DEQ Communications - 2 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is soliciting project proposals for the Recovery Act Funding of the Louisiana Clean Diesel Grant Program. Proposal submittal information and copies of the Solicitation Agreement are available under the Stimulus Package tab at www. deq.louisiana.gov. All project proposals must be received before 5:00 p.m. on August 14, 2009.
DEQ Communications - 2 days ago
New Orleans-area residents are invited to attend the Department of Environmental Quality's Enviroschool on Thursday, July 9 from 10 a.m.-noon. The free workshop will be on Remediation 101. In this session, participants will be provided an overview of the role and activities handled by the Remediation Services Division including understanding remediation, Brownfields basics and the Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP).
DEQ Communications - 3 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) has issued $374,470.00 in civil enforcement penalties against Louisiana Land and Water Company, Grace Utilities, Inc., and Utility Data Service Corporation. All three are wastewater companies privately owned and operated by Jeffrey Pruett from his office headquarters in West Monroe, Louisiana.
DEQ Communications - 3 days ago
On July 1, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality took over the registration of sewage sludge haulers and transporters in Louisiana from the Department of Health and Hospitals.
DEQ Communications - 3 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will be installing electronic monitoring equipment in conjunction with a water sampling survey on Bogue Falaya River in St. Tammany Parish. The equipment will be installed July 6 to 10. The units will be located near Covington and will be mounted on rebar, fence posts, white PVC poles or buoys. Citizens are asked not to tamper with the equipment.DEQ Communications - 3 days ago
DEQ Communications - 4 days ago
Today, Jesse Murphy, Jr, 33, the owner of Southern Waste Systems of Louisiana, was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $25,000, plus court costs and an additional $12,000 in costs of investigation and prosecution for environmental crimes. The $12,000 was ordered by the court to the following: $7,000 DEQ Criminal Investigation Division and $5,000 to the Orleans Parish District Attorney�s office. Southern Waste Systems of Louisiana was also sentenced to 24 months probation and a criminal fine of $2,000.DEQ Communications - 9 days ago
Enviroschool workshops, presented by the Department of Environmental Quality, help the public better understand the agency and how it operates. In July, the workshop topic for Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lake Charles and New Orleans will be Remediation 101. In this session participants will be provided an overview of the role and activities handled by the Remediation Services Division including understanding remediation, Brownfields basics and the Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP). The workshop topic for Alexandria and Monroe is Surveillance and Enforcement 101: How the process works. This session will focus on the roles and processes of the Surveillance and Enforcement Division including facility inspections, ambient monitoring, enforcement referral and enforcement actions.DEQ Communications - 11 days ago
American Water and Waste Water Management, Inc., was sentenced to pay a criminal fine of $55,000, plus court costs and an additional $20,000 in costs of investigation and environmental projects. The $20,000 was ordered by the court to the following: $5,000 to Southeast Environmental Enforcement Network; $5,000 to the District Attorney's office; $5,000 to DEQ; and $5,000 to the Louisiana Environmental Action Network.
DEQ Communications - 12 days ago
The Department of Environmental Quality announced the initial release of its Web-based tool that allows some facilities to submit discharge monitoring reports electronically. A discharge monitoring report, known as a DMR, is a self-reporting document that is generated by permittees that have a Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit. The DMR contains information pertaining to water discharges into waters of the state.
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