DEQ Communications - 1 day 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 - 2 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 - 1 day ago
Presentation by Dr. David Dismukes, LSU Center for Energy Studies - October 22, 2009DEQ Communications - 4 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 - 4 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.
DEQ Communications - 7 days ago
United States Attorney David R. Dugas announced today
that FLITCHER R. BELL, age 43, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; DARRELL JOHNSON, age 48, of Bueche, Louisiana; and LEONARD P. JACKSON, age 45, of Prairieville, Louisiana, were charged in Bills of Information alleging that each accepted bribes in exchange for "fixing" criminal matters filed and pending in Baton Rouge City Court. JOHNSON and
BELL were arraigned today before U. S. District Court Judge James Brady and pled guilty to the charges contained in the Bills of Information filed against them. JACKSON is scheduled for arraignment on Wednesday, November 4, 2009, before Judge Brady.DEQ Communications - 8 days ago
The Science Museum of Minnesota was honored with the first place Gulf Guardian Award in the Education category at the 2009 Gulf Guardian Awards ceremony held at the Beau Rivage Resort in Biloxi, Mississippi, on Thursday night.DEQ Communications - 11 days ago
When the DEQ Drinking Water Protection Team moved into LaSalle Parish, they formed a parish Drinking Water Protection Committee. The Drinking Water Protection Committees are groups of individuals that are dedicated to protecting their drinking water source from contamination and usually formed on a parish or watershed basis. Over the next few months, the committee members will be visiting local businesses to raise awareness of the importance of protecting the source of drinking water in the parish. DEQ Communications - 16 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has finalized the Minimum Quantification Level changes. Twenty-eight MQLs were changed, while four (arsenic, copper, lead and nickel) remained at the current level. MQLs are federal minimum measuring standards for chemicals, which are used as the benchmark for decision making and compliance for National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits. DEQ Communications - 17 days ago
The Department of Environmental Quality recently received a letter from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency stating that the state meets "the National Ambient Air Quality Standards for fine particles (PM 2.5), measured over a 24-hour period."
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