Environmental Update Archives

Hurricane Ida: Fourth Extension of Fifth Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order 08/26/22

Prepare for the Heart of Hurricane Season

The Governor’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (GOHSEP) is encouraging everyone to keep their emergency game plan in place for what is normally our most active stretch of hurricane season. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released its updated hurricane forecast earlier this month. According to NOAA, conditions still favor an active season. As we’ve seen in recent years, it only takes one or two tropical events to cause massive loss across the state.

08/18/22

Third Extension of Fifth Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order re: Hurricane Ida 07/26/22

Fourth Extension of Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order re: Severe Storms and Tornadoes March 22,2022 07/19/22

Settlement with PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer to Require Treatment of More Than a Billion Pounds of Hazardous Waste and Closure of Huge Phosphogypsum Waste Stacks and Impoundments 07/14/22

19th Extension of 3rd Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order re: Hurricane Delta

06/28/22

3rd Extension of Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order re: Severe Storms and Tornadoes of March 22, 2022 06/14/22

18th Extension of 3rd Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order re: Hurricane Delta

05/27/22