Sulphur residents urge council to reject sale of wastewater-adjacent land to Lake Charles Methanol 2

Sulphur ' The Sulphur City Council on Monday introduced an ordinance that would authorize Mayor Mike Demenay to execute an agreement with Lake Charles Methanol 2 for property adjacent to the city's wastewater treatment plant, and dozens of residents urged the council not to proceed with a sale.

The introduction of ordinance 95-25 prompted more than an hour of public comment. Caroline Bauer, who lives on Mary Anne Drive, warned the project's backers have previously relied on large federal supports and could seek future tax waivers and clean-hydrogen credits, telling the council: "Please vote no." Bart Lubow of Maplewood pleaded for safety-first thinking, saying "there is nothing that we have seen to date that mitigates the risk that this pipeline poses" if a CO2 line were to leak.

Residents raised three recurring concerns: that selling the parcel would eliminate land needed to expand the regional wastewater plant serving West Calcasieu; that pipelines associated with the project pose accident and health risks; and that…