NOTICE OF OPPORTUNITY
FOR PUBLIC COMMENT ON PROPOSED
SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
AND SOUTHLAND INDUSTRIAL COATINGS LLC
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Southland Industrial Coatings
LLC (Respondent), Agency Interest Number 2093, have entered into a proposed
settlement agreement, Settlement Tracking No. SA-HE-25-0082, 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. HE-CN-23-00325.
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 70821-
4302, Attention: Oscar Magee, 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 Form (DEO Form ISD-0005-01). The form and instructions for
completion may be found on the DEO 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.