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Enforcement Actions
Enforcement action reports are updated on a monthly basis. The reports are current up to the previous month due to the time lapse between generation, receipt, data entry and accuracy verification.
Enforcement
The Enforcement Division ensures compliance with Louisiana’s environmental laws and regulations and deters future violations through the issuance of timely and appropriate enforcement actions. The Division works to protect human health and the state’s natural resources by reviewing inspection reports, holding violators accountable, issuing penalties, maintaining compliance databases, and providing expertise in negotiating, litigating, and settling cases. Enforcement efforts also focus on raising awareness of environmental compliance and prioritizing cases that pose the greatest risk to human health or the environment, ensuring swift mitigation of any damage caused by non-compliance.
The Enforcement Division is divided into four (4) Sections: Air Enforcement, Waste Enforcement, Water Enforcement, and Self-Audit & Settlement. Additional information about each Section can be found below.
Enforcement Actions & Expedited Penalty Program
Expedited Penalty Program
DEQ started the XP program in March 2004 to address minor-moderate environmental violations.
Air Enforcement Section
Air Quality Section
Click the link below to view additional resouces on the Air Enforcement webpage.
Water Enforcement Section
Water Quality Section
Water Enforcement also includes the Permit Compliance Unit.
Click the link below to view additional resouces on the Water Enforcement webpage.
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Waste Enforcement Section
Waste includes Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste, Waste Tires, USTs and Radiation Protection
Click the link below to view program information on the Waste Enforcement page.
Voluntary Self-Audit & Settlement Section
Voluntary Environmental Self-Audit Program
Regulations were promulgated in December 2023 to establish a voluntary environmental self-audit program. The regulations were amended in January 2026.
Settlement Agreements
To view recently issued Settlement Agreements, click on a link below.
Previously issued Settlement Agreements can be found on LDEQ's Electronic Document Management System (EDMS).
Beneficial Environmental Project (BEP)
Beneficial Environmental Projects (BEP)
A Beneficial Environmental Project is one that provides for environmental mitigation which the Respondent is not otherwise legally required to undertake.
Click to View More Information about BEPs.
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Enforcement Leadership
Contact Us
Enforcement Division
P.O. Box 4312Baton Rouge, LA 70821-4312
deqenforcement@la.gov 225-219-5337
Fax: 225-219-3330