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Submitting Reports/Information to Underground Storage Tank Division

Submittal Information

To submit reports/information for Underground Storage Tank Remediation Sites

Please direct all correspondence regarding UST Remediation Issues in triplicate to:

Gary A. Fulton Jr., Administrator

Underground Storage Tank Division

P.O. Box 4314

Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4314

Submittal Suggestions

  • Please submit copy to directly to attention of Team Leader, if assigned
  • Please include the following information on the reference line of all correspondence:

RE: Purpose of the Document

Agency Interest (AI) Name

Agency Interest AI) Number

AOI/AOC Unit Name:

Physical Address

City

Parish


To submit Underground Storage Tank Registration Information

Please direct all correspondence regarding UST Registrations to:

LDEQ UST Division

P.O. Box 4303

Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4303


To submit Underground Storage Tank Installations\Repairs\Closures Information

Please direct all correspondence regarding UST System Installations, Repairs, and Closures to appropriate regional office:

Click here for a map of UST Regions

Click here for regional office addresses

 


UST Contact Information

District 1

Regions: Acadiana, Southeast and Southwest Regions

Remediation Manager: Chris Means

Phone: 225-219-3652  Email: Chris.Means@la.gov

 

Compliance Supervisor: Jessica Holland

Phone: 337-262-5599 Email: Jessica.Holland@la.gov

 

 Acadiana Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 337-262-5593

Parishes: Acadia, Evangeline, Iberia, Lafayette, St. Landry, St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-ARO@la.gov

Contact Name Phone Number Topic
Charles Branton  337-262-1373 UST Remediation 
Ryan Brignac 337-262-1566 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Michael Broussard 337-262-5571 UST Remediation
Sam Broussard 337-262-5744 UST Compliance/Regulations/Training
Alayna Craft 337-262-5480 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Ben Lissard 337-262-1632 UST Remediation
Stephen Sinitiere 337-262-5587 UST Remediation

 

 Southeast Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 504-736-7702 (New Orleans)  Fax Number: 985-532-9945 (Lockport)

Parishes: Jefferson, Lafourche, Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John the Baptist, St. Tammany, Terrebonne, Washington

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-SERO@la.gov

Contact Name Phone Number Topic
Lauren Goldfinch  504-736-7764 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Ethan Kramer  504-736-7769 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Elizabeth Levy  504-736-7761 UST Remediation 
Tad Loupe (Lafourche) 985-532-620 UST Remediation/UST Abandoned Tank Program
Theresa LoGuidice 504-736-7762 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Gwen Maglic 504-736-7038 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Ned Stevenson  504-736-7765  UST Remediation

Southwest Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 337-491-2682

Parishes: Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis, Vernon

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-SWRO@la.gov

Contact Name Phone Number Topic
Holly Lejeune 337-491-2806 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Clelie Olivier 337-491-2786 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
 
 

District 2

Regions: Capital, Northwest, Northeast, and Kisatchie Central Regions

Remediation Manager: Carey Dicharry

Phone: 225-219-3803  email: Carey.Dicharry@la.gov

 

Compliance Supervisor: Laurence Carter

Phone: 225-219-3768 Email: Laurence.Carter@la.gov

 Capital Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 225-219-3708

Parishes: Ascension, Assumption, East Baton Rouge, East Feliciana, Iberville, Livingston, Pointe Coupee, St. Helena, St. James, Tangipahoa, West Baton Rouge, West Feliciana

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-CRO@la.gov

Contact Name Phone Number Topic
Tommy Doran 225-219-36551 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Kenny Kimball 225-219-3935 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Alan Magro 225-219-3401 UST Remediation
Andy Messina 225-219-3676 UST Remediation 
 

Northeast Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 318-362-5448

Parishes: Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, West Carroll

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-NERO@la.gov

Contact Name Phone Number Topic
Lloyd Barnett 318-362-3047 UST Remediation
Taylor Glass  318-362-0451 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs
Jane Ramey 318-362-0450 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs

Northwest Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 318-676-7573

Parishes: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Claiborne, De Soto, Natchitoches, Red River, Sabine, Webster

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-NWRO@la.gov

Contact Name Title Title
Greg McCarty 318-676-7629 UST Remediation
Sarah W. Thompson 318-676-7786  UST Remediation
Verretta Johnson 225-219-3678 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures
Holly Groves 318-676-5084 UST Compliance
 

Kisatchie Central Regional Office Contacts

Fax Number: 318-487-5927

Parishes: Avoyelles, Catahoula, Concordia, Grant, LaSalle, Rapides, Winn

E-mail for Compliance issues: _DEQ-USTCompliance-NERO@la.gov

Contact Name Phone Number Topics
Isaac Ricketts 318-484-2120 UST Remediation
Daniel Slayter 318-484-2125 UST Compliance/Installs/Repairs/Closures

