[StBernard] EPA Awards Over $800, 000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards Over $800,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality 

  

(Dallas, Texas - October 13, 2009)  The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has awarded $809,652 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ).  The funds will be used by LDEQ to assist in the
implementation of its Nonpoint Source Management Plan which is designed to
meet the goals of the federal Clean Water Act.  Funding through this
cooperative agreement with LDEQ will support a variety of projects and will
help to address water quality problems in Louisiana. 

  

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 at
http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2009.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/oct2009.html>  

  

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