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Boustany Requests Disaster Declaration
Congressman Charles Boustany has sent a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture requesting a major disaster declaration for Louisiana. In the letter to Secretary Tom Vilsack, Boustany cited potential crop and seafood losses due to the flooding, and also noted that Louisiana parishes in the Lower Mississippi River Valley should be declared disaster areas in addition to the areas further north along the Mississippi.
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