Washington Parish School Board must institute asbestos handling training
U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced today that his office has agreed to defer prosecution on the bill of information it filed against the Washington Parish School Board ("school board") charging it with a felony violation of the Clean Air Act for failing to notify the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality of the 2011 demolition of the Old Pine High School which contained regulated asbestos containing material.
11/03/14
DEQ sends reminder on Open Burning regulations
Burning waste causes air pollution and the open burning of certain materials is prohibited in Louisiana. There are also local ordinances pertaining to what can and can't be burned. If you have a trash pile and burn household waste, construction debris or anything other than vegetative matter, you are violating the law. Under Title 33, section 1109 of the Louisiana Administrative Code, "no person shall cause or allow the burning of waste or other combustible material on any property owned by him or under his control."
10/22/14
DEQ offers free workshops on air permitting and emissions
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is offering four free training sessions around the state to help the public understand the DEQ air permitting process and the permitting of air emissions
10/16/14
Holden company chosen to extinguish landfill fire
DEQ and the State Fire Marshal's Office announced today that Ferrara Fire Apparatus, Inc., a fire fighting company from Holden, has been contracted to extinguish underground fires at the Harrelson Materials Management landfill on Russell Road in Shreveport.
10/09/14
Emergency Debris Management hotline now available
The Waste Permits Division of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has announced the creation of an Emergency Debris Management hotline at (225) 364-7901.
09/24/14
DEQ issues order to halt Shreveport landfill operations
Today, the Department of Environmental Quality, working with the State Fire Marshal's Office, issued an administrative order requiring a Shreveport landfill owned by Harrelson Material Management Inc. to cease all landfill disposal operations at its Russell Road construction and demolition landfill.
09/16/14
Oil Company charged with felony Clean Water Act violation
XPLOR Energy SPV-1, Inc. (“XPLOR”), an Oklahoma
corporation residing in Southlake, Texas, was charged today in a one-count bill of information with
knowingly violating the Clean Water Act, Title 33, United States Code, Section 1319(c)(2)(A),
in connection with their oil and gas production activities in the Breton Sound Area of the Gulf of
Mexico, announced the United States Attorney’s Office.
09/16/14