Pre-approval Number: ## Agency Interest Number: ## State of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Services Administrative Order Authorization for Pre-approved Emergency Debris Site The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) recognizes that immediately following a natural disaster, the time required to choose, approve, and prepare emergency debris sites to receive debris can significantly delay the removal of emergency generated debris from affected areas. LDEQ aims to reduce these delays by authorizing local governments and state agencies to activate emergency debris sites immediately after the declaration of an emergency by the Secretary of LDEQ. Therefore, I hereby authorize the <<Local Government or State Agency>> to conduct <<approved activity>> of <<type>> debris at the site described below, in compliance with the requirements and conditions set forth in Appendix A. Part XI. Section(s) <indicate which section(s)>, if and when LDEQ declares that an emergency exists. Only the authorized activities listed above shall be conducted at the debris site. Site Name: <<Site Name>> Location: <<Site Address>> in <<municipality>>, <<Parish>> Front Gate: Latitude: <<latitude>> and Longitude: <<longitude>> Agency Interest Number: AI ## Pre-approval Number: PEDS## The following specific requirements are required <<add any specific requirements for this facility here or delete>>. LDEQ may approve additional staging activities on a case-by-case basis during an emergency. This Order and the authorization to operate a pre-approved emergency debris site shall expire on June 1, 2012, unless otherwise notified in writing by LDEQ. Issued on ______________________________ Sam L. Phillips Assistant Secretary APPENDIX A Requirements and Conditions EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS The governor may declare that an emergency exists in specified areas, resulting from natural or man made events. Similarly, the President of the United States may declare certain areas to be disaster areas. In order to obtain financial and technical assistance for managing an emergency through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a request for federal financial assistance must be made through FEMA (see FEMA website at ). FEMA requires that all emergency generated debris be managed on state approved debris sites. This
Pre-approval Number: ## Agency Interest Number: ## State of Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Office of Environmental Services Administrative Order Authorization for Pre-approved Emergency Debris Site The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) recognizes that immediately following a natural disaster, the time required to choose, approve, and prepare emergency debris sites to receive debris can significantly delay the removal of emergency generated debris from affected areas. LDEQ aims to reduce these delays by authorizing local governments and state agencies to activate emergency debris sites immediately after the declaration of an emergency by the Secretary of LDEQ. Therefore, I hereby authorize the <<Local Government or State Agency>> to conduct <<approved activity>> of <<type>> debris at the site described below, in compliance with the requirements and conditions set forth in Appendix A. Part XI. Section(s) <indicate which section(s)>, if and when LDEQ declares that an emergency exists. Only the authorized activities listed above shall be conducted at the debris site. Site Name: <<Site Name>> Location: <<Site Address>> in <<municipality>>, <<Parish>> Front Gate: Latitude: <<latitude>> and Longitude: <<longitude>> Agency Interest Number: AI ## Pre-approval Number: PEDS## The following specific requirements are required <<add any specific requirements for this facility here or delete>>. LDEQ may approve additional staging activities on a case-by-case basis during an emergency. This Order and the authorization to operate a pre-approved emergency debris site shall expire on June 1, 2012, unless otherwise notified in writing by LDEQ. Issued on ______________________________ Sam L. Phillips Assistant Secretary APPENDIX A Requirements and Conditions EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS The governor may declare that an emergency exists in specified areas, resulting from natural or man made events. Similarly, the President of the United States may declare certain areas to be disaster areas. In order to obtain financial and technical assistance for managing an emergency through the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), a request for federal financial assistance must be made through FEMA (see FEMA website at ). FEMA requires that all emergency generated debris be managed on state approved debris sites. This
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