Contacts by Specific Topics

Topic Contact Name Phone Number
Abandoned Tank Closure Program Tad Loupe 985-532-6206
Certified Workers Questions Verretta Johnson 225-219-3678
Data Format Questions Erin Folse 225-219-3638
Energy Act Questions Sam Broussard 337-262-5744
Enforcement Related Questions Verretta Johnson 225-219-3678
Motor Fuel Delivery Fee Questions  Jason Efferson 225-219-3916
RECAP Questions Dana Shepherd 225-219-3077
Trust Fund Related Questions  Jeffery Baker 225-219-3917
UST Registration/Certification Questions Amy Smith 225-219-3702
UST Registration Fees and Invoicing Questions Jessica Budd  225-219-3911
Public Web Related Questions Erin Folse 225-219-3638

Submittal Guidelines for Electronic Documents

 The Underground Storage Tank Division (USTD) is encouraging correspondence to be submitted in electronic format if the consultant/submitter wishes to do so. Such submittals must be submitted as PDF on CD along with at least one printed copy. In order to facilitate submission of the electronic file to EDMS, it must comply with the following:

 

  1. Types of color - Each page in the document will ultimately be converted into a single image for storage in EDMS. Based on the content of a page, there are three color formats that the resulting image may have:
    1. Bitonal – the image literally contains only black and white. For example, plain text on a white background. Bitonal is preferred because it will result in the smallest file size.
    2. Grayscale – contains black, white and all the shades of gray in between. In many contexts, this is what people are actually referring too when they use the term black and white (i.e. a black and white movie). Grayscale images will not display properly in EDMS.  To fix the EDMS display error for pages that contain grayscale images you can edit the footer or page number, setting the font to a navy blue on each page that has grayscale images included.  EDMS will display because there is at least one color on each page.
    3. Color – contains colors other than black, white and gray.
  2. Creating documents
    1. Make as much of the document bitonal as possible.
      1. Do not use decorative color content that appears on every page of a document. Examples include logos and company letter head.
      2. Use text formatting (bold, italic, underline) or font size for emphasis rather than using color.
      3. Avoid using shading in tables (use formatting or borders to draw attention to table elements).
      4. Unless other legal or regulatory restrictions exist, sign transmittal letters and forms in black ink.
    2. Avoid grayscale content
      1. Do not use shades of gray as the background or border color of a table. Rows or cells that need be highlighted can be indicated with the use of different borders (bold, double lines, etc.). If use of shading is absolutely required, use other colors.
      2. Do not use fonts or other content with shadow effects.
      3. Do not convert color images to grayscale to reduce file size.
      4. If the use of grayscale content is unavoidable (for example, if you need to include a grayscale picture) include color content on the same page.
    3. Inserting images (pictures, maps, etc.)
      1. Flatten the layers in an image before inserting it into the document.
      2. Reduce the resolution of the image to the minimum required for legibility. This is especially important when importing pictures from a digital camera.
    4. Page size
      1. Avoid custom page sizes when possible.
      2. Avoid pages larger than 11" X 17" (e.g., maps/drawings).
    5. Number of pages: No more than 999 pages per PDF. If a document has over 999 pages, break it up at natural points, such as Sections/Appendices. If laboratory data submittals are voluminous, please include these as an Appendix in a separate file on the CD. Font size: Should be at least 10 point.
    6. Signed Transmittal Letter: Include immediately behind report/plan cover page or, if a small submittal, as the first page.
    7. If the document consists of multiple volumes, each volume must be included as a separate file (PDF) on the CD/DVD. File names for each volume must be the same except volume number (e.g., RFI Report for Tank 234 Area – Volume 1, 2, 3, etc.)
  3. Scanning documents
    1. General scanner settings
      1. Scan all documents at 200 DPI.
      2. Scan all documents as bitonal whenever possible.
      3. If bitonal will not capture the content of the document scan in color.
      4. Do not scan in grayscale.
      5. Performing OCR on the documents is not recommended. Documents will be converted back into images in EDMS.
    2. Scanner dependent settings – use these features if they are available with your scanning hardware/software configuration
      1. When scanning bitonal content on colored paper, drop out the color of the paper.
      2. Use hole fill features on documents that have been punched for binding.
    3. Quality Control
      1. Ensure that all pages are in the proper orientation.
      2. Ensure that there is not unnecessary black space around the edge of documents by selecting the appropriate page size or using cropping.
      3. Delete blank pages
      4. Check for loss of content from any image cleanup features used. Be especially careful of despeckling features removing punctuation such as periods and decimal points.
  4. Converting electronic documents to PDF
    1. Use any features your software offers to explicitly flatten the document. For example, Adobe Reader and Acrobat have a "Print as Image" option in the advanced print settings. This will flatten the file when printing to PDF.
    2. Do not digitally sign or certify the document.
    3. Do not set security restrictions on the document.
    4. Do not include embedded comments or other annotations
    5. Do not use the "Optimize Scanned PDF", "Reduce File Size" or "PDF Optimizer" features in Adobe Acrobat. Avoid similar features in other products.

 

NOTE:  These guidelines are subject to change.  If you have any questions or problems you can contact Mike Miller at 225-219-3701 or email at: _DEQ-WWWRemediation@la.gov

Providing the information in the format requested will expedite our mail process and ensure that all correspondence received is assigned and filed accurately.

Thank you for your cooperation.