Louisiana Oil Spill 2010 PHOTOS: Gulf Of Mexico Leak Reaches Land

The state began a dredging project Friday to keep oil from a massive Gulf of Mexico leak out of the state’s wetlands — even though the federal government has not approved the project.



“We can’t afford to wait any longer,” Jindal said of waiting for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to approve an emergency permit for the project. “We know the oil is coming in.”



Jindal has been pleading for days with the corps to approve the state’s emergency permit application that would allow a fleet of dredges to build up the state’s barrier islands.



Jindal said the sand booms or sand berms would keep the leaking oil from slipping past the barrier islands and into the state’s fragile wetlands and marshes.



But the corps, which has said it will not answer questions about the application, issued a statement late Friday saying it had requested and received additional information from the state on the project.



“We are currently evaluating that information and will proceed as quickly as possible,” the statement says.
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