[StBernard] FEMA agrees to final sweep for storm debris in St. Bernard Parish

[Westley Annis]

FEMA agrees to final sweep for storm debris in St. Bernard Parish
Posted by St. Bernard bureau November 12, 2007 10:05AM
FEMA has agreed to continue financing curbside collection of storm debris in
St. Bernard Parish and will pay for one final sweep in mid-December, the
parish said. 


Parish officials are stressing to residents that they haul any storm debris
to the curb while the federal government is paying to have it picked up.
FEMA had stopped paying to pick up debris from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,
but recently agreed to the final work, St. Bernard Parish President Henry
"Junior" Rodriguez said in a news release. 

However, FEMA will not pay for pickup of debris from new construction or
from renovation work. 

The parish recently started picking up new construction debris, using its
own trucks and labor.