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City Council Votes to Move Forward and Relocate Scotlandville Residents

A complicated and contentious situation is beginning to be resolved after an 8 – 4 vote yesterday, January 23, 2013, approving a public works project to build a buffer zone around the North Baton Rouge Waste Water Treatment Plant. An article in The Advocate today outlines the meeting: A complicated and contentious situation is beginning to be resolved after an 8 – 4 vote yesterday, January 23, 2013, approving a public works project to build a buffer zone around the North Baton Rouge Waste Water Treatment Plant.…
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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.…
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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.…
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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.…
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