Yesterday, investigators within the Criminal Investigation Section of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality charged a Carencro man for the illegal disposal of used oil into state waters. Roshell Wayne Darjean, 41, is alleged to have illegally discharged 5-10 gallons of used oil into a ditch near Arista Drive in Carencro on Sunday, Jan. 22.
Over the next few months, members of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's Drinking Water Protection Team will be visiting local businesses to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the source of drinking water in St. Tammany Parish.
The Department’s mission is to promote and protect health, safety and welfare while considering sound policies regarding employment and economic development.
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency re-designated the Greater Baton Rouge
Nonattainment Area (BRNA) to attainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. The state of Louisiana
submitted a request for EPA to re-designate the BRNA to attainment status and to approve a State
Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for the area. This is another milestone in
Louisiana’s continuing effort to improve air quality.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality encourages residents affected by the
recent flood to refrain from open burning of debris.
08/24/16
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LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Aurelia S. Giacometto
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
