NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AND SAVANNAHS DEVELOPMENT LLC
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Savannahs Development LLC
(Respondent), Agency Interest Number 226207, have entered into a proposed settlement
agreement, Settlement Tracking No. SA-WE-25-0094, concerning the State's allegations
of environmental violations by Respondent at its facility in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana,
which allegations are set forth in Consolidated Compliance Order & Notice of Potential
Penalty, Enforcement Tracking No. WE-CN-24-00267, and other violations included in
the settlement and which are not in the Consolidated Compliance Order & Notice of
Potential Penalty.
The Department of Environmental Quality will accept comments on the proposed
settlement for the next forty-five (45) days. The public is invited and encouraged to
submit written comments to the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Office
of the Secretary, Legal Division, Post Office Box 4302, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
708214302, Attention: Ashley S. Hurst, Attorney. All comments will be considered by
the Department of Environmental Quality in reaching a decision on whether to make the
settlement final.
Terms and conditions of the proposed settlement agreement may be reviewed on the
Department of Environmental Quality's website at www.deq.louisiana.gov, by selecting
About LDEQ, Enforcement, and Settlements. The document may also be viewed at, and
copies obtained from, the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, Public
Records Center, Room 127, Galvez Building, 602 North Fifth Street, Baton Rouge,
Louisiana 70802. To request a copy of the proposed settlement, submit a completed Public
Record Request Forth (DEQ Form ISD-0005-01). The form and instructions for
completion may be found on the DEQ Website at the following address:
http://deq.louisiana.gov/assets/docs/General/PublicRecordsRequestForm.pdf, or by calling
the Customer Service Center at 1-866-896-5337.
Pursuant to La. R.S. 30:2050.7(D), the Department of Environmental Quality may hold a
public hearing regarding this proposed settlement when either of the following conditions
are met: 1) a written request for public hearing has been filed by twenty-five (25) persons,
by a governmental subdivision or agency, or by an association having not less than
twenty-five (25) members who reside in the parish in which the facility is located; or 2)
the secretary finds a significant degree of public interest in this settlement.
For further information, you may call the Legal Division of the Louisiana Department of
Environmental Quality at (225) 219-3985.