Complaints
Complaints
Apalachicola Riverkeeper et al. v. Taylor Energy Co, No. 12-cv-337 (E.D. La.) (Alleging that an oil spill from a destroyed Gulf of Mexico offshore platform has continued for more than seven years in violation of the Clean Water Act and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.) (101-127) (2/2/12)
Holy Cross Neighborhood Association et al. v. U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers, No. 10-cv-1715 (E.D. La.) (Alleging that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Industrial Canal lock replacement project violates the National Environmental Policy Act and the Clean Water Act) (112-004.1) (6/10/10)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. City of Baton Rouge and Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 10-cv-187 (M.D. La.) (Alleging ongoing Clean Water Act violations at three Baton Rouge sewage treatment plants and also alleging that the plants violate interim limits set in a federal consent decree) (101-117) (3/22/10)
In re Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Permit Decision re: Harrelson Materials Management, Inc. Type III Construction & Demolition Debris / Woodwaste Landfill Permit, No. 585242 (19th Jud. Dist.) (Challenging a LDEQ permit for the Harrelson landfill because of, inter alia, improper zoning, lack of an adequate environmental assessment, and the agency’s failure to consider compliance problems) (101-113.1) (12/7/09)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Sun Drilling Products Corp., No. 09-cv-7389 (E.D. La.) (Alleging violations of a Clean Water Act permit at a Belle Chasse, Louisiana drilling mud lubricant manufacturing facility) (101-120) (11/19/09)
Little Tchefuncte River Association, Gulf Restoration Network, and Matthew Allen v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, No. 583984 (19th Jud. Dist.) (Challenging LDEQ’s reissuance of permit that allows discharge of sewage treatment effluent into streams designated as outstanding natural resource Waters without regard to the availability of alternatives) (167-001.1) (10/28/09)
Sierra Club, Alliance for Affordable Energy, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, and O’Neil Couvillion v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, No. C583878 (19th Jud. Dist. Court) (Appealing LDEQ’s modification of a Clean Air Act permit for a coal and petroleum coke burning power plant) (126-014.3) (10/23/09)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Concerned Citizens of Livingston Parish v. Jackson,No. 42:7604 (D.D.C.) (Seeking to compel EPA to rule on the Plaintiffs’ petition for an EPA objection to an LDEQ air permit for Waste Management of Louisiana’s Woodside Landfill) (101-093.3) (10/13/09)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network and Mr. O’Neil Couvillion v. Tommy Martinez, No. 93387B (23rd Jud. Dist.) (Alleging that the Ascension Parish President drained Alligator Bayou and Spanish Lake without legal authority) (101-118) (7/31/09)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Jackson, No. 09-cv-01333 (D.D.C.) (Seeking an injunction to require EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality to implement Clean Air Act provisions to protect Louisiana residents from dangerous levels of ozone pollution) (101-100) (7/17/09)
Concerned Citizens of Independence v. DoRan Seafood, LLC, No. 09-cv-2833 (E.D. La.) (Alleging that DoRan Seafood discharges waste that passes through and interferes with a municipal sewage treatment plant in the Town of Independence, Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana, causing violations of Clean Water Act standards for discharges into the Tangipahoa River.)
(162-001) (2/19/09)
Alliance for Affordable Energy v. Louisiana Public Service Commission, No. 568378 (19th Jud. Dist.) (Appealing the Commission’s approval of Entergy Louisiana, LLC’s plan to repower the Little Gypsy power plant, Unit 3, in Montz, Louisiana, to burn coal and petroleum coke, fuels that will increase emissions of global warming gases)
(126-016.1) (6/30/08)
In re: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Permitting Decision: Permit for Louisiana Generating, LLC Big Cajun I Power Plant Air Permitting Decisions, No. 564241 (19th Jud. Dist.) (Appealing decision granting Title V and related air permits, which petitioners Sierra Club, Louisiana Environmental Action Network, the Alliance for Affordable Energy, and Mr. O’Neil Couvillion allege violate provisions of the Clean Air Act and Louisiana air regulations)
(126-014) (2/19/08)
St. Bernard Citizens For Environmental Quality and Louisiana Bucket Brigade v. Chalmette Refining, LLC, No. 04-0398 (E.D. La.) (Citizen suit seeking civil penalties and an injunction against 1) excessive oil refinery emissions due to equipment breakdowns; 2) violations of permit limits for benzene; 3) violations of performance standards for flares; and 4) reporting violations, under the Clean Air Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act)
(151-001) (2/12/04)
George Washington, Concerned Citizens of St. Helena Parish and Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. St. Helena Parish Police Jury, No. 18370 (21st Jud. Dist.) (Seeking to have a 50-year contract with MMR St. Helena, LLC for a landfill set aside as outside the powers of the police jury and for violations of the Open Meetings Law)
(101-077) (11/7/03)
Concerned Citizens Coalition v. Federal Highway Administration, No. 03-292-A-M2 (M. D. La.) (Alleging that the Federal Highway Administration violated the National Environmental Policy Act, the National Historic Preservation Act, and § 4(f) of the Department of Transportation Act when approving construction of an elevated highway through the heart of Lafayette’s historic district)
(145-001) (4/15/03)
Concerned Citizens of New Sarpy v. Orion Refining Corp, No. 01-3704 (E.D. La.) (Clean Air Act citizen suit to enforce permit at oil refinery)
(143-001) (1/22/02)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, No. 488025 (19th Jud. Dist.) (Seeking remand of an air emission permit for the Georgia-Pacific Port Hudson paper mill in Eunice, La. because of LDEQ’s failure to conduct an environmental assessment before authorizing increased air emissions of volatile organic compounds in an area that already violates federal health-protection standards for ozone pollution)
(101-037) (9/21/01)
Louisiana Environmental Action Network v. Whitman, No. 00-879-A (M.D. La.) (Clean Air Act citizen suit to compel EPA to reclassify the Baton Rouge area as “severe” for failing to attain the federal health protection standard for ozone pollution)
(101-001) (11/22/00)