Cooperative Agreement 83344001

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) will receive $164,620 from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) Formula Grant to conduct special water quality monitoring through September 2027. As part of its routine ambient monitoring program, LDEQ will monitor for acrolein, acrylonitrile, bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, silvex, and thallium, parameters not typically included in its...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) has been awarded a $168,775 Formula Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) program. This 5-year grant will fund LDEQ's efforts to maintain, protect, and improve the water quality of Louisiana's rivers, lakes, streams, groundwater, and other waterbodies. Key activities include: Collecting water quality data on E. coli...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $479,958 project grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program. The grant will fund the establishment and operation of a temporarily located community air monitoring site in St. James Parish, Louisiana from May 2023 through April 2026. LDEQ will deploy EPA-approved...

The Louisiana Department of Health will receive $341,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to collect water samples from designated recreational beaches in Louisiana from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022. The Louisiana Department of Health's Office of Public Health will test the samples for bacteriological water quality and notify the public when waters exceed applicable standards or are safe for...

This formula grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) provides $168,775 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to support water quality monitoring and assessment activities. The funding will allow LDEQ to collect baseline data to characterize additional coastal ecoregions in Louisiana, including the Atchafalaya River, Gulf Coastal Prairie, and Coastal...

This $168,775 Formula Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Water Pollution Control State, Interstate, and Tribal Program Support (CFDA 66.419) will enable the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to enhance its water quality monitoring capabilities. The grant funds will be used to purchase a 21' bay boat, two replacement outboard motors, two replacement boat trailers, and an Aqua Troll 600 or equivalent water quality sonde. These new assets...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $463,563 Project Grant award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The purpose of this grant is to equip LDEQ's mobile air monitoring labs with specialized analyzers and sampling equipment to detect and monitor ethylene oxide (ETO) and other volatile organic...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded a $422,246 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act (CFDA 66.034) program. The funding will support the setup and operation of a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) air monitoring site between the McFarland Cascade/Stella-Jones facility in Pineville and the Stella Jones...

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) received a $112,000 Project Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701). This funding supports LDEQ in developing and maintaining compliance monitoring programs to prevent or eliminate unreasonable risks to human health or the environment associated with asbestos in schools. Specifically, LDEQ will conduct asbestos inspections at...

The Louisiana Department of Health will receive $377,000 from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Beach Monitoring and Notification Program Implementation Grants (CFDA 66.472) to fund beach water quality monitoring and public notification efforts from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023. As the sole recipient, the Louisiana Department of Health will monitor bacteria levels at designated recreational beaches in Louisiana, notify the public when bacteria exceed thresholds as...