HURRICANE UNIFIED COMMAND
Beauregard Parish

August 2006
Completion Report
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AT A GLANCE
7	Drinking Water Plant
Assessments
Since September 2005, the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Louisiana
Department of Environmental
Quality (LDEQ) have worked
together to address
environmental hazards from
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to
help Beauregard 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. Through-
out Beauregard Parish, seven assessments were conducted at
drinking water facilities.
12
14
Industry Damage
Assessments
School Lab
Assessments
Beaurngard Parish
Calcasieu	Jeffcrton Owls
Cameron
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, 12 facilities in Beauregard Parish were addressed. The
site visits and interviews established that employees could return to
work at facilities operating in accordance with federal and state regu-
lations.
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 hurricanes, by
flood waters and/or from heat exposure. EPA and LDEQ, in coordina-
tion with the Louisiana State Police and local fire departments, re-
moved dangerous chemicals from schools in southern Louisiana.
Fourteen schools in Beauregard Parish were assessed; chemicals
were removed from 4 of them.
Left: EPA testing hazardous materials to transport to a packaging
facility for disposal or recycling.

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