[StBernard] News Release (Region 6): EPA awards $200, 000 to LDEQ to improve data quality

[Westley Annis]

EPA awards $200,000 to LDEQ to improve data quality 

(Dallas, Texas - March 5, 2009)  The Environmental Protection Agency has
awarded $200,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to
manage enforcement and compliance programs for improved data quality.  The
management project will require the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality to improve the flow of state data to the Airs Facility System (AFS)
by pinpointing and addressing current data gaps, creating an automated
process to link actions involving High Priority Violators (HPV), and
establishing a tool to generate compliance status.  

Additional information on EPA Air Program:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/air/index.htm 

More about activities in EPA Region 6: http://www.epa.gov/region6 

EPA audio file is available for 30 days at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/audio.htm#audio030509_ldeq 

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