DEQ Communications - 5 days ago
Today, DEQ's Criminal Investigations Division and the Louisiana State Police arrested a Calcasieu Parish man for felony disposal of hazardous substances that could endanger human health or the environment.
DEQ Communications - 8 days ago
Free program concerning new regulations for sewage sludge haulers and others involved in sewage sludge hauling and disposal such as facility owners, operators, drivers, and owners of wastewater treatment facilities that accept sewage sludge.DEQ Communications - 5 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and the American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national association for the tugboat, towboat, and barge industry, partnered to conduct a study of barge traffic on the Mississippi River and the possible effects on air quality. Today the results of the Carville Barge Monitoring Project, a five-month long study, were released.
DEQ Communications - 7 days ago
The Department of Environmental Quality announced today that all of its American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds for wastewater infrastructure are now under contract. The contracts are spread across 42 parishes, funding 55 projects.
For more information, send an email to: deq@projectnola.comDEQ Communications - 8 days ago
LaSalle Parish citizens who are interested in helping to plan a household hazardous material collection day should plan to attend the Thursday, Feb. 11 meeting of the LaSalle Parish Drinking Water Protection Committee. The meeting will be held at 5:30 pm in the Jena Town Hall, 2908 East Oak Street. DEQ Communications - 19 days ago
DEQ Communications - 19 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality announced today that it has joined federal agencies and other state and local agencies in a proposed settlement with Saint-Gobain Containers, Inc. The agreement calls for Saint-Gobain to pay $100,000 to DEQ to settle DEQ's claims for civil penalties for violations of the state's air quality regulations at the glass container manufacturing facility located in Ruston.DEQ Communications - 19 days ago
DEQ Communications - 27 days ago
Today, the Department of Environmental Quality announced several streamlining efforts within the agency that will allow the department to continue its mission to protect human health and the environment.
DEQ Communications - 27 days ago
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is currently conducting a pilot program to allow exploration and production waste, also known as E&P waste, to be disposed of at three Type I landfills which are designed to accept industrial solid waste. E&P waste is waste that is produced during oil and natural gas exploration and production. It includes drilling mud and waste derived from cleaning up oil spills.
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