LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Aurelia S. Giacometto
A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
The Discharge Monitoring Report (DMR) Pollutant Loading Tool is a new tool designed to help you determine who is discharging, what pollutants they are discharging and how much, and where they are discharging. The tool calculates pollutant loadings from permit and DMR data from EPA‘s Permit Compliance System (PCS) and Integrated Compliance Information System for the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (ICIS-NPDES). Data is available for the years 2007 through 2011. Pollutant loadings are presented as pounds per year and as toxic-weighted pounds per year to account for variations in toxicity among pollutants.
Established by Section 404 of the Clean Water Act Regulates dredging, filling, and other alterations of waters and wetlands jointly with EPA, including wetlands owned by farmers; USDA has authority to make wetland determinations on agricultural land.
ECHO, Enforcement and Compliance History Online, is a Web tool developed and maintained by the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) for public use. The ECHO Web site, publicly accessible and EPA-maintained, provides compliance and enforcement information for approximately 800,000 regulated facilities nationwide.
EDMS stands for Electronic Document Management System, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality's electronic repository of official records that have been created or received by DEQ. All DEQ employees are responsible for ensuring official records are routinely submitted to the EDMS. Employees and members of the public can search and retrieve documents stored in the EDMS via this web application.
Water quality based effluent limitations for point source permitting are based on the TMDL and WLA. Implementation plans are based on the TMDL and the LA. The water quality based approach is to establish pollution control limits for waters not meeting the State's water quality standards. In this context, the TMDL process includes assessment for water quality standards attainment, identification of water quality limited waters, the ranking and targeting of high priority waters, and the development of TMDLs that should result in the attainment of water quality standards when implemented (USEPA, 1991). Identification of Nutrient limits and loading are an important part of the effluent standards process.
The mission of the Louisiana Environmental Leadership Program (ELP) is to promote a cleaner and better environment for Louisiana through voluntary pollution prevention, waste reduction and/or other environmental stewardship efforts. The Louisiana Environmental Leadership was established in 1995 as a voluntary cooperative effort between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and various Louisiana industries. It was fully operational by 1997 to promote pollution prevention and other efforts, in the pursuit of environmental excellence and leadership. The current program is comprised of Louisiana large, medium and small businesses, federal facilities, municipalities, non-governmental organizations, and schools and universities. Any organization committed to improving the quality of Louisiana’s environment through pollution prevention, waste reduction and other environmental improvements is eligible to join the program as a participating member.