The Louisiana Statewide Comparative Risk Project (1991)

In late 1991, CONCUR completed the successful mediation of the Louisiana Comparative Risk Project, a major accord to improve management of the state’s environment. Representatives of 12 state agencies and over 30 interest groups, including the chemical and oil industries, environmentalists, fish and wildlife interests, labor and community activists, as well as federal agencies, signed the final agreement. This project ranked the state’s 35 most important environmental issues and presented a Vision Statement of environmental policy goals for the next decade, identified principles for improved resource management and created a series of Action Strategies, including new legislation, administrative regulations and manpower requirements, to be implemented to reduce environmental risk.