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You are using an outdated browser. Please upgrade your browser to improve your experience. Skip to Main Content LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY | Secretary Chuck Carr Brown, PhD. A DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA Public Records eBusiness Contact Us Report an Environmental Incident Search toggle menu About LDEQ Air Land Water Emergency & Radiation Quicklinks Public Records eBusiness Directory -- Contact Us File a Complaint SUBMIT Top Stories Louisiana Environmental Conference and Trade Fair Visit the link learn more and to register! Learn More Top Stories Discover DEQ Newsletter – December 2019 What's Inside? EWOCDS system protects drinking water, Message from the Secretary, LDEQ produces video on electronic recycling, and more! Learn More Top Stories Open burning household waste is illegal in Louisiana The (LDEQ) reminds residents that any open burning of household waste, solid waste and chemicals is illegal in the state of Louisiana – whether conducted on private property or not. Open burning is harmful to those conducting the open burn as well as their families, neighbors, pets and livestock. The ash generated from an open burn contains toxic materials that contaminate our air, soil and ground water. Learn More Previous Next Current Air Quality Data For Citizens The seeks to provide citizens with all the resources they need to be envionmentally responsible. Go! For Businesses The seeks to provide businesses with all the resources they need to be envionmentally responsible. Go! For Government The seeks to provide government with all the resources they need to be envionmentally responsible. Go! For Educators The seeks to provide educators with all the resources they need to be environmentally responsible. Go! EDMS Electronic Document Management System -- Our Mission The mission of the Department of Environmental Quality is to provide service to the people of Louisiana through comprehensive environmental protection in order to promote and protect health, safety and welfare while considering sound policies that are consistent with statutory mandates. The department is divided into the following offices: The Office of the Secretary The Office of Management and Finance The Office of Environmental Services The Office of Environmental Compliance The Office of Environmental Assessment A Message from the Secretary LDEQ Secretary Dr. Chuck Carr Brown welcomes you to our new website. We hope you enjoy it! See Full Message LDEQ NEWS CATEGORIES Top Stories Air News Emergency Declarations News Release Environmental Update Regulations Public Alerts Louisiana Environmental Conference and Trade Fair January 08, 2020 Discover DEQ Newsletter – December 2019 December 23, 2019 LDEQ to host CDX/NetDMR assistance sessions in January 2020 December 23, 2019 State of Emergency - Severe Weather of 16 December 2019 December 19, 2019 Open burning household waste is illegal in Louisiana December 18, 2019 LDEQ to host webinar: Louisiana&aposs Approach to the TMDL Program December 10, 2019 VIEW ALL TOP STORIES Connect With Us SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL Sign Up For Our Monthly Newsletter SIGNUP Quicklinks Employee Email Access Regional Offices Forms Calendar Job Announcements Propose a BEP Contact Us 602 N. Fifth Street Baton Rouge, LA 70802 1-866-896-LDEQ webmaster-deq@la.gov LOCATION CALL LDEQ EMAIL LDEQ Select Language Afrikaans Albanian Arabic Belarusian Bulgarian Catalan Chinese (Simplified) Chinese (Traditional) Croatian Czech Danish Dutch Estonian Filipino Finnish French Galician German Greek Hebrew Hindi Hungarian Icelandic Indonesian Irish Italian Japanese Korean Latvian Lithuanian Macedonian Malay Maltese Norwegian Persian Polish Portuguese Romanian Russian Serbian Slovak Slovenian Spanish Swahili Swedish Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese Welsh Yiddish -- × Site Feedback Please enter your comment or question about the website here. If you have a comment about the Department or need further information, visit our contact page in the upper right corner of the website. Close Submit × Sign Up For Our Monthly Newsletter You have been added to our Monthly Newsletter email list. Thank you for your interest!...