LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Aurelia S. Giacometto
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
LDEQ Hosted Upcoming Events
Date: June 5-6, 2024
Time: TBA
Location: Docville Farm - 5124 E Street, E St. Bernard Highway, Violet, LA 70092
Join LDEQ’s Brownfields Program and local hosts St. Bernard Economic Development Foundation and the Regional Planning Commission for the 2024 Louisiana Brownfields Conference: Navigating the Brownfields Maze - Roadmap to Redevelopment. This year's Conference will walk attendees through the Brownfields process from assessment to redevelopment and everything in between. Stay tuned for conference agenda and further details!
Brownfield Partner Events
Event: Leveraging Brownfield Funding & Resources
Date: April 12, 2024
Time: 9:30am central
Location: Online Webinar
Join ICMA Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) and Kansas State University (KSU) TAB to learn how to align your priority needs with funds from recent major federal infrastructure and sustainable revitilizatoin laws in this free online webinar!
Date: October 9-11, 2024
Location: Hyatt Regency, St. Louis, MO
Join the Center for Community Progress to learn about how to transform vacant properties in your communities into vibrant places. The RVP Conference uplifts innovative solutions that disrupt the cycle of vacancy to advance community revitilization.
Date: October 28-30, 2024
Location: Sheraton New Orleans, 500 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70130
PastForward 2024 will kick off a celebration of the 75th anniversary of the National Trust and the evolving practice of preservation in one of the country’s most historic cities. Joining them will be the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans celebrating its 50th anniversary, Main Street Louisiana marking its 40th anniversary, and the National Center for Preservation Trades and Technology founded 30 years ago. The PastFoward 2024 Conference will focus on three of our nation’s biggest challenges: Creating Climate Resilience Through Historic Preservation, Ensuring a Representative Preservation Movement, and Encouraging Historic Preservation-Based Community Development.
Date: October 25-26, 2023
Location: Convention Hall - 915 3rd Street, Alexandria, LA
Presntations:
Brownfield Basic Training:
Brownfields 101: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ
LDEQ’s Environmental Process: Jennifer Schatzle, LDEQ
LaMATS and Brownfields: Cliff Palmer, Executive Director, LaMATS
Developing a Strategy: Prioritizing Brownfield Projects: Scott Nightingale, KSU TAB
Local Main Street Perspective: Jill Leo, Director, Natchitoches Main Street
Pump Up Your Grant Proposal! Amy Yersavich & Scott Nightingale, KSU TAB
Setting up the Mess Hall: Resources for Food-Related Reuses:
EPA Smart Growth: Michael Kennedy, Project Officer, USEPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
USDA Wholesale Markets & Facility Design: Ron Batcher, AIA, Lead Architect, USDA
The Ins and Outs of Eligibility: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfield Coordinator
Event: 2022 Louisiana Brownfields Conference
Date: October 5 & 6, 2022
Time: 9:30a: Check In & Networking
10:00a – 5:00pm: Conference Sessions
Location: Terrebonne Parish Library - North Branch, 4130 West Park Avenue, Gray, LA, 70359
Presentations: https://www.ksutab.org/events/workshops/details?id=547 under "Resources"
Does your community have abandoned buildings, old gas stations, junk yards or other potentially contaminated property that you would like to see redeveloped? Are you thinking about buying an abandoned property to help it reach its potential? Are you hesitant to move forward due to concerns over environmental liability and possible cleanup expenses? Redeveloping abandoned, idled, or underutilized real property (a.k.a. a Brownfield site) is both a challenge and an opportunity. Join South Central Planning and Development Commission, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the Technical Assistance to Brownfields Program (TAB) at Kansas State University and the Louisiana Brownfields Association for a FREE 2-day workshop October 5-6, 2022, to fill up your tool box with resources and information to put these sites back into productive use and help spur further economic and community revitalization.
Questions? Need additional information or have questions about this event? Contact:
Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfields Coordinator: Rebecca.Otte@la.gov
Lesley Long, SCPDC Brownfields Coordinator: lesley@scpdc.org
Date: Wednesday, April 21, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yh7U1Am_QDU&list=PLYftmUkuzbWBjX6BcSbGuPInBDtIADJo3&index=1
Looking for an effective way to communicate your Brownfields Program to community groups, elected officials, and other Brownfields stakeholders? Join our dynamic panel discussion with three successful Brownfields Programs that have effectively employed StoryMaps to engage their community and promote their programs. Learn how this tool can help build momentum for your Brownfields Program and market your resources to developers and community organizations to facilitate the reuse of blighted properties.
Featured Panelists:
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe
Join Keith Horn, Senior Environmental Scientist with LDEQ's Remediation Division, as he outlines soil sampling best practices for RECAP investigations including common soil sampling issues and RECAP requirements that apply to soil sampling events. Learn how to ensure your sampling events conform to DEQ’s regulations and properly characterize your site to facilitate future development.
Date: Tuesday, July 13, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uD1UGoK9n4g&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=2
Join Dr. June Sutherlin, Toxicologist, for this informative presentation on LDEQ's Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP) where she'll lay the groundwork for RECAP-compliant investigations and reports with special attention to data analysis. Don't miss this opportunity to come up to speed on RECAP or sharpen your existing RECAP skills with this extended training!
Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gw3VGn8pKls&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=3
LDEQ Environmental Senior Scientist Keith Horn will review how to effectively develop a sampling plan for a RECAP investigation. Join this interactive webinar to ensure your sampling event meets LDEQ requirements to reduce the cost and time it takes to resample a site.
Date: Tuesday, October 12, 2021
Recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6O9QcDAhWSw&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=4
Looking for ways to facilitate the review and approval of your RECAP submittals? Attend this webinar where Dr. June Sutherlin, Toxicologist, will review some of the common mistakes, misconceptions, and compliance issues with RECAP investigations and report submittals. Ensure your work plans and reports check all of LDEQ's boxes!
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2021
Recordng: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2-aJdSjnhM&list=PLYftmUkuzbWDvLqDDtMUVSJQmbQfnCrAe&index=5
LDEQ's Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP) is a useful tool to facilitate the cleanup of sites throughout Louisiana. Join Jennifer Schatzle, LDEQ's Brownfields and VRP Technical Liaison, for an overview of the VRP including:
Visit LDEQ's YouTube page for additional recordings!
Brownfields Partner Events
Have a Brownfields-related event in Louisiana you would like included in our newsletter? Email event information to Brownfields@la.gov.