Louisiana State agencies LDEQ and LDH investigated for discrimination amid allegations State officials have let air pollution remain high and downplayed its threat to human health.
Letter: EPA finds strong evidence state agencies have left Black residents living near Denka and throughout the Chemical Corridor disproportionately exposed to harmful pollutants
by Joshua Rosenberg
October 12 2022
“Based on facts discovered thus far during EPA’s investigation, EPA issues this Letter to present significant evidence suggesting that the Departments’ actions or inactions have resulted and continue to result in disparate adverse impacts on Black residents of St. John the Baptist Parish, St. James Parish, and the Industrial Corridor,” Lilian Dorka, deputy assistant administrator for External Civil Rights at the EPA said in the letter addressed to LDEQ and LDH.
The EPA is conducting an ongoing investigation, in part, under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, into complaints the agencies discriminated on the basis of race against Black residents living in the region. The comments in Wednesday’s letter reflect the EPA’s initial investigation into the complaints.
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