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First Amended Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order In the Matter of Natural and Catastrophic Disaster regarding Hurricane Delta

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is hosting an Enviroschool webinar tomorrow, Oct. 15 at 10:00 a.m. The webinar will provide an overview of the Superfund program and Superfund sites.

A drive-thru Disaster Recovery Center will open in Eunice, St. Landry Parish, Oct. 15.

The fourteenth amendment to the Declaration of Emergency and Administrative Order declared on March 11, 2020, due to a statewide public health emergency, COVID-19, is now available.

In the Matter of Natural and Catastrophic Disaster regarding Hurricane Delta

In the Matter of Natural and Catastrophic Disaster regarding Hurricane Delta

What’s Inside? LDEQ Secretary visits storm-ravaged Lake Charles, LDEQ employees send support and resources to co-workers impacted by Hurricane Laura, Message From The Secretary and more!!

Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company LLC, d/b/a Fair Grounds Corporation (Fair Grounds) that will resolve years of Clean Water Act (CWA) violations at its New Orleans racetrack. Under the settlement, Fair Grounds will eliminate unauthorized discharges of manure, urine and process wastewater through operational changes and construction projects at an estimated cost of $5,600,000. The company also will pay a civil penalty of $2,790,000, the largest ever paid by a concentrated animal feeding operation in a CWA matter.