General DNR News
December mineral lease sale brings approximately $8.8 million
The state Mineral Board on Wednesday conducted its monthly lease sale in the LaBelle Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
DNR awarded $4.2 million for Energy Star Rebate Program
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that Louisiana’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has been awarded $4.2 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support energy efficiency and alternative energy efforts in Louisiana homes through the Energy Star Rebate program.
LA Officials Take Step to Require the Corps of Engineers to Beneficially Use Lower Mississippi River Dredged Material
The State of Louisiana took a bold step today to require the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to use sediment dredged from the Mississippi River to restore eroded wetlands in Louisiana – rather than wasting the material.
November mineral lease sale brings approximately $2.6 million
The state Mineral and Energy Board on Thursday conducted its monthly lease sale in the LaBelle Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
Office of Conservation reinforces that domestic water well owners must notify before selling water for industrial purposes
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources’ Office of Conservation has issued a memo to oil and gas operators working in the Haynesville Shale area to enlist their aid in ensuring water drawn from domestic water wells is not used for industrial purposes, such as the hydraulic fracturing of shale formations, without proper notification to the state.
New DNR regulations on beneficial use of dredged material now effective
The Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, Office of Coastal Management, has announced that new rules on the beneficial use of material dredged in projects requiring a coastal use permit will take affect Tuesday.
October mineral lease sale brings approximately $12.1 million
The state Mineral Board on Wednesday conducted its monthly lease sale in the LaBelle Room of the LaSalle Office Building in Baton Rouge.
La. Solar House Competes Nationally
A select group of design students from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette has found its way to Washington D.C. this week, along with its beautifully-built solar house that is being showcased in the 2009 Solar Decathlon worldwide competition.
State Office of Conservation requiring reporting of water source in hydraulic fracturing operations
The oil and gas industry has quickly begun to respond to the Louisiana Office of Conservation’s recently implemented changes in reporting requirements for water use for drilling operations requiring hydraulic fracturing.
October 1 marks the Coastal Resources Program’s beginnings
It was October 1, 1980 when the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) approved the state’s coastal management program. So while, the history of the Louisiana Coastal Resources Program or LCRP began many years past, the present is marked with a formula of success and integrity.