Louisiana coastal worker alleges dredge company ordered coverup of 2016 oil spill
Tristan Baurick
NEW ORLEANS -- A marine contractor who ruptured an oil pipeline during a Louisiana coastal restoration project — itself stemming from the BP oil disaster — blames the company leading the operation for the resulting spill and says it directed him to cover up evidence and keep quiet.
James Tassin, a heavy equipment operator from Harvey, is providing evidence to federal prosecutors for possible water pollution charges against Great Lakes Dredge and Dock Co., the Houston-based company that the government hired to rebuild a Plaquemines Parish island six years after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster oiled it.