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Dear Mr. Speed:

You have asked this Office for an opinion as to what legal options the Tangipahoa Parish Government might have to alleviate flooding problems resulting from the blockage of a natural drainage in a portion of the Parish. You note, in your request, that an opinion on a similar matter was issued by this Office in 1982 — La. Atty. Gen. Op. No. 82-54 — and ask if it is valid and applicable to your situation. Before answering these questions, a recapitulation of the facts, as you relate them, is in order.

According to the facts that you relate, several citizens have complained of…