High-tech helicopter infrared-camera surveillance across six regions in Louisiana in 2021 has led to EPA pollution violation notices for a list of O&G facilities, documents and officials say. The overflights and notices have only recently come to light publicly through Environmental Protection Agency document filings. The flights' targeting included the Mississippi River chemical corridor between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, rural areas as far north as Shreveport, and the areas of Lafayette, Morgan City and Lake Charles. The EPA has handed out nine violation notices to O&G firms operating in Louisiana. The surveillance monitored more than 150 facilities between Aug. 14 and Sept. 24, 2021, said an EPA spokesperson. Hydrocarbon emissions were detected from approximately 47 unique sources at 29 different facilities. EPA sent notification letters and received responses from all 29 facilities. EPA would not release the letters and responses and has turned down a media FoIA request for the records. However, notices of violations issued between May and December 2022 to nine of the facilities were recently posted to an EPA public database.
The EPA violation notices cited each company for violation of Louisiana regulations limiting the emission of organic compounds. The companies listed included:
*Bayou Bouillon Operating LLC production facility near Butte LaRose.
*Columbia Gulf Transmission Company – Rayne Compressor Station in Acadia Parish.
*ETC Field Services, LLC – Dubach (La.) Cryogenic Plant.
*Harvest Midstream Co. – Kaplan Gas Plant in Abbeville.
*John W. Stone Oil Distribution, LLC – Gretna terminal.
*Kinetica Deepwater Express – Patterson terminal.
*Texas Petroleum Investment Co. Weeks Island East Facility in Iberia Parish. (NOLA.com 01/27/23) High-tech flights prompt Louisiana pollution notices | Environment | nola.com
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