Crescent Park in New Orleans is Ready for Reuse
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 together have determined that the Crescent Park in New Orleans is Ready for Reuse. A Ready for Reuse Determination is an acknowledgment that environmental conditions on the property are protective of human health and the environment based on its current and anticipated future use.
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
DEQ's Drinking Water Protection Program moves to St. Mary Parish
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has selected St. Mary Parish as the next stop for its drinking water protection campaign, "Protect Drinking Water One Drop at a Time." The program's goal is to increase the public''s awareness and participation in protecting their area's drinking water.
10/09/14
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
LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Courtney J. Burdette
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
