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Sinkhole Saga Update: New Earthquake, Public Health Dangers in Assumption Parish Posted Monday, October 29th, 2012 Though the source of the Assumption Parish sinkhole is now established, the ground continues to shake and dangers to the health of the community are still being discovered. Last week, the area around Bayou Corne felt new tremors as an earthquake sprang up from the deep. The Tuesday, Oct. 23, event occurred 1,500 ft. below the surface, according to information released this morning by Dr. Gary Hecox of Shaw Environmental. There was no word on the magnitude, but Hecox reported that the quake didn't create any new bubbling in the 5-acre sinkhole area, nor did it have any effect on the collapsed cavern that lurks below, and caused the whole slurry mess. Meanwhile, Assumption Parish officials billed cavern owners Texas Brine LLC for $321,000 to reimburse expenses. The state Department of Natural Resources also ordered the company to take a series of steps to stanch potential environmental hazards as a result of the sinkhole. Officials are concerned about the presence of natural gas in the area's ground water source. The failure of the cavern provided a "pathway" for oil and natural gas to the area's groundwater aquifer that had never previously existed, according to the state. The state ordered the company to do the following: Maintain stability in the failed cavern to prevent additional changes to the cavern or sinkhole due to pressure changes Install monitoring wells in the Bayou Corne community to monitor water quality and pressures, as well as elevation benchmarks within the community for subsidence monitoring Install pressure monitor at wellhead of the cavern re-entry well, designed to provide real-time data to parish emergency response agencies of any rapid pressure change Upgrade and expand seismic monitoring array to cover a wider area and include real-time data processing and interpretation of micro-seismic data, with seismic data reported in real-time to parish emergency response agencies Install continuous water level monitoring station at the sinkhole Collect and interpret geophysical data to determine the exact structure of the zone of failure and its impact on the surface and subsurface Here's video of the site from the latest official flyover: Tagged with: assumption parish bayou corne grand bayou louisiana department of natural resources shaw environmental sinkhole texas brine LLC	ADVERTISE with NOLA Defender Contributors: Dead Huey Long, Emma Boyce, Ian Hoch, Sarah Esenwein, Ryan Sparks, Will Dilella, Chris Rinaldi, Lianna Patch, Phil Yiannopoulos, Cate Czarnecki, Jonas Griffin, Jennifer Abbot, Mary Kilpatrick, Elaina Patton, Mike Horst, Devin Bambrick, Katherine McGuire, Norris Ortolano, Joe Shriner Staff Writers Ryan Sparks, Kerem Ozkan Listings Elisabeth Morgan Puzzler Paolo Roy Art Director: Michael Weber, B.A. Assistant Managing Editor Mary-Devon Dupuy Managing Editor Stephen Babcock Editor: B. 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