Louisiana_Department_of_Environmental_Quality

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

State agency of Louisiana, USA

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) (French: Département de Qualité Environnemental de Louisiane) is a state agency of Louisiana that monitors the environment of the state. It is headquartered in the Galvez Building in downtown Baton Rouge.[1]

Structure

The Department of Environmental Quality is split up into 5 sections:[2]

History

The Stream Control Commission from 1940 to 1979 was the first regulatory commission dealing with water in Louisiana. Typed transcripts for each SCC meeting during the 1970s exist in the archives of the DEQ.The transcripts list each facility discussed at the meeting. "In most cases, the regulations are contained within the proceedings themselves."[3]

The DEQ publishes annual reports since 2016.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Contact Information Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine." Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. Retrieved on September 28, 2010.
  2. [2]
    "About LDEQ | Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality". deq.louisiana.gov. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. [3]
    Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (2023-03-20). "Information & Records FAQs". www.deq.louisiana.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-19.
  4. [4]
    Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality. "Annual Reports Archives". www.deq.louisiana.gov. Retrieved 2023-03-19.


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