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16 Aug 2016, 4:30 pm by Steven Boutwell
By Maureen Harbourt On August 12, 2016, the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality issued an Emergency Administrative Order to provide relief from otherwise applicable state-issued environmental permit terms and rules in order to manage the situations created by the unprecedented flooding in southern Louisiana. [read post]
23 Aug 2010, 9:17 am by Steven Boutwell
R.S. 30:2022, the state law concerning the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality’s (LDEQ) permit process. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 2:51 pm by Steven Boutwell
By Tokesha Collins-Wright On September 1, 2017, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) updated the emergency order that was issued by the Governor of Louisiana on Thursday, August 24, 2017. [read post]
6 Sep 2017, 2:51 pm by Steven Boutwell
By Tokesha Collins-Wright On September 1, 2017, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) updated the emergency order that was issued by the Governor of Louisiana on Thursday, August 24, 2017. [read post]
19 Mar 2020, 1:58 pm by Steven Boutwell
., Pam Mascari, and Lauren Rucinski The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued an Emergency and Administrative Order on March 19, 2020, to address hardships posed to regulated facilities  by efforts to combat the COVID-19 virus. [read post]
§ 9:2798.1 would apply to the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act public notification regulation.[2] Discretionary immunity requires that liability shall not be imposed on a state department, such as LDEQ, based on the failure to exercise or perform discretionary acts.[3] The public notification regulation, 33 LA. [read post]
18 Aug 2011, 3:37 pm by Steven Boutwell
Collins On July 28, 2011, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) denied a petition for the adoption of a rule to regulate fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and to establish an effective emissions reduction strategy that will achieve a concentration of 350 parts per million (ppm) atmospheric CO2 by the year 2100. [read post]
27 Sep 2022, 1:25 pm by Nena Eddy
On September 14, 2022, the 19th Judicial District Court revoked air permits issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) under Louisiana’s Prevention and Significant Deterioration (“PSD”) regulations[1] for a Formosa Plastics facility (“FG LA”) planned to be built in St. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 12:42 pm by Jonathan J. Fox and Jamie D. Rhymes
  In 1983, the Louisiana Legislature created the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and renamed the Louisiana Environmental Affairs Act as the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act. [read post]
24 Jul 2009, 10:34 am
Dwayne Johnson The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) is developing written procedures to implement Louisiana's antidegradation policy (1). [read post]
21 Oct 2011, 2:49 pm by Steven Boutwell
By Esteban Herrera and Dwayne Johnson On October 14, 2009, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued General Permit No. [read post]
9 Jun 2021, 9:33 am by Lauren Rucinski and Maureen Harbourt
The Louisiana Legislature has directed the Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) to promulgate regulations allowing for “voluntary environmental self-audits. [read post]
21 Sep 2022, 8:10 am by Lauren Rucinski
The 19th Judicial District Court in Baton Rouge, Louisiana issued a decision on September 14, 2022, vacating a proposed industrial facility’s permit issued by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and finding that LDEQ violated the federal Clean Air Act and its duty under the Public Trust Doctrine.[1] Although the decision concerns permitting for a specific facility in St. [read post]
21 Jul 2009, 6:39 am
The Times-Picayune reports A state Department of Environmental Quality official said Monday that an investigator has been at .Dow Chemical's Hahnville plantnearly every day to investigate the cause of the the July 7 leak of ethyl acrylate fumes that irritated the noses eyes and throats of residents for miles around. [read post]
13 Feb 2018, 4:54 am by Lindsay Offutt
The US Department of Justice (DOJ), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) [official websites] said Monday they had reached a settlement [text, PDF] with Shell Chemicals LP [corporate website] over the alleged Clean Air Act (CAA), National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs) and Louisiana state law violations committed by failing to properly… [read post]
On December 20, 2023, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) issued regulations implementing the state’s first-ever voluntary environmental self-audit program. [read post]
19 Jun 2013, 7:40 am by Liskow & Lewis
” The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) adopted EPA’s revised definition of “regulated new source review (NSR) pollutant” at LAC 33:III.509.B in a May 20, 2013 Louisiana Register Notice. 39 La. [read post]
28 Jan 2021, 12:42 pm by Jonathan J. Fox and Jamie D. Rhymes
  In 1983, the Louisiana Legislature created the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and renamed the Louisiana Environmental Affairs Act as the Louisiana Environmental Quality Act. [read post]
22 Dec 2009, 4:29 pm by Walter James
On December 21, 2009, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal announced that Peggy Hatch will be the secretary of the state Department of Environmental Quality. [read post]