AAT discharge permit topic of public hearing

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality will hold a public hearing on Tuesday, March 11, at 6 p.m. in the Terrebonne Parish Council meeting room (8026 Main St., downtown Houma) to discuss American Advanced Technologies’ request for a state permit to discharge treated oily and sanitary wastewater into the Munson slip and the Houma Navigation Canal.

The wastewater will come from a non-hazardous used oil recovery facility.

The Terrebonne Parish Council asked DEQ to hold the public hearing at its Dec. 12 meeting because the canal supplies freshwater, although the department has determined the wastewater will have no adverse impact on the canal.

At the Jan. 22 Council Public Services Committee meeting, Nolan Bergeron, a member of the parish Coastal Zone Management Advisory Committee, said American Advanced Technologies could discharge 80,000 gallons of oily waste into the Houma Navigation Canal yearly.