Reports: Environmental

How environment and workplace can affect our health

In response to the possibility of elevated risk modeled by NATA, EPA Region 6 and the Louisiana Department of Environmental (LDEQ) conducted preliminary ambient air sampling in March of 2016 to decide if a more extensive and comprehensive monitoring and assessment plan was needed. LDEQ collected instantaneous or “grab” samples and analyzed those samples using LDEQ’s Mobile Air Monitoring Lab (MAML). Additionally, EPA collected a small number of 8-hour and 24-hour canister samples. Both EPA’s and LDEQ’s air monitoring detected chloroprene off-site within and outside of a 1-mile radius of Denka.

The Louisiana Department of Health today released information regarding chloroprene emissions at the Denka Elastomer plant in LaPlace to officials in St. John the Baptist Parish. The assessment was prepared at the request of the Parish Council for the St. John School Board. 

This document was prepared to partially fulfill the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of Public Health, Center for Environmental Health Services (CEHS) reporting obligations under U.S. Environmental Protection Agencies (USEPA) BEACH grant program, Federal Assistance Agreement Numbers CU-97606401-0, CU-976992-01 and CU-96667101-0.

Louisiana, along with all other states began implementing a Capacity Development Program for new systems in January 1999 and for existing water systems in October 2000. As required by EPA, this report must be submitted to show the progress the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals (LDHH) has made toward improving the technical, managerial, and financial capacity of public water systems in the state from July 2010 to July 2011.

A revised Annual report submitted to EPA for the State Fiscal Year 2011, included in the application for the Federal Capitalization Grant Allotment depicting the intended uses of the funds.

A draft report describing how Louisiana has met its goals and objectives as stated in its Intended Use Plan and the Capitalization Grant Agreements for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2010.

The 1996 amendments to the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) added a new dimension to federal/state drinking water legislation called Capacity Development. Water system capacity is the ability to plan for, achieve, and maintain compliance with applicable drinking water standards. To achieve this goal, the Capacity Development Program is made up of three components: technical, managerial, and financial.

Part of the Intended Use Plan, a current list of all eligible applicants for DWRLF project funding.