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State environmental agency to take closer look at red dust plan, parish ready to cover red dust Play Video
March 8, 2024 4:52 PM
GONZALES - Ascension Parish leaders say they are another step closer to enclosing an old bauxite site for good. The parish, along with state representatives met with the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and LAlumina a few days after people reported dust flying in the parish . Ascension Government... more » -
State DEQ secretary visits Ascension Parish industrial site linked to red dust clouds
September 19, 2023 8:53 PM
GONZALES - The Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday visited the source of a recurring "red dust cloud" that has led to near-daily complaints lately from nearby residents. Officials told WBRZ that Roger Gingles and several members of his staff visited the former Lalumina LLC... more » -
Smell in the air being investigated by LDEQ; officials give update Thursday Play Video
October 21, 2020 6:05 PM
BATON ROUGE - It's one of the worst smells Carlas Williams says she's ever smelled in her life. "We don't know what it is," she said. "It smells like raw sewage; it's horrible." Williams says she first started smelling the strong odor in August along Airline Highway near... more » -
Confirmed: Chemicals found in groundwater in Ascension neighborhood Play Video
August 13, 2019 6:01 PM
PRAIRIEVILLE - A dumping site in Ascension Parish thought to have been cleaned up years ago is still contaminated. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality has been monitoring the area at the end of Tiger Heights Road for years. Months ago it was called out to the area to... more » -
On Your Side investigation: Chemicals found in groundwater in Ascension neighborhood Play Video
May 15, 2019 1:09 PM
PRAIRIEVILLE - The Department of Environmental Quality says it's monitoring chemicals, tied to a decades-old dumping, that was found in an Ascension Parish neighborhood. The department has been monitoring the neighborhood on Tiger Heights Road after drums of chemicals were found buried in the early 80s. DEQ says equipment... more » -
Mystery red sludge spills at old Baton Rouge tannery Play Video
April 9, 2019 10:21 PM
BATON ROUGE - The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality is investigating a chemical spill at what they believe to be an old tannery on Kincaid Avenue off Choctaw Road. A red liquid spilled Monday afternoon from dozens of blue drums with ominous warning labels onto a parking lot and into... more » -
LDEQ advisory map tells you where not to fish or swim Play Video
February 13, 2019 6:41 PM
BATON ROUGE - There's a new way to tell if an area is safe to swim in or eat fish out of. The interactive map posted lets people know if a Louisiana waterway is polluted in some way and an advisory is posted. The map allows visitors to click... more » -
MoDad Utilities issues short-lived rate decrease, provides update Play Video
January 18, 2019 6:35 PM
DENHAM SPRINGS - About 8,000 utility customers got a letter in the mail last month explaining that their rates are going down, but the change is short-lived. Sewer company Modad Utilities was approved for a rate hike in 2017 after promising much-needed repairs would be implemented. However, a financial... more » -
Rate increases for Mo-Dad Utilities customers anger some Play Video
April 3, 2017 6:55 PM
BATON ROUGE - Customers who use Mo-Dad Utilities will be getting a higher bill in the mail this week. A rate increase was approved by the Public Service Commission in March. President of Mo-Dad Utilities William Stegall, Sr. says the rate increase is necessary to fund improvements required by... more » -
What to know about debris organizing and pickup
August 22, 2016 11:27 PM
BATON ROUGE - This past weekend, many homeowners started to gut their homes, piling items and soiled possessions at the curb. "It looks like a bomb went off," said Jason Myer about the cleanup in his neighborhood. The debris will be going to multiple landfills across the area.... more » -
Louisiana lawmakers unanimously request open burning study
May 31, 2016 4:19 PM
BATON ROUGE - The Department of Environmental Quality will study the open burning of hazardous waste in Louisiana, under a resolution from state lawmakers. With a 92-0 vote Tuesday, the House gave final passage to the resolution from Rep. Gene Reynolds, a Minden Democrat. The Senate already had unanimously... more » -
Ordinance committee to address controversial gravel pit laws
April 5, 2016 4:48 AM
WATSON- An ordinance committee in Livingston Parish is expected to address controversial gravel pit laws Tuesday. Gravel pits have a point of controversy in the parish for the past two years. The issue first came to light back in 2014 when Southern Aggregates, a gravel mining company, announced plans to... more » -
Stinky smell causes uproar after dumping in Holden Play Video
September 29, 2015 6:48 PM
HOLDEN - Some people say a nasty odor is keeping them from enjoying the outdoors in Livingston Parish. The residents in Holden say the smell is coming from piles of something dumped by a company named Darpro. Darpro turns used cooking grease and oil into diesel and says it is... more »