[StBernard] EPA Awards Over $900, 000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

[Westley Annis]

EPA Awards Over $900,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality 

(Dallas, Texas - December 7, 2009)  The Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) has awarded $932,000 to the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ).  The funds will be used to provide alternative water
supplies and relocation of residents at sites where underground storage tank
releases occurred and the responsible party is unknown, unwilling or unable
to respond. The funds will also be used for investigations, emergency
responses, remediation and risk assessment. 

  

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/dec2009.html
<http://www.epa.gov/region6/6xa/podcast/dec2009.html>  

  

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