COALITION FOR GOOD GVT. v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

No. 99 CA 2843.

772 So.2d 715 (2000)

COALITION FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT, Vietnamese-American Community of Amelia, Louisiana and Catholic Social Services of the Diocese of Houma-Thibodeaux v. The LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY. Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government, Individually and on Behalf of the Citizens of Terrebonne Parish and the City of Morgan City, Individually and on Behalf of the Citizens of Morgan City v. The Louisiana Department Of Environmental Quality.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 12, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charley Hutchens, Lafayette, for Plaintiffs Appellees/Cross-Appellants Coalition for a Good Environment, et al.

Herman Robinson, Jackie M. Marve, Donald Trahan, Andrea' Z. Jones, Baton Rouge, for Defendant Appellant/Cross-Appellee Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Henry C. Perret, Jr., Boyd A. Bryan, Lafayette, for Defendant Appellant/Cross-Appellee GTX, Inc.

Ramona N. Wallis, Houma, for Defendant Appellee Terrebonne Parish Consolidated Government.

James M. Garner, Martha Y. Curtis, Keith A. Kornman, New Orleans, for Amici Curiae Appellees/Cross-Appellants Environmental Technology Council, ENSCO and Von Roll American, Inc.

David R. Case, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae Appellee/Cross-Appellant Environmental Technology Council.

Before: FOIL, FOGG, and KUHN, JJ.


FOGG, J.

This appeal involves the permitting of a commercial hazardous waste incineration facility located in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a Hazardous Waste Operating Permit, an Air Quality Permit, and an Louisiana Pollutant Discharge Elimination Systems (LPDES) Water Permit for the facility to GTX, Inc. The district court reversed the action of the agency and this appeal followed.

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