[StBernard] EPA Awards Over $2 Million to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards Over $2 Million to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality 

  

(Dallas, Texas - September 28, 2009)  The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has awarded $2,024,378 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ).  LDEQ will use these funds to administer the state's water
quality program which aims to prevent, reduce, and eliminate water pollution
through standard-setting, monitoring, permitting and enforcement activities.
These funds will also assist LDEQ in administering the state's environmental
management programs which monitor, abate and control hazardous and solid
waste and air pollution. 

  

Additional information on EPA grants:
http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/gandf/index.htm>  

  

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

  

EPA audio file is available for 30 days at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/sep2009.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/aug2009.html>  

  

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