DEQ Communications - 2 hours ago
DEQ emergency responders took air samples at a weekend gas well blowout.DEQ Communications -
A gas well blowout occurred Friday, May 8, at a location east of Mansfield. The well, owned by Chesapeake Energy, released natural gas from the morning until approximately 1 a.m. Sunday.
DEQ Communications - 4 days ago
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency awarded approximately $3.6 million in brownfields grants to Louisiana cities, parishes and organizations today. Bolstered by funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, communities and organizations in Louisiana can utilize the funds for the cleanup of sites known as "brownfields." The grants, which include $200,000 from the Recovery Act and $3.4 million from the EPA brownfields general program funding, will help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites.
DEQ Communications - 7 days ago
The Department of Environmental Quality is holding six workshops throughout the state to introduce new contracts that can assist local governments and state agencies in their electronics recycling efforts. The workshops will focus on how these contracts can be used by local government to meet the increasing demand for electronics recycling.
DEQ Communications - 8 days ago
Enviroschool workshops, presented by the Department of Environmental Quality, help the public better understand the agency and how it operates. In May, the workshop topic for Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Lake Charles and New Orleans will be Surveillance and Enforcement 101: How the process works. This session will focus on the roles and processes of the Surveillance and Enforcement Division including discussions on facility inspections, ambient monitoring, enforcement referrals and types of enforcement actions.DEQ Communications - 8 days ago
Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared May as Air Quality Awareness Month in Louisiana. May is traditionally the start of ozone season and the proclamation was made to encourage citizens to become familiar
with the Air Quality Index, to understand what causes ozone formation and to take voluntary steps to help prevent the formation of ozone and improve air quality.
DEQ Communications - 12 days ago
The Department of Environmental Quality and the American Waterways Operators are partnering on a study to determine the effect of barge traffic on air monitors and air quality. The two parties signed a memorandum of understanding today that outlines an in-depth plan to determine if barges are impacting volatile organic compound readings at the DEQ's Carville air monitoring site, and possibly at other monitors.DEQ Communications - 12 days ago
Today, the Criminal Investigation Division of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ-CID) arrested a Gretna contractor on eleven (11) felony counts of submitting documents containing false certifications to the department.DEQ Communications - 15 days ago
Ten high school and junior high school teams from across Louisiana participated in the Louisiana Envirothon, held last weekend at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette's Cade Farm. The teams competed for a chance to go to the North American Envirothon competition at the University of Carolina, Asheville in August.DEQ Communications - 15 days ago
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