On August 16, 2018, the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDW&F) quietly approved and executed an agreement with the Grand Isle Levee District to construct, operate and manage a new airport located on a narrow strip of land near Grande Isle. The airport plan, to be constructed on the Elmer’s Island property owned by the LDW&F, included redevelopment of [...]
The Pointe-au-Chien Indian Tribe (PACIT) has lived on the TerreBonne and LaFourche for centuries, and thrived on the smaller bayous in between. Over the centuries, they have survived persistent challenges with unrelenting enthusiasm for life and community. While their unique culture, language, and history is what drew WWG’s Joel “Billiot” Waltzer to embrace these first peoples in the mid-1990’s, it [...]
Waltzer Wiygul & Garside recently moved its office from 1000 Behrman Hwy. to a new location on the Westbank of New Orleans. The new office is located at the following address: 3201 General DeGaulle Drive, Suite 200 New Orleans, LA 70114 Please note the new address when visiting and update your contacts with the new address.
Residents packed the West Baton Rouge Parish Council chambers to oppose the variance requested by Thermaldyne, an environmental services firm that recently completed a $50 million facility on North Line Road in Port Allen, during a public hearing hosted by the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) Thursday, Sept. 20. Rep. Edmond Jordan criticized LDEQ for failing to provide adequate [...]
PORT ALLEN — The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will host a public hearing Thursday regarding a permit request from an environmental services firm building a $50 million industrial waste reclamation plant in Port Allen. The Louisiana Environmental Action Network says Thermaldyne's request for a feedstock variance is an attempt to bypass federal and state mandates designed to protect the public [...]
