La. can't answer pollution question

Mississippi environmental regulators checked the emissions of a large wood pellet mill operating a few miles from the Louisiana line, they found pollution levels two times higher than the legal limit. 

In Louisiana, two mills nearly identical to the Gloster, Miss., mill operate under the same British owner (Drax) and produce the same product with the same equipment.

Are the Louisiana mills, located in Bastrop and Urania, also tainting the air with large quantities of formaldehyde, methanol and other chemicals? It's a question Louisiana’s environmental regulators can’t answer. 

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality does not require testing for these pollutants,” said Patrick Anderson, an attorney for the Environmental Integrity Project advocacy organization. 

But when Mississippi tested their site, they learned the mill was putting out 50 tons of hazardous air pollutants annually, blowing past the legal limit by two-fold.

The three mills are owned by Drax, an England-based energy company that operates Britain’s largest power station. (NOLA.com 0709/23) Testing lacking for Louisiana mill pollution, activists say | Environment | nola.com