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2nd Extension of 5th Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order – Hurricane Ida 06/23/22
EPA Announces New Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals, $1 Billion in Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funding to Strengthen Health Protections 06/15/22
3rd Extension of Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order re: Severe Storms and Tornadoes of March 22, 2022 06/14/22
LDEQ 2022 Environmental Leadership Program Awards presented in Baton Rouge 06/09/22
Hurricane Laura: Twenty-Third Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order

The Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order in the Matter of Natural and Catastrophic Disaster Hurricane Laura has been amended.

06/06/22
Second Extension of Emergency Declaration and Administrative Order re: Severe Storms and Tornadoes of March 22, 2022 05/20/22
1st Extension of 5th Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order – Hurricane Ida 05/17/22
EPA selects LDEQ for $2 Million Brownfields Assessment Grant

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced the award of a $2 million grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to go toward Brownfields assessments. Additional Brownfields assessment grants in the amount of $500,000 each were awarded to the city of Baton Rouge/East Baton Rouge Parish, Regional Planning Commission (St. Bernard Parish Commercial Corridor). EPA also announced $2 million in funding for the South Central Planning and Development Commission in Houma on behalf of the Brownfields Coalition Revolving Loan Fund.

05/13/22