The Environmental Protection Agency prepared separate “Watch List” for facilities in violation of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. According to the EPA, polluters on the “Watch Lists” may be serious or chronic offenders, alleged violators of regulations, and/or being tracked for compliance with a court order.… 
Louisiana Facilities on EPA Watch List
The Environmental Protection Agency prepared separate “Watch List” for facilities in violation of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. According to the EPA, polluters on the “Watch Lists” may be serious or chronic offenders, alleged violators of regulations, and/or being tracked for compliance with a court order.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Clean Water Act, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Louisiana, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Wilma Subra
Results of Samples of Fish Species Collected from the Pearl River on September 22, 2011
On August 9, 2011, the Temple-Inland Bogalusa Paperboard Mill began experiencing waste water problems. The multiple effect evaporator was in an upset condition and was effecting the black liquor waste water process and the waste water treatment process. Untreated or partially treated black liquor began to be discharged from the facility into the Pearl River.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: LMRK, None Detected, Pearl River, Pearl River Basin, Yellow Catfish
Alligator Bayou / Spanish Lake Update
Report addresses flood concerns, recommends dredging of Alligator Bayou and the restoring of a more natural hydrologic pattern
“In April, 2009, the Alligator Bayou floodgate was opened at the direction of Iberville Parish to drain water that had been held on privately owned land because the landowners were threatening a lawsuit against the Parish.…
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LEAN, LMRK Put Chronic Gulf Oil Polluter – Taylor Energy – On Notice
LEAN, LMRK, Waterkeeper Alliance & Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Serve Notice of Intent to Sue Under Federal Environmental Laws, Targeting Chronic Oil Spill from the “Taylor Wells” in the Gulf of Mexico
LEAN, LMRK, Waterkeeper Alliance & Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Serve Notice of Intent to Sue Under Federal Environmental Laws, Targeting Chronic Oil Spill from the “Taylor Wells” in the Gulf of Mexico
New Orleans, LA- Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper along with Waterkeeper Alliance and several Gulf Coast Waterkeeper organizations announced today that Taylor Energy Co.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Clean Water Act, Gulf of Mexico, Taylor Wells, Waterkeeper Alliance
2011 State of the Gulf Report
On April 20, 2010, the Deepwater Horizon exploded and the lives of eleven people were lost. Nine days later oil began to hit the wetlands of coastal Louisiana. Between April 22 and July 15, 2010, it is estimated that 250 million gallons of crude oil were discharged from the Deepwater Horizon well and 1.84 million gallons of Corexit 9500 and 9527, toxic oil dispersant products, were applied, making the largest percentage of the oil unrecoverable, with unknown long-term environmental impacts.… Pearl River Fish Kill Update: LEAN Files Notice Of Intent
Click here for the NOI document.
In response to the devastating aquatic organism kill in the Pearl River Basin caused by the discharge of pollution by the Temple Inland paper mill in Bogalusa, LA, LEAN has filed a Notice Of Intent to file a citizens suite against Temple Inland for failure to comply with their water pollution control permit, the Clean Water Act, Louisiana state law and violation of the Endangered Species Act.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Clean Water Act, Endangered Species Act, Louisiana, Temple Inland, Temple Inland Discharge
LMRK Investigates Massive Fish Kill in Pearl River Basin
As you may have heard the Temple-Inland Inc. paper mill in Bogalusa, LA discharged chemical laden effluent into the Pearl River late last week resulting in a fish kill.
On Tuesday, August 16, 2011 Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper was contacted by Jerry Wagnon, a concerned citizen and 30 year veteran of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (retired).…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Davis Landing, Jerry Wagnon, Louisiana, Pearl River, Pearl River Basin, Porters Bayou
Gulf Monitoring Consortium, LMRK Report 1 Breton Sound
Leaking Well Follow Up for Gulf Monitoring Consortium
Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper Patrol of Breton Sound June 17, 2011
The delta of the Mississippi River is like no other place on earth. Its vast and ever changing landscape is a beautiful maze that can feel a million miles from civilization.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Decaying Infrastructure, Gulf Monitoring Consortium, Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, oil, Waterkeeper Alliance
Atchafalaya River Cresting in Morgan City and Backwater Flooding Impacts
by Wilma SubraMay 30, 2011for the Louisiana Environmental Action Network and the Lower Mississippi RIVERKEEPER
As a result of the Mississippi River flood of 2011, the Atchafalaya River at Morgan City crested on May 30, 2011. The Atchafalaya River flood waters were a result of Mississippi River floodwaters being diverted into the Atchafalaya River at the Old River Control Complex north east of Simmesport, Louisiana and into the Atchafalaya Basin by the Morganza Spillway east of Melville, Louisiana.… Morganza Spillway/Floodway and Old River Control Structure
Diverting Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya River and Atchafalaya Basin
Update and Ground Patrol for Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Lower Mississippi Riverkeeper
by Wilma Subra May 20, 2011
Morganza Spillway Structure
The Morganza Spillway east of Melville, Louisiana, was opened on May 14, 2011, to divert Mississippi River water into the Atchafalaya Basin.…
Posted in LMRK News Feed Tagged with: Atchafalaya Basin, Diverting Mississippi River, Low Sill Structure, MISSISSIPPI RIVER, National Guard
