The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded a $559,950 Project Grant to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) under the Federal Grant Program 66.034 - Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act. The grant funding will enable LDEQ to enhance their current air monitoring capabilities by upgrading ozone monitoring station equipment, replacing analyzers for criteria pollutants like hydrogen...
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 Environmental Protection Agency Region 6 awarded the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality a $574,573 Project Grant under the Surveys, Studies, Research, Investigations, Demonstrations, and Special Purpose Activities Relating to the Clean Air Act program (CFDA 66.034). The grant will enhance particulate matter 2.5 and other national ambient air quality standard pollutant monitoring in environmental justice communities facing disproportionate exposure and health risks associated...
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) was awarded a $124,000 Project Grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Administration and Resource Management under the Environmental Information Exchange Network Grant Program and Related Assistance (CFDA 66.608). The grant will fund the development of electronic permitting portals to streamline Title V air quality reporting and the permitting processes for Class II hydrocarbon storage and Class III brine mining...
This $1,000,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 6 under the Environmental Justice Government-to-Government (EJG2G) Program (CFDA 66.312) will fund the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) to acquire, fabricate, install, and certify equipment for a mobile air quality monitoring van. The van will conduct monitoring in underserved communities and after hurricanes/flooding events in Louisiana, providing air quality data on key...
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) 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 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...
This Project Grant award from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Toxic Substances Compliance Monitoring Cooperative Agreements program (CFDA 66.701) provides $125,873.00 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) for the period of October 1, 2024 to September 30, 2025. Through this grant, LDEQ will conduct 67 asbestos management plan (AMP) inspections in public and non-public elementary and secondary schools, investigate asbestos-related complaints in schools,...