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• EPA enters into Consent Agreement and Issues Final Order to Denka Performance Elastomer in LaPlace, La., for Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency entered into a consent agreement with Denka Performance Elastomer, LLC and issued a final order to address certain waste management practices at the company’s facility in LaPlace, Louisiana.

  • Release Date: December 28, 2022

• Limitless Vistas Inc to receive $500,000 to Fund Environmental Job Training Programs

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that the Louisiana based company, Limitless Vistas Inc (LVI) will receive $500,000 in grants funded through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for environmental job training programs.

  • Release Date: December 15, 2022

• EPA Announces $5 million for Louisiana in Brownfields Funding

  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that four Louisiana agencies will receive a total of $5 million in Brownfield grant funding.

  • Release Date: October 6, 2022

• EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Gulf Guardian Award

  • Release Date: April 27, 2022

• EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement with Allied BioScience Addresses Alleged Claims of SurfaceWise2 Product and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

  • Release Date: March 10, 2022

• EPA Announces New Mexico & Louisiana Sites Will Receive Part of First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog

  Initial resources will also accelerate cleanup for dozens of additional Superfund projects

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Mexico & Louisiana Sites Will Receive Part of First $1B from Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Funds to Clear Out the Superfund Backlog

  • Release Date: December 17, 2021

• Firestone Polymers Agrees to Settle Multiple Environmental Claims at its Sulphur, La., Rubber Manufacturing Plant

  EPA News Release: Firestone Polymers Agrees to Settle Multiple Environmental Claims at its Sulphur, La., Rubber Manufacturing Plant

  • Release Date: September 30, 2021

• EPA Settlement Addresses Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at US Technology Site in Fort Smith, Ark.

  EPA News Release: EPA Settlement Addresses Alleged Hazardous Waste Violations at US Technology Site in Fort Smith, Ark.

  • Release Date: August 3, 2021

• Former Asbestos Contractor Sentenced for Theft of Federal Program Funds

  EPA News Release: Former Asbestos Contractor Sentenced for Theft of Federal Program Funds

  • Release Date: June 25, 2021

• EPA Announces Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Louisiana Dept. of Environmental Quality to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 10, 2021

• EPA Announces Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Jefferson Parish Economic Development Commission to Receive $600,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 10, 2021

• EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Chicot County, Ark., to Receive $300,000 in Brownfields Assessment Funding

  • Release Date: June 1, 2021

• EPA selects Limitless Vistas to provide environmental job training in New Orleans

  EPA News Release: EPA selects Limitless Vistas to provide environmental job training in New Orleans

  • Release Date: March 19, 2021