DEQ Communications - 1 day ago
Today, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality awarded $800,000 to the city of Hammond to go toward wastewater improvement projects. The award represents the next in a series of 55 total awards that the department will be issuing to cities and municipalities across the state.
DEQ Communications - 3 days ago
Today, Charlie Hampton, 55, Hamp's Enterprises LLC and Hamp's Construction LLC were sentenced to pay criminal fines totaling $40,000 and to clean up an illegal dumping site in New Orleans East. The pleas involved criminal wrongdoing in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
DEQ Communications - 5 days ago
Today, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Louisiana State Police announced a partnership in the investigation and enforcement of criminal violations of the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act.DEQ Communications - 12 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality awarded $7,385,285 to four municipalities in northeast and central Louisiana. The municipalities were Urania in La Salle Parish ($1,581,643); West Monroe in Ouachita Parish ($4,750,000); Sicily Island in Concordia Parish ($525,992); and Clayton in Concordia Parish ($527,651). This represents the first four of the 55 awards that the department will be issuing.
DEQ Communications - 12 days ago
Tips for debris managment, reporting spills, wastewater treatment plants, securing drumsDEQ Communications - 16 days ago
Monroe-area residents are invited to attend the Department of Environmental Quality's Enviroschool on Tuesday, Nov. 10 at 6 p.m. In November, DEQ, in partnership with the University of Louisiana Monroe Department of Toxicology, will present an Enviroschool workshop on Understanding Water Quality Issues. This workshop will provide an overview of the basics of understanding water quality and water quality protection including understanding nonpoint source pollution. The workshop will be held at the University of Louisiana Monroe, Sugar Hall, Room 259. DEQ Communications - 15 days ago
Presentation by Dr. David Dismukes, LSU Center for Energy Studies - October 22, 2009DEQ Communications - 16 days ago
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa P. Jackson announced President Barack Obama's selection of Dr. Alfredo "Al" Armendariz to be the Agency's Regional Administrator for EPA's region 6.DEQ Communications - 18 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will be installing electronic monitoring equipment in conjunction with a water sampling survey on Lower Tchefuncte River in St. Tammany Parish. The equipment will be installed from Nov. 3 to Nov. 6. The units will be located in Covington and Madisonville. The survey, originally scheduled for last week, was canceled due to poor water conditions.
DEQ Communications - 18 days ago
Residents of the Coulee Baton Microwatershed have until Nov. 9 to apply for 90 percent reimbursement for the cost of repairing or replacing their home septic systems. The Vermilion Soil and Water Conservation District, the Acadiana Resource Conservation and Development Council and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality are offering this reimbursement.
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