HURRICANE UNIFIED COMMAND
Terrebonne Parish

August 2006
Completion Report
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
ATAGUNCE
2
Drinking Water Plant
Assessment
101
Wastewater Facility
Assessments
35
industiy Damage
Assessments
258
Hazardous Materials
Containers Collected
3.438
# of Appliances from
which Freon was
Extracted
49
School Lab Assess-
ments
Since September 2005, the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana
Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ) have worked
together to address environ-
mental hazards from Hurricanes
Katrina and Rita to help Terre-
bonne Parish
recover.
One of EPA and LDEQ's first
priorities was to ensure
residents returning to all the
cities affected by the hurricanes
had safe drinking water.
Throughout Terrebonne Parish,
two assessment were con-
ducted at drinking water facili-
ties. Similarly, 101 wastewater
treatment plants were assessed
for damage.
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Parish
Above: EPA assessing a school chemistry lab.
Right: EPA collecting household hazardous waste
for disposal or recycle.
Next, EPA and LDEQ turned to federally-permitted facilities. The
agencies conducted interviews and site visits at hazardous waste
storage, transfer or disposal facilities through March 2006. During
this time, facilities in southern Louisiana were addressed, including
35 facilities in Terrebonne Parish. The site visits and interviews
established that employees could return to work at facilities oper-
ating in accordance with federal and state regulations.
Because of concerns that damaged chemicals in school biology
and chemistry laboratories could cause a health hazard, EPA and
LDEQ conducted assessments at schools in southern Louisiana.
Some chemical containers were found to be damaged by the hurri-
canes, by flood waters and/or from heat exposure. EPA and LDEQ,
in coordination with the Louisiana State Police and local fire
departments, removed dangerous
chemicals from schools in south-
ern Louisiana. Forty-nine schools
in Terrebonne Parish were as-
sessed; chemicals were removed
from six of them.

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