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  EPA to Host Free Webinar on Sustainable Solutions for Alexandria and Pineville - April 15, 2015

  Attention local citizens, industry representatives, environmental managers and non-profits: the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality are sponsoring a free informational webinar on Thursday, April 16, at 10 a.m. and Tuesday, April 21, at 2 p.m. CST.

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  DEQ seeking feedback on prioritization framework under the Clean Water Act - March 16, 2015

  The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is collaborating with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a long-term vision for assessment, restoration and protection under the Clean Water Act (CWA) Section 303(d) Program.

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  United States Reaches Agreement to Protect New Orleans Waterways and Lake Pontchartrain - September 29, 2020

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Justice announced a settlement with the Churchill Downs Louisiana Horseracing Company LLC, d/b/a Fair Grounds Corporation (Fair Grounds) that will resolve years of Clean Water Act (CWA) violations at its New Orleans racetrack. Under the settlement, Fair Grounds will eliminate unauthorized discharges of manure, urine and process wastewater through operational changes and construction projects at an estimated cost of $5,600,000. The company also will pay a civil penalty of $2,790,000, the largest ever paid by a concentrated animal feeding operation in a CWA matter.

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  U.S. Composting Council

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  LDEQ Integrated Reports

  The Integrated Report (IR) is the current form of biennial reporting of the status of Louisiana waters. The IR is made up of what was once called the 305(b) Water Quality Inventory Report and the 303(d) List of Impaired Waterbodies. One of the primary focuses of the IR is on the use of five categories and three subcategories to which waterbodies or waterbody/impairment combinations can be assigned. Categorization under IR guidance allows for a more focused approach to water quality management by clearly determining what actions are required to protect or improve individual waters of the state. The IR categories and definitions can be found at the link below. Other changes resulting from U.S. EPA's IR guidance can be found in the 2002 Water Quality Inventory, Executive Summary.

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  The National Small Flows Clearinghouse (NSFC)

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency publish the “Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Manual”. This document can be used to provides up-to-date information on onsite wastewater treatment system (OWTS) siting, design, installation, maintenance, and replacement. It reflects significant advances that the expert community has identified to help OWTSs become more cost-effective and environmentally protective, particularly in small suburban and rural areas. In addition to providing a wealth of technical information on a variety of traditional and new system designs, the manual promotes a performance-based approach to selecting and designing OWTSs. This approach will enable States and local communities to design onsite wastewater

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  USACE Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)

  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) helps solve our Nation’s most challenging problems in civil and military engineering, geospatial sciences, water resources, and environmental sciences for the Army, Department of Defense, civilian agencies, and our Nation’s public good. Water Resources research areas include •Inland and Coastal Navigation Hydropower, •Flood Risk Management and Coastal Systems, •Water Supply, Emergency Management, •Environment – Restoration, Regulation, Stewardship, •Water Resources Infrastructure, •System-Wide Water Resources. From the available information on the website, unable to make clear determination of usability for strategy.

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  USEPA Nutrient Pollution Educational Materials Online

  The goal of this site is assist to state and local agencies, watershed groups, nongovernmental organizations and others in developing effective communications materials related to nutrient pollution. Nutrient pollution can cause human health problems, fish kills, and algal blooms. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to enlist the help of local groups in sharing information with the media and the public about the growing threats to our nation’s water resources from nutrient pollution and ways that the public can help make a difference. Making this important environmental issue relevant to one’s community and explaining how it affects local water resources (like your local lake, river, reservoir, etc.) will be critical for success.

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  Baton Rouge's 2008 8-hour ozone nonattainment area re-designated to attainment status - December 15, 2016

  Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency re-designated the Greater Baton Rouge Nonattainment Area (BRNA) to attainment for the 2008 8-hour ozone standard. The state of Louisiana submitted a request for EPA to re-designate the BRNA to attainment status and to approve a State Implementation Plan (SIP) revision containing a maintenance plan for the area. This is another milestone in Louisiana’s continuing effort to improve air quality.

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  LDEQ Communications

  As part of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s, Office of the Secretary, the Communications Section serves as a centralized source of information to media outlets such as newspapers, broadcast news networks, radio and online news services.

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  Air Modeling Resource

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  Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA)

  The U.S. Congress recognized the importance of meeting the challenge of continued growth in the coastal zone by passing the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) in 1972. The Act, administered by NOAA's Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management (OCRM), provides for management of the nation's coastal resources, including the Great Lakes, and balances economic development with environmental conservation; The CZMA outlines two national programs, the National Coastal Zone Management Program and the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. The 34 coastal programs aim to balance competing land and water issues in the coastal zone, while estuarine reserves serve as field laboratories to provide a greater understanding of estuaries and how humans impact them. The overall program objectives of CZMA remain balanced to "preserve, protect, develop, and where possible, to restore or enhance the resources of the nation's coastal zone."

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  Xplor Energy pleads guilty to felony Clean Water Act violation - November 20, 2014

  U.S. Attorney Kenneth A. Polite announced that XPLOR Energy SPV-1, Inc. ("XPLOR"), an Oklahoma corporation residing in Southlake, Texas, pled guilty today to a one-count bill of information which charged the company with knowingly violating the Clean Water Act, Title 33, United States Code, Section 1319(c)(2)(A).

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  EPA hosts 4th Virtual Disaster Recovery Workshop - February 04, 2021