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U.S. Justice Department dismisses 'Cancer Alley' lawsuit against Louisiana chemical plant
A federal lawsuit accusing a synthetic rubber plant in LaPlace of exposing neighbors to unacceptably high cancer risks from the facility’s emissions has been dismissed in a bid by the Trump administration to root out “environmental justice” initiatives. -
EPA proposes timetable to settle air emission concerns in 'Cancer Alley' lawsuit
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed an agreement to settle litigation filed by Concerned Citizens of St. John that alleges the agency failed to revise air pollution standards affecting a region of Louisiana dubbed “Cancer Alley.” -
Shreveport refinery to appeal EPA ruling on renewable fuel blending requirements
A Shreveport refinery has filed an appeal with the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge a recent federal Environmental Protection Agency decision revoking the refinery’s previously granted exemption from a requirement to blend renewable fuel with gasoline. -
EPA probes racial bias in Louisiana air pollution permitting process
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched a probe into whether Louisiana’s environmental and health agencies have violated federal law by allowing dangerous air pollution in the predominantly Black John the Baptist Parish. -
Judge shoots down Biden's Social Cost of Carbon executive order
LAKE CHARLES, Louisiana – A federal judge has granted a request by states to halt the Biden Administration’s Social Cost of Carbon executive order. -
Federal class action over chemical emissions at LaPlant facility gets green light
A federal appeals court has breathed new life into a class action lawsuit alleging that St. John the Baptist Parish residents were exposed to unsafe levels of the chemical chloroprene from a plant that manufacturers synthetic rubber. -
Firestone Polymers to agrees to $3.35 million settlement to resolve pollution issues
Firestone Polymers LLC has agreed to pay $3.35 million in civil penalties to federal and state environmental agencies to settle litigation stemming from excess emissions at the company’s synthetic rubber plant near Lake Charles. -
Federal lawsuit calls on EPA to regulate PVC as toxic substance
An environmental group is suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over its failure to regulate polyvinyl chloride, or PVC, as a toxic material – a position that is being challenged by plastics manufacturers in Louisiana and elsewhere. -
Lawsuit against EPA takes aim at industrial flare pollution
Several environmental groups are suing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to review and update its regulations governing industrial flares in a case that could have repercussions for Louisiana’s energy industry. -
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE OF LOUISIANA: Western District of Louisiana U.S. Attorney's Office Collects More Than $44 Million in Civil and Criminal Actions for U.S. Taxpayers in Fiscal Year 2019
United States Attorney David C. Joseph announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana collected over $44 million in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2019. -
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY: EPA and Partners Announce Sunoco Pipeline and Mid-Valley Pipeline Settle Oil Spill Violations with $5M Civil Penalty
In the latest joint federal-state Clean Water Act enforcement action, Sunoco Pipeline L.P. has agreed to pay civil penalties and state enforcement costs and to implement corrective measures to resolve alleged violations of the Clean Water Act and state environmental laws by Sunoco and Mid-Valley Pipeline Company stemming from three crude oil spills in 2013, 2014, and 2015, in Texas, Louisiana, and Oklahoma. -
EPA's regional haze rule beaten back by lawsuit
NEW ORLEANS (Legal Newsline) – After a federal appeals court put a stay on the Environmental Protection Agency's regional haze regulations in Texas and Oklahoma, the agency announced last year it was dropping the issue. -
Louisiana waiting for feds' response to EPA ozone regulation suit
WASHINGTON – Louisiana is among a coalition of states awaiting a response from federal attorneys to its opening brief in a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new ozone limits. -
Gulf of Mexico oil producer fined $4 million for violating federal regulations
NEW ORLEANS — After pleading guilty to violating offshore oil production safety and environmental regulations, a district court judge sentenced Energy Resource Technology GOM (ERT) to three years of probation, and ordered the company to pay a $4 million fine and a $200,000 community service payment last week. -
Two Louisiana environmental groups petition EPA to stop paper mill discharge into Arkansas creek
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Louisiana Record) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has received a petition from two Louisiana environmental advocacy groups seeking to stop an Arkansas paper mill's daily discharge of millions of gallons of wastewater, an EPA spokesman said. -
Companies claim that the EPA is unlawfully delaying permits
NEW ORLEANS – The Environmental Protection Agency is being challenged regarding the organization’s objection to state-issued permits given to a steel company. -
Lawson Environmental Services accuses business partner of contract breach
NEW ORLEANS – A Terrebonne Parish environmental company says its business partner broke an agreement to help it complete an Environmental Protection Agency contract. -
La. AG commissioner celebrates federal court ruling against WOTUS enforcement
BATON ROUGE – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit recently issued a nationwide stay temporarily prohibiting the enforcement of the Clean Water Act (CWA), much to the approval of Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry Commissioner Mike Strain. -
2 people sue Volkswagen, alleging false claims
A Louisiana woman and Mississippi man are suing Volkswagen, alleging their cars do not comply with Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations. -
Breaux Bridge sues oil companies over alleged groundwater contamination due to gasoline additive
ALEXANDRIA – The City of Breaux Bridge is suing some of the largest oil companies in the world claiming a gasoline additive has tainted the city’s water supply.