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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s Criminal Investigation Section has charged multiple individuals within the past month for the illegal disposal of waste tires and solid waste. Investigations involving these types of environmental crimes has led to criminal charges against the individuals since May 28, 2019.

Lake Charles man charged with illegal discharge of untreated sewage wastes. Investigators within the Criminal Investigations Section of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lake Charles man on two counts of knowingly discharging untreated sewage waste near Sulphur Wednesday, June 12. Under Louisiana law, knowingly discharging a pollutant to waters of the state without the appropriate LDEQ permit and without any prior treatment is a felony.

Orleans Parish resident Bryant Joseph Ballard pleaded guilty Friday, Jan. 18, in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court for illegal disposal of waste tires and unauthorized use of a movable.

The $285,744 EPA grant to the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana is to help restore the swamp forest habitat near New Orleans and the coast

LDEQ’s Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund seeks fundable projects, emphasis on green

Months of investigative work paid off for the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality last week when two men were charged with dumping illegal tires in separate but related incidents in New Orleans East.