138.080', 'end': '143.760', 'text': 'WWL Louisiana. Again, federal crews have'}, {'start': '140.800', 'end': '143.760', 'text': 'now been tasked to help.'}]