LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Courtney J. Burdette
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
Date: January 29, March 26, and May 28, 2025
Time: 1pm CST
Location: Virtual
Join the Center for Creative Land Recycling and EPA Region 9 for a three-part webinar series on Brownfield revitalization for beginners. This webinar series will provide an introduction to Brownfields and tips to begin a successful program, show how to effectively engage your community, and explore revitilization funding opportunities. To learn more and register visit HERE.
Date: April 24 and 25, 2025
Time: TBD
Location: Shreveport, LA
More information coming soon. Visit the Louisiana trust for Historic Preservation page HERE for updates.
Date: June 12-13, 2025
Location: Alexandria, LA
The Louisiana Brownfields Association will be hosting the Louisiana Browwnfields Conference this June in Alexandria. More info coming soon!
Date: August 5-8, 2025
Location: Chicago, IL
Mark your calendars for the 2025 National Brownfields Conference next August in Chicago. More info coming soon!
Date: February 26, 2025
This two-part webinar presented by KSU TAB and partner Laneshift focused on ideas and solutions for communitites struggling with a lack of transporation and connectivity. This webinar showed participants how active transportation plays a crucial role in creating healthier, more vibrant communities and how to seamlessly integrate transporation projects with brownfield projects. A recording of the webinar can be found HERE.
Date: June 5-6, 2024
Location: Docville Farm - 5124 E Street, E St. Bernard Highway, Violet, LA 70092
Presentations:
Pulling out the Map: Brownfields 101: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfields Coordinator
Phase I ESA Local Perspective: Bottle Art Lofts: Ashlyn Holmes, LDEQ Brownfield Project Manager
Moving Forward with Cleanup Using Brownfield Funding: LDEQ Brownfield Team
Paying for the Journey: Browfield Resources: LDEQ TBA: Rebecca Otte, LDEQ Brownfields Coordinator
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
Date: October 5 & 6, 2022
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"
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.