HURRICANE UNIFIED COMMAND
Acadia Parish

[une 2006
Acadia Parish
Lafayette
Assumption
Vermilion
Iberia
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
AT A GLANCE
1	Wastewater Facility
Assessments
Industty Damage
Assessments
One of EPA and LDEQ's first
priorities was to ensure resi-
dents returning to all the cities
affected by the hurricanes had
safe water. In Acadia Parish, one wastewater treatment plant
was assessed for damage.
Completion Report
Left: EPA bulked
hazardous materials
for disposal.
Right: EPA tested
hazardous
materials at a
bulkingfaciiity.
Since September 2005, the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and the Louisi-
ana Department of Environ-
mental Quality (LDEQ) have
worked together to address
environmental hazards from
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita to
help Acadia Parish recover.
Next, EPA and LDEQ turned to hazardous waste storage, transfer
or disposal facilities. Throughout southern Louisiana facilities
were addressed, including 11 facilities in Acadia Parish. The
agencies conducted interviews and site visits to establish that
employees could return to work at facilities operating in accor-
dance 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 of 36 schools in Acadia Parish. Of
the 36 schools assessed 5 were found to have laboratories. The
five laboratories housed chemical containers that were found to
be damaged by the hurricanes, flood waters and/or heat expo-
sure. EPA and LDEQ, in coordination with the Louisiana State
Police and local fire departments, removed dangerous chemicals
from four schools. At the fifth school, EPA and LDEQ ensured the
chemicals were removed.

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