Air/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality and Ascension Parish Oil and Gas Facility Enter Into Settlement Agreement
April 21, 2026
By:
Walter G. Wright
Category:
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
Arkansas Environmental, Energy, and Water Law
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The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (“LDEQ”) and Infinity Oil and Gas, L.L.C. (“Infinity”) entered into a March 31st Settlement Agreement (“SA”) addressing alleged violations of the Louisiana hazardous waste regulations and an air permit.
The SA provides that Infinity owns and/or operates an oil and gas facility in Ascension Parish, Louisiana.
The following violations are listed in the SA:
- Failure to maintain the records of the actual average benzene emissions of the glycol dehydration unit.
- Failure to keep records of the maintenance conducted on the stationary reciprocating internal combustion engine in order to demonstrate the stationary RICE was operated and maintained in accordance with the maintenance plan.
- Failure to use installed air pollution control facilities whenever there are any emissions which can be controlled by the facilities.
- Failure to obtain a permit prior to operating the facility.
- Failure, upon detection of a release of oil to the environment, to clean up and manage properly the released used oil and other materials.
Infinity denies it committed any of the violations or that it is liable for any fines, forfeitures, and/or penalties.
The SA assesses a civil penalty of $6,000.
A copy of the SA can be found here.
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